Month / June 2016

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Bite-sized blog post: Maya Forbes

Maya Forbes

MAYA FORBES is primarily known for her work as a producer and writer for television shows such as The Larry Sanders Show and  The People v. OJ Simpson: American Crime Story.

Her directorial debut Infinitely Polar Bear (2014) was based on her experiences growing up with her father who suffered from bipolar disorder.

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AMAZON

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NPR
New Yorker
Maya Forbes Stands by Her Dad in Directorial Debut ‘Infinitely Polar Bear’
Her bipolar inspiration was messy, not quirky
‘Infinitely Polar Bear’ director Maya Forbes bases mental illness story on own family struggle
Wikipedia

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Bite-sized blog post: Sophia Takal

Sophia Takal

SOPHIA TAKAL is an actor, producer and director. She formed a company Little Teeth Pictures with her husband.

Her first feature film Green (2011) premiered at SXSW.

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Where to watch her films:

AMAZON

NETFLIX

VIMEO

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ONLINE

Find her on Twitter
Find her on Facebook
Little Teeth Pictures Website
Green Website
Why Always Shine director Sophia Takal encourages actors to make bad choices
How the Competitive World of Hollywood Pushed Sophia Takal to Make Her Chilling ‘Always Shine’
Filmmaker Magazine
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2011Green
 2009Fat Friend (Short)
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Bite-sized blog post: Lucy Mulloy

Lucy Mulloy

LUCY MULLOY was nominated for a Student Academy while a student at NYU for her documentary short This Morning (2005).

Her follow-up narrative fiction feature Una Noche (2012) was set and filmed on location in Cuba.

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AMAZON

VIMEO

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Meet Spike Lee’s Protégé Lucy Mulloy, Director of Una Noche
Filmmaker Magazine Interview
Indiewire Interview
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2012Una noche
 2005This Morning (Documentary short)
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Bite-sized blog post: Lucy Phenix

Lucy Phenix

LUCY PHENIX is known for her social documentary films which spring from her background as a community organizer and teacher.

You Got to Move (1985), a documentary about the grassroots movement for social change in the South, is in the video collection of the MacArthur Foundation which puts it in public libraries throughout the US.

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Where to watch her films:

AMAZON

MILESTONE FILMS

HER WEBSITE

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ONLINE
Her Website
Interview
Cancer in Two Voices – UNAFF
Women Make Movies

 

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 1994Cancer in Two Voices (Documentary)
 1985You Got to Move (Documentary)

 1976The Big Blue Marble (TV Series) (1 episode)

– Galapagos (1976)

 1971The 51st State (TV Series) (1 episode)

– Arkansas Bound (1971)
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Bite-sized blog post: Suju Vijayan

Suju Vijayan

SUJU VIJAYAN has worked as a senior story producer on the infamous series The Bachelor but she has also directed both documentary and fiction television.

Her most recent film The Playback Singer (2013) features Bollywood star Piyush Mishra and was funded in part by a Kickstarter campaign.

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Where to watch her films:

AMAZON

iTUNES

THE PLAYBACK SINGER WEBSITE

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Find her on Linked In
Interview
The Playback Singer Kickstarter page
The Playback Singer Website

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2005That Yin Yang Thing (TV Series)
 2004Blessing (Short)
 2003Switched! (TV Series)

 1999-2003Intimate Portrait (TV Series documentary) (13 episodes)

– Tracey Gold (2003)
– Alyssa Milano (2003)
– Gladys Knight (2003)
– Josie Bissett (2003)
– Diane Lane (2002)
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Bite-sized blog post: Shundell Prasad

Shundell Prasad

SHUNDELL PRASAD is a documentarian and narrative fiction filmmaker. She grew up in New York City where she studied film at NYU and is of Indo-Carribean descent which gives her many different perspectives for the stories she tells.

Her narrative fiction feature Festival of Lights (2010) tells the story of a young woman from NYC going to Guyana to discover the truth about her family’s past.

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iTUNES

VIMEO

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Find her film on Facebook
Celebrating the achievements of Guyanese Women and Girls
Interview
Wikipedia for Festival of Lights

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2007Unholy Matrimony (Video documentary)
 2006Once More Removed (Documentary)
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Bite-sized blog post: Dena Hysell

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DENA HYSELL has directed documentary and narrative fiction films. She started out as a producer after studying at Stanford and has served on the board of the non-profit Mobile Film Classroom which teaches kids storytelling and filmmaking skills.

Her directorial debut was a documentary about business people who survived and thrived despite the economic crisis, The Paladins (2012).

