B. Ruby Rich is a longtime critic, professor, editor, and curator who is now based in Paris and San Francisco. As a professor emerita at University of California, Santa Cruz, she co-founded the Social Documentation graduate program, training students in documentary production as well as theory/history. As editor-in-chief, she led Film Quarterly, the oldest US film journal, through a decade of innovation and commitment to documentary as well as to other forms of film and video. As a critic, today she contributes regularly to Sight and Sound (UK) and other outlets. Her books include Chick Flicks: Theories and Memories of the Feminist Film Movement as well as New Queer Cinema: The Director’s Cut (both Duke University Press). She is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), Documentary Branch. A frequent presence at film festivals, her most recent jury service was at IDFA in Amsterdam in 2024. Recipient of multiple awards and fellowships, she was honored at the Barbican (London) with a landmark series entitled Being Ruby Rich in 2017.
B. Ruby Rich is a longtime critic, professor, editor, and curator who is now based in Paris and San Francisco. As a professor emerita at University of California, Santa Cruz, she co-founded the Social Documentation graduate program, training students in documentary production as well as theory/history. As editor-in-chief, she led Film Quarterly, the oldest US film journal, through a decade of innovation and commitment to documentary as well as to other forms of film and video. As a critic, today she contributes regularly to Sight and Sound (UK) and other outlets. Her books include Chick Flicks: Theories and Memories of the Feminist Film Movement as well as New Queer Cinema: The Director’s Cut (both Duke University Press). She is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS), Documentary Branch. A frequent presence at film festivals, her most recent jury service was at IDFA in Amsterdam in 2024. Recipient of multiple awards and fellowships, she was honored at the Barbican (London) with a landmark series entitled Being Ruby Rich in 2017.
