Tag / film

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Bite-sized blog post: Julie Delpy

Julie Delpy

Julie Delpy may be a famous French actress but she’s also a director. Her first feature film Looking for Jimmy (2002) was shot in real time in Los Angeles – only stopping the shoot when camera batteries had to be changed.

She went on to write and direct Two Days in Paris (2007) and the sequel Two Days in New York (2012).

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NETFLIX

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ONLINE

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Julie Delpy Says Hollywood Dumps on Women Most: ‘I Sometimes Wish I Were African American’ (Video)
The Guardian
Julie Delpy: Hollywood needs to fix its women problem
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2015Lolo
 2011Skylab
 1995Blah Blah Blah (Short)
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Bite-sized blog post: Eleanor Coppola

Eleanor Coppola

ELEANOR COPPOLA, may be married to one of the most famous directors alive, but she is also an artist and director in her own right. She directed the Emmy nominated Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker’s Apocalypse (1991) about the making of Francis Ford Coppola’s Apocalypse Now (1979).

She recently directed her first narrative fiction film Paris Can Wait now in post-production.

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IN PRINT

Notes: The Making of Apocalypse Now by Eleanor Coppola

ONLINE

Eleanor Coppola on Hearts of Darkness
New York Times Book Review
Paris Can Wait Website
CNN
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2007Coda: Thirty Years Later (TV Movie documentary)
 1996A Visit to China’s Miao Country (Documentary short)
 1991Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker’s Apocalypse (Documentary) (documentary footage)
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Bite-sized blog post: Lesli Linka Glatter

Leslie Linka Glatter

LESLI LINKA GLATTER was a graduate of the AFI Directing Workshop for Women in 1984 and went on to Academy Award nominations and Emmy wins.

On Homeland Glatter was not only a regular director but also a producer.

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HULU

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‘Homeland’ Exec Producer Lesli Linka Glatter on TV Diversity: Nothing’s Changed in 25 Years
DGA
Variety
Huffington Post
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

Six (TV Mini-Series) (2 episodes) (filming)

– Episode #1.2 (2017)
– Pilot (2017)

 2012-2015Homeland (TV Series) (13 episodes)

– A False Glimmer (2015)
– Oriole (2015)
– The Tradition of Hospitality (2015)
– Separation Anxiety (2015)
– Long Time Coming (2014)
– From A to B and Back Again (2014)
– Shalwar Kameez (2014)
– The Drone Queen (2014)
– The Star (2013)
– Still Positive (2013)
Show all 13 episodes

 2013-2015Ray Donovan (TV Series) (2 episodes)

– Breakfast of Champions (2015)
– New Birthday (2013)

 2014The Leftovers (TV Series) (1 episode)

– B.J. and the A.C. (2014)

 2013Masters of Sex (TV Series) (1 episode)

– Fallout (2013)

 2012-2013The Newsroom (TV Series) (2 episodes)

– Willie Pete (2013)
– The Blackout, Part 1: Tragedy Porn (2012)

 2013Justified (TV Series) (1 episode)

– The Hatchet Tour (2013)

 2013The Walking Dead (TV Series) (1 episode)

– The Suicide King (2013)

 2012Last Resort (TV Series) (1 episode)

– Cinderella Liberty (2012)

 2012Nashville (TV Series) (1 episode)

– Move It on Over (2012)

 2012Boss (TV Series) (1 episode)

– Ablution (2012)

 2010-2012True Blood (TV Series) (3 episodes)

– Sunset (2012)
– Burning Down the House (2011)
– Night on the Sun (2010)

 2012Lauren (TV Series) (3 episodes)

– The Suck (2012)
– The Third Man (2012)
– The Report (2012)

 2010-2012Pretty Little Liars (TV Series) (3 episodes)

– unmAsked (2012)
– For Whom the Bell Tolls (2011)
– Pilot (2010)
 2011Grace (TV Movie)

 2011The Playboy Club (TV Series) (1 episode)

– A Matter of Simple Duplicity (2011)

 2011The Chicago Code (TV Series) (2 episodes)

– Mike Royko’s Revenge (2011)
– The Gold Coin Kid (2011) … (as Leslie Linka Glatter)

 2009-2010Lie to Me (TV Series) (2 episodes)

– Darkness and Light (2010)
– Unchained (2009)

 2007-2010Mad Men (TV Series) (6 episodes)

