Barbara Sonneborn is a filmmaker, artist, and peace activist. Beginning as a photographer, she has worked in installation, set design, ‘s books and film. Her photographs have been exhibited in museums, galleries, and a one-person show in New York, and are included in many private and museum collections.

In 1968, while pursuing a career as a psychologist, she learned that her husband had been killed in the war in Vietnam. This event led her into the arts in 1973, and in 1988, to begin to write, produce and direct Regret to Inform, a ten-year project. The film has been and continues to be shown at festivals across the globe, and in theatres across the United States. After picking up several prestigious awards in its festival run‚ including Best Director at Sundance – Regret to Reform was nominated for an Academy Award in 1999.

Interest in the film as a tool for social change led to an educational curriculum, and the birth of the Widows of War Living Memorial, where the voices of widows of war from around the world reflect the experiences of millions whose lives have been forever changed by war.