Bite-sized blog post: Julie Delpy

Julie Delpy

Julie Delpy may be a famous French actress but she’s also a director. Her first feature film Looking for Jimmy (2002) was shot in real time in Los Angeles – only stopping the shoot when camera batteries had to be changed.

She went on to write and direct Two Days in Paris (2007) and the sequel Two Days in New York (2012).

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Julie Delpy Says Hollywood Dumps on Women Most: ‘I Sometimes Wish I Were African American’ (Video)
The Guardian
Julie Delpy: Hollywood needs to fix its women problem
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FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2015Lolo
 2011Skylab
 1995Blah Blah Blah (Short)

Bite-sized blog post: Miranda July

Miranda July

MIRANDA JULY was raised in Berkeley, CA and made her feature film debut with Me and You and Everyone  (2005) which was shot digitally before ti was ubiquitous and won the Camera d’Or at Cannes.

She went on to make the feature film The Future (2011) and has recently written a novel.

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Miranda July: ‘I had some rough episodes when I was younger’
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FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2015Somebody (Short)
 2000Nest of Tens (Short)
 1998The Amateurist (Short)

Bite-sized blog post: Eleanor Coppola

Eleanor Coppola

ELEANOR COPPOLA, may be married to one of the most famous directors alive, but she is also an artist and director in her own right. She directed the Emmy nominated Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker’s Apocalypse (1991) about the making of Francis Ford Coppola’s Apocalypse Now (1979).

She recently directed her first narrative fiction film Paris Can Wait now in post-production.

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IN PRINT

Notes: The Making of Apocalypse Now by Eleanor Coppola

ONLINE

Eleanor Coppola on Hearts of Darkness
New York Times Book Review
Paris Can Wait Website
CNN
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2007Coda: Thirty Years Later (TV Movie documentary)
 1996A Visit to China’s Miao Country (Documentary short)
 1991Hearts of Darkness: A Filmmaker’s Apocalypse (Documentary) (documentary footage)

Bite-sized blog post: Courtney Hunt

 

Courtney Hunt

COURNEY HUNT went to law school before attending Columbia film school and used her legal background to work and pay for film school.

Her first feature film Frozen River (2008) won the Grand Jury prize at Sundance and was nominated for an Oscar for Best Screenplay.

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Little Miss Darkness – Courtney Hunt’s first film won Sundance, but it’s hardly cute.
Director Courtney Hunt Begins Shooting Follow-Up to Frozen River
Interview
Under the Radar Interview
Time Out
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FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2011-2013Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV Series) (2 episodes)

Presumed Guilty (2013)
True Believers (2011)

 2009-2010In Treatment (TV Series) (3 episodes)

Adele: Week Five (2010)
Mia: Week Seven (2009)

Bite-sized blog post: Mary Lambert

Mary Lambert

MARY LAMBERT graduated from the prestigious Rhode Island School of Design before beginning her career as a director working on music videos for well-known artists at the height of the MTV craze.

She has gone on to direct numerous television movies and for many series and to specialize in the horror genre.

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Maui Film Festival Interview
Interview
Video Interview
NYU
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2016The Blacklist (TV Series) (1 episode)

 2014Presumed Dead in Paradise (TV Movie)
 2012/IIPearl (Short)
 2012VH1 Divas 2012 (TV Movie) (archive footage)
 2011Miss South Pacific: Beauty and the Sea (Documentary short)
 2011Mega Python vs. Gatoroid (TV Movie)

 2007-2010On the Road in America (TV Series) (2 episodes)

 2009Madonna: Celebration – The Video Collection (Video) (videos “Borderline”, “Like a Virgin”, “Material Girl”, “La Isla Bonita”, “Like a Prayer”)

 2008The Dark Path Chronicles (TV Series) (7 episodes)

Trapped (2008)
 2007The Attic (Video)
 200714 Women (Documentary)
 2006Best of Chris Isaak (Video) (music video “Dancin'”)
 2003The Lionel Richie Collection (Video documentary) (video “My Destiny”)

 2001Strange Frequency (TV Series) (2 episodes)

Disco Inferno (2001)
 2001Saturday Night Live Primetime Extra 2 (TV Short) (opening sequence)
 2001Strange Frequency (TV Movie)
 2000The Pretenders: Greatest Hits (Video documentary) (video “Sense of Purpose”)
 1999Clubland
 1997My Stepson, My Lover (TV Movie)
 1996Janet Jackson: Design of a Decade 1986/1996 (Video documentary) (videos “Nasty”, “Control”)
 1996Face of Evil (TV Movie)
 1995Geffen Vintage 80s Vol. 1 (Video) (music video “Lone Justice – Ways To Be Wicked”)
 1994The Best of Sting: Fields of Gold 1984-1994 (Video) (video “We’ll Be Together”)
 1994Dragstrip Girl (TV Movie)

 1994Rebel Highway (TV Series) (1 episode)

Dragstrip Girl (1994)
 1993Double Switch (Video Game)

 1992Red Shoe Diaries (TV Series) (1 episode)

