Quick Facts
Biography
Rachel V. Lyon is an American film director and producer.
Career
Lyon has produced more than 65 feature films, movies-for-television, feature documentaries, and limited series for PBS, NBC, CNN, National Geographic, and the History Channel. In 1980, she produced Tell Me A Riddle, which was directed by Academy Award-winner Lee Grant. Her 1985 FRONTLINE television documentary, Men Who Molest, received an Emmy for Outstanding Background/Analysis of a Single Current Story. Lyon's 2014 film Hate Crimes in the Heartland received the Paul Robeson Award for Best Feature Documentary at the Newark Black Film Festival.
Lyon is the CEO of Lioness Media Arts, Inc.
Scholarship
Lyon has held faculty positions at Bentley University, Queens College, Southern Methodist University, and Northern Kentucky University. She is the author of "Media, Race, Crime, and the Punishment: Re-Framing Stereotypes in Crime and Human Rights Issues," which was published in the DePaul Law Review in 2009. In 2012, Lyon co-authored the paper "Digital Divisions: Racial (In)Justice and Limits of Social Informatics in The State of Georgia vs. Troy Anthony Davis," which was presented at the Northern Kentucky Law Review Symposium, and published in the Northern Kentucky Law Review.
Fundraising
In October 2013, Lyon joined the Jewish Federation of Cincinnati as Director of Special Gifts.
Selected Filmography
| Year | Title | Position |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Hate Crimes in the Heartland | Writer/Director/Producer |
| 2010 | Etruscan Odyssey: Expanding Archaeology | Director/Producer |
| 2008 | Juror Number Six | Director/Producer |
| 2007 | Race to Execution | Director/Producer |
| 2001 | Mr. Dreyfuss Goes to Washington | Director/Producer |
| 1995 | Shadow Over Tibet: Stories in Exile | Director/Producer |
| 1991 | Thousand Pieces of Gold | Associate Producer |
| 1985 | Men Who Molest: Children Who Survive | Producer |
| 1980 | Tell Me A Riddle | Producer |