Lori Petchers is an award-winning documentary filmmaker/video artist whose films have screened at festivals and venues in the U.S. and around the world. She is a recipient of an Artist Fellowship Grant in Film/Video from the Connecticut Office of the Arts and was awarded a regional Emmy nomination for her work. She is a co-creator of OLD BAGS, a multi-media project which explores female identity and aging. Lori received her B.A. from Brandeis University and her M.A. from Emerson College. She is the mother of two sons.