Marcia Jarmel

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Marcia Jarmel is an American documentary filmmaker and producer based in the San Francisco Bay Area. She was born and raised in suburban New Jersey and studied journalism in Boulder, Colorado, where she also learned filmmaking by gaining hands-on experience on others’ projects. She moved to the Bay Area in 1988 and, six years later, co-founded PatchWorks Films with Ken Schneider. Since then, she has directed, produced, and helped run the company’s films, with a focus on making a social impact.

Filmography (selected)
- 1990 Berkeley in the Sixties — Assistant producer
- 1997 The Return of Sarah's Daughters — Director, screenwriter, producer
- 2000 Born in the U.S.A. — Director, producer
- 2009 Speaking in Tongues — Director, producer
- 2013 50 Children: The Rescue Mission of Mr. and Mrs. Kraus — Consulting producer
- 2013 Open the Classroom Door — Director
- 2014 Havana Curveball — Director, producer
- 2016 The Wheel of Life — Director, producer
- 2019 It's Only Rock n' Roll — Director, producer
- 2021 What You'll Remember — Producer
- 2021 Los Hermanos/The Brothers — Director, producer

Awards and fellowships
- Residencies with BAVC Media Maker, Working Films, SFFilmm, and Kopkind Colony
- Her films have aired on PBS and won numerous festival awards
- Los Hermanos/The Brothers won Best Documentary at the Woodstock Film Festival and was nominated for an Imagen Award

Marcia Jarmel continues to create documentaries that inform, inspire, and connect audiences with real-world impact.