November 10, 2016 by JENDEAN

Bite-sized blog post: Afia Nathaniel

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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AMAZON

NETFLIX

VIMEO

Bite-sized blog post: Christina Kallas

CHRISTINA KALLAS’ feature film 42 Seconds of Happiness (2016) was an immersive experience for the actors, rehearsed for a year and a half and shot in five days. It is now on the festival circuit and will be screened at the Orlando Film Festival this month. She has also been nominated for the Emerging Director Award of the New Filmmakers Forum at this year’s St. Louis International Film Festival.

Kallas teaches at both Columbia and The New School in New York City. She has written several books about the art of screenwriting and film.

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ALLIE CINE WEBSITE

Bite-sized blog post: Adi Lavy & Maya Stark

ADI LAVY is a documentarian who is recognized internationally for her photography. She attended Columbia University and the School of Visual Arts (SVA) in New York City. MAYA STARK also studied at SVA and has edited both narrative fiction and documentary films.

Stark and Lavy co-directed the feature film documentary Sun Kissed (2012) which can be viewed on PBS.

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PBS

Bite-sized blog post: Alice T. Days

ALICE T DAYS received her Masters in Sociology from Columbia University and then went on to get her PhD at the Australian National University before making her first documentary.

Scarred Lands and Wounded Lives: The Environmental Footprint of War (2008) brings to the screen evidence of the environmental impact of war.

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THE VIDEO PROJECT

FILM WEBSITE

Bite-sized blog post: Bertha Bay-Sa Pan

BERTHA BAY-SA PAN was born in New Jersey and raised in Taiwan and returned to the US to study at Boston University and get her MFA in Film from Columbia University.

Her first feature film Face (2002) premiered at Sundance. She followed it up with the feature Almost Perfect (2011).

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AMAZON

Bite-sized blog post: Cherien Dabis

CHERIEN DABIS is a Palestinian-American filmmaker who graduated from Columbia with an MFA before making her first Amreeka (2009).

She began her life in politics and has said that she felt she could “reach more people through fiction than politics.”

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NETFLIX

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Bite-sized blog post: Hilary Brougher

HILARY BROUGHER teaches at Columbia University film school in NYC. Her first featue film The Sticky Fingers of Time (1997) was produced by Good Machine.

Her second feature Stephanie Daley (2006) premiered at Sundance.

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AMAZON

NETFLIX

Bite-sized blog post: Lizzie Borden

LIZZIE BORDEN’s first feature film Born in Flames, a sci-fi film about women taking over the world, features a scene with a young Kathryn Bigelow.

Her real name is Elizabeth Borden and she embraced the name of the well-known ax murderer as her directing moniker.

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AMAZON

FANDOR

Bite-sized blog post: Tanya Wexler

TANYA WEXLER got her MFA at Columbia before making her first feature Finding North (1998). After her second feature it took ten years for her to make the critically acclaimed Hysteria (2011). Keanu Reeves is slated to star in her next film Replicas.

After engaging in a twitter discussion with Colin Treverrow about his misguided comment that women simply aren’t interested in directing studio films, according to reports Wexler met up with him in person to open a dialogue of more than 140 characters concerning the issue.

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AMAZON

Bite-sized blog post: Tanya Hamilton

TANYA HAMILTON moved to the United States from Jamaica at the age of eight. She studied at Cooper Union and then got her MFA at Columbia before making her first feature film Night Catches Us (2010).

Night Catches Us was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award.

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NETFLIX

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