BIOS
BRET PARKER
Bret Parker, co-founder of Artfarm Productions, is a veteran in the film industry with 26 years at Pixar Animation Studios. Parker started her career at Pixar in 1996 and has gone on to animate on many films since, including the Oscar-winning “Finding Nemo” and “The Incredibles.” In 2018, Parker shifted focus and took on the role of Animation Second Unit Supervisor for “The Incredibles 2.” She is currently Supervising Animator on a streaming series to be released 2024. Outside the studio, she created and directed work for the ground breaking dance troupe Iluminate, as well as wrote and directed a short animated film about climate change in partnership with the Marine Mammal Center and California College of the Arts. In 2019, along with her wife, Parker directed and produced her first feature length documentary, “Through The Windows,” which premiered at the Frameline Film Festival in San Francisco to a sold out audience. She is continuing to bring her unique perspective as a queer female director to the screen with her latest film, “Pete” which premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival 2022.
PETE BARMA
A self-described story teller and co-founder of Artfarm Productions, Pete Barma is a director committed to bringing fresh stories from her perspective as a queer female to the screen. As an award winning out LGBTQ+ educator, she spent the last 30 years teaching literacy and understands the craft of story telling inside and out. In her role as educator, she has also founded LGBTQ+ and ally student clubs to help support and educate young people in the Bay Area, and frequently guest speaks on the subject. In 2019, she co-directed her first feature length documentary, “Through The Windows,” which premiered at the Frameline Film Festival in San Francisco to a sold out audience. Her current focus is to continue to open the lens on the marginalized communities who have not typically appeared on screen. As such, she has written the autobiographical screenplay “Pete,” which premiered at Tribeca in 2022. She continues to work on a series of queer stories.
