Bite-sized blog post: Deena Adar

Deena Adar

DEENA ADAR met the partner of her company Quiet Duke Productions Kai Collins while studying with the comedy group The Groundlings.

They recently produced Thirtyish (2013), a tv pilot together which Adar directed.

 

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Where to watch her films:

QUIET DUKE PRODUCTIONS WEBSITE

VIMEO

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ONLINE

Find Quiet Duke on Instagram
Find her on Facebook
Interview
Her company Quiet Duke Productions Website
Indiegogo Thirtyish Campaign page
Alliance of Women Directors

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2013Thirtyish (TV Movie)
 2006The Lifestyle (Short) (co-director)

Bite-sized blog post: Susanne Bier

Best Foreign Language Film winner director Susanne Bier poses with her Oscar at the 83rd annual Academy Awards in Hollywood on February 27, 2010. UPI/Phil McCarten

SUSANNE BIER is a Danish director nonetheless she has made her mark in the United States, winning the Academy Award for Best Foreign Film in 2011 for her film In a Better World (2010) – the year after Bigelow won the Oscar for Hurt Locker (2009).

In June of this year it was announced that Bier was on the shortlist to potentially direct the next Bond film.

Bite-sized blog post: Jennifer Lee

Jennifer Lee

JENNIFER LEE is one of the directors of Frozen (2013) which was one of only two films in 2013 in the top 100 box office films directed by a woman and garnered her the Oscar for Best Animated Feature.

She wrote the screenplay adaptation for A Wrinkle in Time (2017) for Disney which will be directed by Ava Duvernay.

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Where to watch her films:

AMAZON

Read more about her:

ONLINE

Find her on Twitter
Variety
‘Frozen’ Director Apologizes to Parents for “Let It Go”
How “Frozen” Director Jennifer Lee Reinvented The Story Of The Snow Queen
‘Frozen’s’ Jennifer Lee Melts Glass Ceilings
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2015Frozen Fever (Short)
 2013/IFrozen

Bite-sized blog post: Uta Briesewitz

Uta_Briesewitz

UTA BRIESEWITZ originally hails from Germany but has been working as a director and cinematographer in Hollywood since the 1990s.

She has received numerous awards as a cinematographer and has used those skills to direct visually compelling television including for the Netflix series Jessica Jones.

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Where to watch her films:

NETFLIX

HULU

Read more about her:

ONLINE
Her Website
Variety
Panavision
Inside HBOs The Wire
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

Black Sails (TV Series) (1 episode)

XXXVI. (2017)

 2016Iron Fist (TV Series) (1 episode)

 2016Fear the Walking Dead (TV Series) (1 episode)

Episode #2.11 (2016)

 2013-2016Orange Is the New Black (TV Series) (3 episodes)

Piece of Sh*t (2016)
Tit Punch (2013)

 2015-2016The 100 (TV Series) (2 episodes)

Stealing Fire (2016)

 2014-2016Jane the Virgin (TV Series) (5 episodes)

Chapter Thirty (2015)
Chapter Two (2014)

 2016Mad Dogs (TV Series) (1 episode)

Hat (2016)

 2015Agent X (TV Series) (1 episode)

Sacrifice (2015)

 2015Jessica Jones (TV Series) (1 episode)

 2014-2015Awkward. (TV Series) (4 episodes)

Over the Hump (2014)
Girl Rules (2014)

 2015UnREAL (TV Series) (2 episodes)

Wife (2015)
Mother (2015)

 2014House of Lies (TV Series) (1 episode)

Pushback (2014)

 2012Suburgatory (TV Series) (1 episode)

The Wishbone (2012)

 2012Weeds (TV Series) (1 episode)

 2010-2011Hung (TV Series) (3 episodes)

Bite-sized blog post: Meryl Goldsmith

Meryl Goldsmith

MERYL GOLDSMITH directed The Syndrome (2014), an investigative documentary about the use of shaken baby syndrome in child abuse cases.

Goldsmith studied Film as an undergraduate at the University of Michigan.

