Bite-sized blog post: Dawn Porter

Dawn Porter

DAWN PORTER is a documentary filmmaker whose directorial debut Gideon’s Army (2013) premiered on HBO. The film about public defenders allowed her to use her knowledge as an attorney as well as skills as a filmmaker.

She runs the production company Trilogy Films and her second film Spies of Mississippi (2014) was part of the PBS Independent Lens Series.

 

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Dawn Porter took a big leap from lawyer to a filmmaker
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FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2016Trapped (Documentary)

 2014Independent Lens (TV Series documentary) (1 episode)

 2014Spies of Mississippi (Documentary)
 2013Gideon’s Army (Documentary)

Bite-sized blog post: Shirley Clarke

Shirley Clarke

SHIRLEY CLARKE began her career as a dancer and choreographer and used those skills as a filmmaker.

Her first feature The Connection (1962) was based on the play by Jack Gelber about heroine addicted jazz musicians, shot in the cinematic realism style of the 1960s Clarke was one of the directors breaking ground in a new style of cinema.

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ONLINE
Senses of Cinema
Shirley Clarke’s ‘Connection’: Will It Click At Last?
Shirley Clarke website
To the Beat of Shirley Clarke
New York Times Obituary
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 1985Ornette: Made in America (Documentary)
 1983The Box (Short)
 1982Performance (Short)
 1982Tongues (Video short)
 1981Savage/Love (Short)
 1980A Visual Diary (Short)
 1978One-2-3 (Video short)
 1978Trans (Video short)
 1967Portrait of Jason (Documentary)
 1960Skyscraper (Short documentary)
 1958Bridges-Go-Round (Short)
 1957Brussels Loops (Short)
 1956Moment in Love (Short)
 1955Bullfight (Short)
 1954In Paris Parks (Short)
 1953Dance in the Sun (Short)

Bite-sized blog post: Leah Meyerhoff

 

Leah Meyerhoff

When in pre-production for her first feature film I Believe in Unicorns (2014) LEAH MEYERHOFF gathered a group of female filmmakers for a dinner party to talk about their experiences. That one night snowballed into an organization known as Film Fatales with chapters all over the country and expanding internationally.

Meyerhoff went to Berkeley High School in Northern California and got her MFA at NYU.

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Leah Meyerhoff’s Website
I Believe in Unicorns Website
Attention, Female Filmmakers: The Film Fatales Are Here to Help You
Film Fatales Website
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2008Roaring Leo Presents: Best of Breed Volume 1 (Video) (segment “Wonderfluff Sandwiches”)
 2007Team Queen (Short)
 2005Twitch (Short)
 2003Packaged Goods (Short)
 2003Neurotica (Short)
 2003PacMouse (Short)

Bite-sized blog post: Tamra Davis

Tamra Davis

TAMRA DAVIS began her career directing music videos for popular bands in the eighties and nineties including the Bangles, Depeche Mode and NWA.

She has gone on to direct feature films including Chris Rock’s “rockumentary” spoof CB4 (1993) and Billy Madison (1995) starring Adam Sandler, direct for television and direct and produce a documentary about her friend, the renowned artist Jean-Michel Basquiat.

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ONLINE
The Radiant Child Website
Interview
Women Plus Film Meet the Filmmaker
PBS Interview
Karen McCullah and Tamra Davis Team Up for R-Rated, ‘Bachelorette’-Style Comedy
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

