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Bite-sized blog post: Jillian Schlesinger

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JILLIAN SCHLESINGER’s documentary Maidentrip (2013) was shot with a mostly female crew about a female sailor. The film premiered at SXSW.

Schlesinger studied creative writing and linguistic anthropology as an undergraduate at Brown University.

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From Sea to Screen: A Young Sailor’s Voyage
Jillian Schlesinger lets teen sailor steer the boat in ‘Maidentrip’
Cowboy Bear Ninja Website
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

2013Maidentrip (Documentary)

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Bite-sized blog post: Joan Tewkesbury

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JOAN TEWKESBURY has worked in theater, film and television as a dancer, choreographer, actress, writer, director and producer.

She wrote several screenplays for Robert Altman before directing her first feature Old Boyfriends (1979) which was released by Embassy Pictures. She went on to direct for various television shows.

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AMAZON

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Interview Magazine
Filmmaker Magazine Interview
TCM
DGA
BOMB Magazine
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

The Guardian (TV Series) (6 episodes)

– Blood In, Blood Out (2004)
– The Line (2003)
– Sensitive Jackals (2003)
– The Next Life (2002)
– The Chinese Wall (2002)
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 1999Chicago Hope (TV Series) (1 episode)

– The Golden Hour (1999)

 1998Felicity (TV Series) (2 episodes)

– Drawing the Line: Part 2 (1998)
– Spooked (1998)
 1998Scattering Dad (TV Movie)

 1997-1998Nothing Sacred (TV Series) (2 episodes)

– Sex, God and Reality (1998)
– House of Rage (1997)
 1994On Promised Land (TV Movie)

 1990-1992Doogie Howser, M.D. (TV Series) (3 episodes)

– Roommate with a View (1992)
– Look Ma, No Pants (1992)
– TV or Not TV (1990)

 1992Picket Fences (TV Series) (1 episode)

– The Snake Lady (1992)

 1992Northern Exposure (TV Series) (1 episode)

– On Your Own (1992)
 1992Strangers (TV Movie) (segment “Windows”)
 1991Wild Texas Wind (TV Movie)

 1991Shannon’s Deal (TV Series) (1 episode)

– Trouble (1991)
 1990Sudie and Simpson (TV Movie)
 1989Cold Sassy Tree (TV Movie)

 1989CBS Summer Playhouse (TV Series) (1 episode)

– Elysian Fields (1989)

 1986Alfred Hitchcock Presents (TV Series) (1 episode)

– The Canary Sedan (1986)
 1981The Acorn People (TV Movie)
 1979The Tenth Month (TV Movie)
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Bite-sized blog post: Hannelle M. Culpepper

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HANNELLE M. CULPEPPER studied French and Economics as an undergraduate before studying communications at USC.

She began her career as a writer and directed the short film A Single Rose (2003) with a grant from the AFI Directing Workshop for Women and has gone on to direct for numerous television series.

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WITHIN THE MOVIE WEBSITE

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Hillview Productions
Within the Movie Websit
VIDEO: Interview
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FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

Gotham (TV Series) (1 episode)
– Mad City: Time Bomb (2016)

 2016Quantico (TV Series) (1 episode)

– Aquiline (2016)

 2016Empire (TV Series) (1 episode)

– Cupid Kills (2016) … (as Hanelle Culpepper)

 2016Mistresses (TV Series) (2 episodes)

– Back to the Start (2016)
– Fight or Flight (2016)

 2016American Gothic (TV Series) (1 episode)

– The Artist in His Museum (2016) … (as Hanelle Culpepper)

 2015-2016Castle (TV Series) (3 episodes)

– Much Ado About Murder (2016)
– Tone Death (2016)
– Private Eye Caramba! (2015) … (as Hanelle Culpepper)

 2016The Originals (TV Series) (1 episode)

– Alone with Everybody (2016) … (as Hanelle Culpepper)

 2016The Flash (TV Series) (1 episode)

– King Shark (2016) … (as Hanelle Culpepper)

 2014-2016Criminal Minds (TV Series) (4 episodes)

– The Bond (2016)
– Breath Play (2015) … (as Hanelle Culpepper)
– Scream (2015) … (as Hanelle Culpepper)
– The Edge of Winter (2014) … (as Hanelle Culpepper)

 2015Grimm (TV Series) (2 episodes)

– Maiden Quest (2015) … (as Hanelle Culpepper)
– Wesenrein (2015) … (as Hanelle Culpepper)

 2015Sleepy Hollow (TV Series) (1 episode)

– The Art of War (2015) … (as Hanelle Culpepper)

 2015Hawaii Five-0 (TV Series) (1 episode)

– Na Kame Hele (2015) … (as Hanelle Culpepper)

 2015Stalker (TV Series) (1 episode)

– Love Hurts (2015) … (as Hanelle Culpepper)