– The Chrysanthemum and the Sword (2010)
– Guy Walks Into an Advertising Agency (2009)
– Love Among the Ruins (2009)
– A Night to Remember (2008)
– The Benefactor (2008)
– 5G (2007)

 2010The Good Wife (TV Series) (1 episode)

– Boom (2010)

 2007-2009House M.D. (TV Series) (3 episodes)

– Wilson (2009)
– The Greater Good (2009)
– You Don’t Want to Know (2007) … (as Lesli Glatter)

 2009The Mentalist (TV Series) (3 episodes)

– Red Scare (2009)
– A Dozen Red Roses (2009)
– Crimson Casanova (2009)

 2009Weeds (TV Series) (1 episode)

– Su-Su-Sucio (2009)

 2009The Unit (TV Series) (1 episode)

– Endgame (2009)

 1995-2008ER (TV Series) (13 episodes)

– The High Holiday (2008)
– From Here to Paternity (2007)
– Out on a Limb (2006)
– All About Christmas Eve (2005)
– Fear (2004)
– Get Carter (2004)
– Flight of Fancy (2000)
– The Domino Heart (2000)
– The Miracle Worker (1998)
– Vanishing Act (1998)
Show all 13 episodes

 2008The Starter Wife (TV Series) (1 episode)

– Her Old Man & The Sea (2008)

 2008Swingtown (TV Series) (1 episode)

– Friends with Benefits (2008) … (as Lesli Glatter)

 2007Journeyman (TV Series) (1 episode)

– Home by Another Way (2007)

 2007Heroes (TV Series) (1 episode)

– Chapter Five ‘Fight or Flight’ (2007) … (as Lesli Glatter)

 2007Heartland (TV Series) (1 episode)

– Mother & Child Reunion (2007)

 2006Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip (TV Series) (1 episode)

– Nevada Day: Part 1 (2006)

 2006The Closer (TV Series) (1 episode)

– The Other Woman (2006)

 2006The Evidence (TV Series) (1 episode)

– Stringers (2006)

 2002-2006The West Wing (TV Series) (8 episodes)

– Institutional Memory (2006)
– The Al Smith Dinner (2005)
– Impact Winter (2004)
– Full Disclosure (2004)
– Abu el Banat (2003)
– Disaster Relief (2003)
– Inauguration: Part 2 – Over There (2003)
– Election Night (2002)

 2005Grey’s Anatomy (TV Series) (1 episode)

– Let It Be (2005)

 2005Revelations (TV Mini-Series) (2 episodes)

– Hour Six (2005)
– Hour Five (2005)

 2005Jonny Zero (TV Series) (1 episode)

– To Serve and to Protect (2005)

 2005Numb3rs (TV Series) (1 episode)

– Prime Suspect (2005)

 2005The O.C. (TV Series) (1 episode)

– The Family Ties (2005) … (as Lesli Glatter)
 2003Newton (TV Movie)

 2002Presidio Med (TV Series) (1 episode)

– Do No Harm (2002)

 2000-2002Gilmore Girls (TV Series) (5 episodes)

– It Should’ve Been Lorelai (2002)
– Star-Crossed Lovers and Other Strangers (2001)
– Rory’s Dance (2000)
– Pilot (2000)
– Unaired Pilot
 2002In My Life (TV Movie)
 2001The Big House (TV Movie)

 1999-2001Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV Series) (2 episodes)

– Sacrifice (2001)
– A Single Life (1999)

 2001Citizen Baines (TV Series) (1 episode)

– The Appraisal (2001)

 2001Third Watch (TV Series) (1 episode)

– True Love (2001)

 2000Freaks and Geeks (TV Series) (2 episodes)

– Kim Kelly Is My Friend (2000)
– Girlfriends and Boyfriends (2000)

 1998Buddy Faro (TV Series) (1 episode)

– Touched by an Amnesiac (1998) … (as Lesli Glatter)

 1998Brooklyn South (TV Series) (2 episodes)

– Don’t You Be My Valentine (1998)
– Gay Avec (1998)

 1996Murder One (TV Series) (1 episode)

– Chapter Eighteen (1996)

 1994NYPD Blue (TV Series) (2 episodes)

– Serge the Concierge (1994)
– A Sudden Fish (1994)
 1994State of Emergency (TV Movie)
 1994Birdland (TV Series)
 1993Black Tie Affair (TV Series)

 1992On the Air (TV Series) (2 episodes)

– Episode #1.5 (1992)
– Episode #1.2 (1992)

 1990-1991Twin Peaks (TV Series) (4 episodes)

