Bite-sized blog post: Yvonne Rainer

 Yvonne RainerYVONNE RAINER was born in San Francisco and made her mark as a dancer and filmmaker in New York City.

Rainer made her first short in 1966 and went on to experiment with the medium, exploring dance, sexuality and feminism.

 

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Where to watch her films:

ZEITGEIST FILMS

YOUTUBE

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Yvonne Rainer: Dances and Films at the Getty Center
Strictly Film School
Feelings are Facts: The Life of Yvonne Rainer
Senses of Cinema
Yvonne Rainer Dances and Films – Getty website
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 1990Privilege
 1966Hand Film (Short)

Bite-sized blog post: Marielle Heller

Marielle Heller

MARIELLE HELLER first wrote and directed her feature film The Diary of a Teenage Girl (2015) as a play based on the graphic novel by Phoebe Gloeckner.

The film premiered at Sundance and led to her directing for Amazon’s Transparent and Hulu’s Casual.

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AMAZON (Streaming)

AMAZON (DVDs/BluRays for PURCHASE)

HULU

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The Diary of a Teenage Girl Director on What Women in Hollywood Need to Succeed
10 Directors to Watch: Secrets of Marielle Heller’s Sundance ‘Diary’
Marielle Heller on the Road to ‘The Diary of a Teenage Girl’
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

Casual (TV Series) (2 episodes)
Episode #2.10 (2016)
Episode #2.9 (2016)
2015Transparent (TV Series) (1 episode)
New World Coming (2015)
2015The Diary of a Teenage Girl

Bite-sized blog post: Tracy Lynch Britton

Tracy Lynch Britton

Nicknamed “Boom Boom Britton” by her crew for her love of action sequences, TRACY LYNCH BRITTON was the first woman to direct for Baywatch.

She made her directorial debut with the low-budget thriller Maximum Breakout (1991) and continues to direct for television and has features in development!

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AMAZON

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FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

Dr. Phil (TV Series) (4 episodes)

Silent Darkness (2007)
Are You a Bitch? (2006)

 2002Ocean Ave. (TV Series) (1 episode)

Episode #1.1 (2002)

 1999Melrose Place (TV Series) (1 episode)

 1998Baywatch (TV Series) (1 episode)

 1997Baywatch Nights (TV Series) (1 episode)

A Thousand Words (1997)

 1996The Girlie Show (TV Series documentary) (3 episodes)

Episode #1.3 (1996)
Episode #1.2 (1996)
Episode #1.1 (1996)
 1991Americans Most Wanted (Video)

Bite-sized blog post: Susan Froemke

Susan Froemke

SUSAN FROEMKE started out as an associate producer for the seminal Maysles brothers film Grey Gardens (1975) and has gone on to let the “truth unfold before [the] camera” through numerous documentaries of her own.

As of the writing of this blog she has won three Emmys.

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Where to watch her films:

AMAZON (Streaming)

AMAZON (DVDs/BluRays for PURCHASE)

FANDOR

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Interview
Escape Fire website
PBS
Television Academy
SVA
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2012Wagner’s Dream (Documentary)

 2011American Masters (TV Series documentary) (1 episode)

 2008The Metropolitan Opera HD Live (TV Series) (1 episode)

The Audition (2008)

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

Insurance Woes (2007)
 2006In Rehearsal: A New Butterfly for the Met (TV Movie documentary)
 2001LaLee’s Kin: The Legacy of Cotton (TV Movie documentary)
 1996Letting Go: A Hospice Journey (Documentary)
 1994Conversations with the Rolling Stones (TV Movie documentary)

 1992America Undercover (TV Series documentary) (1 episode)

 1992Baroque Duet (TV Movie documentary)
 1991Soldiers of Music (Documentary)
 1991The Beatles: The First U.S. Visit (Video documentary)
 1990Christo in Paris (Documentary)
 1988Karajan in Salzburg (TV Special)
 1987Horowitz Plays Mozart (Documentary) (a film by)
 1985Ozawa (TV Movie documentary)

Bite-sized blog post: Barbra Streisand

Barbara Streisand

BARBRA STREISAND is a musical theater and actress powerhouse who made her directorial debut with Yentl (1983) which she fought to get made and opened the door for future directing and producing opportunities.

