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Bite-sized blog post: Andrea Arnold

Andrea Arnold

ANDREA ARNOLD won an Oscar for  her short film Wasp (2004). She was a dancer on Top of the Pops in the 1970s and an actor before becoming a director.

Her feature film American Honey (2016) won the Cannes Grand Jury Prize. She recently directed for Jill Soloway’s series Transparent.

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Where to watch her films:

AMAZON

NETFLIX

Read more about her:

ONLINE

Filmmaker Interview
‘Chaos Brings Life’: 10 Things We Learned from Andrea Arnold at Tribeca
The Guardian
Why Cannes is Buzzing About Andrea Arnold’s Breathtaking ‘American Honey’
Indiewire
Film Inquiry
Variety
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

Transparent (TV Series) (3 episodes)

– If I Were a Bell (2016)
– Oscillate (2015)
– Grey Green Brown & Copper (2015)
 2009Fish Tank
 2006Red Road

 2003Coming Up (TV Series) (1 episode)

– Bed Bugs (2003)
 2003Wasp (Short)
 2001Dog (Short)
 1998Milk (Short)

 1996Hotel Babylon (TV Series) (1 episode)

– Episode #1.6 (1996)
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Bite-sized blog post: Ricki Stern & Annie Sundberg

Ricki Stern & Annie Sundberg

RICKI STERN and ANNIE SUNDBERG met while students at Dartmouth and have since gone on to direct several documentaries together, a reality series following Anna Wintour’s and Diane Von Furstenberg’s Fashion Fund competition and have formed a company, Break Thru Films.

Their documentary The Trials of Daryl Hunt (2006) was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award. Their latest endeavor Marathon: The Patriots’ Day Bombing is part of the HBO slate of films announced for this year.

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Where to watch her films:

AMAZON

NETFLIX

Read more about her:

ONLINE

Find Annie Sundberg on Twitter
Find Ricki Stern on Twitter
Break Thru Films Website
American Film Showcase
The Devil Came on Horseback Website
Meet the 2015 Tribeca Filmmakers
Indiewire Interview
Filmmaker Interview

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

RICKI STERN on IMDb

The Fashion Fund (TV Series) (22 episodes)

– Winner Announced (2016)
– Instagram Challenge/LA Fashion Show (2016)
– Fossil Design Challenge (2016)
– Vogue Magazine Shoot (2016)
– Women’s Fashion Week (2016)
Show all 22 episodes
 2015/IIn My Father’s House (Documentary)

 2014American Masters (TV Series documentary) (1 episode)

– Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work (2014)
 2014Epicuriousity (Video short)

 2013Nine for IX (TV Series documentary) (1 episode)

– Let Them Wear Towels (2013)
 2013Let Them Wear Towels (Documentary)
 2012Knuckleball! (Documentary)
 2012The Sky Is Not the Limit (Documentary short)
 2011Secret Access: UFOs on the Record (TV Movie documentary)
 2010Burma Soldier (Documentary) (co-director)
 2010Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work (Documentary)
 2008The End of America (Documentary)
 2007The Devil Came on Horseback (Documentary)
 2006The Trials of Darryl Hunt (Documentary)
 1998In My Corner (Documentary)
 1991Neglect Not the Children (TV Movie documentary)
ANNIE SUNDBERG on IMDb

The Fashion Fund (TV Series) (executive producer – 19 episodes)

– Winner Announced (2016) … (executive producer)
– Instagram Challenge/LA Fashion Show (2016) … (executive producer)
– Fossil Design Challenge (2016) … (executive producer)
– Vogue Magazine Shoot (2016) … (executive producer)
– Women’s Fashion Week (2016) … (executive producer)
Show all 19 episodes
 2015/IIn My Father’s House (Documentary) (producer)

 2014American Masters (TV Series documentary) (executive producer – 1 episode)

– Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work (2014) … (executive producer)
 2014Epicuriousity (Video short) (executive producer)
 2012Training for the Apocalypse (TV Movie documentary) (executive producer)
 2012Knuckleball! (Documentary) (producer – as Annie Sundberg)
 2011Secret Access: UFOs on the Record (TV Movie documentary) (producer)
 2011The Bengali Detective (Documentary) (producer)
 2010Burma Soldier (Documentary) (producer)
 2010Joan Rivers: A Piece of Work (Documentary) (producer – as Annie Sundberg)

 2009Russell Simmons Presents Brave New Voices (TV Series) (supervising producer – 6 episodes)

