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Bite-sized blog post: Maggie Kiley

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MAGGIE KILEY went to the prestigious AFI Directing Workshop for Women where she segued into directing after a successful acting career. Her short film screened at Tribeca.

Kiley’s debut feature film Brightest Star (2013) received the Panasonic New Filmmaker Grant.

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Where to watch her films:

AMAZON

NETFLIX

VIMEO

Read more about her:

ONLINE

Find her on Twitter
Her Website
Indiewire Interview
The Moveable Feast Interview
Interview
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2016Caring (TV Series)
 2015/ICaught
 2009Down the Shore (Short)
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Bite-sized blog post: Melanie Mayron

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MELANIE MAYRON was famous for her role on Thirtysomething which was also the first television series she directed.

She founded a skin care line while continuing to direct for many episodes of television since her Thirtysomething directorial debut.

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Where to watch her films:

AMAZON

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ONLINE

Find her on Twitter
Melanie Mayron on Directing ‘Jane the Virgin,’ ‘Grace and Frankie’ and Age in Hollywood
Melanie Mayron identifies with Melissa, her ‘thirtysomething’ role
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2015-2016Jane the Virgin (TV Series) (7 episodes)

– Chapter Fifty (2016)
– Chapter Forty-Eight (2016)
– Chapter Forty-Three (2016)
– Chapter Thirty-Seven (2016)
– Chapter Thirty-Five (2016)
Show all 7 episodes

 2012-2016Pretty Little Liars (TV Series) (7 episodes)

– Original G’A’ngsters (2016)
– Do Not Disturb (2016)
– Pretty Isn’t the Point (2015)
– Free Fall (2014)
– Bring Down the Hoe (2013)
Show all 7 episodes

 2016Grace and Frankie (TV Series) (1 episode)

– The Anchor (2016)

 2016Faking It (TV Series) (1 episode)

– Game On (2016)

 2015Stitchers (TV Series) (1 episode)

– Connections (2015)

 2014-2015Chasing Life (TV Series) (3 episodes)

– Rest in Peace (2015)
– What to Expect When You’re Expecting Chemo (2014)
– Unplanned Parenthood (2014)

 2013-2015The Fosters (TV Series) (3 episodes)

– The Silence She Keeps (2015)
– Escapes and Reversals (2014)
– Hostile Acts (2013)
 2014Summer with Cimorelli (TV Series)

 2013Hit the Floor (TV Series) (2 episodes)

– Moving Screens (2013)
– Lights Out (2013)
 2013/IIPlaydate (Video)
 2012Little Women, Big Cars 2 (TV Series)

 2010-2012Army Wives (TV Series) (3 episodes)

– After Action Report (2012)
– Strategic Alliances (2011)
– Evasive Maneuvers (2010)

 2012Jane by Design (TV Series) (1 episode)

– The Image Issue (2012)

 2012Easy to Assemble (TV Series) (11 episodes)

– Bossy Lady (2012)
– What’s Happening? (2012)
– I’m Gonna Love You Through This (2012)
– Will You Be My Partner? (2012)
– We’re Finished (2012)
Show all 11 episodes
 2011Mean Girls 2 (TV Movie)

 2009-2010Drop Dead Diva (TV Series) (2 episodes)

– Back from the Dead (2010)
– Crazy (2009)

 201010 Things I Hate About You (TV Series) (1 episode)

– Just One Kiss (2010)

 2008-2009Greek (TV Series) (3 episodes)

– The Wish-Pretzel (2009)
– Dearly Beloved (2009)
– The Popular Vote (2008)

 2008-200990210 (TV Series) (2 episodes)

– The Party’s Over (2009)
– That Which We Destroy (2008)

 2007-2008The Naked Brothers Band (TV Series) (10 episodes)

– Cleveland (2008)
– Everybody Cried at Least Once (2008)
– Uncle Miles (2008)
– The Bar Mitzvah (2008)
– First Kiss (On the Lips, That Is) (2007)
Show all 10 episodes

 2008In Treatment (TV Series) (7 episodes)

