BIO

Anne writes scripts, treatments, grant proposals, narration, and other materials for documentary films. She has also written one feature screenplay. Documentary projects Anne has worked on have been broadcast on PBS (American Masters, Independent Lens, American Experience, Great Performances etc.), HBO and other networks, and won major awards at film festivals and awards ceremonies. Her NEH and NEA scripts and proposals have secured funding in the millions of dollars. Anne's areas of expertise are in American cultural and social history, and the arts, with a special focus on African American culture and history. She is currently writing a book about the jazz pianist Hampton Hawes and modern jazz culture mid-century.

Recent projects include the script for a PBS documentary on Frederick Douglass, Becoming Frederick Douglass, directed by Stanley Nelson and Nicole London, a co-production of Firelight Films and Maryland Public Television which premiered nationally in Fall of 2022. [Interview on writing the script HERE]. Anne's NEH script and proposal secured major funding for a documentary on the pianist and activist Hazel Scott, produced by FourthAct Factual and American Masters, directed by Nicole London, which broadcast on PBS in 2025.

Development writing has been for major arts, cultural, and community development organizations and institutions in the New York area and beyond. Anne lives in Hudson, New York.

Anne can be contacted at anne.seidlitz3@gmail.com

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