SONIA KENNEBECK is an investigative journalist and filmmaker.
Her first feature documentary National Bird (2016) about the U.S. drone war premiered at the Berlin Film Festival.
ONLINE
National Bird Website
Women & Hollywood Interview
Interview
Filmmaker Magazine
Ten Forward Films
ITVS
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.
ONLINE
Watchers of the Sky Website
Filmmaker Magazine
HBO Interview
Indiewire Interview
MacArthur Foundation
Wikipedia
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.”
More to add to this “bite-sized blog” – please send us a comment!
ONLINE
Seagull Ink Website
Find her on Twitter
DOC NYC 2016 Women Directors: Meet Jill Campbell— “Mr. Chibbs”
Podcast
Kickstarter page for Mr. Chibbs
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.
More to add to this “bite-sized blog” – please send us a comment!
ONLINE
Her Website
Find her film on Facebook
Innovation Navigation Website
One Night Stand Website
New York Times
Queens World Film Festival
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.
More to add to this “bite-sized blog” – please send us a comment!
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
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.
More to add to this “bite-sized blog” – please send us a comment!
ONLINE
Her film on Facebook
Find her film on Twitter
Going Attractions Website
Interview 1
Interview 2
Wikipedia
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.
More to add to this “bite-sized blog” – please send us a comment!
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
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.
More to add to this “bite-sized blog” – please send us a comment!
ONLINE
Her Website
Find her on Twitter
Her blog
Director Ry Russo-Young’s “Before I Fall” Gets Spring 2017 Release Date
First Showing
Wikipedia
2017Before I Fall (post-production)
2012Nobody Walks
2009You Wont Miss Me
2007Orphans
2005Marion (Short)
2003Babes in Toyland (Short)
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.
More to add to this “bite-sized blog” – please send us a comment!
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
12 Monkeys (TV Series) (1 episode)
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.
More to add to this “bite-sized blog” – please send us a comment!
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