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Where to watch her films:

YOUTUBE

HER WEBSITE

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Her Website
Cannes, France: Dena Hysell’s Ascent to Hell Scorches the Screen – First Look!
Stage 32

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2015The App (attached)
 2012I’m Not an Accent (Short)
 2012Peacemaker (Video documentary short)
 2012The Paladins (Documentary)
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Bite-sized blog post: Alexis O. Korycinski

Alexis O Korycinski

ALEXIS O. KORYCINSKI was  a participant in the prestigious AFI Directing Workshop for Women.

Her documentary feature Defining Beauty: Ms. Wheelchair America (2011) premiered at the Newport Beach Film Festival where it won the Audience Award for Best Documentary.

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Where to watch her films:

CULTURE UNPLUGGED VIMEO

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Her Website
Defining Beauty blog
Alexis O. Korycinski had the opportunity to show her short film, The Haircut, at the 2015 Newport Beach Film Festival
DC Independent Film Festival

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2011Collision (Short) (as Alexis Ostrander) (post-production)
 2014Ballon (Short) (as Alexis Ostrander)
 2014The Haircut (Short)
 2011Defining Beauty: Ms. Wheelchair America (Documentary) (as Alexis Ostrander)
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Bite-sized blog post: S.J. Clarkson

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S.J. CLARKSON was named as one of the top 50 powerful women in film and television by The Guardian in 2012.

Despite hailing from England Clarkson directed the pilot of Marvel’s Netflix series Jessica Jones as well as for numerous other American television shows..

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Where to watch her films:

NETFLIX

AMAZON

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ONLINE

Her Representatives Website
Variety
Variety 2
Edinburgh International Television Festival
Marvel’s ‘Jessica Jones’: S.J. Clarkson Directs First Two Episodes
S.J. Clarkson Directs And Produces ‘Jessica Jones’
Meet the Directors of Jessica Jones
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

Love, Nina (TV Mini-Series) (5 episodes)

– Episode #1.5 (2016)
– Episode #1.4 (2016)
– Episode #1.3 (2016)
– Episode #1.2 (2016)
– Episode #1.1 (2016)

 2016Vinyl (TV Series) (1 episode)

– The Racket (2016)

 2015Jessica Jones (TV Series) (2 episodes)

– AKA Crush Syndrome (2015)
– AKA Ladies Night (2015) … (as SJ Clarkson)

 2015Dig (TV Series) (1 episode)

– Pilot (2015) … (as SJ Clarkson)

 2014Orange Is the New Black (TV Series) (1 episode)

– 40 OZ of Furlough (2014)

 2014TURN: Washington’s Spies (TV Series) (1 episode)

– Of Cabbages and Kings (2014) … (as SJ Clarkson)

 2013Hostages (TV Series) (1 episode)

– The Good Reason (2013)

 2013The Bridge (TV Series) (1 episode)

– All About Eva (2013) … (as SJ Clarkson)

 2013Bates Motel (TV Series) (1 episode)

– The Man in Number 9 (2013) … (as SJ Clarkson)

 2013Smash (TV Series) (1 episode)

– The Surprise Party (2013)

 2013Banshee (TV Series) (2 episodes)

– The Kindred (2013) … (as SJ Clarkson)
– The Rave (2013) … (as SJ Clarkson)

 2012Hunted (TV Series) (2 episodes)

– LB (2012)
– Mort (2012) … (as SJ Clarkson)

 2009-2011Dexter (TV Series) (3 episodes)

– The Angel of Death (2011)
– Once Upon a Time… (2011)
– Hello, Dexter Morgan (2009)

 2011House (TV Series) (1 episode)

– Recession Proof (2011)
 2010Toast (TV Movie) (as S J Clarkson)

 2009-2010Heroes (TV Series) (2 episodes)

– Chapter Sixteen ‘The Art of Deception’ (2010)
– Chapter Four ‘Hysterical Blindness’ (2009)

 2010Ugly Betty (TV Series) (1 episode)

– The Passion of the Betty (2010)

 2009Whitechapel (TV Series) (3 episodes)

– Episode #1.3 (2009)
– Episode #1.2 (2009) … (as SJ Clarkson)
– Episode #1.1 (2009)

 2008Mistresses (TV Series) (2 episodes)

– Episode #1.2 (2008)
– Men Behaving Badly (2008)

 2006-2007Life on Mars (TV Series) (6 episodes)

