Tag / independent film

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Bite-sized blog: Edet Belzberg

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EDET BELZBERG received her MA from the Columbia School of International and Public Affairs.

Her documentary feature film debut Children Underground (2001) won the Special Jury Prize at Sundance.

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Where to watch her films:

AMAZON

VIMEO

Read more about her:

ONLINE

Watchers of the Sky Website
Filmmaker Magazine
HBO Interview
Indiewire Interview
MacArthur Foundation
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2014Watchers of the Sky (Documentary)
 2008The Recruiter (Documentary)
 2006Time Piece (Documentary) (segment “Bobby’s Tale”)
 2005Gymnast (Documentary)
 2001Children Underground (Documentary)
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Bite-sized blog post: Jill Campbell

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JILL CAMPBELL is a playwright and producer who directed the documentary The Hamlet of Canfield Gardens (2016) about her mentor playwright and poet Bernard Kops.

She “began her career running lines with Morgan Freeman and the Public Theatre.”

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Where to watch her films:

VIMEO

Read more about her:

ONLINE

Seagull Ink Website
Find her on Twitter
DOC NYC 2016 Women Directors: Meet Jill Campbell— “Mr. Chibbs”
Podcast
Kickstarter page for Mr. Chibbs

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2016Mr. Chibbs (Documentary) (post-production)
 2016The Hamlet of Canfield Gardens (Documentary)
 2013After Tomorrow (Short)
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Bite-sized blog post: Trish Dalton

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TRISH DALTON studied film at NYU. Her film Bordering on Treason (2013) premiered at DOC NYC. She is part of a film collective, Lucky Cat Pictures.

She co-directed One Night Stand (2011) with Elisabeth Sperling which documents the creative process pf a group of Broadway and TV professionals participating in a 24 hour play event for charity.

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Where to watch her films:

AMAZON

LUCKY CAT PICTURES

ONE NIGHT STAND WEBSITE

Read more about her:

ONLINE

Her Website
Find her film on Facebook
Innovation Navigation Website
One Night Stand Website
New York Times
Queens World Film Festival

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2015Ambience, the web series (TV Movie) (co-director) (completed)
 2016Election Year (Documentary)
 2015Ambience (TV Series)
 2014Like Everybody Else (Documentary short)
 2013Bordering on Treason (Documentary short)
 2013Southmost U.S.A. (Video documentary short)
 2007The Farm Sanctuary (Short)
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Bite-sized blog post: Ashley Sabin

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ASHLEY SABIN co-directed the documentary Girl Model (2011) with David Redmond and it premiered at SXSW.

She continues to produce and direct films through her company Carnivalesque Films.

 

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AMAZON

CARNIVALESQUE FILMS

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ONLINE

Find her on Twitter
Filmmaker Magazine Interview
Interview
Moveable Feast article
Kickstarter campaign for Girl Model
THE COMPLICATED BACKSTORY BEHIND NEW DOC GIRL MODEL: WHY ITS SUBJECT, MODEL NADYA VALL, IS FURIOUS OVER HER PORTRAYAL

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2016Sanctuary (Documentary)
 2014Choreography (Documentary short)
 2013Night Labor (Documentary)
 2012Kingdom of Animal (Documentary)
 2012Downeast (Documentary)
 2011Girl Model (Documentary) (as A. Sabin)
 2008/IIntimidad (Documentary)
 2007Kamp Katrina (Video documentary)
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Bite-sized blog post: April Wright

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APRIL WRIGHT directed a documentary on the American Driv-in, Going Attractions: The Definitive Story of the American Drive-in Movie (2013).

Wright has an MBA from Northwestern University and studied Computer Science as an undergraduate before getting into filmmaking.

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Where to watch her films:

AMAZON

GOING ATTRACTIONS WEBSITE

VIMEO

Read more about her:

ONLINE

Her film on Facebook
Find her film on Twitter
Going Attractions Website
Interview 1
Interview 2
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

My BFF (Short)
 2010/IInner Beauty (Short)
 2010The Graveyard Shift (Short)
 2009/ILayover
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Bite-sized blog post: Jennie Livingston

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JENNIE LIVINGSTON studied photography and painting with a minor in English Literature at Yale. Her documentary Paris is Burning (1990) won the Sundance Grand Jury prize.

