Enie Vaisburd was born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She received her BA in French Literature from Hebrew University in Jerusalem, and an MFA in Cinema from Southern Illinois University at Carbondale, Illinois.

Her film work is often lyrical, integrating characteristics of experimental and documentary forms. Language, translation, cultural identity, and displacement are large themes in her work. Enie is especially interested in creating internal geographies and spaces with film.  She is an award-winning filmmaker and also a curator and programmer. Enie has been the lead filmmaker in community engagement projects in film, including the “Oregon Latino Video Project”.

Vaisburd is Associate Professor in film and video at Pacific University Oregon with an emphasis in studies and practice. She was Lead Faculty at the Northwest Film Center in Portland, OR, for more than a decade before starting at Pacific University in 2008. She finds the collaboration with students in creative work very meaningful and inspiring.