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Bite-sized blog post: Dena Hysell

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DENA HYSELL has directed documentary and narrative fiction films. She started out as a producer after studying at Stanford and has served on the board of the non-profit Mobile Film Classroom which teaches kids storytelling and filmmaking skills.

Her directorial debut was a documentary about business people who survived and thrived despite the economic crisis, The Paladins (2012).

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Cannes, France: Dena Hysell’s Ascent to Hell Scorches the Screen – First Look!
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FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2015The App (attached)
 2012I’m Not an Accent (Short)
 2012Peacemaker (Video documentary short)
 2012The Paladins (Documentary)
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Bite-sized blog post: Alexis O. Korycinski

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ALEXIS O. KORYCINSKI was  a participant in the prestigious AFI Directing Workshop for Women.

Her documentary feature Defining Beauty: Ms. Wheelchair America (2011) premiered at the Newport Beach Film Festival where it won the Audience Award for Best Documentary.

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Alexis O. Korycinski had the opportunity to show her short film, The Haircut, at the 2015 Newport Beach Film Festival
DC Independent Film Festival

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2011Collision (Short) (as Alexis Ostrander) (post-production)
 2014Ballon (Short) (as Alexis Ostrander)
 2014The Haircut (Short)
 2011Defining Beauty: Ms. Wheelchair America (Documentary) (as Alexis Ostrander)
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Bite-sized blog post: Tiffany Shlain

Tiffany Shlain

TIFFANY SHLAIN has directed numerous documentary shorts and a feature documentary exploring her interest in technology Connected: An Autoblogography About Love, Death & Technology and a TV series exploring the same topic.

Shlain also has been nominated for an Emmy and  founded the Webby Awards.

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TIFFANY SHLAIN — Growing Up the Internet
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FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2015The Adaptable Mind (Documentary short)
 2015The Making of a Mensch (Documentary short)
 2014ParenTechnology (Documentary short)
 2014Punk Rock Diplomacy (Documentary short)
 2014Robots, Botox, & Google Glass (Documentary short)
 2014The Photosynthesis of Social Media (Documentary short)
 2014TransBoom (Documentary short)

 2013-2014The Future Starts Here (TV Series documentary short) (16 episodes)

– The Future of Our Species (2014)
– Creative Bondage (2014)
– ParenTechnology (2014)
– TransBoom (2014)
– The Photosynthesis of Social Media (2014)
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 2014A Case for Dreaming (Video documentary short)
 2013A Case for Optimism (Documentary short)
 2013Motherhood Remixed (Documentary short)
 2013Participatory Revolution (Documentary short)
 2013Technology Shabbats (Documentary short)
 2013The Science of Character (Documentary short)
 2013The Creative Process in 10 Acts (Documentary short)
 2013Facing the Future (Short)
 2013Idea Porn (Short)
 2013Tech Etiquette (Documentary short)
 2013Why We Love Robots (Video documentary short)
 2012Brain Power: From Neurons to Networks (Documentary short)
 2012/IIEngage (Short)
 2011A Declaration of Interdependence (Video documentary short)
 2005The Tribe (Documentary short)
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Bite-sized blog post: Marion Lipschutz and Rose Rosenblatt

Marion Lipschutz and Rose Rosenblatt

MARION LPISCHUTZ and ROSE ROSENBLATT are documentarians who teamed  up to create Incite Pictures and make movies.

They are known for documentaries about social issues and with strong central characters such as The Education of Shelby Knox (2005) about a young woman who fights for sex education and gay rights in Lubbock, Texas.

 

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U.S. director Dennie Gordon, on filming ‘My Lucky Star’ in China
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MARION LIPSCHUTZ

Independent Lens (TV Series documentary) (1 episode)

– Young Lakota (2013)
 2012Young Lakota (Documentary)
 2005The Education of Shelby Knox (Documentary)
 2000Live Free or Die (Documentary)
 1998Fatherhood USA (TV Mini-Series documentary)
 1997The Abortion Pill (TV Movie documentary)
ROSE ROSENBLATT

Independent Lens (TV Series documentary) (1 episode)

– Young Lakota (2013)
 2012Young Lakota (Documentary)
 2005The Education of Shelby Knox (Documentary)
 2000Live Free or Die (Documentary)
 1998Fatherhood USA (TV Mini-Series documentary)
 1997The Abortion Pill (TV Movie documentary)
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Bite-sized blog post: Veronique Doumbe

Veronique Doumbe

VERONIQUE DOUMBE works as an editor and has directed both documentary and narrative fiction. Her company name Ndolo translates to Love in Douala (a language of Cameroon).