Accidents Happen (1992) … (as Alan Smithee)
 1991Eurythmics: Greatest Hits (Video documentary) (video “Would I Lie to You?”)
 1990Madonna: The Immaculate Collection (Video) (videos “Borderline”, “Like a Virgin”, “Material Girl”, “La Isla Bonita”, “Like a Prayer”)
 1989Bobby Brown His Prerogative (Video documentary)

 1989Tales from the Crypt (TV Series) (1 episode)

 1989Madonna: Like a Prayer (Video short) (uncredited)
 1987Siesta
 1984Madonna (Video short) (videos “Borderline”, “Like a Virgin”)
 1984The Go-Go’s: Wild at the Greek (TV Special documentary) (co-director)
 1977Rapid Eye Movements (Short)

Bite-sized blog post: Jennifer Westfeldt

Jennifer Westfeldt

JENNIFER WESTFELDT is an actor who wrote and directed the feature film Friends with Kids (2011).

She won an Independent Spirit Award for her first feature script Kissing Jessica Stein (2001).

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52 Weeks of Directors
Interview
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Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

2011 Friends with Kids

Bite-sized blog post: Nnegest Likké

Nnegest Likké

NNEGEST LIKKE grew up in Oakland California. Her first film Phat Girlz featured Mo’Nique and was a box-office success.

Her most recent feature Ben & Ara recently screened at the Nevada Women’s Film Festival.

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NPR: ‘Phat Girlz’ Triggers Debate in Black Community
Nnegest Likke – “Phat Girlz” writer – hits it big!
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Bite-sized blog post: Julie Taymor

CAPTION: Julie Taymor, photographed in New York, NY on Wednesday, April 17, 2013. (PHOTOGRAPH BY MARCUS YAM) All rights reserved. Photograph may not be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without prior written permission of MARCUS YAM Photography. Please call +1.716.400.9363 or email CONTACT@MARCUSYAM.COM to inquire about any reproduction of this image.

As the first woman to win a Tony for Best Director for a musical with The Lion King it is no surprise that JULIE TAYMOR’s films are theatrical and visually elaborate.

Her first theatrical narrative feature film was an adaptation of Shakespeare’s Titus starring Anthony Hopkins

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Makers
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Variety
Julie Taymor’s A Midsummer Nights Dream
TED Talk
Julie Taymor on The Lion King and Her Creative Process
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2010/IThe Tempest
 2002Frida
 1999Titus

 1993Great Performances (TV Series) (1 episode)

Oedipus Rex (1993)
 1992Fool’s Fire (TV Movie)

Bite-sized blog post: Jamie Babbit

Director Jamie Babbit attends a screening of "Drop Dead Diva" at the 29th annual Gay & Lesbian Film Festival at Directors Guild Of America on July 17, 2011 in Los Angeles, California.

JAMIE BABBIT began her career working on the sets of influential directors such as Martin Scorcsese and David Fincher before directing her first feature film But I’m a Cheerleader (1999) which premiered at Sundance.

She has directed for numerous television shows.

