Tag / independent film

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Bite-sized blog post: Sini Anderson

Sini Anderson

SINI ANDERSON began her career as a professional dancer while still a teenager in Chicago.

Her documentary The Punk Singer (2013) premiered at SXSW and was distributed by IFC.

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AMAZON

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Lyme Disease Is a Feminist Issue: An Interview With Sini Anderson
Indiewire Interview
Filmmaker Magazine Interview
VIDEO: Interview
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2013The Punk Singer (Documentary)
 2011All Those Girls, Jolie Holland (Video short)
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Bite-sized blog post: Hannah Fidell

Hannah Fidell

HANNAH FIDELL studied film theory at Indiana University and film at The New School in New York.

She supported herself as a waiter while making her feature film A Teacher (2013) – the film is now being adapted by HBO (working with Fidell) into a television series.

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Where to watch her films:

AMAZON

NETFLIX

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ONLINE

Her Website
Find her on Twitter
Filmmaker Magazine
Interview
From Scriptment to Screen: How Hannah Fidell Helmed the Stunning ‘6 Years’
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2016The Road (Short) (completed)
 20156 Years
 2013A Teacher
 2011The Gathering Squall (Short)
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Bite-sized blog post: Lauren Wolkstein

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LAUREN WOLKSTEIN obtained her MFA in film from Columbia. Her thesis film Cigarette Candy (2009) screened at SXSW. She was chosen as one of the 25 New Faces of Independent Film by Filmmaker Magazine in 2013.

Her short film The Strange Ones (co-directed with Christopher Radcliffe) screened at Sundance and spawned her feature directorial debut, The Strange Ones (2017).

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VIMEO

SHORT OF THE WEEK

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Her Website
The Strange Ones Website
Find her on Twitter
Filmmaker Magazine
Columbia University
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2016Collective: Unconscious (TV Series) (2 episodes)

– All Hypnosis Is Self-Hypnosis (2016)
– Beemus, It’ll End in Tears (2016)
 2013Social Butterfly (Short)
 2011Boys on Film 7: Bad Romance (segment “The Strange Ones”)
 2011The Strange Ones (Short)
 2009Cigarette Candy (Short)
 2007Love Crimes (Video short)
 2007Dandelion Fall (Short)
 2005Coney Island Catch (Short)
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Bite-sized blog post: Kimberly Levin

Kimberly Levin

KIMBERLY LEVIN was a biochemist before becoming a film director. She studied filmmaking at NYU.

She didn’t wait for her agency CAA to raise funds for her first feature film Runoff but made it herself.

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Where to watch her films:

AMAZON

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Website for her movie Runoff
Los Angeles Film Festival: How Rookie Kimberly Levin Made Indie Farm Drama ‘Runoff’
“DO: MAKE FRIENDS. DON’T: BE AN ASS.”—FILMMAKER KIMBERLY LEVIN ON WORKING THE FESTIVAL CIRCUIT
Indiewire Interview
Interview

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2014Runoff
 2009The New Kosovo (TV Movie)

 2007Don’t Sweat It (TV Series) (1 episode)

– Hunt: A Vanity Affair
 2006Married to the Military (TV Short)
 2005Between Baronovskys (Short)
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Bite-sized blog post: Anne Wheeler

Anne Wheeler

ANNE WHEELER studied Mathematics while putting herself through the University of Alberta as a performer. Her feature film Better Than Chocolate (1999) was distributed by Trimark Pictures and garnered critical acclaim.

QUOTE:  I don’t know why people make such a fuss of me being a camerawoman. This machine is less complicated than a zigzag sewing machine and lighter than a six-month-old baby.

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Where to watch her films:

AMAZON

NETFLIX

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Her Website
Library and Archives of Canada
In the director’s chair: Award-winning Canadian filmmaker Anne Wheeler – the storytelling process (with video)
Anne Wheeler to receive DGC lifetime achievement award
Interview
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

Stop the Wedding (TV Movie)

 2016Private Eyes (TV Series) (1 episode)

– The Money Shot (2016)

 2015Reign (TV Series) (2 episodes)

– The Hound and the Hare (2015)
– Reversal of Fortune (2015)

 2015The Romeo Section (TV Series) (1 episode)

– Five Spies (2015)
 2015A Country Wedding (TV Movie)

 2015Remedy (TV Series) (1 episode)

– Everything in Moderation (2015)

 2014-2015Strange Empire (TV Series) (2 episodes)

– The Cage (2015)
– The Oath (2014)

 2014Heartland (TV Series) (2 episodes)

– Steal Away (2014)
– Endings and Beginnings (2014)
 2014The Color of Rain (TV Movie)