One of her documentaries Woman to Woman (2013), she directed with her daughter. The film addresses mother/daughter relationships through interviews with mothers and daughters from various backgrounds in New York City.

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Woman to Woman Website
Indie Producer
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FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2014Quarter Life Crisis (TV Movie)
 2013Mark and Anna’s (Short)
 2013Woman to Woman (Documentary short) (co-director)
 2009The Birthday Party (Short)
 2007Luggage (Short)
 2002Denis A. Charles: An Interrupted Conversation (Video) (documentary director)
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Bite-sized blog post: Ann Marie Bryan

Ann Marie Bryan

ANN MARIE “JADE” BRYAN is the first (and only at the moment) deaf person to graduate from the NYU film production program. She received her BFA and went on to a non-profit DeafVision Filmworks.

She has worked in narrative and documentary and continues to break barriers. Her feature length fiction film If You Could Hear My Own Tune (2011) is about a deaf women looking for love.

 

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If You Could Hear My Own Tune Website
5th Cinema Interview
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Deaf Black Filmmaker Breaks New Ground In Film

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2014The Shattered Mind (Short)
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Bite-sized blog post: Kirsten Johnson

Kirsten Johnson

KIRSTEN JOHNSON is a renowned cinematographer who has won numerous awards for shooting documentaries including for The Oath (2010), Pray the Devil Back to Hell (2008) and CitizenFour (2014).

She has also directed documentaries including the recent Sundance premiere Cameraperson (2016) which delves into her experiences shooting documentaries.

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CAMERAPERSON SCREENINGS

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Interview on Still in Motion
Janus Films Picks Up Kirsten Johnson’s Award-Winning Documentary ‘Cameraperson’ – Exclusive
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Why Oscar-Winning DP Kirsten Johnson’s Sundance Opus is Required Viewing for Aspiring Filmmakers
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FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2016Cameraperson (Documentary)
 2004/IDeadline (Documentary)
 1999Innocent Until Proven Guilty (TV Movie documentary)
 1995Bintou in Paris (Documentary short)
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Bite-sized blog post: Grace Lee

Grace Lee

GRACE LEE directs both documentaries and narrative fiction films. She started out as a journalist before deciding to share stories via film.

Lee then attended UCLA to study film. She is  a 2016 Sundance Institute Women’s Initiative fellow.

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American Revolutionary Website
PBS
Interview
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FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2015Off the Menu: Asian America (Documentary)
 2014Makers: Women in Politics (Documentary)
 2014P.O.V. (TV Series documentary) (1 episode)
 2005The Grace Lee Project (Documentary)
 2004Best of the Wurst (Documentary short)
 2002Barrier Device (Short)
 2000/IIThe Ride Home (Short)
 2000Girl Meets Boy (Short)
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Bite-sized blog post: Chiemi Karasawa

New York, NY- February 19: Director Chiemi Karasawa attends Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me New York Premiere at the Paley Center on February 19, 2014 in New York City. Credit RTNStevens/MediaPunch

CHIEMI KARASAWA has produced almost twenty documentaries and is credited with directing two including Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me (2013).

She has also worked as a script supervisor on numerous narrative fiction films. She founded Isotope Films.

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Film Indpendent Interview
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Vanity Fair

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2015Meet the Midtown Men (TV Movie documentary)
 2013Elaine Stritch: Shoot Me (Documentary) (attached)
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Bite-sized blog post: Amy Williams

Amy Williams

AMY WILLIAMS studied film at the Center for Documentary Studies at Duke University and went on to make the award winning documentary The Morrison Project (2003).

She established the production company Little Voice Films in 2009.

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FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2016Respire (Short) (post-production)
 2008My Blood (Short)
 2003The Morrison Project (Documentary)