– Jake and Amy: Week Nine (2008)
– Sophie: Week Nine (2008)
– Jake and Amy: Week Seven (2008)
– Sophie: Week Seven (2008)
– Laura: Week Seven (2008)
Show all 7 episodes

 2007Tell Me You Love Me (TV Series) (3 episodes)

– Episode #1.10 (2007)
– Episode #1.9 (2007)
– Episode #1.7 (2007)

 2006Beyond the Break (TV Series) (2 episodes)

– Bird and the Bees (2006)
– No Guts, No Glory (2006)
 2005Campus Confidential (TV Movie)

 1998-2002Arli$$ (TV Series) (7 episodes)

– End Game (2002)
– You Can Pick Your Friends… (2000)
– Comings and Goings (2000)
– I Get Involved (2000)
– Our Past, Our Present, Our Future (1999)
Show all 7 episodes

 2001Ed (TV Series) (1 episode)

– Closure (2001)
 2001State of Grace (TV Series)

 2000Providence (TV Series) (1 episode)

– The Kiss (2000)

 1999Dawson’s Creek (TV Series) (2 episodes)

– Homecoming (1999)
– Reunited (1999)

 1999Wasteland (TV Series) (1 episode)

– Defining Moments (1999)

 1998The Larry Sanders Show (TV Series) (1 episode)

– Just the Perfect Blendship (1998)

 1995-1998New York Undercover (TV Series) (4 episodes)

– Capital Punishment (1998)
– No Greater Love (1996)
– Toy Soldiers (1996)
– Internal Affairs (1995)

 1996-1998Nash Bridges (TV Series) (3 episodes)

– Downtime (1998)
– Leo’s Big Score (1996)
– Trackdown (1996)
 1997Toothless (TV Movie)
 1995Freaky Friday (TV Movie)

 1994Winnetka Road (TV Series) (1 episode)

– Women in Love (1994)

 1993Moon Over Miami (TV Series) (1 episode)

– Quiero Vivir (1993)

 1993Tribeca (TV Series) (1 episode)

– Stepping Back (1993)
 1993Sirens (TV Series)

 1990Thirtysomething (TV Series) (2 episodes)

– The Distance (1990)
– Going Limp (1990)
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Bite-sized blog post: Bess Kargman

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BESS KARGMAN is a documentary filmmaker who studied dance as a child and used that knowledge to inform her directorial feature debut documentary First Position (2011).

She also directed a documentary as part of the Nine for IX Shorts for ESPN about women in sports.

 

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Where to watch her films:

AMAZON

NETFLIX

VIMEO

Read more about her:

ONLINE

First Position Website
Interview 1
Interview 2
Interview 3
Interview 4
Visual Anthropology

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

Nine for IX Shorts (TV Mini-Series documentary) (1 episode)

– Coach (2013)
 2013/IVCoach (Documentary short)
 2011First Position (Documentary)
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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)
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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

DETROPIA WEBSITE

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)

– 2000’s: Y2KRAZY

 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)

– Resist the Power! Saudi Arabia (2010)
 2010Freakonomics (Documentary)
 201012th & Delaware (Documentary) (co-director)

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

– Rehab for Terrorists? (2009)
 2008The Lord’s Boot Camp (TV Movie documentary)

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

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

DETROPIA WEBSITE

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)

– 2000’s: Y2KRAZY

 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)

– Resist the Power! Saudi Arabia (2010)
 2010Freakonomics (Documentary)
 201012th & Delaware (Documentary) (co-director)

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

– Rehab for Terrorists? (2009)
 2008The Lord’s Boot Camp (TV Movie documentary)

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

– The Boys of Baraka (2006)
 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)

– Inside Scientology (1998)
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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

Read more about her:

ONLINE

Find her on Twitter
Find Actual Films on Facebook
Indiewire Interview
Mary Sue Interview
The Moveable Feast Interview

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2016Audrie & Daisy (Documentary)

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

– Inside Guantanamo Bay (2009)
– Inside Bethlehem (2007)
– The Last Christians of 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)
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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

Read more about her:

ONLINE

Maya Films Website
NYU
Israeli Film Center
Prabook

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

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