 2014When Calls the Heart (TV Series) (3 episodes)

– Change of Heart (2014)
– These Games (2014)
– The Dance (2014)
 2013Chi (Documentary)

 2013Cracked (TV Series) (1 episode)

– The Thump Parade (2013)

 2013Arctic Air (TV Series) (2 episodes)

– Dangerous Cargo (2013)
– Stormy Weather (2013)
 2012Christmas Rescue (TV Movie)

 2012Bomb Girls (TV Series) (2 episodes)

– Elements of Surprise (2012)
– Armistice (2012)

 2011Endgame (TV Series) (3 episodes)

– Huxley, We Have a Problem (2011)
– The Other Side of Summer (2011)
– The Caffeine Hit (2011)

 2009-2010Cra$h & Burn (TV Series) (4 episodes)

– Til Death (2010)
– Closure (2010)
– Trust (2009)
– God Protect Us (2009)

 2009The Guard (TV Series) (2 episodes)

– Full Circle (2009)
– At Sea (2009)
 2009Living Out Loud (TV Movie)
 2008Mail Order Bride (TV Movie)
 2008Just Breathe (TV Movie)

 2006Jozi-H (TV Series) (2 episodes)

– The Chosen (2006)
– Beginnings (2006)

 2006Godiva’s (TV Series) (2 episodes)

– Flipping Switches (2006)
– Floodgates (2006)

 2004-2005This Is Wonderland (TV Series) (8 episodes)

– Episode #2.9 (2005)
– Episode #1.13 (2004)
– Episode #1.12 (2004)
– Episode #1.11 (2004)
– Episode #1.6 (2004)
– Episode #1.9 (2004)
– Episode #1.8 (2004)
– Episode #1.7 (2004)
 2004A Beachcombers Christmas (TV Movie)

 1998-2003Da Vinci’s Inquest (TV Series) (7 episodes)

– Send in the Clowns (2003)
– It’s a Bad Corner (2000)
– A Cinderella Story: Part 2 (1999)
– A Cinderella Story: Part 1 (1999)
– Little Sister: Part 3 (1998)
– Little Sister: Part 2 (1998)
– Little Sister: Part 1 (1998)
 2003Betrayed (TV Movie)
 2002The Investigation (TV Movie)
 2001The Orkney Lad: The Story of Isabel Gunn (TV Movie documentary)
 2000Legs Apart (Short)

 2000Mysterious Ways (TV Series) (1 episode)

– Twins (2000)

 1999-2000Beggars and Choosers (TV Series) (2 episodes)

– Fifty Three Percent Solution (2000)
– The Mountainmen: Part 1 (1999)

 2000These Arms of Mine (TV Series) (1 episode)

– I’ve Been Loving You Too Long (2000)

 1999Hope Island (TV Series) (1 episode)

– It Takes a Voyage to Learn (1999)

 1998-1999Cold Squad (TV Series) (3 episodes)

– Douglas Somerset (1999)
– Marilyn Larson (1999)
– Rita Brice (1998)

 1997The Adventures of Shirley Holmes (TV Series) (1 episode)

– The Case of the Ruby Ring (1997)

 1995Jake and the Kid (TV Series) (2 episodes)

– No Place Like Home (1995)
– We All Live in Crocus (1995)

 1992-1993North of 60 (TV Series) (2 episodes)

– Born Again (1993)
– The Road Not Taken (1992)
 1993Other Women’s Children (TV Movie)
 1993The Diviners (TV Movie)

 1992The Ray Bradbury Theatre (TV Series) (1 episode)

– The Martian (1992)

 1991Mom P.I. (TV Series) (1 episode)

– Through a Door Quickly (1991)
 1987Loyalties
 1984One’s a Heifer (Short)
 1978Teach Me to Dance (Short)
 1977Happily Unmarried (Documentary short)
 1976Augusta (Documentary short)
 1975Great Grand Mother (Short)
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Bite-sized blog post: Liz Garbus

Liz Garbus

LIZ GARBUS formed her company Moxie Firecracker Films in 1988 and has gone on to direct numerous documentaries.

What Happened Miss Simone? (2015) garmered Garbus’ second Academy Award nomination and she is now in talks with Amazon Studios to direct the narrative film Lost Girls.