– Episode #2.8 (2007) … (as SJ Clarkson)
– Episode #2.7 (2007) … (as SJ Clarkson)
– Episode #2.2 (2007) … (as SJ Clarkson)
– Episode #2.1 (2007) … (as SJ Clarkson)
– Episode #1.7 (2006) … (as SJ Clarkson)
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 2006Hustle (TV Series) (2 episodes)

– Law and Corruption (2006)
– The Hustlers News of the Day (2006)

 2005Bad Girls (TV Series) (2 episodes)

– Episode #7.8 (2005) … (as SJ Clarkson)
– Episode #7.7 (2005) … (as SJ Clarkson)

 2005Footballers’ Wives (TV Series) (2 episodes)

– Episode #4.7 (2005)
– Episode #4.6 (2005)

 2003-2005Casualty (TV Series) (5 episodes)

– Forbidden Love (2005)
– Past Imperfect (2004)
– And the Bride Wore Red (2004)
– Parenthood (2004)
– Christmas Spirit (2003)

 2004EastEnders (TV Series) (8 episodes)

– Episode dated 23 July 2004 (2004) … (as SJ Clarkson)
– Episode dated 22 July 2004 (2004) … (as SJ Clarkson)
– Episode dated 20 July 2004 (2004) … (as SJ Clarkson)
– Episode dated 19 July 2004 (2004) … (as SJ Clarkson)
– Episode dated 19 March 2004 (2004) … (as SJ Clarkson)
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 2001-2004Doctors (TV Series) (37 episodes)

– No Fury (2004)
– No Pain, No Gain (2004)
– Last Minute Nerves (2004)
– Look Ma, No Hands (2004)
– Blackout (2003)
– Slippery Slope (2003)
– Love Hurts (2003)
– To Have Not (2003)
– No Refund (2003)
– A Life of One’s Own (2003)
– Different for Girls (2003)
– Junk (2003)
– Zero Tolerance (2003)
– The Dragon (2003)
– Suspicious Minds: Part 2 (2003)
– Suspicious Minds: Part 1 (2003)
– Truth or Dare (2003)
– All in Vein (2003)
– Famous Last Words (2003)
– Testing Testing (2002)
– The First Step (2002)
– A Hole in the Heart (2002)
– Heart Beats (2002)
– Nobody’s Child (2002)
– Too Late for Goodbyes (2002)
– Labour Day (2002)
– A Matter of Pride (2002)
– Night Terrors (2002)
– Prescription for a Corpse (2002)
– More Is Never Enough (2002)
– Stand-Up (2002)
– Gut Feeling (2002)
– Motherly Love (2002)
– Treat Me, Treat My Dog (2002)
– Mummy’s Boy (2001)
– Not Any Drop to Drink (2001)
– Caring for Mary (2001)
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Bite-sized blog post: Tiffany Shlain

Tiffany Shlain

TIFFANY SHLAIN has directed numerous documentary shorts and a feature documentary exploring her interest in technology Connected: An Autoblogography About Love, Death & Technology and a TV series exploring the same topic.

Shlain also has been nominated for an Emmy and  founded the Webby Awards.

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TIFFANY SHLAIN — Growing Up the Internet
Ted Talk
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2015The Adaptable Mind (Documentary short)
 2015The Making of a Mensch (Documentary short)
 2014ParenTechnology (Documentary short)
 2014Punk Rock Diplomacy (Documentary short)
 2014Robots, Botox, & Google Glass (Documentary short)
 2014The Photosynthesis of Social Media (Documentary short)
 2014TransBoom (Documentary short)

 2013-2014The Future Starts Here (TV Series documentary short) (16 episodes)

– The Future of Our Species (2014)
– Creative Bondage (2014)
– ParenTechnology (2014)
– TransBoom (2014)
– The Photosynthesis of Social Media (2014)
Show all 16 episodes
 2014A Case for Dreaming (Video documentary short)
 2013A Case for Optimism (Documentary short)
 2013Motherhood Remixed (Documentary short)
 2013Participatory Revolution (Documentary short)
 2013Technology Shabbats (Documentary short)
 2013The Science of Character (Documentary short)
 2013The Creative Process in 10 Acts (Documentary short)
 2013Facing the Future (Short)
 2013Idea Porn (Short)
 2013Tech Etiquette (Documentary short)
 2013Why We Love Robots (Video documentary short)
 2012Brain Power: From Neurons to Networks (Documentary short)
 2012/IIEngage (Short)
 2011A Declaration of Interdependence (Video documentary short)
 2005The Tribe (Documentary short)