A filmmaker, scholar and activist, Anne Chamberlain was born in Louisville, Kentucky, and received a B.A. in History with a Certificate in Film Studies from Indiana University. She went on to complete an M.F.A. in Cinema & Photography at Southern Illinois University, where she received a Graduate Dean's Fellowship and the Elizabeth Eames Scholarship. In the 1990s, Anne created and taught film courses for the Harvey Milk Institute, and also for the LGBTQ and Women's Studies Departments at City College of San Francisco. More recently, she has authored classes and taught at both the undergraduate and graduate levels at Academy of Art University, covering subjects that include the production, theory, and history of motion pictures, and also an elective course titled "The Beatles in the Visual Arts." Anne's widely screened 16mm films of the New Queer Cinema Movement are preserved in the University of California at Los Angeles Film Archives' "Legacy Project," and through Cinenova Distribution in London, UK.