Tag / independent film

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Bite-sized blog post: Camille Thoman

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CAMILLE THOMAN has worked mostly in narrative fiction but her debut feature was a documentary The Longest Game (2014) about a group of men who play table tennis in Vermont.

She has also worked as a performance artist both in the US and the UK.

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Where to watch her films:

SEVENTH ART RELEASING

VIMEO

Read more about her:

ONLINE

Her Website
Find her on Twitter
Interview
RADIO podcast interview
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2014The Longest Game (Documentary)
 2006Falling Objects (Short)
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Bite-sized blog post: Christine Yoo

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CHRISTINE YOO is a Korean-American filmmaker. She filmed her narrative feature debut Wedding Palace (2013) in both the US and Korea.

Yoo studied fine art at the Rhode Island School of Design.

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Where to watch her films:

AMAZON

VIMEO

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ONLINE

Find her on Twitter
Christine Yoo’s Wedding Palace: A Production Marriage Made in the US and Korea
Interview: VIDEO
Interview
The Korea Society
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 1998Yellow Belle (Short)
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Bite-iszed blog post: Anna Boden

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ANNA BODEN has teamed with Ryan Fleck to make several independent films, starting with Half Nelson (2006).

She has also directed for several television series.

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Where to watch her films:

AMAZON

Read more about her:

ONLINE

IndieWire
Filmmaker Interview
Interview 1
Interview 2
Ryan Fleck and Anna Boden Return to Their Sundance Roots with Mississippi Grind
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

Billions (TV Series) (2 episodes)

– Episode #2.2 (2017)
– Magical Thinking (2016)

 2015The Affair (TV Series) (2 episodes)

– 207 (2015)
– 203 (2015)

 2011The Big C (TV Series) (2 episodes)

– How Do You Feel? (2011)
– A Little Death (2011)
 2008/ISugar
 2005Young Rebels (Documentary)
 2003Have You Seen This Man? (Documentary short)
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Bite-sized blog post: Anna Fitch

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ANNA FITCH co-directed the documentary The Genius of Marian (2013) with Banker White. It was the story of his mother after her diagnosis of Alzheimer’s.

She has a degree in Entomology.

 

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Where to watch her films:

AMAZON

NETFLIX

POV

Read more about her:

ONLINE

The Genius of Marian Website
Interview
Never Forgetting: Banker White and Anna Fitch on ‘The Genius of Marian’
Chicken & Egg
Tribeca Film Institute

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2014P.O.V. (TV Series documentary) (co-director – 1 episode)

– The Genius of Marian (2014) … (co-director)
 2013The Genius of Marian (Documentary) (co-director)

 2008-2010National Geographic Explorer (TV Series documentary) (4 episodes)

– How Man Tamed the Wild (2010)
– Mystery of the Disembodied Feet (2009)
– Zoo Tiger Escape (2008)
– Testosterone Factor (2008)

 2007-2008Man-Made (TV Series) (4 episodes)

– Tin Can (2008)
– The Flashlight (2007)
– The Can (2007)
– The Bra
 2007Man Made: Secret History of the Bra (TV Movie documentary)
 2007Man-Made: The Flashlight (TV Movie documentary)
 2007Man-Made: The Can (TV Movie documentary)
 2006National Geographic Presents: ScrapHouse (TV Movie documentary)
 2002Living with Bugs: War of Two Worlds (TV Movie documentary)
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Bite-sized blog post: Ana Piterbarg

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ANA PITERBARG’s feature film Everybody Has a Plan (2012) stars Viggo Mortensen who she convinced to do the film from a pitch meeting which happened by a chance meeting as she was picking up her son.

The film premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival.

 

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Where to watch her films:

AMAZON

VIMEO

Read more about her:

ONLINE

Filmmaker Magazine Interview
Variety
Hollywood Reporter: VIDEO
Indiewire
Deadline 
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

Los siete locos y los lanzallamas (TV Series) (3 episodes)

– Episode #1.3 (2015)
– Episode #1.2 (2015)
– Episode #1.1 (2015)

 2005Los galindo (TV Series) (3 episodes)

– Episode #1.3 (2005)
– Episode #1.2 (2005)
– La Nana (2005)

 2004Loco por ti (TV Series) (3 episodes)

– Terapia de Sexo (2004)
– Los Vecinos (2004)
– El Viagra (2004)

 2003Malandras (TV Series) (3 episodes)

– Episode #1.3 (2003)
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 1999Champions of Life (TV Series) (179 episodes)

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Bite-sized blog post: Maggie Kiley

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MAGGIE KILEY went to the prestigious AFI Directing Workshop for Women where she segued into directing after a successful acting career. Her short film screened at Tribeca.

Kiley’s debut feature film Brightest Star (2013) received the Panasonic New Filmmaker Grant.

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Where to watch her films:

AMAZON

NETFLIX

VIMEO

Read more about her:

ONLINE

Find her on Twitter
Her Website
Indiewire Interview
The Moveable Feast Interview
Interview
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2016Caring (TV Series)
 2015/ICaught
 2009Down the Shore (Short)
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Bite-sized blog post: Bess Kargman

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BESS KARGMAN is a documentary filmmaker who studied dance as a child and used that knowledge to inform her directorial feature debut documentary First Position (2011).