2015Crazy Ex-Girlfriend (TV Series) (1 episode)
I Hope Josh Comes to My Party! (2015)
 2015Odd Mom Out (TV Series) (1 episode)
The Truth Fairy (2015)
 2015Younger (TV Series) (2 episodes)
Girl Code (2015)
The Exes (2015)
 2013-2014Hit the Floor (TV Series) (3 episodes)
Passing (2014)
Out of Bounds (2013)
Game On (2013)
 2011-2014Single Ladies (TV Series) (21 episodes)
Last Dance (2014)
One Step Forward, Two Steps Back (2014)
Tell You No Lies (2014)
Ask Me No Questions (2014)
Where There’s a Will (2014)
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 2010Sons of Tucson (TV Series) (1 episode)
Chicken Pox (2010)
 2010Jean-Michel Basquiat: The Radiant Child (Documentary)
 2008The Ex List (TV Series) (1 episode)
Do You Love Me, Do You Surfer… Boy (2008)
 2007Grey’s Anatomy (TV Series) (1 episode)
My Favorite Mistake (2007)
 2007Ugly Betty (TV Series) (1 episode)
Swag (2007)
 2006Men in Trees (TV Series) (1 episode)
Ladies Frist (2006)
 2006Love Monkey (TV Series) (2 episodes)
The One That Got Away (2006)
Pilot (2006)
 2006Everybody Hates Chris (TV Series) (1 episode)
Everybody Hates a Part Time Job (2006)
 2006A Conversation with Basquiat (Documentary)
 2005My Name Is Earl (TV Series) (1 episode)
Faked My Own Death (2005)
 2004Method & Red (TV Series) (1 episode)
One Tree Hill (2004)
 2004Corporate Ghost (Video)
 2002Keep Your Eyes Open (Documentary)
 2002/ICrossroads
 2001Britney: The Videos (Video documentary short) (segment “Overprotected”)
2000Beastie Boys: Video Anthology (Video documentary) (segment “Netty’s Girl”)”
 2000Skipped Parts
 1999Depeche Mode: The Videos 86>98 (Video documentary) (video “But Not Tonight”)
 1998Half Baked
 1997Best Men
 1995Billy Madison
 1994No Alternative Girls (Video short)
 1993CB4
 1992Guncrazy
 1991Goo (Video)
 1990Bangles Greatest Hits (Video short) (video “In Your Room”)

Bite-sized blog post: Sarah Polley

Sarah Polley

SARAH POLLEY is a Canadian actress who made a career in independent film before directing a few shorts and attending the Canadian Film Centre’s directing program in 2001.

Her feature film directorial debut Away From Her (2006) garnered her an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay. Her most recent film was a documentary hybrid about her family Stories We Tell (2012).

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LIONSGATE SHOP

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Interview
Variety
NPR
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FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2012Stories We Tell (Documentary)
 2006Away from Her
 2004The Shields Stories (TV Mini-Series) (1 episode)
The Harp (2004)
 2001I Shout Love (Short)
 1999Don’t Think Twice (Short)

Bite-sized blog post: Mary Harron

Mary Harron

MARY HARRON began her career as a music journalist after studying at Oxford. Her first feature film I Shot Andy Warhol (1996) screened at Cannes Film Festival.

Harron went on to direct American Psycho (2000)which brought both her and Christian Bale into the spotlight.

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The Film Experience Interview
The Believer Interview
The Guardian
Exclusive Video: Mary Harron on How to Get Films Made Regardless of the Budget
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2016XX (filming)
 2015Graceland (TV Series) (1 episode)
The Wires (2015)
 2015The Following (TV Series) (1 episode)
Reunion (2015)
 2015Constantine (TV Series) (1 episode)
Quid Pro Quo (2015)
 2013Anna Nicole (TV Movie) (attached)
 2012Armani (Short)
 2010Sonnet for a Towncar (Short)
 2008Fear Itself (TV Series) (1 episode)
Community (2008)
 2008Holding Fast (Short) (co-director)
 2007The Nine (TV Series) (1 episode)
You’re Being Watched (2007)
 2006Six Degrees (TV Series) (1 episode)
Masquerade (2006)
 2006Big Love (TV Series) (1 episode)
 2005The Notorious Bettie Page
 2005Six Feet Under (TV Series) (1 episode)
The Rainbow of Her Reasons (2005)
 2004The L Word (TV Series) (1 episode)
Liberally (2004)
 2002Pasadena (TV Series) (1 episode)
The Bones (2002)
 2000American Psycho
 1998Oz (TV Series) (1 episode)
Animal Farm (1998)
 1998Homicide: Life on the Street (TV Series) (1 episode)
 1994Winds of Change (TV Movie documentary)
 1989The Late Show (TV Series documentary) (1 episode)