She was born in Texas, raised in Los Angeles and currently lives in New York City.

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Where to watch her films:

AMAZON

NETFLIX

HER WEBSITE

VIMEO

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ONLINE

Her Website
Find her on Twitter
Indiewire Interview
BuzzFeed Interview
Burning down the house: why the debate over Paris is Burning rages on
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2006Through the Ice (Short)
 2005Who’s the Top? (Short)
 1990Paris Is Burning (Documentary)
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Bite-sized blog post: Ry Russo-Young

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RY RUSSO-YOUNG has had two films premiere at Sundance, Nobody Walks (2012) and  You Won’t Miss Me (2009).

Her narrative ficiton film Before I Fall will be released in 2017. She has a documentary in development about the man who donated sperm to her lesbian parents suing for paternal rights.

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Where to watch her films:

AMAZON

VIMEO

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ONLINE

Her Website
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Her blog
Director Ry Russo-Young’s “Before I Fall” Gets Spring 2017 Release Date
First Showing
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

2017Before I Fall (post-production)
 2012Nobody Walks
 2009You Wont Miss Me
 2007Orphans
 2005Marion (Short)
 2003Babes in Toyland (Short)

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Bite-sized blog post: Kat Candler

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KAT CANDLER’s feature film Hellion (2014), based on a short she directed, premiered at Sundance.

She was one of the directors selected by Ava Duvernay to direct for her series Queen Sugar, Candler’s first foray into television which then led to her directing for the series 12 Monkeys.

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Where to watch her films:

AMAZON

VIMEO

Read more about her:

ONLINE

Her Website
Find her on Twitter
Film Financing 101 with ‘Hellion’ Director Kat Candler
Watch: Kat Candler on How Short Filmmaking Encourages Experimentation
Blog
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

12 Monkeys (TV Series) (1 episode)

– Episode #3.6 (2017)

 2016Queen Sugar (TV Series) (2 episodes)

– Next to Nothing (2016)
– Where with All (2016)
 2015The Rusted (Short)
 2014Hellion
 2013Black Metal (Short)
 2012Hellion (Short)
 2009Love Bug (Short)
 2008Quarter to Noon (Short)
 2005Pilot and Olo (TV Short)
 2004Roberta Wells (Short)
 2002The Absence of Wings (Short)
 2000Cicadas
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Bite-sized blog post: Danishka Esterhazy

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DANISHKA ESTERHAZY is a graduate of the National Screen Institute, the Canadian Film Centre and the Talent Lab at the Toronto International Film Festival. She is a member of the Los Angeles based group Alliance of Women Directors.

Her work focuses on female centered content, including feature Black Field (2009) which screened at the Vancouver International Film Festival.

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Where to watch her films:

AMAZON

BLACK FIELD WEBSITE

VIMEO

Read more about her:

ONLINE

Her Website
Find her on Twitter
Black Field Website
DANISHKA ESTERHAZY WINS UBC CREATIVE WRITING AWARD FOR BEST SCREENPLAY
Alliance of Women Directors
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2016The Singing Bones (Short) (attached) (post-production)
 2015Scallywags (Short) (attached) (completed)
 Level 16 (attached) (pre-production)
 2013H & G
 2012/IVFallen (Short)
 2011Bullies – Not Cool! (TV Series)
 2009The Red Hood (Short)
 2009Infectious (Short)
 2006Protection (Short)
 2005The Snow Queen (Short)
 2004Threefold (Video short)
 2003Endings
 2002Embowered (Short)
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Bite-sized blog: Cindy Baer

CINDY BAER began her career as an actress. After forming her company Free Dream Pictures she directed and produced  her narrative feature film Purgatory House (2004).

Her feature Odd Brodsky (2014) premiered at The Mill Valley Film Festival.

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Where to watch her films:

AMAZON

FREE DREAM PICTURES WEBSITE

Read more about her:

ONLINE

Free Dream Pictures Website
Find her on Facebook
Find her on Twitter
Odd Brodsky Website
Canon
Her blog
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2016Hands Up (Video)
 2006Claire’s Prayer (Video short)
 2006Morbid Curiosity (Short)
 2005The Making of ‘Purgatory House’ (Video documentary)