Pamela Yates(I)
- Producer
- Director
- Sound Department
Pamela Yates (Director) was born and raised in the Appalachian
coal-mining region of Pennsylvania but left at a young age to live New
York City. She is a Guggenheim Fellow, the Director of the Sundance
Award winning "When the Mountains Tremble", the Producer of the Emmy
Award winning "Loss of Innocence," and the Executive Producer of the
Academy Award winning "Witness to War." She most recently directed the
film "Granito: How to Nail a Dictator"," which served as key evidence
in the Ríos Montt genocide trial in Guatemala. Previously Yates
directed, "The Reckoning: The Battle for the International Criminal
Court," a feature-length film and educational initiative and "State of
Fear", a feature-length documentary that tells the epic story of Peru's
20-year war on terror based on the findings of the Peruvian Truth and
Reconciliation Commission. Pamela is a co-founder and partner of
Skylight Pictures, a company committed to producing artistic,
challenging and socially relevant independent media and media
strategies on issues of human rights and the quest for justice.
