Bite-sized blog post: Molly Schiot

Molly Schiot

MOLLY SCHIOT started an Instagram project where she celebrated a different female athlete every day @TheUnsungHeroines. That project culminated into a book Gamechangers published by Simon & Schuster and available for purchase on Amazon.

As a filmmaker she directed an episode of the ESPN documentary series 30 for 30 Shorts.

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Where to watch her films:

AMAZON

VIMEO

ESPN

HELLO GIGGLES

Read more about her:

ONLINE
Her Website
Find her on Twitter
The Unsung Heroines Website
Nowness
Interview 1
Interview 2

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 201430 for 30 Shorts (TV Series documentary short) (1 episode)
Our Tough Guy (2014)
 2010Pearblossom (Short)
 2005/IPeeps (Short)

Bite-sized blog post: Clare Kilner

Claire Kilner

CLARE KILNER began her career as a Stage Manager in the British theatre scene. She made a short film applied and was rejected from several UK film schools – made another film and then got into the Royal College of Art in London.

After her first feature film Janice Beard (1999) appeared at the Cannes market she secured American representation with the Gersh Agency and went on to direct features in Hollywood.

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Where to watch her films:

AMAZON

Read more about her:

ONLINE

Her Website
Find her on Twitter
Find her on Facebook
Interview 1
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

The Middle (TV Series) (1 episode)

A Quarry Story (2015)
 1997Daphne & Apollo (Short)

 1997EastEnders (TV Series) (3 episodes)

 1995Symbiosis (Short)
 1994The Secret (Documentary short)

Bite-sized blog post: Andrea Arnold

Andrea Arnold

ANDREA ARNOLD won an Oscar for  her short film Wasp (2004). She was a dancer on Top of the Pops in the 1970s and an actor before becoming a director.

Her feature film American Honey (2016) won the Cannes Grand Jury Prize. She recently directed for Jill Soloway’s series Transparent.

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Where to watch her films:

AMAZON

NETFLIX

Read more about her:

ONLINE

Filmmaker Interview
‘Chaos Brings Life’: 10 Things We Learned from Andrea Arnold at Tribeca
The Guardian
Why Cannes is Buzzing About Andrea Arnold’s Breathtaking ‘American Honey’
Indiewire
Film Inquiry
Variety
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

Transparent (TV Series) (3 episodes)

If I Were a Bell (2016)
Oscillate (2015)
 2009Fish Tank
 2006Red Road

 2003Coming Up (TV Series) (1 episode)

Bed Bugs (2003)
 2003Wasp (Short)
 2001Dog (Short)
 1998Milk (Short)

 1996Hotel Babylon (TV Series) (1 episode)

Episode #1.6 (1996)

Bite-sized blog post: Brea Grant

Brea Grant

BREA GRANT is an actress who has also worked as a writer and director.

Her feature film Best Friends Forever (20103) screened at Slamdance.

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Where to watch her films:

AMAZON

 

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ONLINE

Her Website
Find her on Twitter
Kickstarter page for her film – Best Friends Forever
Indiewire
The Talk House
Real Housewives of Horror

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

2013 Best Friends Forever

Bite-sized blog post: Holly Morris

Holly Morris

HOLLY MORRIS has worked as a correspondent and author as well as directing documentary films.

Morris is the founder of Adventure Divas, a PBS documentary series, a unique character driven travel series.

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Where to watch her films:

AMAZON

VIMEO

THE BABUSHKAS OF CHERNOBYL website

Read more about her:

ONLINE

Her Website
Find her on Twitter
Pilot Guides
TED Talk
Adventure Divas
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 Paradox Found: Cuba (Documentary) (completed)
 2015The Babushkas of Chernobyl (Documentary) (lead director)

 2003World’s Apart (TV Series documentary) (1 episode)

 2002Adventure Divas (TV Series documentary) (4 episodes)

India: Holy Cow (2002)

Bite-sized blog post: Nanette Burstein

Nanette Burstein

NANETTE BURSTEIN is a commercial director as well as an award winning documentary filmmaker who directs television and narrative fiction film – and she co-owns a bar in NYC.

