Annette Danto

Annette Danto is a Professor of Film, Television and Radio at Brooklyn College, CUNY. In addition to teaching courses on film and television production, she is the program director for CUNY's Study Abroad India: Documentary Production course in collaboration with the Prasad Film & Television Academy in Chennai, Tamil Nadu. Danto is the president of Friends of Fulbright to India, a non-profit organization dedicated to promoting educational exchange between India and the United States.

Danto has directed over 18 films and videos, both fiction and documentaries. She was awarded a Fulbright Senior Scholar Research Grant in 2002 and a Fulbright Specialist’s Grant in 2004. As a Fulbright Scholar at the Gandhigram Rural Institute, Tamil Nadu, S. India, she filmed The Never Ending Path (2005), A Daughter's Letter (2003), Listen to a Story (2003) and Sowabaghya Illam (2004). Several of these films were created collaboratively with the Gandhigram Rural Institute to be used for community outreach campaigns addressing girls’ education, health care, and environmental topics. She has also directed films for Pathfinder International, Shanti’s Story (2004) and for the United Nations Development Fund for Women Shea Nut Gatherers of Burkina Faso (2001).