Month / August 2016

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Bite-sized blog post: Alison Ellwood

Alison Ellwood

ALISON ELLWOOD is an editor as well as a director of television and feature documentaries, for Oscar and Emmy nominated projects.

Her documentary History of the Eagles (2013) which she directed as well as edited premiered at Sundance.

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Where to watch her films:

AMAZON

NETFLIX

VIMEO

Read more about her:

ONLINE

Filmmaker Magazine Interview
‘Eagles’ Doc Director Says Glenn Frey ‘Didn’t Want a Fluff Piece’
Huffington Post
Jigsaw Productions
Interview with Alison Ellwood and Alex Gibney
ESPN Nine for IX

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2016Spring Broke (Documentary)

 2013Nine for IX (TV Series documentary) (1 episode)

– No Limits (2013)

 2013History of the Eagles (TV Mini-Series documentary) (2 episodes)

– Part II (2013)
– Part I (2013)
 2000American High (TV Series)

 2000True Life (TV Series documentary) (1 episode)

– The Travelers (2000)
 1996New York: On the Edge (TV Series) (2 episodes)
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Bite-sized blog post: Abby Ginzberg

Abby Ginzberg

ABBY GINZBERG directs documentaries about the legal system and social justice issues. She founded the production company Social Action Media in the Bay Area (California).

Her most recent directorial endeavor, Tipping Point, addresses the paltry wages of restaurant employees who earn a living based on tips.

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Where to watch her films:

AMAZON

VIMEO

SOCIAL ACTION MEDIA Website

Read more about her:

ONLINE

Her Website
Find her on Facebook
Tipping Point Website
Soft Vengeance Website
Indiewire Interview
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

Tipping Piont (Documentary) (filming)
 2001Everyday Heroes (Documentary)
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Bite-sized blog post: Alex Kondracke

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ALEX KONDRACKE’s short film Ice Fishing (2000), shot while she was a student at NYU, received the Jury prize at Sundance.

She went on to write for television shows including The L Word and Hung. Her feature film Girltrash: All Night Long (2014) premiered at the FilmOut San Diego Film Festival.

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Where to watch her films:

GIRLTRASH: ALL NIGHT LONG WEBSITE

HULU

Read more about her:

ONLINE
Find her on Twitter
Girltrash: All Night Long (2014) Website
Alternate Realities – Photography
Indiewire
PODCAST: Getting the Dirt on Girltrash’s Angela Robinson and Alexandra Kondracke
VIDEO Interview
Live Journal blogpost

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2014Girltrash: All Night Long (as Alex Martinez Kondracke)
 2003Sunset Park (Short)
 2000Ice Fishing (Short)
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Bite-sized blog post: Angela Robinson

Angela Robinson

ANGELA ROBINSON studied theater at Brown University before getting her MFA at NYU. Robinson has directed, produced and written for several television shows, including HBO’s True Blood.

Her short film D.E.B.S. (2003)was turned into a feature film (2002) with help from Sony after it premiered at Sundance.

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Where to watch her films:

AMAZON

iTUNES

Read more about her:

ONLINE

What’s it like to be a black, female director in Hollywood?
VIDEO: Interview for Film Independent
VIDEO: Fusion Award Speech
‘Girltrash’ writer/director Angela Robinson relinquishes association with Power Up
Indiewire Interview
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

True Blood (TV Series) (1 episode)

– Karma (2014)

 2011Charlie’s Angels (TV Series) (1 episode)

– Runway Angels (2011)

 2010Gigantic (TV Series) (2 episodes)

– Pilot: Part 2 (2010)
– Pilot: Part 1 (2010)

 2006-2009The L Word (TV Series) (8 episodes)

– Litmus Test (2009)
– LMFAO (2009)
– Lifecycle (2008)
– Lesbians Gone Wild (2008)
– Lookin’ at You, Kid (2008)
Show all 8 episodes
 2007Girltrash! (Video short)
 2007Starz/Encore on Set: Herbie Fully Loaded (TV Movie) (uncredited)
 2004D.E.B.S.
 2003D.E.B.S. (Short)
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Bite-sized blog post: Barbara Stepansky

Barbara Stepansky

BARBARA STEPANSKY received a Nicholl Fellowship in Screenwriting. She has studied filmmaking at UCLA, USC and AFI.

Her first feature film Hurt (2009) was a thriller released on DVD by Monterey Media.

