Bite-sized blog post: Hilari Scarl

Hilari Scarl

With a background in theatre director HILARI SCARL took on the directorial challenges of the reality show On the Lot (2007), a show which pitted film directors against one another.

She segued her success from the reality show into directing her first feature, the documentary See What I’m Saying: The Deaf Entertainers Documentary (2009) which she successfully self-distributed.

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Where to watch her films:

AMAZON (Streaming)

AMAZON (DVDs/BluRays for PURCHASE)

VIMEO

Read more about her:

ONLINE

Her Website
Find her on Facebook
Find her on Twitter
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See What I’m Saying website
Alliance of Women Directors
Interview
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2007Snips & Snails (Short)
 2007Ditto (Short)
 2006Paving the Way (TV Short)
 2006Worldplay (Video documentary)

Bite-sized blog post: Rebecca Thomas

2013 Film Independent Spirit Awards at Santa Monica Beach - Arrivals Featuring: Rebecca Thomas Where: Los Angeles, California, United States When: 23 Feb 2013 Credit: FayesVision/WENN.com

REBECCA THOMAS’ first short Ivan Sings (2009) premiered at Sundance before she went to Columbia University for her MFA in filmmaking.

Thomas directed her first feature Electrick Children (2012) while still a student at Columbia. The television pilot she directed Little Darlings has recently been picked up and she is slated to direct the live-action film of The Little Mermaid and the movie of John Green’s novel Looking for Alaska.

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Where to watch her films:

AMAZON (Streaming)

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Rebecca Thomas in Talks to Direct ‘Little Mermaid’ Starring Chloe Moretz
Variety
‘Looking for Alaska’ Taps Rebecca Thomas to Direct
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2009Ivan Sings (Short)

Bite-sized blog post: Sam Taylor-Johnson

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SAM TAYLOR-JOHNSON is a fine-artist and filmmaker from England who infiltrated Hollywood to direct Fifty Shades of Grey (2015) for Universal.

Her first feature film Nowhere Boy (2009) was about the childhood of Beatles icon John Lennon.

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Where to watch her films:

AMAZON (Streaming)

AMAZON (DVDs/BluRays for PURCHASE)

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ONLINE

Find her on Instagram
Her Website
‘Fifty Shades Of Grey’ Director Sam Taylor-Johnson Formally Splits From Franchise
Independent Interview
Interview
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

Gypsy (TV Series) (pre-production)
 2011James Bond Supports International Women’s Day (Short) (as Sam Taylor-Wood)
 2009Nowhere Boy (as Sam Taylor-Wood)
 2008Love You More (Short) (as Sam Taylor-Wood)
 2006Destricted (segment “Death Valley”, as Sam Taylor-Wood)
 1996Misfit (Short) (as Sam Taylor-Wood)

Bite-sized blog post: Tamara Jenkins

Tamara Jenkins

After working as a performance artist TAMARA JENKINS attended NYU for an MFA in filmmmaking.

The script for her first feature film Slums of Beverly Hills (1998) was developed as part of the Sundance Institute.

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Where to watch her films:

AMAZON (Streaming)

AMAZON (DVDs/BluRays for PURCHASE)

NETFLIX

Read more about her:

ONLINE

Find her on Facebook
Interview
The Moth
NPR
A.V. Club Interview
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 1998Slums of Beverly Hills
 1995Shooting Gallery (TV Series) (1 episode)
Killing & Death (1995)
 1993Family Remains (Short)
 1992Fugitive Love (Short)

Bite-sized blog post: Joyce Wu

Joyce Wu

JOYCE WU grew up in Detroit and directed theatre before heading to NYU for her MFA in film.

Her recent feature film She Lights Up Well (2014) reveals autobiographical elements focusing on an Asian American filmmaker who hails from Detroit. It is distributed via iTunes and Verizon on demand.