Much like Mary Pickford in the early days of the industry Streisand insists on shaping her own career. She was the Oscar presenter for the monumental moment when Kathryn Bigelow became the first woman to win an Academy Award for Best Director.

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Where to watch her films:

AMAZON (DVDs/BluRays for PURCHASE)

HULU

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Barbra Streisand To Direct ‘Catherine The Great’ Movie
Barbra Streisand returns to the director’s chair with Bourke-White/Caldwell love story
New York Times
Fan website
Keira Knightley to Play ‘Catherine the Great’ for Director Barbra Streisand
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2009Streisand: Live in Concert (TV Special documentary)
 2001Timeless: Live in Concert (TV Special documentary)
 1995Barbra: The Concert (TV Special documentary)
 1983Yentl

Bite-sized blog post: Alice Wu

Alice Wu

ALICE WU has a BS amd a PhD in Computer Science from Stanford University.

She left a job at Microsoft in Seattle to pursue filmmaking and directed her first feature film Saving Face (2004), one of the few films with a full Chinese-American cast bank rolled by Hollywood after winning the Coalition of Asian Pacifics in Entertainment award, was based on a novel she wrote about her experiences coming out to her family.

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Where to watch her films:

AMAZON (Streaming)

AMAZON (DVDs/BluRays for PURCHASE)

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Interview
New York Magazine
Kissing Vivian Shing – New York Times
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

2004 Saving Face

Bite-sized blog post: Rainy Kerwin

Rainy Kerwin

RAINY KERWIN’s directorial debut premiered recently at the Palm Beach International Film Festival and is making its way to NYC April 23rd at the Manhattan Film Festival.

Kerwin is an actress who wrote and produced shorts getting her feet wet and inspiring her to direct The Wedding Invitation (2016) with an all female crew.

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Where to watch her films:

Follow the screening opportunities for THE WEDDING INVITATION on
THE WEBSITE
Twitter

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The Wedding Invitation on Facebook
The Wedding Invitation website
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FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

2016 The Wedding Invitation (post-production)

Bite-sized blog post: Dorothy Davenport

Dorothy Davenport

DOROTHY DAVENPORT was one of the women of Early Hollywood. She was an actress, author, producer and all-around filmmaker as many women were in the early days of the industry.

She directed several films but was first officially credited on the film Linda (1929).

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Where to watch her films:

AMAZON (Streaming)

AMAZON (DVDs/BluRays for PURCHASE)

FANDOR

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THE RED KIMONA – DIRECTED BY DOROTHY DAVENPORT AND WALTER LANG
Dorothy Davenport From Social Conscience to Exploitation Pioneer
Celebrating Women in Classic Film: The Silent Directors.
Women Film Pioneers
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 1934The Woman Condemned (as Mrs. Wallace Reid)
 1934The Road to Ruin (as Mrs. Wallace Reid)
 1933Sucker Money (as Dorothy Reid)
 1929Linda (as Mrs. Wallace Reid)
 1928The Road to Ruin (as Mrs. Wallace Reid)
 1925The Red Kimona (uncredited)
 1923Human Wreckage (uncredited)

Bite-sized blog post: Jennifer Lynch

Jennifer Lynch

JENNIFER LYNCH is the daughter of cult classic director David Lynch but she is also a director in her own right.

Her first feature film Boxing Helena (1995) was plagued with a lawsuit with famous actress Nicole Kidman but was still made and led to a successful career for Lynch directing television and features.

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AMAZON (Streaming)

AMAZON (DVDs/BluRays for PURCHASE)

HULU

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More Than David’s Daughter: An Interview with Jennifer Lynch
I didn’t make Hisss: Jennifer Lynch
Jennifer Lynch: a new peak for the daughter of darkness
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 A Fall from Grace (announced)
2016The Last Ship (TV Series) (1 episode)
Sea Change (2016)
2015-2016Quantico (TV Series) (2 episodes)
Answer (2016) … (as Jennifer Lynch)
Cover (2015) … (as Jennifer Lynch)

 2016Recovery Road (TV Series) (1 episode)

Sick as Our Secrets (2016) … (as Jennifer Lynch)

 2016Second Chance (TV Series) (1 episode)

May Old Acquaintance Be Forgot (2016) … (as Jennifer Lynch)

 2014-2016Teen Wolf (TV Series) (4 episodes)