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Interview
Gamechanger Films
‘Addicted to Fresno’ Director Jamie Babbit on Hiding Pregnancies and Embracing Diversity
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2016Supergirl (TV Series) (1 episode)
Childish Things (2016)
 2016Brothers in Atlanta (TV Movie)
 2015The Grinder (TV Series) (1 episode)
Giving Thanks, Getting Justice (2015)
 2014-2015Married (TV Series) (9 episodes)
1997 (2015)
The Cruise (2015)
Murder! (2015)
The Sandwich (2015)
Aftershocks (2015)
Thanksgiving (2015)
Invisible Man (2014)
The Playdate (2014)
Uncool (2014)
 2015Addicted to Fresno
 2014-2015Girls (TV Series) (2 episodes)
Tad & Loreen & Avi & Shanaz (2015)
Free Snacks (2014)
 2014-2015Looking (TV Series) (3 episodes)
Looking for Glory (2015)
Looking for Gordon Freeman (2015)
Looking for a Plus-One (2014)
 2015Brooklyn Nine-Nine (TV Series) (1 episode)
Defense Rests (2015)
 2014Playing House (TV Series) (1 episode)
Bird Bones (2014)
 2014Super Fun Night (TV Series) (1 episode)
Let the Games Begin (2014)
 2009-2013Drop Dead Diva (TV Series) (9 episodes)
The Kiss (2013)
Pick’s & Pakes (2012
Winning Ugly (2012)
Change of Heart (2011)
Prom (2011)
Hit and Run (2011)
Last Year’s Model (2010)
The Long Road to Napa (2010)
The Magic Bullet (2009)
 2012-2013Rizzoli & Isles (TV Series) (3 episodes)
Dance with the Devil (2013)
In Over Your Head (2013)
Throwing Down the Gauntlet (2012)
 2013Made in Cleveland (segment “Fucking Cleveland”)
 2013Golden Boy (TV Series) (1 episode)
Scapegoat (2013)
 2012-2013Go On (TV Series) (2 episodes)
Pass Interference (2013)
Bench-Clearing Bawl (2012)
 2012Emily Owens M.D. (TV Series) (1 episode)
Emily and… the Question of Faith (2012)
 2012Breaking the Girls
 2012Bunheads (TV Series) (1 episode)
Movie Truck (2012)
 2012Smash (TV Series) (1 episode)
Let’s Be Bad (2012)
 2012Revenge (TV Series) (1 episode)
Duress (2012)
 2011Mr. Sunshine (TV Series) (1 episode)
Cohen and Donovan (2011)
 2011Love Bites (TV Series) (1 episode)
Boys to Men (2011)
 2010-2011United States of Tara (TV Series) (4 episodes)
The Electrifying & Magnanimous Return of Beaverlamp (2011)
The Road to Hell Is Paved with Breast Intentions (2011)
Open House (2010)
The Family Portrait (2010)
 2010Gigantic (TV Series) (1 episode)
All In (2010)
 2010The Defenders (TV Series) (1 episode)
Nevada v. Rodgers (2010)
 2010The Middle (TV Series) (3 episodes)
Halloween (2010)
Signals (2010)
The Jeans (2010)
 2010Pretty Little Liars (TV Series) (1 episode)
The Perfect Storm (2010)
 2009Cougar Town (TV Series) (1 episode)
You Wreck Me (2009)
 200990210 (TV Series) (2 episodes)
Environmental Hazards (2009)
The Dionysian Debacle (2009)
 2009The Assistants (TV Series) (pilot episode)
 2009Reaper (TV Series) (1 episode)
To Sprong, with Love (2009)
 2009The Unusuals (TV Series) (1 episode)
One Man Band (2009)
 2009In the Motherhood (TV Series) (1 episode)
Practice What You Preach (2009)
 2009Castle (TV Series) (1 episode)
Always Buy Retail (2009)
 2007-2008Dirty Sexy Money (TV Series) (2 episodes)
The Summer House (2008)
The Wedding (2007)
 2008Eli Stone (TV Series) (1 episode)
Should I Stay or Should I Go? (2008)
 2008Swingtown (TV Series) (2 episodes)
Get Down Tonight (2008)
Cabin Fever (2008) 2007-2008The L Word (TV Series) (2 episodes)
Look Out, Here They Come! (2008)
Lexington and Concord (2007)
 2007Notes from the Underbelly (TV Series) (1 episode)
First Night Out (2007)
 2007Gossip Girl (TV Series) (1 episode)
Dare Devil (2007)
 2007The Riches (TV Series) (1 episode)
Waiting for Dogot (2007)
 2001-2007Gilmore Girls (TV Series) (18 episodes)
Farewell, My Pet (2007)
To Whom It May Concern (2007)
Driving Miss Gilmore (2006)
The Perfect Dress (2006)
Blame Booze and Melville (2005)
How Many Kropogs to Cape Cod? (2005)
So… Good Talk (2005)
Girls in Bikinis, Boys Doin’ the Twist (2004)
Ted Koppel’s Big Night Out (2003)
Those Are Strings, Pinocchio (2003)
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 2007Itty Bitty Titty Committee
 2006Ugly Betty (TV Series) (1 episode)
Trust, Lust and Must (2006)
2006Alias (TV Series) (1 episode)
I See Dead People (2006)
 2005Inconceivable (TV Series) (1 episode)
Balls in Your Court
 2005The Quiet
 2004A Memoir to My Former Self (Short)
 2004Wonderfalls (TV Series) (1 episode)
Barrel Bear (2004)
 2003-2004Nip/Tuck (TV Series) (3 episodes)
Mrs. Grubman (2004)
Christian Troy (2004)
Cara Fitzgerald (2003)
 2003Miss Match (TV Series) (1 episode)
Who’s Sari Now? (2003)
 2002-2003Malcolm in the Middle (TV Series) (3 episodes)<
Baby: Part 2 (2003)
Forbidden Girlfriend (2002)
Clip Show (2002
 2002The Bernie Mac Show (TV Series) (1 episode)
Carfool (2002)
 2002Ed (TV Series) (1 episode)
The Road (2002)

 2002Maybe It’s Me (TV Series) (1 episode)

 2001/IStuck (Short)

 1999-2001Popular (TV Series) (11 episodes)

Promblems (2001)
Coup (2001)
Timber! (2000)
Caged! (2000)

 1999Undressed (TV Series) (5 episodes)

Strip Poker (1999)
Er, Um, Love (1999)
 1999Sleeping Beauties (Short)
 1996Frog Crossing (Short)

Bite-sized blog post: Tamara Jenkins

Tamara Jenkins

After working as a performance artist TAMARA JENKINS attended NYU for an MFA in filmmmaking.

The script for her first feature film Slums of Beverly Hills (1998) was developed as part of the Sundance Institute.

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FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 1998Slums of Beverly Hills
 1995Shooting Gallery (TV Series) (1 episode)
Killing & Death (1995)
 1993Family Remains (Short)
 1992Fugitive Love (Short)