Bite-sized blog post: Nina Menkes

Nina Menkes

NINA MENKES studied film at UCLA where she first began collaborating with her sister Tinka Menkes who served as her actress and muse on several projects. As a director she has worked in all areas of production, writing, editing, working camera and sound on her projects.

Menkes’ films have been known to challenge the viewer (especially the male viewer) nonetheless films including Phantom Love (2007), The Bloody Child (1996) and Queen of Diamonds (1991)  have found a home at mainstream festivals such as Sundance because of their boldness and craft. Sundance also embraced her New Media project The Crazy Female Bloody Center (2000).

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Nina Menkes Website
A Cinematic Sorceress of the Self
Fandor’s Fix gives female directors a vital platform
Director Nina Menkes on Knowledge, Film and Faith
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2005Massacre (Documentary) (co-director)
 1983The Great Sadness of Zohara (Short documentary)

Bite-sized blog post: Dee Rees

Dee Rees

DEE REES began studying business and then went on to get her MFA from NYU. She interned for Spike Lee before making her first feature film Pariah (2011) based on the short she directed of the same name. The film premiered at Sundance and she then went on to write and direct the Emmy award winning HBO film Bessie (2015).

She is currently developing a television series with Shonda Rhimes.

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Variety
‘Bessie’ Director Dee Rees on Bessie Smith’s Ferocity and Facing Prejudice
Interview
‘Bessie’ Director Dee Rees Follows Up With ‘Empire,’ A Zadie Smith Project And, Possibly, A Western – Emmys
Focus Features – Pariah
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2015Empire (TV Series) (1 episode)
Without a Country (2015)
 2015Bessie (TV Movie)
 2011/IPariah
 2009Colonial Gods (Short)
 2008Eventual Salvation (Documentary)
 2007Pariah (Short)
 2005Orange Bow (Short)

Bite-sized blog post: Amy Seimetz

Amy Seimetz

AMY SEIMETZ began her career producing and directing shorts. Her first feature film Sun Don’t Shine (2008) was simultaneously released theatrically and digitally by Factory 25.

She has gone on to direct for the television series The Girlfriend Experience based on the film by Stephen Soderbergh.

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Amy Seimetz Discusses Her Busy Year and Why She Hates Being Labeled a ‘Breakout’
Shane Carruth & Amy Seimetz in Short Film ‘We’ll Find Something’
Five Minutes with Amy Seimetz
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

The Girlfriend Experience (TV Series) (6 episodes) (completed)

Home (2016)
Provocation (2016)
Entry (2016)
 2009Round Town Girls (Short)
 2008We Saw Such Things (Documentary short) (co-director)

Bite-sized blog post: Maya Deren

Maya Deren

MAYA DEREN began her career studying literature and as a photographer and then went on to make her mark as an experimental filmmaker with films such as Meshes of the Afternoon (1943).

Deren was the first filmmaker to receive a Guggenheim grant in 1947. She died in 1961 at the age of 44 of a brain hemhorrage.

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BOOKS
Essential Deren Collected Writings

ONLINE
Senses of Cinema
MoMA
The Principle of Infinite Pains: Legendary Filmmaker Maya Deren on Cinema, Life, and Her Advice to Aspiring Filmmakers
In the Mirror of Maya Deren documentary presskit
A LIFE CHOREOGRAPHED FOR CAMERA
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

1985Divine Horsemen: The Living Gods of Haiti (Documentary) (original footage)
 1958The Very Eye of Night (Short)
 1944At Land (Short)
 1944The Private Life of a Cat (Short documentary) (co-director)
 1944Witch’s Cradle (Short)