Deborah Shaffer
- Known for
- Directing
Deborah Shaffer has a 50-year career as a documentary filmmaker. She began making films in 1970s as a member of the Newsreel Collective, where she collaborated on the short film Make-Out. In 1972 she co-directed and co-produced the short How About You?, and in 1976 Chris and Bernie. Shaffer co-produced and co-directed her first feature documentary, The Wobblies, an oral and archival history of the Industrial Workers of the World in 1979, which premiered at the New York Film Festival and was inducted into the National Film Registry of the Library of Congress in 2021.
Filmography

Queen of Hearts: Audrey Flack 2019
Director, Producer
- Thunder in Guyana
Thunder in Guyana 2003
Executive Producer
- Enemies of War
Enemies of War 2001
Executive Producer

Golden Tales 1993
Editor

Cocolos y Rockeros 1992
Editor

Dance of Hope 1989
Director, Producer

Fire from the Mountain 1987
Director, Producer

Witness to War: Dr. Charlie Clements 1985
Director, Editor
- Nicaragua: Report from the Front
Nicaragua: Report from the Front 1984
Director, Producer

El Salvador: Another Vietnam 1981
Editor

El Salvador: The People Will Win 1980
Editor

The Wobblies 1979
Director, Producer

Chuquiago 1977
Editor

Wildcat 1977
Director

Chris and Bernie 1975
Director, Editor, Sound

Make Out 1970
Writer
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