Christopher Beaver

Christopher Beaver is a documentary filmmaker who produces and directs multi media projects that explore what he calls, "the human experience of the world around us." His awards include a Grand Prize in Documentary at the U.S. Film Festival (now Sundance) and a national Emmy in News and Broadcasting for "Dark Circle" (1982), a feature documentary on nuclear proliferation. Recently he directed the hour-long "Racing to Zero: In Pursuit of Zero Waste" (2014) on the City of San Francisco where 80% of the city's waste is diverted from landfill, the highest rate in North America. Racing was presented at festivals globally as well as broadcast more than 600 times and shown on 200 PBS stations in conjunction with Earth Day, 2016. "Tales of the San Joaquin" (2014), nominee of the Pare Lorenz award by the International Documentary Association, and his most recent film, "Tulare - The Phantom Lake" (2012) continue his film explorations of water issues and the impact of global warming on farming and nature. Currently he is continuing this exploration with his producing partner, Diana Fuller, in his newest film project, "Where Once Was Water", a study of possible solutions to the current global threat. He has mentored international student reporters for the Graduate School of Journalism, University of California, Berkeley in Shanghai and Kunming, China, Phnom Penh, Cambodia, and Tokyo, Japan, all of which have been published on http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/photo