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Bite-sized blog post: Helen Hunt

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HELEN HUNT is, of course, most famous as an actor but she has also directed films.

She began directing with the TV sitcom series Mad About You which she starred in.

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Hollywood Reporter
Interview
Writer/Director/Star Helen Hunt on Her Surfing Film, “Ride”
‘Revenge’: Helen Hunt Loves ABC Drama; Directing March 10 Episode
VIDEO
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2016Life in Pieces (TV Series) (2 episodes)

– Vanity Window Dress Grace (2016)
– Bite Flight Wing-Man Bonnie (2016)

 2016This Is Us (TV Series) (1 episode)

– Last Christmas (2016)

 2016House of Lies (TV Series) (1 episode)

– Violent Agreement (2016)

 2013-2015Revenge (TV Series) (2 episodes)

– Loss (2015)
– Retribution (2013)
 2014/IRide

 2012Californication (TV Series) (1 episode)

– At the Movies (2012)

 1998-1999Mad About You (TV Series) (5 episodes)

– The Final Frontier: Part 2 (1999)
– The Final Frontier: Part 1 (1999)
– Farmer Buchman (1999)
– Mother’s Day (1998)
– Cheating on Sheila (1998)
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Bite-sized blog post: Lucy Walker

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LUCY WALKER has received two Oscar nominations, one for the short documentary The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom and one for the feature documentary Waste Land (2010) which was nominated for an Academy Award in 2011.

She has recently expressed an interest in exploring the realm of Virtual Reality. As she commented in an Indiewire interview, “I am always attached to fiction projects and they never go. You make your own deductions. I would conclude that there’s some sexism there. I never stopped wanting to make fiction.”

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Pulse Films Website
Lucy Walker Embraces VR: Why The Oscar-Nominated Filmmaker is Focused on the Future of Cinema
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2016The New Yorker Presents (TV Series documentary) (1 episode)

– Episode #1.5 (2016)
 2016A History of Cuban Dance (Documentary short)
 2014The Lion’s Mouth Opens (Documentary short)
 2013Crooked Lines (Documentary short)
 2013The Rein of Mary King (Documentary short)
 2013Secrets of the Mongolian Archers (Documentary short)
 2013The Crash Reel (Documentary)
 2012Make Haste Slowly (Documentary short)
 2012/IIThe Red Pill (Documentary short)
 2012The Contenders (Documentary short)
 2011The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom (Documentary short)

 2011Independent Lens (TV Series documentary) (1 episode)

– Waste Land (2011)
 2010Countdown to Zero (Documentary)
 2010Waste Land (Documentary)
 2006/IBlindsight (Documentary)
 2002Devil’s Playground (Documentary)
 1998Blue’s Birthday (Video short)
 1996Blue’s Clues (TV Series) (1998-2001)
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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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WE THE ECONOMY – 20 Short Films you can’t afford to miss

POV

DETROPIA WEBSITE

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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: Jehane Noujaim

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JEHANE NOUJAIM was nominated for an Academy Award for her documentary film The Square (2013).

Noujaim was born in Cairo and moved to Boston when she was only ten and studied visual arts and philosophy at Harvard.

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Noujaim Films Website
NPR Interview
VIDEO: Ted Talk
‘The Square’ Filmmaker Leaks Oscar Nominee Online, Risking Egypt Censors’ Wrath
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2013The Square (Documentary)

 2012Independent Lens (TV Series documentary) (1 episode)

– Solar Mamas (2012)
 2012Rafea: Solar Mama (Documentary)
 2006Storm from the South (Documentary) (co-director)
 2004Control Room (Documentary)
 2001Startup.com (Documentary)
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Bite-sized blog post: Liz Garbus

Liz Garbus

LIZ GARBUS formed her company Moxie Firecracker Films in 1988 and has gone on to direct numerous documentaries.

What Happened Miss Simone? (2015) garmered Garbus’ second Academy Award nomination and she is now in talks with Amazon Studios to direct the narrative film Lost Girls.

