USA Projects

Lori Petchers is an award-winning documentary filmmaker and video artist whose films have screened at numerous festivals and venues throughout the U.S. and Canada.  Presently, Lori's film "Life Model" is touring with LUNAFEST, a national traveling festival of shorts by, for and about women.   She is also the creator of themidlifeproject.com, an online documentary project about middle age comprised of over 100 hours of interviews.  Inspired by her work on The Midlife Project, Lori is currently collaborating on OLD BAGS, a documentary installation that further explores female identity and aging through photographic image, moving picture and sound. Her film and video work aspires to confront social norms and stereotypes through both traditional and non-traditional media.  Lori received her B.A. from Brandeis University and her M.A. from Emerson College. She resides in Connecticut.