Biography: Lynn Burnstan, Managing Director, UCTV

A documentary filmmaker by training, Lynn Burnstan is the Managing Director of UCSD-TV and UCTV. In 1993, she joined the UCSD-TV team and began creating a unique television station that provides the San Diego area with locally produced, regionally focused programming on a wide variety of topics. In 2000, Lynn was chosen to manage UCTV, a satellite television and web channel that features programs from throughout the University of California system. Together the stations serve a local, national and global audience with thought provoking television unlike anything else.

Before joining UCSD, Lynn produced and edited award-winning films in Chicago, New York, Los Angeles and San Diego for television, film festivals, corporations and commercials. A long time resident of California, she has a B.A. in Communications and Visual Arts from UCSD, and she received her Masters of Fine Arts degree from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.