Codominance (2016) … (as Jennifer Lynch)
Perishable (2014) … (as Jennifer Lynch)
I.E.D. (2014) … (as Jennifer Lynch)
Silverfinger (2014) … (as Jennifer Lynch)

 2015South of Hell (TV Series) (2 episodes)

I See You (2015) … (as Jennifer Lynch)
The One That Got Away (2015) … (as Jennifer Lynch)

 2015The Walking Dead (TV Series) (2 episodes)

JSS (2015) … (as Jennifer Lynch)
Spend (2015) … (as Jennifer Lynch)

 2014-2015Finding Carter (TV Series) (5 episodes)

Riptide (2015) … (as Jennifer Lynch)
Something to Talk About (2015) … (as Jennifer Lynch)
Love the Way You Lie (2015) … (as Jennifer Lynch)
Love Story (2014) … (as Jennifer Lynch)
Do the Right Thing (2014) … (as Jennifer Lynch)
 2013Five Directors’ Interpretations of Opening Suite (Short) (segment “Nearly Invisible”)
 2013The Vacation (Short)

 2013Warehouse 13 (TV Series) (1 episode)

Instinct (2013) … (as Jennifer Lynch)

 2012-2013Psych (TV Series) (3 episodes)

Juliet Wears the Pantsuit (2013) … (as Jennifer Lynch)
Cirque du Soul (2013) … (as Jennifer Lynch)
Autopsy Turvy (2012) … (as Jennifer Lynch)

 2013The Trouble with Billy (TV Series) (1 episode)

Pilot (2013)
 2012/IChained (as Jennifer Lynch)
 2010Hisss (as Jennifer Lynch)
 2008/ISurveillance (as Jennifer Lynch)

Bite-sized blog post: Neema Barnette

Neema Barnette

NEEMA BARNETTE is the first African-American sticom director and she has directed numerous sitcoms.

Barnette has joined forces with Ava Duvernay on her new show Queen Sugar which brags an all female directing slate. She graduated with a BA from the City College of New York and an MFA from NYU Tisch School o f the Arts.

 

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AMAZON (Streaming)

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HULU

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Exclusive! Neema Barnette Talks “On The 7th Day” Re-Writes, Casting Nicole Beharie + New Film on Boy Reincarnated as Dalai Lama
Pioneer Director, Neema Barnette Joins Ava DuVernay as Producing Director for OWN’s ‘Queen Sugar’
UCLA
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

Queen Sugar (TV Series) (1 episode) (pre-production)

 2015Being Mary Jane (TV Series) (2 episodes)

Hot Seat (2015)
 2007Super Sweet 16: The Movie (TV Movie)

 2005Miracle’s Boys (TV Mini-Series) (1 episode)

 2003Gilmore Girls (TV Series) (1 episode)

 2000The PJs (TV Series) (1 episode)

 1994-1998Diagnosis Murder (TV Series) (2 episodes)

Shanda’s Song (1994)

 19987th Heaven (TV Series) (1 episode)

Rush to Judgment (1998)
 1997Close to Danger (TV Movie)

 1996Deadly Games (TV Series) (1 episode)

The Trash Man (1996)

 1994-1995The Cosby Mysteries (TV Series) (2 episodes)

The Hit Parade (1995)
Camouflage (1994)
 1994Sin & Redemption (TV Movie)
 1993Scattered Dreams (TV Movie)

 1993The Sinbad Show (TV Series) (1 episode)

 1993Better Off Dead (TV Movie) (as M. Neema Barnette)

 1991The Royal Family (TV Series) (1 episode)

 1990-1991A Different World (TV Series) (7 episodes)

Soldier Boy (1990)
Sweet Charity (1990)

 1990American Playhouse (TV Series) (1 episode)

Zora Is My Name! (1990)

 1990China Beach (TV Series) (1 episode)

A Rumor of Peace (1990)

 1989The Robert Guillaume Show (TV Series) (1 episode)

Together Again (1989)

 1988-1989It’s a Living (TV Series) (3 episodes)

Just Say Yes (1989)
Dot Casts Off (1988)

 1989Hooperman (TV Series) (1 episode)

The Dating Game (1989)

 1987Frank’s Place (TV Series) (2 episodes)

 1986What’s Happening Now! (TV Series) (1 episode)

Shirley’s Little Sister (1986) … (as M. Neema Barnette)

 1984NBC Special Treat (TV Series) (1 episode)

One More Hurdle (1984)