Born in Los Angeles, California, Jae Carmichael studied at Mills College and earned a BFA from the University of Southern California as well as a PhD in cinematography and art history.

From 1962-66, she was Director of the Wooden Horse Gallery in Laguna Beach. From the 1950s, she has been an active art teacher in southern California in Pasadena and served as cinematography professor at the University of Southern California.

She is a resident of Los Angeles.

Jae Carmichael, painter, sculptor, photographer, writer, and independent filmmaker updated a 19th century cemetery and was founding director of Pasadena's Pacific Asia Museum. She staged more than 200 solo exhibitions in galleries in Los Angeles, Japan, and Europe and has works included in permanent collections of the Oakland Museum of California, the Long Beach Museum of Art, and the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, among others.

Her 1976 film Heritage of Hope was nominated for an Emmy, and she initiated the Mountain View Cemetery and Mausoleum's installation of computer chips called Memory Medallions in a few dozen historic tombstones, allowing visitors with a laptop or hand-held computer to view 5-min silent films about such luminaries as CalTech physicist Richard Feynman and 1950s actor George Reeves.

She died in Pasadena, California on November 5, 2005.

Source: www.LifeinLegacy.com

From: California Watercolors 1850-1970, An Illustrated History & Biographical Dictionary by Gordon McClelland and Jay T. Last.

Jae Carmichael was born in Hollywood, Ca. in 1925.
She studied at the University of Southern California, Claremont College, Mills College, Oakland, Cal.
She was a member of the American Watercolor Society and the California Watercolor Society.
She studied art with Francis de Erdely, Millard, Sheets, Phil Dike, Dong Kingman, and William Gaw.
In 1953, she became a member of the California Watercolor Society and has exhibited in the annual shows since that time.

In addition to painting and exhibiting her watercolors on a national level, Carmichael has produced sculpture, murals, oil paintings and films.
She was a director of the Pasadena Society of Artists and a director of the California Watercolor Society.
She is currently an Adjunct Professor of Cinema at the University of Southern California.
Biographical information:
Interview with Jae Carmichael, 1984

Jae Carmichael (1925-2005) Born: Hollywood, CA; Studied: University of Southern California, Claremont College (California), Mills College (Oakland);

Member: American Watercolor Society, California Water Color Society. Jae Carmichael studied art with; Francis de Erdely, Millard Sheets, Phil Dike, Dong Kingman and William Gaw. In 1953, she became a member of the California Water Color Society and has exhibited in the annual shows since that time.

In addition to painting and exhibiting her watercolors on a national level, Carmichael has produced sculpture, murals, oil paintings and films. She was a director of the Pasadena School of Fine Arts, president of the Pasadena Society of Artists and a director of the California Water Color Society.

he is currently an Adjunct Professor of Cinema at the University of Southern California.

Biographical information:
Interview with Jae Carmichael, 1984.