Elaine Holliman, a graduate of the M.F.A. program at USC’s School of Cinema and Television, was nominated for an Academy Award for her first documentary film, Chicks in White Satin, a portrait of a lesbian wedding. She has since written several feature screenplays, including the adaptation of Rubyfruit Jungle, Rita Mae Brown’s first novel; an adaptation of Chicks in White Satin; Freestyle; Allyson Tuesday and The Fat Lady Goes Camping. In addition to screenwriting, she has also written television documentary, spoken frequently on film workshop panels throughout the country, and teaches screenwriting at the Iowa Summer Writer’s Festival. Her new current documentary projects include Gone Straight…to Hell, an irreverent look at bisexuality, and Homeschooling: American Utopias, which explores the homeschooling movement through intimate portraits of families who refuse to send their kids to school.