Bite-sized blog post: Alex Kondracke

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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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Where to watch her films:

GIRLTRASH: ALL NIGHT LONG WEBSITE

HULU

Read more about her:

ONLINE
Find her on Twitter
Girltrash: All Night Long (2014) Website
Alternate Realities – Photography
Indiewire
PODCAST: Getting the Dirt on Girltrash’s Angela Robinson and Alexandra Kondracke
VIDEO Interview
Live Journal blogpost

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2014Girltrash: All Night Long (as Alex Martinez Kondracke)
 2003Sunset Park (Short)
 2000Ice Fishing (Short)

Bite-sized blog post: Angela Robinson

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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Where to watch her films:

AMAZON

iTUNES

Read more about her:

ONLINE

What’s it like to be a black, female director in Hollywood?
VIDEO: Interview for Film Independent
VIDEO: Fusion Award Speech
‘Girltrash’ writer/director Angela Robinson relinquishes association with Power Up
Indiewire Interview
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

True Blood (TV Series) (1 episode)

Karma (2014)

 2011Charlie’s Angels (TV Series) (1 episode)

Runway Angels (2011)

 2010Gigantic (TV Series) (2 episodes)

Pilot: Part 2 (2010)
Pilot: Part 1 (2010)

 2006-2009The L Word (TV Series) (8 episodes)

Litmus Test (2009)
LMFAO (2009)
Lifecycle (2008)
 2007Girltrash! (Video short)
 2007Starz/Encore on Set: Herbie Fully Loaded (TV Movie) (uncredited)
 2004D.E.B.S.
 2003D.E.B.S. (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: Susanne Bier

Best Foreign Language Film winner director Susanne Bier poses with her Oscar at the 83rd annual Academy Awards in Hollywood on February 27, 2010. UPI/Phil McCarten

SUSANNE BIER is a Danish director nonetheless she has made her mark in the United States, winning the Academy Award for Best Foreign Film in 2011 for her film In a Better World (2010) – the year after Bigelow won the Oscar for Hurt Locker (2009).

In June of this year it was announced that Bier was on the shortlist to potentially direct the next Bond film.

Bite-sized blog post: Jennifer Lee

Jennifer Lee

JENNIFER LEE is one of the directors of Frozen (2013) which was one of only two films in 2013 in the top 100 box office films directed by a woman and garnered her the Oscar for Best Animated Feature.

She wrote the screenplay adaptation for A Wrinkle in Time (2017) for Disney which will be directed by Ava Duvernay.

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Where to watch her films:

AMAZON

Read more about her:

ONLINE

Find her on Twitter
Variety
‘Frozen’ Director Apologizes to Parents for “Let It Go”
How “Frozen” Director Jennifer Lee Reinvented The Story Of The Snow Queen
‘Frozen’s’ Jennifer Lee Melts Glass Ceilings
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2015Frozen Fever (Short)
 2013/IFrozen

Bite-sized blog post: Uta Briesewitz

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UTA BRIESEWITZ originally hails from Germany but has been working as a director and cinematographer in Hollywood since the 1990s.

She has received numerous awards as a cinematographer and has used those skills to direct visually compelling television including for the Netflix series Jessica Jones.

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Where to watch her films:

NETFLIX

HULU

Read more about her:

ONLINE
Her Website
Variety
Panavision
Inside HBOs The Wire
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

Black Sails (TV Series) (1 episode)

XXXVI. (2017)

 2016Iron Fist (TV Series) (1 episode)

 2016Fear the Walking Dead (TV Series) (1 episode)

Episode #2.11 (2016)

 2013-2016Orange Is the New Black (TV Series) (3 episodes)

Piece of Sh*t (2016)
Tit Punch (2013)

 2015-2016The 100 (TV Series) (2 episodes)

Stealing Fire (2016)

 2014-2016Jane the Virgin (TV Series) (5 episodes)

Chapter Thirty (2015)
Chapter Two (2014)

 2016Mad Dogs (TV Series) (1 episode)

Hat (2016)

 2015Agent X (TV Series) (1 episode)

Sacrifice (2015)

 2015Jessica Jones (TV Series) (1 episode)

 2014-2015Awkward. (TV Series) (4 episodes)

Over the Hump (2014)
Girl Rules (2014)

 2015UnREAL (TV Series) (2 episodes)

Wife (2015)
Mother (2015)

 2014House of Lies (TV Series) (1 episode)

Pushback (2014)

 2012Suburgatory (TV Series) (1 episode)

The Wishbone (2012)

 2012Weeds (TV Series) (1 episode)

 2010-2011Hung (TV Series) (3 episodes)

Bite-sized blog post: Jennifer Yuh

Jennifer Yuh

JENNIFER YUH is a director and storyboard artist. She was nominated for an Academy Award for Kung Fu Panda 2 (2011).

Since the success of Kung Fu Panda (2 and 3) Yuh has been slated to direct her first live-action film  The Darkest Minds.

 

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Where to watch her films:

AMAZON

Read more about her:

ONLINE

Find her on Facebook
Variety
Kung Fu Panda’s’ Jennifer Yuh Nelson Eyes Virtual Reality’s Creative Possibilities
Jen Yuh Nelson: The Soft-Spoken Powerhouse Behind Kung Fu Panda
The Animation Guild
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2016Kung Fu Panda 3 (as Jennifer Yuh)

 1998-1999Spawn (TV Series) (4 episodes)

Hunter’s Moon (1999) … (as Jennifer Yuh)
The Mindkiller (1999) … (as Jennifer Yuh)
Send in the KKKlowns (1998) … (as Jennifer Yuh)
Home, Bitter Home (1998) … (as Jennifer Yuh)

Bite-sized blog post: Lorene Scafaria

Lorene Scafaria

Before directing for film LORENE SCAFARIA wrote and produced a play at the Producer’s Club in NYC (a small dingy theatre that is the home to many Off-Off-Off Broadway productions).

She went on to write for film and television and has directed for the hit comedy series New Girl. Her latest film directorial endeavor, The Meddler (2015) stars Susan Sarandon.

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Where to watch her films:

AMAZON

NETFLIX

HULU

Read more about her:

ONLINE

Find her onTwitter
NPR
How Lorene Scafaria used Susan Sarandon to break Hollywood barriers with ‘The Meddler’
Huffington Post
New York Times
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2013-2014New Girl (TV Series) (3 episodes)

Background Check (2014)
Basketsball (2014)
 Love Is Dead (TV Movie)

Bite-sized blog post: Ivana Massetti

Ivanna Massetti

IVANA MASSETTI originally hails from Italy and since moving to the US has continued to pursue her love for film and social justice issues with One Day in America, a transmedia project “about Justice and the controversial issues that divide this country.”

She has been an active advocate for more women’s directorial voices with her website and movement Women Occupy Hollywood – inspired by the Occupy movement in response to the financial crisis.

 

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Where to watch her films:

AMAZON

VIMEO

Read more about her:

ONLINE
One Day In America project Website
Find her on Twitter
Find Women Occupy Hollywood on Facebook
Women Occupy Hollywood
Montalvo Arts Center
Interview

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 1998Nadro

 19943000 scénarios contre un virus (TV Series) (1 episode)

 1988Domino
 1984Aloha