Eva Rendle

Eva Rendle is an award-winning documentary filmmaker. Her directorial debut, All That Remains, explores the long-term impacts of the 2017 North Bay Fires on Napa and Sonoma’s farmworker communities. The film won a Student Academy Award, was nominated for the IDA David L. Wolper Student Documentary Award, and screened at film festivals across the United States. Prior to filmmaking, Rendle worked as a print and photojournalist. In 2015 she was named a National Geographic Explorer, and spent three months photographing the olive harvest on small, family-owned farms in Spain, Greece, and Italy. She has presented her work at the National Geographic Headquarters and the Banff Mountain Film and Book Festival.

EDUCATION

  • University of Colorado, BA Geography and BA Environmental Studies

AWARDS & HONORS

  • Brian A. Pollack Documentary Film Scholarship

PUBLICATIONS & OTHER WORK

  • If You're Confused About Olive Oil, Just Taste It, National Geographic, http://www.nationalgeographic.com/people-and-culture/food/the-plate/2016/october/if-you-re-confused-about-olive-oil-just-taste-it/

  • Can We Learn to Grow Color?, California Magazine, https://alumni.berkeley.edu/california-magazine/summer-2017-adaptation/can-we-learn-grow-color-butterfly-wings-may-hold-answer

  • Romancing the Grain, Edible Seattle, http://edibleseattle.com/romancing-the-grain/

  • Adytum Cellars, The Collective Quarterly, http://www.collectivequarterly.com/blog/2015/12/24/adytum-cellars

MEMBERSHIPS & AFFILIATIONS

  • Women in the Media

REPORTING INTERESTS

Agriculture, Environment, Immigration, International, Investigative

MEDIA PLATFORMS

Documentary, Video Journalism