Biography

Connie Field is an American film director known for her work in documentaries. Her works include The Life and Times of Rosie the Riveter (1980), Forever Activists (1990), Freedom on My Mind (1994) and Have You Heard from Johannesburg (2010). Field's works have received numerous awards and nominations. Among other recognitions, Freedom on My Mind won the Grand Jury Prize for Best Documentary at the 1994 Sundance Film Festival, and was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature at the 67th Academy Awards; Have You Heard from Johannesburg won the Primetime Emmy Award for Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking at the 64th Primetime Emmy Awards.