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Where to watch her films:

AMAZON

VIMEO

Read more about her:

ONLINE

Her Website
Find her on Twitter
Find her on Facebook
Interview
PODCAST Interview – Chicks Who Script
Master Class Alumni Barbara Stepansky Becomes a Nicholl Fellow!
Are You Kidding Me Right Now? Woman Didn’t Get Job Because “Lead Actor Hates Female Directors”
Barbara Stepanksy To Direct Thriller 6 FIGURES

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2014/ISubstance (Short)
 2013/VIFirst Date (Short)
 2012Awkward Sunrise (TV Series short)
 2011My Own Private Demon (Short)
 2011/IIFugue
 2011I Hate L.A. (segment “Downtown”)
 2011Assassins (TV Series)
 2010/IRoad Rage (Short)
 2009Hurt
 2006Die trojanische Kuh (Short)
 2002Vacation (Short)
 2000Blueberry Pancakes (Short)
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Bite-sized blog post: Alexandra Roxo

Alexandra Roxo

ALEXANDRA ROXO created an directed a documentary series for Vice Every Woman: Life as a Truck Stop Stripper (2014).

Roxo’s new series Be Here Nowish was developed with Natalie Leite with whom she started a company, Purple Milk, so that they both could collaborate in producing and directing work.

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Where to watch her films:

AMAZON

VIMEO

VICE

Read more about her:

ONLINE

Her Website
Find her on Twitter
Filmmaker Magazine Interview
After Ellen Interview
Chatting Up: Natalia Leite and Alexandra Roxo
Huffington Post Interview conversation
The Numinous

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

Be Here Nowish (TV Series) (1 episode)

– Clitoral Nirvana (2016)
 2015Serrano Shoots Cuba (Documentary)
 2010Bemvindo (Short)
 2008/IIOut of the Blue (Short)
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Bite-sized blog post: Liza Johnson

Liza Johnson

LIZA JOHNSON has a background in Visual Arts and received her BA from Williams College and an MFA from UC San Diego.

She directed several shorts and video installations before directing her first American feature Return (2011) which was nominated for several Independent Spirit Awards and starred Linda Cardellini.

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Where to watch her films:

AMAZON

NETFLIX

Read more about her:

ONLINE

Her Website
Find Return on Facebook
Indiewire
In the Air Press Materials
Filmmaker Magazine Interview
NPR Interview
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2016Good Girls Revolt (TV Series) (1 episode)

– Episode #1.1 (2016)
 2011Return
 2009In the Air (Short)
 2006South of Ten (Documentary short)
 2005Desert Motel (Short)
 2004Falling (Short)
 1998Giftwrap (Short)
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Bite-sized blog post: Vicky Jenson

Vicky Jenson

VICKY JENSON was the first woman to direct an Oscar winning Animated Feature with the DreamWorks film Shrek.

She also has directed over 40 commercial spots with Anonymous Content – and at the time she worked with them she was the only woman they represented.

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Where to watch her films:

AMAZON

Read more about her:

ONLINE

Find her on Twitter
Acme Filmworks
Los Angeles Times
Variety
Seeking Our Story: An Animated Life: Director Vicky Jenson
Firsts Among Equals
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

Firsts (TV Series) (2 episodes)

– First Game Night (2014)
– First I Love You (2013)
 2009Post Grad
 2003Family Tree (Short)
 2001Shrek

 1995The Baby Huey Show (TV Series) (4 episodes)

– Operation Immunization (1995) … (as Victoria Jenson)
– Downhill Ducks (1995) … (as Victoria Jenson)
– To Sewer with Love (1995) … (as Victoria Jenson)
– Tempo Tantrum (1995) … (as Victoria Jenson)

 

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Bite-sized blog post: Agnieszka Wojtowicz-Vosloo

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AGNIESZKA WOJTOWICZ-VOSLOO directed the short film Pâté (2001) which premiered at Sundance while still a student at NYU.

Through that success she got an agent and began writing the feature film After Life (2009) which she ended up directing with Liam Neeson and Christina Ricci.

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Where to watch her films:

AMAZON

Read more about her:

ONLINE

Find her on Facebook
Wall Street Journal  Interview
Interview 1
Interview 2
VIDEO Interview
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2001Pâté (Short)
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Bite-sized blog post: Alexandra Shiva

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ALEXANDRA SHIVA’s most recent documentary about autism How to Dance in Ohio (2015) premiered at Sundance and was distributed by HBO.

Shiva formed her company Gidalya Pictures while her making her first feature documentary Bombay Eunuch (2001).

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Where to watch her films:

AMAZON

VIMEO

Read more about her:

ONLINE

Find her on Twitter
Gidalya Pictures Website
The New Yorker
Interview – HBO
Sundance VIDEO
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2015How to Dance in Ohio (Documentary)
 2006Stagedoor (Documentary)
 2001Bombay Eunuch (Documentary)