Glen Pearcy
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Glen Pearcy was nominated for an Academy Award in 1975 for his third film, "Fighting For Our Lives", a feature-length documentary film about the United Farm Worker's grape strike. Since then he has written, produced and directed dozens of films, including documentaries for PBS and Turner Network Television; films and video programs for labor unions, consumer organizations, environmental groups, government agencies and political organizations; and television and radio spots for public interest groups, foundations, political candidates and commercial clients. His films have won two Gold Hugos at the Chicago International Film Festival, three Tellys, and numerous other prizes and awards.
Following his film about the United Farm Workers, Pearcy served as Director of Television Production for Public Media Center in San Francisco (1975-77), a public interest advertising agency. Clients included the City of San Francisco; the Lawyer Referral Service; and Food Day. From 1977-79 he worked independently, writing, producing, directing, shooting and editing shows for PBS ("Over Easy"/KQED) and clients like Energy Action and the U.S. Conference of Mayors.
From 1979-81 Pearcy was Media Director for OSHA (the Occupational Safety and Health Administration, U.S. Department of Labor). As Special Assistant for Public Affairs to the Assistant Secretary of Labor for Occupational Safety and Health, U.S. Department of Labor, he produced films, video and radio programs and public service announcements, handled OSHA's press relations, wrote speeches for the Assistant Secretary, and supervised the agency's publications, supervising a staff of 33 with an annual budget of $3.3 million.
In 1981 Pearcy left the government and started his own production company, Glen Pearcy Productions, through which he has written, produced and directed documentary and dramatic films for a wide variety of clients. He has also written several original feature film scripts.
Pearcy was born in New York and raised in St. Louis, where he attended public schools. He received his B.A. cum laude from Harvard University in 1966, and also holds a Master of Divinity from Union Theological Seminary in New York, 1970. In the late sixties and early seventies he was a photojournalist for the Southwest Georgia Project, a civil rights organization descended from the Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee (SNCC). From 1972-75 he worked as a photojournalist/filmmaker for the United Farm Workers, where he produced "Fighting For Our Lives".
Pearcy is a member of the Writers Guild of America, IATSE Locals 600 and 700, and NABET/CWA.