Lee Anne Schmitt is an essay filmmaker. Her projects have addressed American exceptionalism, the logic of utility and labour, gestures of kindness and refusal, and the history of racial violence in the United States. Her films have screened at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Viennale, Rotterdam International Film Festival, Cinéma du Réel, FICUNAM, FIDMarseilles, DocLisboa and many more. She is a recipient of a Guggenheim, Creative Capital, Graham Foundation Grant, and multiple MacDowell Residencies.