Burstein studied at NYU and her first feature On the Ropes (1999) was nominated for an Oscar and won the Sundance Jury Special Jury prize for a documentary.

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Where to watch her films:

AMAZON

NETFLIX

Read more about her:

ONLINE

Interview
Hungry Man Productions
Nanette Burstein to Direct ‘Unforgiving World’ for Focus (Exclusive)
The Half King
Adrienne Shelley Foundation
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

The Creators (Documentary short)

 201430 for 30 (TV Series documentary) (1 episode)

 2013The Carrie Diaries (TV Series) (1 episode)

Caught (2013)

 2012Don’t Trust the B—- in Apartment 23 (TV Series) (1 episode)

 2012New Girl (TV Series) (1 episode)

Backslide (2012)
 2008American Teen (Documentary)
 2002The Kid Stays in the Picture (Documentary)

 2001Say It Loud: A Celebration of Black Music in America (TV Mini-Series documentary) (5 episodes)

Express Yourself (2001)
 2000The Investigators (TV Series documentary) (as Nanette Burnstein)
 1999On the Ropes (Documentary)

Bite-sized blog post: Millicent Shelton

Millicent Shelton

MILLICENT SHELTON received an MFA at NYU and has gone on to direct for numerous television series. Her entree into the world of film was as a wardrobe assistant on Spike Lee’s Do the Right Thing (1989).

Shelton’s feature film directorial debut Ride (1998) and was the first African-American woman to be nominated for a Primetime Emmy Award  for Outstanding Directing for a Comedy Series for her directing of an episode of 30 Rock.

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Where to watch her films:

AMAZON

MIRAMAX Website

HULU

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ONLINE

Her Website
Find her on Twitter
Find her on Facebook
DGA
L.A. TV, Film Production Exodus Affects Bizzers: TV Director Millicent Shelton
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

Shots Fired (TV Series) (1 episode) (pre-production)

 2016Empire (TV Series) (1 episode)

 2016The Originals (TV Series) (1 episode)

 2016Shades of Blue (TV Series) (2 episodes)

What Devil Do (2016)
Live Wire Act (2016)

 2014-2016The Flash (TV Series) (2 episodes)

 2015-2016Black-ish (TV Series) (3 episodes)

Dr. Hell No (2015)
The Dozens (2015)

 2015Rosewood (TV Series) (1 episode)

 2015Dominion (TV Series) (2 episodes)

The Seed of Evil (2015)

 2014-2015Switched at Birth (TV Series) (2 episodes)

To Repel Ghosts (2015)

 2015Proof (TV Series) (1 episode)

Reborn (2015)

 2015American Crime (TV Series) (1 episode)

Episode Ten (2015)

 2015Dig (TV Series) (2 episodes)

Sisters of Dinah (2015)
Trust No One (2015)

 2014The Mysteries of Laura (TV Series) (1 episode)

 2013-2014Dallas (TV Series) (5 episodes)

Endgame (2014)
Like a Bad Penny (2014)
Trust Me (2014)
Let Me In (2013)
Trial and Error (2013)

 2014The Divide (TV Series) (1 episode)

 2013-2014Hit the Floor (TV Series) (3 episodes)

Steal (2014)
Unguarded (2014)
Turnover (2013)

 2013-2014The Fosters (TV Series) (2 episodes)

Padre (2014)
Clean (2013)

 2014Things You Shouldn’t Say Past Midnight (TV Series) (2 episodes)

Episode #1.8 (2014)
Episode #1.6 (2014)

 2012-2013Parenthood (TV Series) (2 episodes)

Together (2012)

 2013The Hustle (TV Series) (2 episodes)

Rule 4080 (2013)

 2011-2013Warehouse 13 (TV Series) (2 episodes)

Emily Lake (2011)

 2012Go On (TV Series) (1 episode)

Big League Chew (2012)

 2012Jane by Design (TV Series) (1 episode)

 2012Harry’s Law (TV Series) (1 episode)

 2012Hornet’s Nest (TV Movie)

 2012Californication (TV Series) (1 episode)

The Ride-Along (2012)

 2010-201190210 (TV Series) (5 episodes)

A Thousand Words (2011)
2021 Vision (2010)

 2011Pan Am (TV Series) (1 episode)

