August 11, 2016 by JENDEAN

Bite-sized blog post: Abby Ginzberg

ABBY GINZBERG directs documentaries about the legal system and social justice issues. She founded the production company Social Action Media in the Bay Area (California).

Her most recent directorial endeavor, Tipping Point, addresses the paltry wages of restaurant employees who earn a living based on tips.

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Bite-sized blog post: Alexandra Shiva

ALEXANDRA SHIVA’s most recent documentary about autism How to Dance in Ohio (2015) premiered at Sundance and was distributed by HBO.

Shiva formed her company Gidalya Pictures while her making her first feature documentary Bombay Eunuch (2001).

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Bite-sized blog post: Delila Vallot

DELILA VALLOT is an actor and dancer who has directed both a feature length fiction film, the thriller Tunnel Vision (2013) and a documentary Can You Dig This (2015).

Can You Dig This tells the story of four gardeners making magic with soil in the urban South Central Los Angeles.

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Bite-sized blog post: Heidi Van Lier

HEIDI VAN LIER has worked as a producer for television series, including Celebrity Rehab with Dr. Drew. Those jobs have likely supported her indie film career. She has written a how to book on indie filmmaking.

Her first feature film Chi Girl (1999) was a mockumentary she produced and starred in.

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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

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Bite-sized blog post: Lilibet Foster

LILIBET FOSTER was nominated for an Academy Award as a producer for her documentary Speaking in Strings (1999).

Foster went on to direct several documentaries including most recently Be Here Now (2015).

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Bite-sized blog post: Ondi Timoner

ONDI TIMONER studied Theater at Yale University and has gone on to direct numerous documentaries.

She distributes those documentaries through traditional channels but has also been at the forefront of utilizing the internet and new platforms of distribution through A Total Disruption, advocating new ways of telling stories.

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Bite-sized blog post: Meryl Goldsmith

MERYL GOLDSMITH directed The Syndrome (2014), an investigative documentary about the use of shaken baby syndrome in child abuse cases.

Goldsmith studied Film as an undergraduate at the University of Michigan.

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Bite-sized blog post: Alana Cash

ALANA CASH has directed documentaries about women and science which have been successfully distributed in academic circles, including the feature Marie Curie: The Woman Behind the Mind (2002).

Her narrative fiction film Tom’s Wife (2004) is based on a novel she wrote of the same name.

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Bite-sized blog post: Emily Ting

EMILY TING began directing documentaries and producing narrative fiction before directing her first narrative fiction feature film Already Tomorrow in Hong Kong (2015).

Ting is a graduate of NYU.

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THE 2ND SEX & THE 7TH ART: WOMEN DIRECTORS IN FILM

Female filmmakers: Investigating their works, history and advocacy in the U.S. from 1896-present.

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