Interviewees:
Mikhail Baryshnikov, Tina Brown, Graydon Carter, Rosanne Cash, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Whoopi Goldberg, Mick Jagger, Bette Midler, Demi Moore, Mark Morris, Yoko Ono, Keith Richards, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Patti Smith, Gloria Steinem, Jann Wenner, Anna Wintour

One line Synopsis:
Annie Leibovitz has produced some of the most iconic images of the last 30 years. Life through a Lens reveals a woman who has become as iconic as the people she has photographed.

Short Synopsis:
Annie Leibovitz has produced some of the most iconic images of the last 30 years and is, literally, our most influential woman photographer. She has shot the rich and famous, the profound and powerful, the exceptional and notorious. Her camera has documented the horrors of war - most recently in Sarajevo and Rwanda. Masterful at exposing her photographic subjects, Annie's own life has been private and protected. In this film, she made the decision to bare her artistic process, her personal journey and her delicate balancing of fame and family to the camera - a camera that is being vigilantly pointed by a filmmaker who is her younger sister. From her hectic studio to her idyllic farm, we will experience Annie's current work and the creation of her latest retrospective book; we will face her losses as well as her grand successes.

Long Synopsis:
Through her work for Rolling Stone, Vanity Fair and Vogue, Annie Leibovitz has produced some of the most iconic images of the last 30 years.
She has shot the rich and famous, the profound and powerful, the exceptional and notorious. Her camera has documented the horrors of war - most recently in Sarajevo and Rwanda.
Masterful at exposing her photographic subjects, Annie's own life has been private and protected. In this film, she made the decision to bare her artistic process, her personal journey and her delicate balancing of fame and family to the camera - a camera that was vigilantly pointed by a filmmaker who is her younger sister.
Featured interviews include Mikhail Baryshnikov, Tina Brown, Graydon Carter, Rosanne Cash, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Whoopi Goldberg, Mick Jagger, Bette Midler, Demi Moore, Mark Morris, Yoko Ono, Keith Richards, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Patti Smith, Gloria Steinem, Jann Wenner, Anna Wintour, and family members.
Life through a Lens reveals a woman who has become as iconic as the people she has photographed.

About the Director:
Barbara Leibovitz began her career in 1987 at the CBS News program 48 HOURS. She then worked at the Nine Network in Sydney, Australia. Upon her return to the U.S., she began freelance producing with Entertainment Tonight, E! Entertainment Television, Consumer Reports Television and VH-1. Leibovitz also worked with The Arthur Company on the ABC series FBI: THE UNTOLD STORIES.
SALVAGED LIVES (1995) was Leibovitz's feature-length documentary film debut and was in the top 15 for the Academy Award nominations. The film won Best Documentary Feature at the Santa Barbara International Film Festival, the Roy Webster Dean Film Award, the Robert Townsend "Tenacity" Award, and a Bronze Apple Award. It premiered on the Discovery Channel, and Warner Bros. optioned the dramatic rights. After completing SALVAGED LIVES, Leibovitz also produced for the syndicated series YOUR MIND AND BODY.
In close collaboration with her partner Jaime Hellman, she has written, directed and produced award-winning documentaries for PBS and such networks as Discovery Channel, National Geographic, CNN, TBS, and Discovery Health.

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