Month / September 2016

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Bite-sized blog post: Karen Moncrieff

Writer/director Karen Moncrieff during Deauville 2002 - "Blue Car" Photocall at C.I.D Deauville in Deauville, France. (Photo by Jean Baptiste Lacroix/WireImage)

KAREN MONCFRIEFF, after obtaining her B.S. in Performance Studies from Northwestern University (a much more academic and esoteric pursuit than many may realize – I know from having went to one of the few Performance Studies programs in existence myself), moved to Los Angeles to pursue her career in film.

Her feature directorial debut Blue Car (2002) was distributed by Miramax.

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Where to watch her films:

AMAZON

Read more about her:

ONLINE

Los Angeles Times
Variety
VIDEO PODCAST: Interview
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2014Petals on the Wind (TV Movie)

 2004Touching Evil (TV Series) (1 episode)

– Slash 30 (2004) … (as Karen Moncreiff)

 2003Six Feet Under (TV Series) (1 episode)

– The Opening (2003)
 2002Blue Car
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Bite-sized blog post: Olivia Mori

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OLIVIA MORI is an accomplished costume designer who studied film at the Rhode Island School of Design before directing her first documentary feature Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me (2012).

They crowdfunded the production (which required licensing much music) through Kickstarter.

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Where to watch her films:

AMAZON

NETFLIX

Read more about her:

ONLINE

Filmmaker Magazine Interview
KICKSTART THIS! DREW DENICOLA, DANIELLE MCCARTHY & OLIVIA MORI’S ROCKIN’ DOC “BIG STAR: NOTHING CAN HURT ME”
WPRK Radio Interview
Zimbio
New Zealand International Film Festival
Light in the Attic

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

2012Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me (Documentary) (co-director)

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Bite-sized blog post: Julia Halperin

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JULIA HALPERIN is a member of the Austin chapter of Film Fatales. She received her Bachelor’s from Hunter College in New York and her MFA from the University of Texas.

Halperin was nominated along with her collaborator Jason Cortlund for the “Breakthrough Directors” category at the Gotham Awards for their feature film debut Now, Forager (2012).

 

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Where to watch her films:

AMAZON

Read more about her:

ONLINE

Now Forager Website
Indie Diaries: Julia Halperin, Pre-Production Panic in Austin, Texas
VIDEO: Interview
Austin Film Society
Austin Chronicle
Filmmaker Magazine

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2007Interstate (Part Two) (Short)
 2006Interstate (Part One) (Video short)
 2000SuperDoll (Short)
 1997Texas Pawn (Short)
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Bite-sized blog post: Ivy Meeropol

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IVY MEEROPOL directed The Hill, a six part documentary series for the Sundance Channel about staffers in Congressman Wexler’s office.

Meeropol’s HBO documentary Heir to an Execution is about her search for the story of her grandparents Julius and Ethel Rosenberg.

 

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Where to watch her films:

AMAZON

SUNDANCE TV

Read more about her:

ONLINE

Indian Point Film Website
‘I had to know why my grandparents died’
Women & Hollywood Interview
Interview
Catapult Film Fund
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2015Indian Point (Documentary)

 2014Death Row Stories (TV Series documentary) (1 episode)

– Killer Cop (2014)
 2004Heir to an Execution (Documentary)
 1986America Undercover (TV Series documentary) (episode “Heir to an Execution”)
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Bite-sized blog post: Lisa Addario

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LISA ADDARIO’s feature film Amateur Night (2016) was written with her husband Joe Syracuse based on his experiences driving around sex workers. They also co-wrote her directorial debut Lover Girl (1997)

Lover Girl premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival.

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Where to watch her films:

AMAZON

Read more about her:

ONLINE

Find her on Twitter
Connecticut College
Indiewire
Slash Film
Westport native films ‘Amateur Night’ for big screen

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2014Ride (Video short) (co-director)
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Bite-sized blog post: Karen Bernstein

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KAREN BERNSTEIN has produced numerous documentaries including through the PBS program American Masters.

