Bite-sized blog post: Jane Campion

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The first woman to win the Palme d’Or was JANE CAMPION for her film The Piano (1993) which also made her the second woman nominated for an Oscar for Best Director (Lina Wertmüller was nominated before Campion in 1976 for her film Seven Beauties).

In 2013 Campion took over as Cannes Jury President, the year after a petition was circulated when no women directors were represented at the festival. As Campion said about the sexism in the industry, “Excuse me gentlemen, but the guys seem to eat all the cake. It’s not that I resent the male filmmakers. I love all of them. But there is something that women are thinking of doing that we don’t get to know enough about. It’s always a surprise when a woman filmmaker does come about.”

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NETFLIX

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Nicole Kidman Says She’s Making A New Movie With Jane Campion, Talks Lack Of Movie Roles For Older Women
Cannes Jury President Jane Campion Calls Out the ‘Inherent Sexism’ in the Film Industry
New York Times
Cinema Axis
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

Top of the Lake (TV Series) (7 episodes)
Episode #2.1 (2016)
Episode #1.7 (2013)
Episode #1.6 (2013)
Episode #1.5 (2013)
Episode #1.4 (2013)
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 20088 (segment “The Water Diary”)
 2007To Each His Own Cinema (segment “The Lady Bug”)
 2006The Water Diary (Short)
 1993The Piano
 1990An Angel at My Table (TV Mini-Series)
 1989Sweetie
 19862 Friends
 1986Dancing Daze (TV Series)
 1984After Hours (Short)
 1984A Girl’s Own Story (Short)
 1983Passionless Moments (Short)

Bite-sized blog post: Jodie Foster

Director Jodie Foster (L) behind the scenes of NetflixÕs ÒOrange is the New BlackÓ Season 2. Photo credit: Jessica Miglio for Netflix.

JODIE FOSTER grew up in Hollywood and in 2013 she won the Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award for “outstanding contributions to the world of entertainment.” She went after directing with as much force and insight as she did in pursuit of acting roles. At one point she reached out to French director Jean-Pierre Jeunet and expressed interesting in appearing in a film of his convincing him her French was up to par and she would play any size role despite her Hollywood status because she so admired his filmmaking.

In 1993 Jodie Foster started her own production company Egg Pictures after directing her first feature Little Man Tate (1993). She found out about the Netflix series Orange is the New Black and intrigued by the book it was based on and the show itself she reached out to get a directing gig on the show for which she was nominated for an Emmy.

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Director Jodie Foster Breaks Down Exclusive Trailer for George Clooney-Julia Roberts Thriller ‘Money Monster’
Jodie Foster Earns First DGA Noms For ‘Orange’ & ‘House Of Cards’: Inside Her Process
Emmys: Jodie Foster on Why She Wanted to Direct ‘Orange Is the New Black’ (Q&A)
The evolution of Jodie Foster: from precocious kid to Hollywood lifer
Jodie Foster on How She Wound Up Directing Two of TV’s Best Shows
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FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2016Charlie (TV Movie) (rumored) (announced)
2013-2014Orange Is the New Black (TV Series) (2 episodes)
Thirsty Bird (2014)
 2014House of Cards (TV Series) (1 episode)
Chapter 22 (2014)
 1988Tales from the Darkside (TV Series) (1 episode)

Bite-sized blog post: Kasi Lemmons

Kasi Lemmons

In 1997 Roger Ebert. wrote of KASI LEMMON’s first feature film, “There has been no more assured and powerful film debut this year than Eve’s Bayou.” She won the Independent Spirit Award for Best First Feature that year.

Lemmons appeared as an actor in several films before her directorial debut and has gone on to direct several feature films with notable actors and in 2002 gave the tribute to Sidney Poitier at the 74th Academy Awards celebration.

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HULU

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Interview
Rober Ebert – KASI LEMMONS MAKES POWERFUL DEBUT AS DIRECTOR
Film Independent
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FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 1996Dr. Hugo (Short)

Bite-sized blog post: Lake Bell

Lake Bell

LAKE BELL studied drama in England at Rose Bruford College of Theatre and Performance and came back to the United States to start a successful career as an actress. She directed her first short film Worst Enemy (2010) shown at Sundance. Her feature In a World... (2013) also premiered at Sundance.

In an interview she said about her directing experience: “The first day I thought, ‘My god, I feel so at home. What a great comradery This quenches my thirst for something creative in a way I never knew was possible.’ I sort of loved the bustle of a thousand questions. Women are inherently kind of multitaskers.”

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Lake Bell on chicken parm, Sundance, and her crush on Axl Rose
Lake Bell interview: The Man Up actress explains how she juggles acting, writing, directing, producing and directing
Lake Bell enjoys juggling titles of actress and director
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FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2012-2015Childrens Hospital (TV Series) (6 episodes)

The 27 Club (2015)
Triangles (2013)
 2012El Tonto (Short)
 2010Worst Enemy (Short)

Bite-sized blog post: Sarah Pirozek

Sarah Pirozek

SARAH PIROZEK comes from a fine arts background – studying at the Whitney Museum’s Independent Study Program early in her career, then going on to study at the Actors Studio and screenwriting at the New School.

Her first feature documentary Free Tibet (1998) documents the 1997 two day concert to benefit Tibet. Many prominent rock artists of the time took part – Smashing Pumpkins, De La Soul, Fugees among others. Pirozek has gone on to direct numerous music videos and commercials.