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Where to watch her films:

iTUNES

VIMEO

MR. RIGHT THE WEBSERIES

Read more about her:

ONLINE
Find  her on Facebook
Find her on Twitter
Joyce Wu’s Website
Interview
Head First Into the Deep End: An Interview with Joyce Wu
She Lights Up Well on Facebook

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

2014-2015Mr. Right (TV Series) (6 episodes)

Episode #1.6 (2015)
Episode #1.5 (2014)
Episode #1.4 (2014)
Episode #1.3 (2014)
Episode #1.2 (2014)
 2013Screaming in Asian (Short)
 2011The Man Downstairs (Short)
 2011Withholding (Short)
 2010Havdalah (Documentary short)

Bite-sized blog post: Kathleen Collins

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KATHLEEN COLLINS has been recognized as the first African American woman to write and direct a feature length film.

 Losing Ground (1982) was Collins’ second film and first feature (The Cruz Brothers and Miss Malloy was less than an hour so not quite a feature). Unfortunately, it was also her last. She died of cancer at 46.

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Where to watch her films:

AMAZON (DVDs/BluRays for PURCHASE)

PURCHASE FROM MILESTONE FILMS

Read more about her:

ONLINE
Find Losing Ground on Facebook
New York Times Obituary
Release of Newly-Restored “Lost” Kathleen Collins 1982 Classic, ‘Losing Ground,’ Starting in February
NPR
The New Yorker
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

Bite-sized blog post: Nora Ephron

NORA EPHRON Film 'LUCKY NUMBERS' (2000) Directed By NORA EPHRON 24 October 2000 CTD10863 Allstar/Cinetext/PARAMOUNT PICTURES **WARNING** This photograph can only be reproduced by publications in conjunction with the promotion of the above film. For Editorial Use Only

Famous for her romantic comedies NORA EPHRON began as a writer and was nominated for three Academy Awards for Best Writer.

She directed iconic films including Sleepless in Seattle (1993) and You Got Mail (1998).

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Where to watch her films:

NETFLIX

AMAZON (BluRays/DVDs for PURCHASE)

Read more about her:

ONLINE

Britannica
The Hollywood Reporter
Nora Ephron’s dying secret
The New Yorker
New York Times Obituary
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2005Bewitched
 1996Michael

Bite-sized blog post: Jane Ainbinder

Jane Ainbinder

JANE AINBINDER got her MFA at USC before directing her first feature film Nail Polish (2006) which screened at the Mill Valley Film Festival among other prestigious festivals.

She currently produces and directs corporate videos with her company Back Talk Productions based in San Francisco.

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Where to watch her films:

VIMEO

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ONLINE
Back Talk Productions website
Bay Area Women in Film & Media
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USC

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

2006 Nail Polish

Bite-sized blog post: Maya Angelou

Maya Angelou

MAYA ANGELOU is of course best known as an author and poet but she was also a filmmaker.

She attended the AFI Directing Workshop for Women in 1974 and then in 1998 at the age of 70 directed her first feature film Down in the Delta.

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Where to watch her films:

NETFLIX

AMAZON (STREAMING)

AMAZON (DVDs/BluRays for PURCHASE)

Read more about her:

ONLINE

Remembering Author Maya Angelou’s Film and TV Career
Variety Review of Down in the Delta
Maya Angelou Directed ‘Down In The Delta’
Guardian Obituary
NY Times film review of Down in the Delta
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 1976Visions (TV Series) (1 episode)

Bite-sized blog post: Stacy Title

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STACY TITLE began as an investigative journalist before directing her first short film Down on the Waterfront (1993) which played at Sundance and was nominated for an Academy Award.

Her first feature film The Last Supper (1995) starred Cameron Diaz and Courtney B. Vance. Her upcoming feature The Bye Bye Man written by her husband Jonathan Penner is a thriller co-produced by Los Angeles Media Fund.

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Where to watch her films:

AMAZON (Streaming)

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Stacy Title Website
Deadline
Stacy Title to Direct Supernatural Thriller The Bye Bye Man
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2016The Bye Bye Man (attached) (post-production)
 2007The Greatest Show Ever (TV Movie)