Bite-sized blog post: Afia Nathaniel

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AFIA NATHANIEL studied Mathematics and Physics and worked as a computer-scientist before graduating with an MFA in film from Columbia University. She originated from Pakisan and now lives and works in Brooklyn, NY.

Her feature film Dukhtar (2014) premiered at the Toronto Film Festival.

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Where to watch her films:

AMAZON

NETFLIX

VIMEO

 

Read more about her:

ONLINE

Find her on Twitter
Find her on Facebook
Filmmaker Magazine Interview
Raising Films Interview
Indiewire Interview
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2014Dukhtar
 2006Long After (Short)
 2005Toba Tek Singh (Short)
 2003Nadah (Short)

Bite-sized blog post: Rachel Grady

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RACHEL GRADY co-directs with Heidi Ewing through their company Loki Films – they were nominated for an Academy Award for their film Jesus Camp (2006).

With Ewing she raised funds for their film Detropia (2012) at the Sundance Film Festival where they premiered 12th & Deleware (2010), an HBO Documentary Film.

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Where to watch her films:

AMAZON

NETFLIX

WE THE ECONOMY – 20 Short Films you can’t afford to miss

POV

Read more about her:

ONLINE

Find her on Twitter
Loki Films
Detropia Website
Docuweek Interview
Hollywood Reporter: includes VIDEO
POV
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2015A Dream Preferred (Documentary short)

 2014Makers: Women Who Make America (TV Mini-Series documentary) (2 episodes)

Women in War (2014)
Women in Comedy (2014)

 2013Vanity Fair: Decades (TV Mini-Series short) (1 episode)

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

Branded (2013)
 2013The Education of Mohammad Hussein (Documentary short) (co-director)
 2012Detropia (Documentary)

 2010True Life (TV Series documentary) (1 episode)

 2010Freakonomics (Documentary)
 201012th & Delaware (Documentary) (co-director)

 2009NOW on PBS (TV Series documentary) (1 episode)

 2008The Lord’s Boot Camp (TV Movie documentary)

 2006P.O.V. (TV Series documentary) (1 episode)

 2006Jesus Camp (Documentary)
 2005The Boys of Baraka (Documentary)
 2004Mad Justice (Documentary)

Bite-sized blog post: Heidi Ewing

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HEIDI EWING co-directed Jesus Camp (2006) which was nominated for an Academy Award.

She runs her company Loki Films with Rachel Grady and has directed and produced numerous documentaries including Detropia (2012)

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Where to watch her films:

AMAZON

NETFLIX

WE THE ECONOMY – 20 Short Films you can’t afford to miss

POV

Read more about her:

ONLINE

Find her on Twitter
Loki Films
Detropia Website
Docuweek Interview
Hollywood Reporter: includes VIDEO
POV
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2015A Dream Preferred (Documentary short)

 2014Makers: Women Who Make America (TV Mini-Series documentary) (2 episodes)

Women in War (2014)
Women in Comedy (2014)

 2013Vanity Fair: Decades (TV Mini-Series short) (1 episode)

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

Branded (2013)
 2013The Education of Mohammad Hussein (Documentary short) (co-director)
 2012Detropia (Documentary)

 2010True Life (TV Series documentary) (1 episode)

 2010Freakonomics (Documentary)
 201012th & Delaware (Documentary) (co-director)

 2009NOW on PBS (TV Series documentary) (1 episode)

 2008The Lord’s Boot Camp (TV Movie documentary)

 2006P.O.V. (TV Series documentary) (1 episode)

 2006Jesus Camp (Documentary)
 2005The Boys of Baraka (Documentary)
 2001Rite of Passage (TV Movie documentary)
 1999Guns in America: Gun Life (TV Movie)

 1998Investigative Reports (TV Series) (1 episode)

Bite-sized blog post: Bonni Cohen

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BONNI COHEN has a production company in San Francisco, Actual Films which she runs with her husband. She co-founded the Catapult Film Fund to help fund documentary films in development.

Her documentary Audrie & Daisy premiered at Sundance and was picked up by Netflix.

