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

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Bite-sized blog post: Ricki Stern & Annie Sundberg

RICKI STERN and ANNIE SUNDBERG met while students at Dartmouth and have since gone on to direct several documentaries together, a reality series following Anna Wintour’s and Diane Von Furstenberg’s Fashion Fund competition and have formed a company, Break Thru Films.

Their documentary The Trials of Daryl Hunt (2006) was nominated for an Independent Spirit Award. Their latest endeavor Marathon: The Patriots’ Day Bombing is part of the HBO slate of films announced for this year.

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Bite-sized blog post: Lacey Schwartz

LACEY SCHWARTZ studied law at Harvard. She directed the documentary Little White Lie (2014) which was screened as a part of the PBS series Independent Lens.

She has also worked as a producer.

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Bite-sized blog post: Jessica Bendinger

JESSICA BENDINGER wrote and produced the film Bring it On (2000).

Bendinger worked as a writer and creative consultant before directing the feature film Stick It (2006) for Disney.

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Bite-sized blog post: Beeban Kidron

BEEBAN KIDRON began as a filmmaker in London where she directed the mini-series of Jeanette Winterson’s Oranges are not the Only Fruit (1990) for the BBC. She also started Film Club, an after-school program for kids in England and Whales.

She moved to Hollywood to direct Used People (1992) with Shirley MacLaine and directs both narrative fiction and documentary.

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Bite-sized blog post: Lauren Greenfield

LAUREN GREENFIELD is a photographer and artist as well as a filmmaker. She has been nominated for a DGA award for Best Director in the documentary realm and for commercials.

Greenfield received the Sundance Directing Award for her film The Queen of Versailles in 2012.

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Bite-sized blog post: Alison Ellwood

ALISON ELLWOOD is an editor as well as a director of television and feature documentaries, for Oscar and Emmy nominated projects.

Her documentary History of the Eagles (2013) which she directed as well as edited premiered at Sundance.

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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: Alex Kondracke

ALEX KONDRACKE’s short film Ice Fishing (2000), shot while she was a student at NYU, received the Jury prize at Sundance.

She went on to write for television shows including The L Word and Hung. Her feature film Girltrash: All Night Long (2014) premiered at the FilmOut San Diego Film Festival.

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Bite-sized blog post: Angela Robinson

ANGELA ROBINSON studied theater at Brown University before getting her MFA at NYU. Robinson has directed, produced and written for several television shows, including HBO’s True Blood.

Her short film D.E.B.S. (2003)was turned into a feature film (2002) with help from Sony after it premiered at Sundance.

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