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Bite-sized blog post: Stephanie Soechtig

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STEPHANIE SOECHTIG has worked with Katie Couric on two documentaries Under the Gun (2016) and Fed Up (2014).

Soechtig began as an intern on 20/20 before venturing into documentary filmmaking.

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Where to watch her films:

AMAZON

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ONLINE

Find her on Twitter
Under the Gun Website
Variety
Director Stephanie Soechtig: ‘Gun owners are being duped by the NRA’
Director of Katie Couric Documentaries ‘Fed Up’ and ‘Under the Gun’ Calls Out NRA, Says She ‘Did Nothing Wrong’

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2016Under the Gun (Documentary)
 2014Fed Up (Documentary)
 2009/ITapped (Documentary)
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Bite-sized blog post: Jordan Scott

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JORDAN SCOTT, daughter of director Ridley Scott, has directed commercials for Nike, Amazon and other major brands.

Her feature film Cracks (2009) set in a boarding school for girls has an entirely female cast.

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AMAZON

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ONLINE

RSA Films/Jordan Scott
A reel life: Jordan Scott
Jordan Scott Replaces Her Father Ridley As Director Of ‘Gucci,’ Penélope Cruz To Star
The Family Business
Director Jordan Scott on ‘Cracks’ & Growing Up in One of Cinema’s Greatest Families
“Cracks”: Just another lesbian boarding school love story
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2012The Muse (Video short)
 2012The Initiate (Video short)
 2009/ICracks
 2005All the Invisible Children (segment “Jonathan”)
 2004/IPortrait (Short)
 2002Never Never (Short)
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Bite-sized blog post: Sharon Shattuck

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SHARON SHATTUCK is an animator and director. Her feature documentary From This Day Forward (2015) premiered at the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival.

She formed her company Sweet Fern Productions with Flora Lichtman and they co-created the New York Times Doc Series Animated Life.

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NEW YORK TIMES

VIMEO

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Indiewire Interview
Sweet Fern Productions Website
From this Day Forward Website
New York Times

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2015Moon Mirrors (Short)
 2015From This Day Forward (Documentary)
 2015Animated Life: Pangea (Short)
 2013The Animated Life of A.R. Wallace (Documentary short)
 2012Whale Fall (After Life of a Whale) (Video documentary short)
 2010Parasites: A User’s Guide (Documentary short)
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Bite-sized blog post: Lesley Chilcott

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LESLEY CHILCOTT produced numerous documentaries, including Al Gore’s An Incovenient Truth (2006) for which she won an Academy Award, before directing her own documentaries.

Her documentary Code Girl (2015) about high school girls competing in teams to create apps.

 

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AMAZON

NETFLIX

CODE GIRL WEBSITE

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Code Girl Website
Find her on Twitter
Find her film Code Girl on Twitter
Women & Hollywood Interview
Variety
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2015CodeGirl (Documentary)
 2014A Small Section of the World (Documentary)
 2013CodeStars (Documentary short)
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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

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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

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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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AMAZON

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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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AMAZON

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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)