– Episode #2.16 (1991)
– Episode #2.6 (1990)
– Episode #2.3 (1990)
– Episode #1.6 (1990)

 1990Brewster Place (TV Series) (1 episode)

– Gone Fishing (1990)

 1988Vietnam War Story (TV Series) (1 episode)

– The Promise (1988)
 1987Into the Homeland (TV Movie)

 1986-1987Amazing Stories (TV Series) (3 episodes)

– Without Diana (1987)
– One for the Books (1986)
– No Day at the Beach (1986)
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Bite-sized blog post: Amma Asante

Amma Asante

AMMA ASANTE was a child actor in England before beginning her behind the camera career writing.

Her first feature film A Way of Life (2004) premiered at the Toronto Film Festival.  In 2005 she received the BAFTA Carl Foreman Award for Special Achievement by a writer/director.

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FANDOR

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FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2013Belle
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Bite-sized blog post: Barbara Hammer

Barbara Hammer

Born in Hollywood BARBARA HAMMER’s grandfather was a cook for D.W.Griffith and she went on to direct experimental films exploring gender roles.

She has directed over forty films and videos and is considered among the first to create lesbian themed work in the United States.

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Where to watch her films:

PURCHASE DVDs on her website

VIMEO

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IN PRINT

HAMMER!: Making Movies Out of Sex and Life by Barbara Hammer

ONLINE

Find her on Twitter
Her Website
Inside Out 2015 Women Directors: Meet Barbara Hammer – ‘Welcome to This House, a Film on Elizabeth Bishop’
Creative Capital
MoMA
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2015Welcome to this House (Documentary)
 2011Maya Deren’s Sink (Video documentary short)
 2010/IIGenerations (Documentary)
 2007Diving Women of Jeju-do (Video documentary short)
 2007Fucking Different New York (segment “Villa Serbolloni”)
 2003Resisting Paradise (Documentary)
 2000History Lessons (Documentary)
 1998The Female Closet (Documentary)
 1996Tender Fictions (Documentary)
 1995Out in South Africa (Documentary)
 1992Nitrate Kisses (Documentary)
 1991Vital Signs (Short)
 1990Sanctus (Short)
 1989Hot Flash
 1989Still Point (Short)
 1988Endangered (Short)
 1987Place Mattes (Short)
 1986Snow Job
 1985Optic Nerve (Short)
 1985Tourist (Short)
 1984Parisian Blinds (Short)
 1983Bent Time (Short)
 1982Pond and Waterfall (Short)
 1981Pools (Short)
 1979Dream Age
 1979Women I Love (Short)
 1978Double Strength (Documentary short)
 1978Sappho (Short)
 1976Multiple Orgasm (Short)
 1974Dyketactics (Short)
 1974Sisters! (Documentary short)
 1973A Gay Day (Short)
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Bite-sized blog post: Courtney Hunt

 

Courtney Hunt

COURNEY HUNT went to law school before attending Columbia film school and used her legal background to work and pay for film school.

Her first feature film Frozen River (2008) won the Grand Jury prize at Sundance and was nominated for an Oscar for Best Screenplay.

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Where to watch her films:

AMAZON (Streaming)

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ONLINE

Little Miss Darkness – Courtney Hunt’s first film won Sundance, but it’s hardly cute.
Director Courtney Hunt Begins Shooting Follow-Up to Frozen River
Interview
Under the Radar Interview
Time Out
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2011-2013Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV Series) (2 episodes)

– Presumed Guilty (2013)
– True Believers (2011)

 2009-2010In Treatment (TV Series) (3 episodes)

– Adele: Week Five (2010)
– Jesse: Week Three (2010)
– Mia: Week Seven (2009)
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Bite-sized blog post: Darnell Martin

Darnell Martin

DARNELL MARTIN was rejected three times from NYU film school before finally attending to get her MFA. While not getting into NYU she was working on sets and finally was accepted after a personal recommendation from Spike Lee who she worked with as an AC on Do The Right Thing.

Martin is touted as the first African American female to direct a studio film with her first feature I Like It Like That (1994). She has gone on to direct the feature film Cadillac Records (2008) and an adaptation of Zora Neal Hurston’s Their Eyes Were Watching God (2005) as well as numerous television series.