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Sarah Pirozek’s company website DAME WORK
Austin Film Festival

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2007What You Missed (Video short)
 2006Crafty (TV Movie)
 2003World’s Apart (TV Series documentary)
 2001MTV Fake ID Club (TV Series)
 2001EGG, the Arts Show (TV Series) (1 episode)
 2000Sonic Cinema (TV Series)
 2000Sade (TV Movie)
 1998Free Tibet (Documentary)

Bite-sized blog post: Barbara Loden

Barbara Loden

BARBARA LODEN, inspired by John Cassavetes and other independent filmmakers of the time, wrote, produced and directed her feature film Wanda (1970).

As the wife of famed director Elia Kazan Loden was able to get Wanda made but the financiers expected to use the film as a write off assuming it would be a financial failure and were less than pleased by its critical acclaim and modest earnings which did not allow them to take that loss. Loden died of cancer at a young age and was never able to direct another feature.

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Driven by Fierce Visions of Independence
Senses of Cinema
Obituary
Book about Barbara Loden
Daily Herald Obituary
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FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 1970Wanda

Bite-sized blog post: Sofia Coppola

 

Sofia Coppola

SOFIA COPPOLA began her career as a still photographer and actress in her famous father’s films, playing an infant in a christening scene in The Godfather (1972).  She learned all about making movies first hand by growing up in the industry and after directing a few shorts made her first feature film The Virgin Suicides (1999) which premiered at Sundance.

She was the third woman to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Director with her film Lost in Translation (2003) for which she won an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay.

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Fan blog
Sofia Coppola and Brian Reitzell – The filmmaker and her longtime music supervisor on the neon-bright music to new film The Bling Ring, including details on Kanye West’s integral involvement.
Interview
Sofia Coppola – You either love her or hate her. Here’s why.
DGA article by Carrie Rickey
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2010Somewhere
 2005VOID (Video Overview in Deceleration) (Video) (segment “This Here Giraffe”)
 1998Lick the Star (Short)
 1996Bed, Bath and Beyond (Short)

Bite-sized blog post: Claudia Weill

Claudia Weill

Stanley Kubrick praised CLAUDIA WEILL’s first feature film Girlfriends (1978) as one of the most interesting American films of its time, comparable in quality to European films (high praise from Kubrick).

Weill most recently directed for the popular television series Girls.

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52 Weeks of Directors – Claudia Weill
Girls on Film: Girlfriends, the most influential film about female friendship you’ve never heard of
Columbia University
Roger Ebert Interview
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2013Girls (TV Series) (1 episode)
Boys (2013)
 1999-2001Once and Again (TV Series) (6 episodes)
Thieves Like Us (2001)
Feast or Famine (2000)
Cat-in-Hat (2000)
Sneaky Feelings (2000)
Thanksgiving (1999)
The Past Is Prologue (1999)
 1999Caroline in the City (TV Series) (1 episode)
Caroline and the 2000th Strip (1999)
 1998Giving Up the Ghost (TV Movie)
 1997Nothing Sacred (TV Series) (1 episode)
Parents and Children (1997)
 1996Critical Choices (TV Movie)
 1995Chicago Hope (TV Series) (1 episode)
Great White Hope (1995)
 1994My So-Called Life (TV Series) (1 episode)
Other People’s Mothers (1994)
 1994Birdland (TV Series) (1 episode)
The Man in the Window (1994)
 1992A Child Lost Forever: The Jerry Sherwood Story (TV Movie)
 1991Face of a Stranger (TV Movie)
 1990WIOU (TV Series) (1 episode)
Pilot (1990)
 1987-1989Thirtysomething (TV Series) (3 episodes)
Politics (1989)
Business as Usual (1988)
Nice Work If You Can Get It (1987)
 1987Once a Hero (TV Series) (1 episode)
Pilot (1987)
 1987Cagney & Lacey (TV Series) (1 episode)
Waste Deep (1987)
 1986Johnny Bull (TV Movie)
 1986Fast Times (TV Series) (1 episode)
Secret Romance (1986)
 1986The Twilight Zone (TV Series) (1 episode)
Monsters!/A Small Talent for War/A Matter of Minutes (1986) … (segment “A Small Talent for War”)
 1984ABC Afterschool Specials (TV Series) (1 episode)
The Great Love Experiment (1984)
 1980It’s My Turn
 1978Girlfriends
 1975The Other Half of the Sky: A China Memoir (Documentary)
 1973Big Town (Short)

Bite-sized blog post: Gillian Robespierre

Gillian Robespierre

GILLIAN ROBESPIERRE co-wrote and directed the Independent Spirit Award nominated film Obvious Child (2014) based on the short she created of the same name after graduating from the School of Visual Arts in New York City.

The film was funded in part by a crowdfunding via a Kickstarter campaign and premiered at South by Southwest.

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The 20 Best Breakthrough Directors Of 2014
NPR: The Women Behind ‘Obvious Child’ Talk Farts, Abortion And Stage Fright
Kickstarter page for Obvious Child
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FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb): 

2014Obvious Child
 2009Obvious Child (Short)
 2008Beach (Video short) (collaborating director)

Bite-sized blog post: Gurinder Chadha

Gurinder Chadha

GURINDER CHADA was a BBC news reporter who made award winning documentaries in England before her fiction feature film Bend It Like Beckham (2002) became a US (and international) success.

She continues to direct for the screen and has recently turned Bend It Like Beckham into a stage musical.

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The Guardian Articles
British-Indian director Gurinder Chadha to make film on events leading to Partition
Telegraph interview
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FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2006Paris, je t’aime (segment “Quais de Seine”)
 1995Rich Deceiver (TV Movie)
 1994A Nice Arrangement (Short)
 1992Acting Our Age (Short)
 1992Pain, Passion and Profit (Video documentary)
 1990I’m British But… (TV Short documentary)