 

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Where to watch her films:

AMAZON

NETFLIX

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2016Audrie & Daisy (Documentary)

 2007-2009National Geographic Explorer (TV Series documentary) (3 episodes)

Inside Bethlehem (2007)
 2006The Rape of Europa (Documentary)

 Wild on the Set (TV Series) (1 episode, 2000) (second director – 1 episode, 2000)

Snakes (2000) … (second director)
Primates (2000)
 1998Kofi Annan: Eye of the Storm (TV Movie documentary)
 1994Meet Me in Miami Beach (Documentary short) (as Bonnie Cohen)

Bite-sized blog post: Tzipi Trope

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TZIPI TROPE teaches at NYU and produces and directs film with her company Maya Films Ltd.

Her feature film documentary Tell Me You Love Me (1983) aired on HBO.

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Where to watch her films:

VIMEO

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2010Eshet Rosh Hamemshala (Documentary)
 2006Ballada Le’Bni She’Gadal (Documentary)
 2005Looking for the Lost Voice (Documentary)

Bite-sized blog post: Ester Brym

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ESTER BRYM moved from Prague to study filmmaking in New York City. She worked as an editor and then moved to Los Angeles where she directed her first feature length documentary Butterflies (2009) about YouTubers.

Her recent documentary venture Not Your Skin (2017) explores transgender issues.

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Where to watch her films:

VIMEO

YOUTUBE

Read more about her:

ONLINE

Her Website – Filmster
Find her on Twitter
National Film Board of Canada
Film Festivals
Filmster Blog
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2017Not Your Skin (Documentary) (post-production)
 20151 Day with Chinaski (Documentary short)
 2013Autumn of Route 66 (Documentary) (as Ester Brymova)
 201012 Hours or How I Deal with Shit (Video short) (as Ester Brymova)
 2009/IButterflies (Documentary) (as Ester Brymova)

Bite-sized blog post: Estelle Artus

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ESTELLE ARTUS attained her PhD from the Sorbonne where she studied visual arts before moving to New York City where she makes movies.

Her feature narrative film According to Her (2016) premiered at the Cinequest Film Festival.

 

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Where to watch her films:

VIMEO

ACCORDING TO HER WEBSITE

Read more about her:

ONLINE

Her Website
Facebook page for her film
According to Her Website
Interview
Indiewire

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2014Now They Know (Video short)
 2006Where It Clicks (Short)
 2005Ring Road (Short)
 2004Domestic Underground (Short)
 2003Play Again (Short)

Bite-sized blog post: Linda Knowlton-Goldstein

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LINDA KNOWLTON-GOLDSTEIN produced Whale Rider (2002) which received an Academy Award nomination for Best Actress for Keisha Castle-Hughes. After producing several narrative fiction films she transitioned to director with the documentary The World According to Sesame Street (2006).

Her documentary feature Somewhere Between (2011) premiered at Hot Docs where it won the Sundance Channel People’s Choice Award.

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Where to watch her films:

AMAZON

SOMEWHERE BETWEEN WEBSITE

PBS

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2016Radical Brownies (Documentary) (filming)
 2014Makers: Women in Hollywood (Documentary)
 2011Somewhere Between (Documentary)

 2006Independent Lens (TV Series documentary) (1 episode)

 2006The Chef & The Architect (TV Movie documentary)

Bite-sized blog post: Annie J. Howell

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ANNIE J. HOWELL has co-directed (and co-written) two feature narrative films with director and co-producer Lisa Robinson. The second of the two Claire in Motion (2016) was recently acquired by Breaking Glass Pictures for distribution.

She studied at NYU and teaches at CCNY among other Universities. The film she wrote Little Boxes (2016) premiered at Tribeca Film Festival.

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Where to watch her films:

AMAZON

SMALL BEAUTIFULLY MOVING PARTS WEBSITE

Bite-sized blog post: Kristin Hahn

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KRISTIN HAHN began her career directing the independent documentary Anthem (1997) where she set out with her friend Shainee Gabel to interview people across America about the American dream. She studied at USC.

She has gone on to work as a producer for Jennifer Aniston’s company Echo Films where she gathered a group of female directors to work on Five (2011), a group of short films about breast cancer for Lifetime television. She has since gone on to form her own production company Hahnscape which will focus on literary adaptations.

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Where to watch her films:

AMAZON