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Where to watch her films:

AMAZON (Streaming)

AMAZON (DVDs/BluRays for PURCHASE)

Read more about her:

ONLINE

New York Times
Entertainment Weekly
Interview
Darnell Martin Has Looked At Racial Issues From Both Sides
The Madlab Post
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

Grimm (TV Series) (4 episodes)
– Wesen Nacht (2015)
– The Bottle Imp (2012)
– The Thing with Feathers (2012)
– BeeWare (2011)

 2014Unforgettable (TV Series) (1 episode)
– Fire and Ice (2014)

 2013Wish You Well
 2013The Vampire Diaries (TV Series) (1 episode)
– She’s Come Undone (2013)
 2013Chicago Fire (TV Series) (1 episode)
– A Coffin That Small (2013)
 2012Firelight (TV Movie)
 2011The Mentalist (TV Series) (1 episode)
– The Red Mile (2011)
 2011Detroit 1-8-7 (TV Series) (1 episode)
– Stone Cold (2011)
 2011The Lost Valentine (TV Movie)
 2010Happy Town (TV Series) (2 episodes)
– Blame It on Rio Bravo (2010)
– Slight of Hand (2010)
 2002-2010Law & Order: Criminal Intent (TV Series) (10 episodes)
– Palimpsest (2010)
– Bombshell (2007)
– The War at Home (2006)
– Wrongful Life (2006)
– Shibboleth (2005)
Show all 10 episodes
 2003-2010Law & Order (TV Series) (5 episodes)
– Crashers (2010)
– Human Flesh Search Engine (2009)
– By Perjury (2009)
– Angelgrove (2008)
– Absentia (2003)
 2010Gossip Girl (TV Series) (1 episode)
– Dr. Estrangeloved (2010)
 2010Trauma (TV Series) (1 episode)
– Tunnel Vision (2010)
 2010Mercy (TV Series) (1 episode)
– We’re All Adults (2010)
 2008-2009Life on Mars (TV Series) (2 episodes)
 2008Cadillac Records
 2007Masters of Science Fiction (TV Mini-Series) (1 episode)
– Little Brother (2007)
 2007Kidnapped (TV Series) (1 episode)
– Front Page (2007)
 2006Saved (TV Series) (2 episodes)
– Fog (2006)
– A Day in the Life (2006)
 2006South Beach (TV Series) (1 episode)
– I’m Not Your Baby (2006)
 2005Grey’s Anatomy (TV Series) (1 episode)
 2005Their Eyes Were Watching God (TV Movie)
 2003Soul Food (TV Series) (1 episode)
– Shades of Grey (2003)
 2003Dragnet (TV Series) (2 episodes)
– Redemption (2003)
– All That Glitters (2003)
 2002Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV Series) (1 episode)
– Dolls (2002)
 1997ER (TV Series) (2 episodes)
– Freak Show (1997)
– Ground Zero (1997)
 1997Oz (TV Series) (3 episodes)
– Plan B (1997)
– Capital P (1997)
– The Routine (1997)
 1996Homicide: Life on the Street (TV Series) (1 episode)
– Sniper: Part 2 (1996)
 1992Suspect (Short)
 1991Samantha Fox: Just One Night (Video short)
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Bite-sized blog post: Debbie Allen

Debbie Allen

DEBBIE ALLEN, a well-known dancer and choreographer, began directing regularly for television when starring in the series Fame in the eighties.

She continues to direct for television and the stage.

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AMAZON (DVDs/BluRays for PURCHASE)

HULU

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Debbie Allen Dance Academy Website
Debbie Allen To Serve As Executive Producer/Director On ‘Grey’s Anatomy’
Variety
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2015Survivor’s Remorse (TV Series) (1 episode)

– Guts (2015)

 2014-2015Jane the Virgin (TV Series) (2 episodes)

– Chapter Twenty (2015)
– Chapter Four (2014)

 2014-2015Scandal (TV Series) (3 episodes)

– I’m Just a Bill (2015)
– Where’s the Black Lady? (2015)
– Flesh and Blood (2014)

 2015Empire (TV Series) (1 episode)

– Who I Am (2015)

 2014How to Get Away with Murder (TV Series) (1 episode)

– He Has a Wife (2014)

 2014Witches of East End (TV Series) (1 episode)

– Boogie Knight (2014)

 2013Let’s Stay Together (TV Series) (3 episodes)

– Kita’s Got a Gun (2013)
– The Other Doctor (2013)
– The Need for Speed (2013)

 2013Army Wives (TV Series) (1 episode)

– Adjustment Period (2013)

 2013The Client List (TV Series) (1 episode)

– Heaven’s Just a Sin Away (2013)

