Bite-sized blog post: Ashley Sabin

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ASHLEY SABIN co-directed the documentary Girl Model (2011) with David Redmond and it premiered at SXSW.

She continues to produce and direct films through her company Carnivalesque Films.

 

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Where to watch her films:

AMAZON

CARNIVALESQUE FILMS

Read more about her:

ONLINE

Find her on Twitter
Filmmaker Magazine Interview
Interview
Moveable Feast article
Kickstarter campaign for Girl Model
THE COMPLICATED BACKSTORY BEHIND NEW DOC GIRL MODEL: WHY ITS SUBJECT, MODEL NADYA VALL, IS FURIOUS OVER HER PORTRAYAL

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2016Sanctuary (Documentary)
 2014Choreography (Documentary short)
 2013Night Labor (Documentary)
 2012Kingdom of Animal (Documentary)
 2012Downeast (Documentary)
 2011Girl Model (Documentary) (as A. Sabin)
 2008/IIntimidad (Documentary)
 2007Kamp Katrina (Video documentary)

Bite-sized blog post: April Wright

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APRIL WRIGHT directed a documentary on the American Driv-in, Going Attractions: The Definitive Story of the American Drive-in Movie (2013).

Wright has an MBA from Northwestern University and studied Computer Science as an undergraduate before getting into filmmaking.

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AMAZON

GOING ATTRACTIONS WEBSITE

VIMEO

Bite-sized blog post: Jennie Livingston

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JENNIE LIVINGSTON studied photography and painting with a minor in English Literature at Yale. Her documentary Paris is Burning (1990) won the Sundance Grand Jury prize.

She was born in Texas, raised in Los Angeles and currently lives in New York City.

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NETFLIX

HER WEBSITE

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Bite-sized blog post: Ry Russo-Young

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RY RUSSO-YOUNG has had two films premiere at Sundance, Nobody Walks (2012) and  You Won’t Miss Me (2009).

Her narrative ficiton film Before I Fall will be released in 2017. She has a documentary in development about the man who donated sperm to her lesbian parents suing for paternal rights.

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Bite-sized blog post: Sophie Huber

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SOPHIE HUBER is an actress who has worked as a director in documentary films. She was born in Switzerland and studied acting at the Lee Strasberg Institute in Los Angeles.

Her documentary film Harry Dean Stanton: Partly Fiction (2012) about her relationship with Harry Dean Stanton.

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Where to watch her films:

AMAZON

Bite-sized blog post: Eleonore Dailly

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ELEONORE DAILLY was co-director for the documentary film Dirt (2009) which was distributed through PBS’ Independent Lens.

Before getting her MFA in USC’s Peter Stark program she worked as an attorney. Dailly runs her production company Film Invaders and is a co-chair for the Alliance of Women Directors.

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Where to watch her films:

AMAZON

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ONLINE

Film Invaders Website
BFI
Independent Lens
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2014Paradise Palms (Short)
 2010/IIChicas (Documentary)

 2010Independent Lens (TV Series documentary) (co-director – 1 episode)

Dirt! The Movie (2010) … (co-director)
 2009Dirt! The Movie (Documentary) (co-director)

Bite-sized blog post: Camille Thoman

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CAMILLE THOMAN has worked mostly in narrative fiction but her debut feature was a documentary The Longest Game (2014) about a group of men who play table tennis in Vermont.

She has also worked as a performance artist both in the US and the UK.

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VIMEO

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Her Website
Find her on Twitter
Interview
RADIO podcast interview
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2014The Longest Game (Documentary)
 2006Falling Objects (Short)

Bite-sized blog post: Anna Fitch

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ANNA FITCH co-directed the documentary The Genius of Marian (2013) with Banker White. It was the story of his mother after her diagnosis of Alzheimer’s.

She has a degree in Entomology.

 

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Where to watch her films:

AMAZON

NETFLIX

POV

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ONLINE

The Genius of Marian Website
Interview
Never Forgetting: Banker White and Anna Fitch on ‘The Genius of Marian’
Chicken & Egg
Tribeca Film Institute

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2014P.O.V. (TV Series documentary) (co-director – 1 episode)

The Genius of Marian (2014) … (co-director)
 2013The Genius of Marian (Documentary) (co-director)

 2008-2010National Geographic Explorer (TV Series documentary) (4 episodes)

Zoo Tiger Escape (2008)

 2007-2008Man-Made (TV Series) (4 episodes)

Tin Can (2008)
The Flashlight (2007)
The Can (2007)
 2007Man Made: Secret History of the Bra (TV Movie documentary)
 2007Man-Made: The Flashlight (TV Movie documentary)
 2007Man-Made: The Can (TV Movie documentary)
 2006National Geographic Presents: ScrapHouse (TV Movie documentary)
 2002Living with Bugs: War of Two Worlds (TV Movie documentary)

Bite-sized blog post: Bess Kargman

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BESS KARGMAN is a documentary filmmaker who studied dance as a child and used that knowledge to inform her directorial feature debut documentary First Position (2011).

She also directed a documentary as part of the Nine for IX Shorts for ESPN about women in sports.

 

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NETFLIX

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ONLINE

First Position Website
Interview 1
Interview 2
Interview 3
Interview 4
Visual Anthropology

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

Nine for IX Shorts (TV Mini-Series documentary) (1 episode)

Coach (2013)
 2013/IVCoach (Documentary short)
 2011First Position (Documentary)

Bite-sized blog post: Rachel Grady

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RACHEL GRADY co-directs with Heidi Ewing through their company Loki Films – they were nominated for an Academy Award for their film Jesus Camp (2006).

With Ewing she raised funds for their film Detropia (2012) at the Sundance Film Festival where they premiered 12th & Deleware (2010), an HBO Documentary Film.

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AMAZON

NETFLIX

WE THE ECONOMY – 20 Short Films you can’t afford to miss

POV

Read more about her:

ONLINE

Find her on Twitter
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)

 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)

 2010Freakonomics (Documentary)
 201012th & Delaware (Documentary) (co-director)

 2009NOW on PBS (TV Series documentary) (1 episode)

 2008The Lord’s Boot Camp (TV Movie documentary)

 2006P.O.V. (TV Series documentary) (1 episode)

 2006Jesus Camp (Documentary)
 2005The Boys of Baraka (Documentary)
 2004Mad Justice (Documentary)