Background
Michelle Parkerson was born on January 11, 1953 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States.
Michelle Parkerson was born on January 11, 1953 in Washington, District of Columbia, United States.
Michelle received Bachelor of Arts in television-Film Production at Temple University in 1974.
Michelle is an alumna of the American Film Institute (AFI) Workshop for Women Directors, Class of 1989-1991, where her classmates included Rita Mae Brown and Lyn Goldfarb.
Parkerson currently heads her own DC-based production company, Eye of the Storm Productions.
Parkerson has received grants from the Independent Television Service, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting, and the AFI as well as a fellowship from the Rockefeller Foundation. Her films are distributed by Women Make Movies and Third World Newsreel.
She is assistant professor in Film and Media Arts at Temple University. She published a volume of poetry, Waiting Rooms, in 1983.
The whole Michelle's work is related to feminism, LGBT, and political activism and issues.