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Moxie Firecracker Films Website
Here’s How Oscar-Nominated Filmmaker Liz Garbus Brought Nina Simone to Life
Center for Media and Social Impact
Liz Garbus in Talks to Direct Serial Killer Film ‘Lost Girls’ for Amazon (Exclusive)

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2015What Happened, Miss Simone? (Documentary)
 2014A Good Job: Stories of the FDNY (TV Movie documentary)
 2012Love, Marilyn (Documentary)
 2012Robot (Documentary short)
 2007/IComa (Documentary)
 2007Coma IV (Documentary)
 2007Addiction (TV Movie documentary) (segment “Brain Imaging”)

 2007The Addiction Project (TV Series) (1 episode)

– Brain Imaging Brookhaven National Laboratory (2007)
 2005Xiara’s Song (TV Movie documentary)
 2003Girlhood (Documentary)
 2003The Nazi Officer’s Wife (Documentary)
 2002The Execution of Wanda Jean (Documentary)

 2000True Life (TV Series documentary) (1 episode)

– The Travelers (2000)
 2000Juvies (TV Movie documentary)
 2000The Changing Face of Beauty (TV Movie documentary) (co-director)
 1999Different Moms (Documentary)
 1998The Farm: Angola, USA (Documentary)
 1986America Undercover (TV Series documentary) (episode “Execution of Wanda Jean, The”)
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Bite-sized blog post: Vicky Jenson

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VICKY JENSON was the first woman to direct an Oscar winning Animated Feature with the DreamWorks film Shrek.

She also has directed over 40 commercial spots with Anonymous Content – and at the time she worked with them she was the only woman they represented.

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Acme Filmworks
Los Angeles Times
Variety
Seeking Our Story: An Animated Life: Director Vicky Jenson
Firsts Among Equals
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

Firsts (TV Series) (2 episodes)

– First Game Night (2014)
– First I Love You (2013)
 2009Post Grad
 2003Family Tree (Short)
 2001Shrek

 1995The Baby Huey Show (TV Series) (4 episodes)

– Operation Immunization (1995) … (as Victoria Jenson)
– Downhill Ducks (1995) … (as Victoria Jenson)
– To Sewer with Love (1995) … (as Victoria Jenson)
– Tempo Tantrum (1995) … (as Victoria Jenson)

 

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Bite-sized blog post: Lilibet Foster

Lilibet Foster

LILIBET FOSTER was nominated for an Academy Award as a producer for her documentary Speaking in Strings (1999).

Foster went on to direct several documentaries including most recently Be Here Now (2015).

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Be Here Now Website
Kickstarter page for Be Here Now
Goodwright Films
Cargo Collective Films
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2015Be Here Now (Documentary)
 2011Earth 2050: The Future of Energy (TV Movie documentary)
 2005Brotherhood (Documentary)
 2004A Patriot Act (Video documentary)
 2000Remembering Marshall: Thirty Years Later (TV Movie documentary)

 1995American Cinema (TV Series documentary) (1 episode)

– Film in the Television Age (1995) … (uncredited)

 1987Biography (TV Series documentary) (2 episodes)

– Joe DiMaggio: The Way It Was … (uncredited)
– Ronald Reagan: A Legacy Remembered … (uncredited)
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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.

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‘Serena’ Director Susanne Bier Says Movies ‘Will Die Out’ If They Don’t Reflect Diversity
Susanne Bier Shortlisted to Direct Next James Bond Film (Report)
Director Susanne Bier on creating the international intrigue of John Le Carré’s The Night Manager
The Night Manager Director Susanne Bier on Why More Women Aren’t Making Spy Thrillers
The Night Manager’s Susanne Bier on How She Directs and the Problem With Treating Women Like Minorities
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

Tropicana (TV Movie) (rumored) (pre-production)

 2016The Night Manager (TV Mini-Series) (6 episodes)

– Episode #1.6 (2016)
– Episode #1.5 (2016)
– Episode #1.4 (2016)
– Episode #1.3 (2016)
– Episode #1.2 (2016)
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 2014/ISerena
 2004Brothers
 1997Sekten
 1993Luischen (TV Movie)
 1989Songlines (Video) (video “Summer Rain”)
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Bite-sized blog post: Jennifer Lee

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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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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
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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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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)