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Where to watch her films:

AMAZON

RESET FILMS WEBSITE

Read more about her:

ONLINE

Find her onTwitter
Reset Films – The Syndrome Website
Indiewire Interview
On SBS blog
Deadline
VIDEO: Interview

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

2014The Syndrome (Documentary)

Bite-sized blog post: Alana Cash

Alana Cash

ALANA CASH has directed documentaries about women and science which have been successfully distributed in academic circles, including the feature Marie Curie: The Woman Behind the Mind (2002).

Her narrative fiction film Tom’s Wife (2004) is based on a novel she wrote of the same name.

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Where to watch her films:

AMAZON

Read more about her:

ONLINE

Variety
Meet the writer Alana Cash
Interview
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2001Mileva Maric: The Other Einstein (Video documentary short)

Bite-sized blog post: Shari Berman

Shari Berman

SHARI BERMAN’s feature film My Life as Abraham Lincoln (2012) toured the festival circuit to critical acclaim.

The self-taught director then went on to direct Sugar! (2015) starring Tony-award winning actress Alice Ripley which is now touring the festival circuit – premiering Wednesday July 20th at the Long Island International Film Expo.

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Where to watch her films:

HER WEBSITE

VIMEO

VIMEO ON DEMAND

SUGAR WEBSITE

Read more about her:

ONLINE

Her Website
Find her on Twitter
Website for Sugar
New York Times
Variety

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2015Sugar!
 2004The Trial of Jack (Short)
 2002Act as If

Bite-sized blog post: Jennifer Yuh

Jennifer Yuh

JENNIFER YUH is a director and storyboard artist. She was nominated for an Academy Award for Kung Fu Panda 2 (2011).

Since the success of Kung Fu Panda (2 and 3) Yuh has been slated to direct her first live-action film  The Darkest Minds.

 

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Where to watch her films:

AMAZON

Read more about her:

ONLINE

Find her on Facebook
Variety
Kung Fu Panda’s’ Jennifer Yuh Nelson Eyes Virtual Reality’s Creative Possibilities
Jen Yuh Nelson: The Soft-Spoken Powerhouse Behind Kung Fu Panda
The Animation Guild
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2016Kung Fu Panda 3 (as Jennifer Yuh)

 1998-1999Spawn (TV Series) (4 episodes)

Hunter’s Moon (1999) … (as Jennifer Yuh)
The Mindkiller (1999) … (as Jennifer Yuh)
Send in the KKKlowns (1998) … (as Jennifer Yuh)
Home, Bitter Home (1998) … (as Jennifer Yuh)

Bite-sized blog post: Lorene Scafaria

Lorene Scafaria

Before directing for film LORENE SCAFARIA wrote and produced a play at the Producer’s Club in NYC (a small dingy theatre that is the home to many Off-Off-Off Broadway productions).

She went on to write for film and television and has directed for the hit comedy series New Girl. Her latest film directorial endeavor, The Meddler (2015) stars Susan Sarandon.

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Where to watch her films:

AMAZON

NETFLIX

HULU

Read more about her:

ONLINE

Find her onTwitter
NPR
How Lorene Scafaria used Susan Sarandon to break Hollywood barriers with ‘The Meddler’
Huffington Post
New York Times
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2013-2014New Girl (TV Series) (3 episodes)

Background Check (2014)
Basketsball (2014)
 Love Is Dead (TV Movie)

Bite-sized blog post: Ivana Massetti

Ivanna Massetti

IVANA MASSETTI originally hails from Italy and since moving to the US has continued to pursue her love for film and social justice issues with One Day in America, a transmedia project “about Justice and the controversial issues that divide this country.”

She has been an active advocate for more women’s directorial voices with her website and movement Women Occupy Hollywood – inspired by the Occupy movement in response to the financial crisis.

 

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Where to watch her films:

AMAZON

VIMEO

Read more about her:

ONLINE
One Day In America project Website
Find her on Twitter
Find Women Occupy Hollywood on Facebook
Women Occupy Hollywood
Montalvo Arts Center
Interview

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 1998Nadro

 19943000 scénarios contre un virus (TV Series) (1 episode)

 1988Domino
 1984Aloha