 2011Free Agents (TV Series) (1 episode)

Rebranding (2011)

 2011Single Ladies (TV Series) (2 episodes)

Lost Without You (2011)

 2011Awkward. (TV Series) (1 episode)

Pilot (2011)

 2009-2011Men of a Certain Age (TV Series) (3 episodes)

The Great Escape (2011)
The Bad Guy (2010)
Go with the Flow (2009)

 2011Castle (TV Series) (1 episode)

 2010Leverage (TV Series) (1 episode)

 2010Zeke and Luther (TV Series) (2 episodes)

Local Heroes (2010)

 2010My Boys (TV Series) (1 episode)

The NTO (2010)

 2009-201030 Rock (TV Series) (2 episodes)

Floyd (2010)
Apollo, Apollo (2009)

 2010Cougar Town (TV Series) (1 episode)

Rhino Skin (2010)

 2009Parks and Recreation (TV Series) (1 episode)

The Camel (2009)

 2009Ruby & the Rockits (TV Series) (1 episode)

 2009Saving Grace (TV Series) (1 episode)

 2007Cavemen (TV Series) (1 episode)

Rock Vote (2007)

 2007Girlfriends (TV Series) (4 episodes)

Spree to Be Free (2007)
Good Grief (2007)
Losing It (2007)

 2007Lincoln Heights (TV Series) (1 episode)

 2007The Loop (TV Series) (1 episode)

The Stranger (2007)

 2006Big Day (TV Series) (1 episode)

Boobzilla (2006)

 2006My Name Is Earl (TV Series) (1 episode)

 2005The Bernie Mac Show (TV Series) (2 episodes)

 2005Barbershop (TV Series) (1 episode)

 2004Dirty and Dirtier (TV Mini-Series)
 2004ABC/TTV Micro-Mini Series (TV Mini-Series short) (episode “Dirty and Dirtier”)
 2003R. Kelly: The R. in R&B – The Video Collection (Video) (video “Your Body’s Calling”)
 1998Ride

Bite-sized blog post: Peggy Holmes

Peggy Holmes

PEGGY HOLMES is a choreographer, dancer and director. She choreographed the scene with Michelle Pfeiffer on the piano in The Fabulous Baker Boys (1989).

Her film directing debut was The Little Mermaid: Ariel’s Beginning (2008). She has gone on to direct other Disney projects.

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Where to watch her films:

AMAZON

NETFLIX

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ONLINE

Interview
VIDEO: Interview 1
VIDEO: Interview 2
Her agency profile
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2014The Pirate Fairy (Video)

Bite-sized blog post: Abby Epstein

Abby Epstein

ABBY EPSTEIN directed for the theater for a number of years before adding documentary filmmaking to her repertoire. She formed a theatre company in Chicago (Roadworks Productions) and then went on to form Ricki & Abby Films with Ricki Lake.

Epstein’s first documentary Until the Violence Stops (2003) stemmed from her work on Eve Ensler’s Vagina Monologues.

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Where to watch her films:

AMAZON

NETFLIX

Read more about her:

ONLINE

Find her on Twitter
Ricki & Abby Films Website
Business of Being Born Website
Filmmaker Interview
Huffington Post
Interview
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2008The Business of Being Born (Documentary)

Bite-sized blog post: Caroline Suh

Caroline Suh

CAROLINE SUH has produced many documentaries and directed for the Sundance series Iconoclasts.

She directed the documentary Frontrunners (2008) and most recently directed a short film about gender inequity in the film industry, The 4% – which also can be viewed as a series of shorts on the Epix website.

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Where to watch her films:

AMAZON

FANDOR

Read more about her:

ONLINE

Frontrunners Website
Eye for Film Interview
Epix’s ‘The 4%: Film’s Gender Problem’ Docu-Series To Debut On Intl. Women’s Day – Sundance
‘The 4%’ Short Films Highlighting Hollywood’s Female Director Gap to Air on Epix
SXSW Interview
VIDEO Interview

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2016Cooked (TV Mini-Series documentary) (1 episode)

Water (2016)

 2012Iconoclasts (TV Series documentary) (2 episodes)

 2008Frontrunners (Documentary)