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Tiffany Shlain was born on 8 April, 1970 in United States, is an American filmmaker. Discover Tiffany Shlain's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is She in this year and how She spends money? Also learn how She earned most of networth at the age of 54 years old?
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Tiffany Shlain Height, Weight & Measurements
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Who Is Tiffany Shlain's Husband?
Her husband is Ken Goldberg
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Tiffany Shlain Net Worth
Her net worth has been growing significantly in 2022-2023. So, how much is Tiffany Shlain worth at the age of 54 years old? Tiffany Shlain’s income source is mostly from being a successful Filmmaker. She is from United States. We have estimated
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Shlain has served on the boards of The Commonwealth Club of California, The Institute for the Future, Berkeley Center for New Media, among others. In 2017, she joined the Leadership Board of The Center on Media and Child Health at Harvard's Boston Children's Hospital. In 2018, she joined the advisory board of Wait til 8th (grade) for smartphones pledge. Through cloud filmmaking via her non-profit Let It Ripple, Shlain has made and donated over 3000 free customized films for schools and nonprofits.
Shlain directed a film on women and power that was released through Refinery29's "Shatterbox Anthology". Released on October 27, 2016, it is called 50/50: Rethinking the Past, Present, and Future of Women + Power, and explores the 10,000-year history of women. In addition, on May 10, 2017, in support of 50/50 Day: Gender Equality, 11,000 events took place around the world, all linked by the internet. These gatherings of people of all ages at organizations, companies, schools, museums, libraries, and homes screened this film, listened to speakers such as the former presidents of Iceland, Vigdis Finnbogadóttir, and Malawi, Joyce Banda, as well as Oscar-nominated filmmaker Ava DuVernay, comedian and activist Margaret Cho, activist Dolores Huerta, actor and activist Eva Longoria, among others and included a live global Q&A that promoted the sharing of ideas about how to initiate gender-balance in the world.
In 2013, Shlain co-founded the nonprofit Let it Ripple: Mobile Films for Global Change, and continued making cloud films. The next film in the series was The Science of Character. To premiere the film, Shlain and her co-workers founded Character Day, where schools and organizations around the world would all premiere the film and discuss ideas around character development on the same day in a simultaneous online video conversation. There were over 1500 events in 31 countries. For the second annual Character Day, they premiered The Adaptable Mind, which explores skills needed in the 21st century, and The Making of a Mensch, about the science of character through the Jewish teachings of Mussar, interpreted through a modern-day lens. This second annual Character Day had over 6700 events in 41 countries.
Shlain created two seasons of the AOL original series The Future Starts Here, which includes episodes entitled Technology Shabbats, Motherhood Remix, 10 Stages of The Creative Process, The Future of Our Species, Why We Love Robots, co-directed with her husband Ken Goldberg, and A Case for Optimism. The series, which began airing on AOL in 2013 was nominated for an Emmy Award in the News & Documentary for New Approaches: Arts, Lifestyle & Culture in 2014, and has since been viewed more than 40 million times.
In 2011, her first feature documentary, Connected: An Autoblogography About Love, Death & Technology, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival. Examining personal connections in relation to global conditions - and the potential of what can happen with so many people online — the film ran in theaters and on television, and was subsequently released on digital platforms. The winner of a Tribeca Film Festival's Disruptive Innovation Award, in addition to other significant awards, Connected was selected by the United States Department of State and the University of Southern California for the 2012 American Filmmaker Showcase. In 2013, the Margaret Herrick Library at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences acquired the film's script for their permanent collection.
In 2011, she introduced the concept of "Cloud Filmmaking" with a series of shorts produced through cloud-based collaborative filmmaking. The first film in the series, A Declaration of Interdependence, was released Sept 2011; the second film, Engage, debuted in early 2012. Later that same year, both a 10-minute film and a best-selling TED Book, called Brain Power: From Neurons to Networks were released. Exploring new research on how to best grow children's brains and the global brain of the internet, Brain Power premiered in November 2012 at The California Academy of Sciences. It was selected by the US State Department as a part of the 2013 American Film Showcase and was screened at embassies in the Middle East in November 2013. Shlain discussed cloud filmmaking as the keynote speaker at the Tribeca Film Festival's 2013 Interactive Day where she delivered her "Cloud Filmmaking Manifesto."
Shlain lectures globally on filmmaking, the Internet's influence on society, and the future, and has spoken at TEDWomen and TEDMED. She delivered the keynote address for UC Berkeley's commencement ceremony in May 2010; the speech was included on NPR's list of "The Best Commencement Speeches, Ever."
Shlain lives in Marin County, Northern California, with husband Ken Goldberg, with whom she frequently collaborates on art installations and other projects. They have two daughters, Odessa and Blooma, and have received media attention for what they call their Technology Shabbat, which they have observed since 2010.
Shlain additionally studied organizational change at the Harvard Business School Executive Education program and film production at New York University's Sight & Sound program. She was a 2006-2007 Henry Crown Fellow of the Aspen Institute.
In 2005, Shlain decided to pursue filmmaking full-time; she subsequently sold the Webby Awards and founded the San Francisco film studio, the Moxie Institute. Shlain's next documentary, The Tribe, co-written with her husband, Ken Goldberg, explored American Jewish identity through the history of the Barbie Doll. The Tribe, which also premiered at the Sundance Film Festival, was the first documentary short to become #1 on iTunes.
In 2002, Shlain combined her background in technology and the web with her earlier work as a filmmaker, and directed, produced and co-wrote Life, Liberty, and the Pursuit of Happiness, a documentary about reproductive rights in America. The film premiered at the 2003 Sundance Film Festival and was used nationally by Planned Parenthood to mark the 30 year anniversary of Roe v. Wade.
In 1996, Shlain founded the Webby Awards, an annual event which the New York Times described as the "Oscars of the Web." In 1998, she co-founded The International Academy of Digital Arts & Sciences. The Webbys had hosts that included Alan Cumming, and appearances by Al Gore, Prince, and Thomas Friedman. Shlain appeared on Good Morning America as the program's on-air internet expert from 2000 – 2003.
While a student at UC Berkeley, Shlain produced and directed Hunter & Pandora, an experimental film which won the university's Eisner Award, the highest award in art. In 1992, she earned a BA in Interdisciplinary Studies, and was selected as a valedictory speaker for her graduating class.
Shlain was raised in Mill Valley, California, the daughter of Leonard Shlain, a surgeon, author, and inventor, and Carol Lewis Jaffe, a psychologist. In high school, intrigued by technology and communications, Shlain wrote a proposal called Uniting Nations in Telecommunications & Software (UNITAS), which envisioned students in enemy countries communicating over personal computers and via modems. From this proposal, she was invited to be a student ambassador through the People to People program, and traveled to the Soviet Union in 1988.
Tiffany Shlain (born April 8, 1970) is an American filmmaker, author, and public speaker. Regarded as an internet pioneer, Shlain is the founder of the Webby Awards and the co-founder of the International Academy of Digital Arts and Sciences.