Carol Dysinger Director (Learning To Skateboard In a Warzone (If You're A Girl))

October 03, 2022

Carol Dysinger directed short documentary Learning To Skateboard In a Warzone (If You’re A Girl)) which won both the Oscar and BAFTA for best short documentary. It also won best documentary short from IDA and at Tribeca Film Festival 2019. Dysinger is known for her feature length documentary Camp Victory, Afghanistan. It premiered in competition at SXSW 2010, and played at the Museum of Modern Art Doc Fortnight and the Human Rights Watch Film Festival.

Carol was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship and is currently developing a semi-autobiographical interactive piece depicting her experience with war, as well as completing One Bullet, a feature length documentary film. She is a story and editing consultant and a Professor at NYU Graduate Film School.