Marcia Jarmel

Marcia Jarmel is a director, producer, and long-standing member of the Bay Area documentary community. She was born and raised in suburban New Jersey and attended high school and college in Boulder, Colorado, where she studied journalism. She learned filmmaking through hands-on experience working on others people's projects. She moved to the Bay Area in 1988 and six years later, co-founded the San Francisco-based production company, PatchWorks Films, with husband-collaborator Ken Schneider. She has directed, produced, and managed impact for their films ever since.

Awards and fellowships
Marcia Jarmel has been honored with residencies with BAVC Media Maker, Working Films, SFFilmm, and Kopkind Colony. Her films have broadcast on PBS and won numerous awards in the festival circuit. She most recently co-directed and co-produced, Los Hermanos/The Brothers, which won Best Documentary at the WoodStock Film Festival and was nominated for an Imagen Award.