Her directing credits include a documentary about fimmaker Richard Linklater: Dream is Destiny. The film screened at Sundance and SXSW and is distributed by IFC Films and Hulu.

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Where to watch her films:

AMAZON

VIMEO

CRITERION

WOMEN MAKE MOVIES

Read more about her:

ONLINE

Her Website
Find her on Twitter
Richard Linklater: Dream is Destiny website
Interview
Women Make Movies
Austin Film Society

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2016Richard Linklater: Dream Is Destiny (Documentary) (co-director)

 2012Arts in Context (TV Series documentary) (1 episode)

– Producing Light (2012)

 2004Art in Progress (TV Series) (1 episode)

– Art in Progress: Julie Speed
 2004Are the Kids Alright? (TV Movie documentary)
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Bite-sized blog post: Molly Bernstein

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MOLLY BERNSTEIN’s directorial debut Deceptive Practice: The Mysteries and Mentors of Ricky Jay is distributed by Kino Lorber and tells the story of the famous magician Ricky Jay. Before directing she had edited numerous feature and television documentaries.

Bernstein received her MFA from Columbia and formed her company Particle Productions to create “Museum Quality Films” from start to finish.

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Where to watch her films:

AMAZON

KINO LORBER

FANDOR

Read more about her:

ONLINE

Particle Productions
An Art that Nature Makes Website
Women and Hollywood Interview
Vanity Fair
Columbia Univeristy
Environmental Film Festival

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2015American Masters (TV Series documentary) (1 episode)

– Ricky Jay: Deceptive Practice (2015)
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Bite-sized blog post: Rebecca Richman Cohen

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REBECCA RICHMAN COHEN studied law at Harvard and has directed documentaries on the subject. She founded her company Racing Horse Productions to tell stories about social justice.

Her film War Don Don (2010) was nominated for an Academy Award.

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Where to watch her films:

AMAZON

CODE OF THE WEST WEBSITE

WAR DON DON WEBSITE

Read more about her:

ONLINE

Find her on Twitter
Racing Horse Productions
New Day Films
Code of the West Website
War Don Don Website
Filmmaker Magazine
Harvard Law School
Indiewire

 

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2013Defending Gideon (Documentary short)
 2012Code of the West (Documentary)
 2010War Don Don (Documentary)
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Bite-sized blog post: Ally Walker

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ALLY WALKER received her degree in biochemsitry from UC Santa Cruz and was preparing for medical school (similar to Dorothy Arzner) before moving into film and television. Most of her career has been dedicated to work in front of the camera as an actor but in 2005 she released her directorial debut, the documentary For Norman Wherever You Are inspired by her experience trying to navigate the social care system in Los Angeles in order to help a baby and his mother.

Her narrative feature film Sex, Death and Bowling (2015) premiered at the San Diego Film Festival and is distributed in the US by Monterey Media.

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Where to watch her films:

AMAZON

Read more about her:

ONLINE

Her Website
Find her on Twitter
VIDEO: Interview 1
VIDEO: Interview 2
Interview 1
Monterey Media Acquires Ally Walker’s Debut Feature ‘Sex, Death and Bowling’
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2005For Norman: Wherever You Are (Documentary)
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Bite-sized blog post: Lana Wilson

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LANA WILSON’s feature directorial debut, which she directed with Martha Shane, After Tiller (2013) was part of the POV series and nominated for an Emmy in 2015.

Before directing After Tiller she was the film and dance curator for Performa, the New York biennial of new visual art performance. Her next film Last Call will tackle suicide in Japan.

 

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Where to watch her films:

AMAZON

PBS

Read more about her:

ONLINE

Her Website
Find her on Linked In
Indiewire
POV
“After Tiller” Was Nominated For An Emmy
Chicken & Egg Pictures
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

P.O.V. (TV Series documentary) (1 episode)

– After Tiller (2014)
 2013After Tiller (Documentary)