 2015American Crime (TV Series) (1 episode)

– Episode Five (2015) … (as Hanelle Culpepper)

 2014Revenge (TV Series) (1 episode)

– Ambush (2014)
 2013The Bride (Short)

 2012Parenthood (TV Series) (1 episode)

– What to My Wondering Eyes (2012) … (as Hanelle Culpepper)

 201290210 (TV Series) (1 episode)

– Into the Wild (2012) … (as Hanelle Culpepper)
 2011Deadly Sibling Rivalry (TV Movie)
 2009/IWithin
 2006Leila (Short)
 2005How to Stand in Line for Star Wars (Documentary short)

 2005Guilty or Innocent? (TV Series) (1 episode)

– The John Thompson Case (2005)
 2003Six and the City (Short)
 2003A Single Rose (Short)
 2002/IThe Wedding Dress (Short)
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Bite-sized blog post: Jennifer Steinman

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JENNIFER STEINMAN began her career as an editor with CBS. She co-founded the company Smush Media.

Her feature directorial documentary debut Motherland  (2009) premiered at SXSW.

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MOTHERLAND WEBSITE

DESERT RUNNERS MOVIE

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New York Women in Communications Interview
Hamptons International Film Festival Interview
Interview
GALO Interview

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2013Desert Runners (Documentary)
 2009/IMotherland (Documentary)
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Bite-sized blog post: Joan Chen

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JOAN CHEN is most well known as an actress on iconic shows such as David Lynch’s Twin Peaks but she has also directed films – Xiu Xiu: The Sent-Down Girl (1998) and Autum in New York (2000).

She won Best Director for her film Xiu Xiu: The Sent-Down Girl (1998) at the Taipei Golden Horse Film Festival and Awards.

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Actress, Director, and Immigrant
Joan Chen Talks MARCO POLO, Why the Role Was a No-Brainer, Learning About Mongol Queens, The Return of TWIN PEAKS, and More
Joan Chen: Guerrilla director
NPR
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2012Shanghai Strangers (Short)
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Bite-sized blog post: Audrey Ewell

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AUDREY EWELL has directed two documentary features and a short narrative with her producing partner Aaron Aites who was also her life partner before he passed away from cancer in 2016.

Her documentary Until the Light Takes Us (2008) is about the Norwegian black metal scene of the early 1990s.

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The Moveable Feast Interview
Death Metal Underground Interview
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Variety
Nerdist
The Warren Report: VIDEO Interview

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2015Memory Box (Short)
 2008Until the Light Takes Us (Documentary)
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Bite-sized blog post: Brianne Davis

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BRIANNE DAVIS is an actor, producer and director. She formed her own company Give & Take Productions in 2013 with Mark Gantt.

Her directorial narrative feature film debut  Psychophonia (2016) premiered at Sitges Film Festival.

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FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2016Psychophonia (directed by)
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Bite-sized blog post: Fanny Veliz

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FANNY VELIZ is a director, writer, actor and producer who is a citizen of Venezuela and the United States.

She wrote and directed her directorial feature film debut Homebound (2013) which takes place in Texas and explores issues of Latino identity.

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FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2017Dysthymia (Short) (producer) (pre-production)
 2017Mi Vida DACA (Documentary) (producer) (filming)
 2015/IIISpark (Short) (co-producer) (completed)
 2013Homebound (executive producer) / (producer)
 2009Il destino (Short) (producer)
 2009No Kids. No Cry: A Baby Mama Drama (Video short) (executive producer) / (producer)
 2006Shortstop (Short) (producer)
 20053some (Short) (producer)
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Bite-sized blog post: Jiyoung Lee

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JIYOUNG LEE is a director, writer, musician and actress who got her MA in Television, Radio and Film from Syracuse University in New York.

Her feature film Female Pervert (2015) premiered at Slamdance.

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YOU TUBE

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Indiewire Interview
Atlanta Film Chat PODCAST
Kickstarter Project Page

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2011Egg in Pig’s Ear (Short)
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Bite-sized blog post: Daneeta Loretta Jackson

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DANEETA LORETTA JACKSON grew up in Louisiana and studied film in London at the London Film School.

Jackson co-directed the feature film Tokyo Cowboys (2008) with her now husband Patrick Jackson.

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Directors Notes
Stage 32
London Film School
Loyola University New Orleans
ElekTrik Zoo Website

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2015Mr. Joe lives alone (Documentary short) (co-director)
 2011Mrs. Carmella Prays (Documentary short)
 2011Destiny Lives Down the Road (Short) (co-director – as Daneeta Loretta Saft)
 2009Little Baby Eyes (Short)
 2008Tokyo Cowboys (Documentary) (co-director – as Daneeta Loretta Saft)
 2005The Making of ‘London Voodoo’ (Video documentary) (as Daneeta Loretta Saft)