Peggy Rajski | |
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| Born | Stevens Point, Wisconsin, U.S. |
| Occupation | Filmmaker |
| Years active | 1983–present |
| Notable work | The Trevor Project Trevor (film) Matewan Little Man Tate The Grifters |
Peggy M. Rajski is an American filmmaker, best known for directing and co-producing the 1994 American short film Trevor, which won an Academy Award for "Best Live Action Short Film" at the 67th Annual Academy Awards in 1995. She is a founder of The Trevor Project, a crisis-intervention and suicide prevention organization for LGBTQ+ youth.
Rajski taught producing and filmmaking at New York University's graduate film program and was dean of the Loyola Marymount University School of Film and Television in Los Angeles, California from 2018 to 2021.[1]
From November 2022 until July of 2024 she was Interim CEO of The Trevor Project.[2]