Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Christine Fugate (born December 12, 1963) is an American film director specializing in documentaries and independent films. She is also a journalist, interviewer, and author of Mothering Heights, a now monthly online column also published in the Laguna Beach Independent. In 2008, she edited a collection of essays by women sharing diverse perspectives on the same subject, The Mothering Heights Manual for Motherhood, Volume I.