She also directed a documentary as part of the Nine for IX Shorts for ESPN about women in sports.

 

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Where to watch her films:

AMAZON

NETFLIX

VIMEO

Read more about her:

ONLINE

First Position Website
Interview 1
Interview 2
Interview 3
Interview 4
Visual Anthropology

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

Nine for IX Shorts (TV Mini-Series documentary) (1 episode)

– Coach (2013)
 2013/IVCoach (Documentary short)
 2011First Position (Documentary)
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Bite-sized blog post: Afia Nathaniel

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AFIA NATHANIEL studied Mathematics and Physics and worked as a computer-scientist before graduating with an MFA in film from Columbia University. She originated from Pakisan and now lives and works in Brooklyn, NY.

Her feature film Dukhtar (2014) premiered at the Toronto Film Festival.

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Where to watch her films:

AMAZON

NETFLIX

VIMEO

 

Read more about her:

ONLINE

Find her on Twitter
Find her on Facebook
Filmmaker Magazine Interview
Raising Films Interview
Indiewire Interview
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2014Dukhtar
 2006Long After (Short)
 2005Toba Tek Singh (Short)
 2003Nadah (Short)
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Bite-sized blog post: Rachel Grady

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RACHEL GRADY co-directs with Heidi Ewing through their company Loki Films – they were nominated for an Academy Award for their film Jesus Camp (2006).

With Ewing she raised funds for their film Detropia (2012) at the Sundance Film Festival where they premiered 12th & Deleware (2010), an HBO Documentary Film.

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Where to watch her films:

AMAZON

NETFLIX

WE THE ECONOMY – 20 Short Films you can’t afford to miss

POV

DETROPIA WEBSITE

Read more about her:

ONLINE

Find her on Twitter
Loki Films
Detropia Website
Docuweek Interview
Hollywood Reporter: includes VIDEO
POV
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2015A Dream Preferred (Documentary short)

 2014Makers: Women Who Make America (TV Mini-Series documentary) (2 episodes)

– Women in War (2014)
– Women in Comedy (2014)

 2013Vanity Fair: Decades (TV Mini-Series short) (1 episode)

– 2000’s: Y2KRAZY

 2013Nine for IX (TV Series documentary) (1 episode)

– Branded (2013)
 2013The Education of Mohammad Hussein (Documentary short) (co-director)
 2012Detropia (Documentary)

 2010True Life (TV Series documentary) (1 episode)

– Resist the Power! Saudi Arabia (2010)
 2010Freakonomics (Documentary)
 201012th & Delaware (Documentary) (co-director)

 2009NOW on PBS (TV Series documentary) (1 episode)

– Rehab for Terrorists? (2009)
 2008The Lord’s Boot Camp (TV Movie documentary)

 2006P.O.V. (TV Series documentary) (1 episode)

– The Boys of Baraka (2006)
 2006Jesus Camp (Documentary)
 2005The Boys of Baraka (Documentary)
 2004Mad Justice (Documentary)
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Bite-sized blog post: Heidi Ewing

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HEIDI EWING co-directed Jesus Camp (2006) which was nominated for an Academy Award.

She runs her company Loki Films with Rachel Grady and has directed and produced numerous documentaries including Detropia (2012)

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Where to watch her films:

AMAZON

NETFLIX

WE THE ECONOMY – 20 Short Films you can’t afford to miss

POV

DETROPIA WEBSITE

Read more about her:

ONLINE

Find her on Twitter
Loki Films
Detropia Website
Docuweek Interview
Hollywood Reporter: includes VIDEO
POV
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2015A Dream Preferred (Documentary short)

 2014Makers: Women Who Make America (TV Mini-Series documentary) (2 episodes)

– Women in War (2014)
– Women in Comedy (2014)

 2013Vanity Fair: Decades (TV Mini-Series short) (1 episode)

– 2000’s: Y2KRAZY

 2013Nine for IX (TV Series documentary) (1 episode)

– Branded (2013)
 2013The Education of Mohammad Hussein (Documentary short) (co-director)
 2012Detropia (Documentary)

 2010True Life (TV Series documentary) (1 episode)

– Resist the Power! Saudi Arabia (2010)
 2010Freakonomics (Documentary)
 201012th & Delaware (Documentary) (co-director)

 2009NOW on PBS (TV Series documentary) (1 episode)

– Rehab for Terrorists? (2009)
 2008The Lord’s Boot Camp (TV Movie documentary)

 2006P.O.V. (TV Series documentary) (1 episode)

– The Boys of Baraka (2006)
 2006Jesus Camp (Documentary)
 2005The Boys of Baraka (Documentary)
 2001Rite of Passage (TV Movie documentary)
 1999Guns in America: Gun Life (TV Movie)

 1998Investigative Reports (TV Series) (1 episode)

– Inside Scientology (1998)