– Episode #1.6 (2009) … (supervising producer)
– Episode #1.5 (2009) … (supervising producer)
– Episode #1.4 (2009) … (supervising producer)
– Episode #1.3 (2009) … (supervising producer)
– Episode #1.2 (2009) … (supervising producer)
Show all 6 episodes
 2008The End of America (Documentary) (producer)
 2007The Devil Came on Horseback (Documentary) (producer – as Annie Sundberg)
 2006The Trials of Darryl Hunt (Documentary) (executive producer – as Annie Sundberg) / (producer – as Annie Sundberg)

 Family Plots (TV Series) (series producer – 16 episodes, 2004) (producer – 7 episodes, 2004)

– House of Pain (2004) … (producer) / (series producer)
– Movin’ On (2004) … (producer) / (series producer)
– Birthday Blues (2004) … (series producer)
– A VIP in the House (2004) … (series producer)
– Looking for Love… Again! (2004) … (producer) / (series producer)
Show all 16 episodes
 2003Lifeline: Mayo Clinic (TV Series) (senior producer)

 2002Trauma: Life in the E.R. (TV Series documentary) (producer – 3 episodes)

– Burned (2002) … (producer)
– Miraculous (2002) … (producer)
– Brave Decisions (2002) … (producer)
 2000Tully (producer)
 1999Pyrite (Short) (co-producer)
 1998In My Corner (Documentary) (producer)
 1995One Survivor Remembers (Documentary short) (associate producer)
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Bite-sized blog post: Liza Johnson

Liza Johnson

LIZA JOHNSON has a background in Visual Arts and received her BA from Williams College and an MFA from UC San Diego.

She directed several shorts and video installations before directing her first American feature Return (2011) which was nominated for several Independent Spirit Awards and starred Linda Cardellini.

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Where to watch her films:

AMAZON

NETFLIX

Read more about her:

ONLINE

Her Website
Find Return on Facebook
Indiewire
In the Air Press Materials
Filmmaker Magazine Interview
NPR Interview
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2016Good Girls Revolt (TV Series) (1 episode)

– Episode #1.1 (2016)
 2011Return
 2009In the Air (Short)
 2006South of Ten (Documentary short)
 2005Desert Motel (Short)
 2004Falling (Short)
 1998Giftwrap (Short)
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Bite-sized blog post: Jill Soloway

<> at Microsoft Theater on September 20, 2015 in Los Angeles, California.

 

Emmy Award winning director of the Amazon show Transparent JILL SOLOWAY began her career as a writer and only recently took on the role of director when she told her husband she wanted to invest in a feature film and take it to Sundance.

In 2013 her feature directorial debut Afternoon Delight debuted at Sundance.

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Where to watch her films:

AMAZON (PRIME-STREAMING)

AMAZON (DVDs for PURCHASE)

VIMEO

Read more about her:

ONLINE
Find her on Facebook
Find her on Twitter
Jill Soloway of ‘Transparent’: A Daughter’s Story
A Female Gaze on Ladies Who Lust – ‘Afternoon Delight’ Is Jill Soloway’s Sexually Frank Debut
Dolls and Feelings – Jill Soloway’s post-patriarchal television.
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

2014-2015Transparent (TV Series) (11 episodes)

– Cherry Blossoms (2015)
– Flicky-Flicky Thump-Thump (2015)
– Kina Hora (2015)
– Best New Girl (2014)
– The Symbolic Exemplar (2014)
Show all 11 episodes
 2011Una Hora Por Favora (Short)
 2010Tight (Video short)
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Bite-sized blog post: Sofia Coppola

 

Sofia Coppola

SOFIA COPPOLA began her career as a still photographer and actress in her famous father’s films, playing an infant in a christening scene in The Godfather (1972).  She learned all about making movies first hand by growing up in the industry and after directing a few shorts made her first feature film The Virgin Suicides (1999) which premiered at Sundance.

She was the third woman to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Director with her film Lost in Translation (2003) for which she won an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay.

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Where to watch her films:

NETFLIX

AMAZON (PRIME-STREAMING)

AMAZON (DVDs/BluRays for PURCHASE)

HULU

Read more about her:

ONLINE
Fan blog
Sofia Coppola and Brian Reitzell – The filmmaker and her longtime music supervisor on the neon-bright music to new film The Bling Ring, including details on Kanye West’s integral involvement.
Interview
Sofia Coppola – You either love her or hate her. Here’s why.
DGA article by Carrie Rickey
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2010Somewhere
 2005VOID (Video Overview in Deceleration) (Video) (segment “This Here Giraffe”)
 1998Lick the Star (Short)
 1996Bed, Bath and Beyond (Short)