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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
Moxie Firecracker Films Website
Here’s How Oscar-Nominated Filmmaker Liz Garbus Brought Nina Simone to Life
Center for Media and Social Impact
Liz Garbus in Talks to Direct Serial Killer Film ‘Lost Girls’ for Amazon (Exclusive)

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2015What Happened, Miss Simone? (Documentary)
 2014A Good Job: Stories of the FDNY (TV Movie documentary)
 2012Love, Marilyn (Documentary)
 2012Robot (Documentary short)
 2007/IComa (Documentary)
 2007Coma IV (Documentary)
 2007Addiction (TV Movie documentary) (segment “Brain Imaging”)

 2007The Addiction Project (TV Series) (1 episode)

– Brain Imaging Brookhaven National Laboratory (2007)
 2005Xiara’s Song (TV Movie documentary)
 2003Girlhood (Documentary)
 2003The Nazi Officer’s Wife (Documentary)
 2002The Execution of Wanda Jean (Documentary)

 2000True Life (TV Series documentary) (1 episode)

– The Travelers (2000)
 2000Juvies (TV Movie documentary)
 2000The Changing Face of Beauty (TV Movie documentary) (co-director)
 1999Different Moms (Documentary)
 1998The Farm: Angola, USA (Documentary)
 1986America Undercover (TV Series documentary) (episode “Execution of Wanda Jean, The”)
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Bite-sized blog post: Molly Schiot

Molly Schiot

MOLLY SCHIOT started an Instagram project where she celebrated a different female athlete every day @TheUnsungHeroines. That project culminated into a book Gamechangers published by Simon & Schuster and available for purchase on Amazon.

As a filmmaker she directed an episode of the ESPN documentary series 30 for 30 Shorts.

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Where to watch her films:

AMAZON

VIMEO

ESPN

HELLO GIGGLES

Read more about her:

ONLINE
Her Website
Find her on Twitter
The Unsung Heroines Website
Nowness
Interview 1
Interview 2

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 201430 for 30 Shorts (TV Series documentary short) (1 episode)
– Our Tough Guy (2014)
 2010Pearblossom (Short)
 2005/IPeeps (Short)

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Bite-sized blog post: Brea Grant

Brea Grant

BREA GRANT is an actress who has also worked as a writer and director.

Her feature film Best Friends Forever (20103) screened at Slamdance.

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AMAZON

 

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Her Website
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Kickstarter page for her film – Best Friends Forever
Indiewire
The Talk House
Real Housewives of Horror

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

2013 Best Friends Forever

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Bite-sized blog post: Holly Morris

Holly Morris

HOLLY MORRIS has worked as a correspondent and author as well as directing documentary films.

Morris is the founder of Adventure Divas, a PBS documentary series, a unique character driven travel series.

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Where to watch her films:

AMAZON

VIMEO

THE BABUSHKAS OF CHERNOBYL website

Read more about her:

ONLINE

Her Website
Find her on Twitter
Pilot Guides
TED Talk
Adventure Divas
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 Paradox Found: Cuba (Documentary) (completed)
 2015The Babushkas of Chernobyl (Documentary) (lead director)

 2003World’s Apart (TV Series documentary) (1 episode)

– Traverse City, MI Meets Guyana (2003)

 2002Adventure Divas (TV Series documentary) (4 episodes)

– Cuba: Paradox Found (2002)
– New Zealand: Stroppy Sheilas & Mana Wahines (2002)
– Iran: Behind Closed Cha-dors (2002)
– India: Holy Cow (2002)
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Bite-sized blog post: Nanette Burstein

Nanette Burstein

NANETTE BURSTEIN is a commercial director as well as an award winning documentary filmmaker who directs television and narrative fiction film – and she co-owns a bar in NYC.

Burstein studied at NYU and her first feature On the Ropes (1999) was nominated for an Oscar and won the Sundance Jury Special Jury prize for a documentary.

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Where to watch her films:

AMAZON

NETFLIX

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ONLINE

Interview
Hungry Man Productions
Nanette Burstein to Direct ‘Unforgiving World’ for Focus (Exclusive)
The Half King
Adrienne Shelley Foundation
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

The Creators (Documentary short)

 201430 for 30 (TV Series documentary) (1 episode)

– The Price of Gold (2014)

 2013The Carrie Diaries (TV Series) (1 episode)

– Caught (2013)

 2012Don’t Trust the B—- in Apartment 23 (TV Series) (1 episode)

– It’s Just Sex… (2012)

 2012New Girl (TV Series) (1 episode)

– Backslide (2012)
 2008American Teen (Documentary)
 2002The Kid Stays in the Picture (Documentary)

 2001Say It Loud: A Celebration of Black Music in America (TV Mini-Series documentary) (5 episodes)

– Express Yourself (2001)
– Let’s Get It On (2001)
– Can I Get a Witness (2001)
– Pursuing the Dream (2001)
– Keep on Pushin’ (2001)
 2000The Investigators (TV Series documentary) (as Nanette Burnstein)
 1999On the Ropes (Documentary)