Therese Shechter is a filmmaker who uses humor-spiked, personal narrative to make award-winning documentaries including I WAS A TEENAGE FEMINIST and HOW I LEARNED TO SPEAK TURKISH. She is currently working on the documentary HOW TO LOSE YOUR VIRGINITY about our national obsession with virginity, and writes about virginity and feminism for her blog THE AMERICAN VIRGIN.

After 10 years as a Chicago Tribune graphics editor, she gave it all up to work for Robert DeNiro's Tribeca Productions in New York, before going out on her own. She's won coveted spots in the Doc Lab Master Class (Toronto Hot Docs 2008 Festival) and was one of 5 filmmakers selected for the Paley DocFest 2009 Pitch Workshop. Therese has worked at Sundance through 7 festivals, where she has been inspired by countless independent filmmakers.