September 22, 2016 by JENDEAN

Bite-sized blog post: Lana Wilson

LANA WILSON’s feature directorial debut, which she directed with Martha Shane, After Tiller (2013) was part of the POV series and nominated for an Emmy in 2015.

Before directing After Tiller she was the film and dance curator for Performa, the New York biennial of new visual art performance. Her next film Last Call will tackle suicide in Japan.

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Bite-sized blog post: Sophie Fiennes

SOPHIE FIENNES worked with director Peter Greenaway and ran a dance company before directing her own films.

Her documentary The Pervert’s Guide to Cinema (2012) premiered at DOC: NYC.

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Bite-sized blog post: Deborah Riley Draper

DEBORAH RILEY DRAPER has a background in advertising and directed her first feature documentary Versailles ’73:American Runway Revolution tackled the subject of French vs American designers.

Her most recent endeavor, Olympic Pride, American Prejudice, delves into the story of African American athletes who “who defied Jim Crow and Adolf Hitler to win hearts and medals at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin.” The film premiered at the Los Angeles Film Festival.

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Bite-sized blog post: Martha Shane

MARTHA SHANE’s directorial debut premiered at SXSW, Bi the Way (2008) which she produced as well as co-directed.

Her documentary After Tiller (2013) was directed with Lana Wilson and garnered her an Emmy and Independent Spirit Award nomination.

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Bite-sized blog post: Zatella Beatty

ZATELLA BEATTY’s documentary Iverson (2014) about sports legend Allen Iverson premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival and was televised on Showtime.

Beatty is also an actress who has appeared in film and television.

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Bite-sized blog post: Crystal Moselle

CRYSTAL MOSELLE’s feature length documentary The Wolfpack won the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance.

She has worked for Vice and The New York Times creating video content.

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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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Bite-sized blog post: Ramona S. Diaz

RAMONA S. DIAZ studied communications at Stanford University and has gone on to direct documentaries which have been distributed by PBS’ Independent Lens.

She founded her production company Cine Diaz in 2000 to produce documentary feature films.

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Bite-sized blog post: Sini Anderson

SINI ANDERSON began her career as a professional dancer while still a teenager in Chicago.

Her documentary The Punk Singer (2013) premiered at SXSW and was distributed by IFC.

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Bite-sized blog post: Anne Wheeler

ANNE WHEELER studied Mathematics while putting herself through the University of Alberta as a performer. Her feature film Better Than Chocolate (1999) was distributed by Trimark Pictures and garnered critical acclaim.

QUOTE: I don’t know why people make such a fuss of me being a camerawoman. This machine is less complicated than a zigzag sewing machine and lighter than a six-month-old baby.

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