 2010-2011Hellcats (TV Series) (2 episodes)

– Land of 1,000 Dances (2011)
– Pledging My Love (2010)

 2009-2010My Parents, My Sister & Me (TV Series) (3 episodes)

– Fun Raiser: Part 2 (2010)
– Fun Raiser: Part 1 (2010)
– Starting Over (2009)

 2008The Game (TV Series) (1 episode)

– Oh, What a Night (2008)

 2005-2008Girlfriends (TV Series) (9 episodes)

– Stand and Deliver (2008)
– Adapt to Adopt (2008)
– Deck the Halls with Bags and Folly (2007)
– Where Did Lynn-Digo? (2007)
– Baghdad, My Bad (2007)
Show all 9 episodes

 2003-2007All of Us (TV Series) (44 episodes)

– The Wedding Singers (2007)
– She Blinded Me with Science (2007)
– Sins of the Father (2007)
– It Was Fun While It Lasted (2007)
– Everybody Loves Rain Man (2006)
Show all 44 episodes
 2006I Was a Network Star (TV Movie documentary)

 2004-2006That’s So Raven (TV Series) (5 episodes)

– Be Prepared (2006)
– The Four Aces (2006)
– Boyz ‘N Commotion (2005)
– The Road to Audition (2004)
– A Goat’s Tale (2004)

 2003The Parkers (TV Series) (1 episode)

– The Good, the Bad, and the Funny (2003)

 2003The Twilight Zone (TV Series) (1 episode)

– The Monsters Are on Maple Street (2003)

 2002Cool Women (TV Series documentary) (1 episode)

– Singers/Actresses (2002)

 2001PBS Hollywood Presents (TV Series) (1 episode)

– The Old Settler (2001)
 2001The Old Settler (TV Movie)
 1998Linc’s (TV Series)

 1997-1998The Jamie Foxx Show (TV Series) (2 episodes)

– Soul Mate to Cellmate (1998)
– Misery Loves Company (1997)

 1997Between Brothers (TV Series) (1 episode)

– The Big Three-Oh (1997)

 1988-1993A Different World (TV Series) (83 episodes)

– College Kid (1993)
– When One Door Closes…: Part 2 (1993)
– Mind Your Own Business (1993)
– Happy Birthday to Moi (1993)
– To Whit, with Love (1993)
Show all 83 episodes
 1993Sinbad: Afros and Bellbottoms (TV Special documentary)
 1992The Boys (TV Movie)
 1992Stompin’ at the Savoy (TV Movie)
 1990Polly: Comin’ Home! (TV Movie)

 1990The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (TV Series) (2 episodes)

– Bang the Drum, Ashley (1990)
– The Fresh Prince Project (1990)

 1989Walt Disney’s Wonderful World of Color (TV Series) (1 episode)

– Polly (1989)
 1989The Debbie Allen Special (TV Movie)

 1987-1988Family Ties (TV Series) (2 episodes)

– The Play’s the Thing (1988)
– Higher Love (1987)

 1984-1987Fame (TV Series) (11 episodes)

– Baby, Remember My Name (1987)
– Of Cabbages and Kings (1987)
– The Crimson Blade (1987)
– Stagefright (1986)
– The Inheritance (1986)
Show all 11 episodes

 1987The Bronx Zoo (TV Series) (1 episode)

– Lost and Found (1987)
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Bite-sized blog post: Mary Lambert

Mary Lambert

MARY LAMBERT graduated from the prestigious Rhode Island School of Design before beginning her career as a director working on music videos for well-known artists at the height of the MTV craze.

She has gone on to direct numerous television movies and for many series and to specialize in the horror genre.

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Where to watch her films:

AMAZON (Streaming)

AMAZON (DVDs/BluRays for PURCHASE)

NETFLIX

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Read more about her:

ONLINE

Her Website
Maui Film Festival Interview
Interview
Video Interview
NYU
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2016The Blacklist (TV Series) (1 episode)

– The Director (No. 24) (2016)
 2014Presumed Dead in Paradise (TV Movie)
 2012/IIPearl (Short)
 2012VH1 Divas 2012 (TV Movie) (archive footage)
 2011Miss South Pacific: Beauty and the Sea (Documentary short)
 2011Mega Python vs. Gatoroid (TV Movie)

 2007-2010On the Road in America (TV Series) (2 episodes)

