Bite-sized blog post: Barbara Stepansky

Barbara Stepansky

BARBARA STEPANSKY received a Nicholl Fellowship in Screenwriting. She has studied filmmaking at UCLA, USC and AFI.

Her first feature film Hurt (2009) was a thriller released on DVD by Monterey Media.

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Where to watch her films:

AMAZON

VIMEO

Read more about her:

ONLINE

Her Website
Find her on Twitter
Find her on Facebook
Interview
PODCAST Interview – Chicks Who Script
Master Class Alumni Barbara Stepansky Becomes a Nicholl Fellow!
Are You Kidding Me Right Now? Woman Didn’t Get Job Because “Lead Actor Hates Female Directors”
Barbara Stepanksy To Direct Thriller 6 FIGURES

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2014/ISubstance (Short)
 2013/VIFirst Date (Short)
 2012Awkward Sunrise (TV Series short)
 2011My Own Private Demon (Short)
 2011/IIFugue
 2011I Hate L.A. (segment “Downtown”)
 2011Assassins (TV Series)
 2010/IRoad Rage (Short)
 2009Hurt
 2006Die trojanische Kuh (Short)
 2002Vacation (Short)
 2000Blueberry Pancakes (Short)

Bite-sized blog post: Alexandra Roxo

Alexandra Roxo

ALEXANDRA ROXO created an directed a documentary series for Vice Every Woman: Life as a Truck Stop Stripper (2014).

Roxo’s new series Be Here Nowish was developed with Natalie Leite with whom she started a company, Purple Milk, so that they both could collaborate in producing and directing work.

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Where to watch her films:

AMAZON

VIMEO

VICE

Read more about her:

ONLINE

Her Website
Find her on Twitter
Filmmaker Magazine Interview
After Ellen Interview
Chatting Up: Natalia Leite and Alexandra Roxo
Huffington Post Interview conversation
The Numinous

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

Be Here Nowish (TV Series) (1 episode)

Clitoral Nirvana (2016)
 2015Serrano Shoots Cuba (Documentary)
 2010Bemvindo (Short)
 2008/IIOut of the Blue (Short)

Bite-sized blog post: Liza Johnson

Liza Johnson

LIZA JOHNSON has a background in Visual Arts and received her BA from Williams College and an MFA from UC San Diego.

She directed several shorts and video installations before directing her first American feature Return (2011) which was nominated for several Independent Spirit Awards and starred Linda Cardellini.

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Where to watch her films:

AMAZON

NETFLIX

Read more about her:

ONLINE

Her Website
Find Return on Facebook
Indiewire
In the Air Press Materials
Filmmaker Magazine Interview
NPR Interview
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2016Good Girls Revolt (TV Series) (1 episode)

Episode #1.1 (2016)
 2011Return
 2009In the Air (Short)
 2006South of Ten (Documentary short)
 2005Desert Motel (Short)
 2004Falling (Short)
 1998Giftwrap (Short)

Bite-sized blog post: Vicky Jenson

Vicky Jenson

VICKY JENSON was the first woman to direct an Oscar winning Animated Feature with the DreamWorks film Shrek.

She also has directed over 40 commercial spots with Anonymous Content – and at the time she worked with them she was the only woman they represented.

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Where to watch her films:

AMAZON

Read more about her:

ONLINE

Find her on Twitter
Acme Filmworks
Los Angeles Times
Variety
Seeking Our Story: An Animated Life: Director Vicky Jenson
Firsts Among Equals
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

Firsts (TV Series) (2 episodes)

First Game Night (2014)
First I Love You (2013)
 2009Post Grad
 2003Family Tree (Short)
 2001Shrek

 1995The Baby Huey Show (TV Series) (4 episodes)

Operation Immunization (1995) … (as Victoria Jenson)
Downhill Ducks (1995) … (as Victoria Jenson)
To Sewer with Love (1995) … (as Victoria Jenson)
Tempo Tantrum (1995) … (as Victoria Jenson)

 

Bite-sized blog post: Agnieszka Wojtowicz-Vosloo

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AGNIESZKA WOJTOWICZ-VOSLOO directed the short film Pâté (2001) which premiered at Sundance while still a student at NYU.

Through that success she got an agent and began writing the feature film After Life (2009) which she ended up directing with Liam Neeson and Christina Ricci.

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Where to watch her films:

AMAZON

Read more about her:

ONLINE

Find her on Facebook
Wall Street Journal  Interview
Interview 1
Interview 2
VIDEO Interview
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2001Pâté (Short)

Bite-sized blog post: Alexandra Shiva

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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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Where to watch her films:

AMAZON

VIMEO

Read more about her:

ONLINE

Find her on Twitter
Gidalya Pictures Website
The New Yorker
Interview – HBO
Sundance VIDEO
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2015How to Dance in Ohio (Documentary)
 2006Stagedoor (Documentary)
 2001Bombay Eunuch (Documentary)

Bite-sized blog post: Delila Vallot

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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Where to watch her films:

AMAZON

iTUNES

VIMEO

Read more about her:

ONLINE

Find her film on Twitter
Interview
Her Website
Director Delila Vallot is Ready to Release Her Very Stylized Tunnel Vision to Audiences
Environmental Film Festival
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2015Can You Dig This (Documentary)

Bite-sized blog post: Lynne Ramsay

Lynne Ramsay

LYNNE RAMSAY is slated to direct a film produce by Amazon Studios, You Were Never Really Here (2017).

Her short film Gasman (1996) won her the  Cannes Prix du Jury. Her feature Ratcatcher (1999) was then screened at Cannes.

Bite-sized blog post: Heidi Van Lier

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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Where to watch her films:

AMAZON

YOU TUBE

Read more about her:

PRINTED MATERIAL
Her books on Indie Filmmaking

ONLINE
Find her on Twitter
Her Indie Film blog
VIDEO: Interview 1
VIDEO: Interview 2
Wikipedia for Chi Girl
Indiepix
Indie Memphis

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2010Maisy Makes a Movie (Short)
 2008Politics of Preschool (Short)
 2007Midlife with Glasses (Short)
 2006/IMonday
 2005Baby Life (Short)
 1999Chi Girl

Bite-sized blog post: Alice T. Days

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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Where to watch her films:

THE VIDEO PROJECT

FILM WEBSITE

Read more about her:

ONLINE

Scarred Lands and Wounded Lives Website
Institute for Environmental Diplomacy and Security
JSTOR Article by Alice T Days
Science Review
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

2008 Scarred Lands and Wounded Lives: The Environmental Footprint of War(Documentary)