Pamela Yates

Pamela Yates (Director) was born and raised in the Appalachian coal-mining region of Pennsylvania but left at a young age to live New York City. She is a Guggenheim Fellow, the Director of the Sundance Award winning "When the Mountains Tremble", the Producer of the Emmy Award winning "Loss of Innocence," and the Executive Producer of the Academy Award winning "Witness to War." She most recently directed the film "Granito: How to Nail a Dictator"," which served as key evidence in the Ríos Montt genocide trial in Guatemala. Previously Yates directed, "The Reckoning: The Battle for the International Criminal Court," a feature-length film and educational initiative and "State of Fear", a feature-length documentary that tells the epic story of Peru's 20-year war on terror based on the findings of the Peruvian Truth and Reconciliation Commission. Pamela is a co-founder and partner of Skylight Pictures, a company committed to producing artistic, challenging and socially relevant independent media and media strategies on issues of human rights and the quest for justice.