Caroline Kraus

Unique traits: Traveling throughout the U.S., I produce, direct, shoot, edit and record sound for my documentary films, and I am also a nonfiction writer, photographer and website designer.

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• Moments Of Truth Project

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  Moments Of Truth: Across the Divide (2014 - 2018)
  Film by Moments Of Truth Project Producer, Director, Cinematographer, Editor Animals are an intimate part of the human experience. We celebrate some in books and art, invite others into our homes, and involve vast numbers in industries producing food, materials, entertainment and experiments. The relationships we have with animals can tell us a lot about ourselves, and in the project's first feature-length film we explore the human activities that bring other species into our sphere, illuminating what connects us, where we draw lines, and where we appear to be headed together. Through interviews and encounters across America, we learn from farmers and bioethicists, scientists and authors, sociologists and horse trainers, sanctuary founders, social activists, hunters, zoo and wildlife conservationists, veterinarians and more. By taking to the road and engaging with people who work in animal industries as well as consumers and people who defend animals from use, a dialogue emerges around using animals in the best of circumstances and conditions, with caring farmers, thoughtful equestrians, concerned zoo doctors and compassionate research scientists. Given the most humane training methods, confinement strategies and killing techniques, we can focus in on the question of whether animal training, confinement and killing still has a place in human society, and weigh the benefits and alternatives. In the process, the film offers an engaging and entertaining window into the lives and concerns of other people and other species, and the environments we share.

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  Killing Games (2014 - 2016)
  Film (short) by Project Coyote Cinematographer & Editor On any given weekend, some of America’s most iconic wild animals are massacred in wildlife killing contests. Bloodied bodies are weighed and stacked like cords of wood, and prizes are awarded to the “hunters” who kill the largest or the most of a targeted species. Coyotes, bobcats, wolves and foxes are common victims of these contests; children as young as 10 are encouraged to participate. Fueled by anti-predator bias, these legally sanctioned but relatively unknown contests are cruel and foster ignorance about the critical role apex predators play in maintaining healthy ecosystems. These contests occur on both public and private lands in almost every state except California — where killing predators for prizes has been outlawed. In KILLING GAMES, actor, conservationist and Project Coyote Advisory Board Member Peter Coyote — with environmentalists, ranchers, public officials and Native Americans — brings these shadowy contests to light and speaks out against this hidden war on wildlife. Project Coyote’s KILLING GAMES inspires viewers to call on their state and local legislators to bring an end to these brutal contests where wild animals become living targets.

• College of William & Mary
  (1985-1989)

• The New School
  (1985-1989)