– Cowboys and Indians (2010)
– Mississippi Delta (2007)
 2009Madonna: Celebration – The Video Collection (Video) (videos “Borderline”, “Like a Virgin”, “Material Girl”, “La Isla Bonita”, “Like a Prayer”)

 2008The Dark Path Chronicles (TV Series) (7 episodes)

– Lost in the Dark Path (2008)
– Searching for Solace (2008)
– Entering the Dark Path (2008)
– Trapped (2008)
– Vampire Temptations (2008)
Show all 7 episodes
 2007The Attic (Video)
 200714 Women (Documentary)
 2006Best of Chris Isaak (Video) (music video “Dancin'”)
 2003The Lionel Richie Collection (Video documentary) (video “My Destiny”)

 2001Strange Frequency (TV Series) (2 episodes)

– More Than a Feeling (2001)
– Disco Inferno (2001)
 2001Saturday Night Live Primetime Extra 2 (TV Short) (opening sequence)
 2001Strange Frequency (TV Movie)
 2000The Pretenders: Greatest Hits (Video documentary) (video “Sense of Purpose”)
 1999Clubland
 1997My Stepson, My Lover (TV Movie)
 1996Janet Jackson: Design of a Decade 1986/1996 (Video documentary) (videos “Nasty”, “Control”)
 1996Face of Evil (TV Movie)
 1995Geffen Vintage 80s Vol. 1 (Video) (music video “Lone Justice – Ways To Be Wicked”)
 1994The Best of Sting: Fields of Gold 1984-1994 (Video) (video “We’ll Be Together”)
 1994Dragstrip Girl (TV Movie)

 1994Rebel Highway (TV Series) (1 episode)

– Dragstrip Girl (1994)
 1993Double Switch (Video Game)

 1992Red Shoe Diaries (TV Series) (1 episode)

– Accidents Happen (1992) … (as Alan Smithee)
 1991Eurythmics: Greatest Hits (Video documentary) (video “Would I Lie to You?”)
 1990Madonna: The Immaculate Collection (Video) (videos “Borderline”, “Like a Virgin”, “Material Girl”, “La Isla Bonita”, “Like a Prayer”)
 1989Bobby Brown His Prerogative (Video documentary)

 1989Tales from the Crypt (TV Series) (1 episode)

– Collection Completed (1989)
 1989Madonna: Like a Prayer (Video short) (uncredited)
 1987Siesta
 1984Madonna (Video short) (videos “Borderline”, “Like a Virgin”)
 1984The Go-Go’s: Wild at the Greek (TV Special documentary) (co-director)
 1977Rapid Eye Movements (Short)
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Bite-sized blog post: Anita W. Addison

Anita W. Addison

One of the first African American women to hold a senior producer position at a major television network ANITA W. ADDISON directed television for major television shows in the eighties and nineties.

Before taking on the network career she took film classes at NYU and attended UCLA at night in order to get her Masters – after she obtained a Masters in journalism from Columbia and analyzed data for Nielsen ratings for a small independent station. Her short film Savannah was nominated for an Academy Award in 1984.

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NETFLIX

AMAZON (PRIME-STREAMING)

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PRINT
L.A. Rebellion: Creating a New Black Cinema by Allyson Field

Encyclopedia of Film and Television Directors by JerryRoberts

ONLINE

Variety
Encyclopedia.com
Los Angeles Times obituary
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2004Copshop (TV Movie) (segment “Blind Date”)
 2000Judging Amy (TV Series) (1 episode)
– Zero to Sixty (2000) … (as Anita Addison)
 1999Deep in My Heart (TV Movie)
 1997EZ Streets (TV Series) (1 episode)
– One Acquainted with the Night (1997)
 1995The Great Defender (TV Series) (1 episode)
– Camille (1995)
 1995ER (TV Series) (1 episode)
 1993Sirens (TV Series)
 1991-1992Quantum Leap (TV Series) (2 episodes)
– Ghost Ship – August 13, 1956 (1992) … (as Anita Addison)
– Dreams – February 28, 1979 (1991) … (as Anita Addison)
 1992Homefront (TV Series) (1 episode)
– That’s the Way the Cookie Crumbles (1992) … (as Anita Addison)
 1991Sisters (TV Series) (1 episode)
– Some Tuesday in July (1991) … (as Anita Addison)
 1990-1991Knots Landing (TV Series) (2 episodes)
– A Horse Is a Horse (1991)
– My Bullet (1990)
 1990Freddy’s Nightmares (TV Series) (1 episode)
– Life Sentence (1990) … (as Anita Addison)