Tag / LGBT

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Bite-sized blog post: Erin Greenwell

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ERIN GREENWELL works as a director, writer, editor, camera operator and educator – and has a production company Smithy Productions.

Greenwell studied Dramatic Writing at NYU. Her narrative fiction feature film My Best Day (2012) premiered at Sundance.

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AMAZON

VIMEO

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ONLINE

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Smithy Productions
Erin Greenwell’s Best Day
Indiewire Interview
Filmmaker Magazine
Kickstarter page

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2014Golden Age of Hustlers (Video short)
 2013Oh Come On (Video short)
 2008Overnight Book (Short)
 2006Mom
 200221
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Bite-sized blog post: Drew Denny

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DREW DENNY began her adult life as a documentary photographer traveling the world. She has gone on to make music and movies.

Her feature film The Most Fun I’ve Had with My Pants on (2012) was an AFI Official Selection, screened at the Mill Valley Film Festival along with other film festivals around the world.

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HER WEBSITE
VIMEO
AMAZON

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ONLINE

Her Website
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Drew Denny Channels Tragedy Into The Most Fun I’ve Ever Had With My Pants On
Writer-Director Drew Denny Finds The Funny In Grief
Every Coast Portfolio
The Most Fun I’ve Had with My Pants on Website

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2015Axle Tramp (Short) (completed)
 2015Queer Habits (Documentary short)
 2015Axle Tramp (TV Series)
 2015Ovary Action: The Abortion Pill (Documentary short)
 2015The Last Lesbian Bars (Documentary short)
 2015Virginie Despentes on Killing Rapists (Documentary short)
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Bite-sized blog post: Katherine Brooks

 

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KATHERINE BROOKS won the LACE Award for Arts and Entertainment for women who have made a difference in the entertainment community.

Brooks began her career in reality television before directing her own work. Her most recent film Lost in Time was funded in part via a crowdfunding campaign.

 

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Lost in Time Website
Kickstarter page for Lost in Time
“Loving Annabelle” director Katherine Brooks takes on another taboo in “Confidential”
Interview
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2016Confidential (attached)
 2013Face 2 Face (Documentary)

 2010The Spin Crowd (TV Series) (8 episodes)

– The Final Straw (2010)
– Hungry for Love (2010)
– Summer Lovin (2010)
– PR and the City (2010)
– Should I Stay or Should I Go (2010)
Show all 8 episodes

 2006Meet the Barkers (TV Series) (3 episodes)

– Home Furnishing Disaster (2006)
– Gettin’ to Work (2006)
– Happy Birthday Travis (2006)

 2005Town Haul (TV Series) (6 episodes)

– Main Street (2005)
– Fire House (2005)
– Village Hall (2005)
– Amazing Bargains (2005)
– Cowboy Bob’s Appartment (2005)
Show all 6 episodes

 2003-2005The Osbournes (TV Series) (13 episodes)

– Charity Case (2005)
– 28 Days Later (2005)
– Number One Fan (2005)
– Have Ozz Will Travel (2005)
– Ozzy Knows Best (2004)
Show all 13 episodes
 2004Wanna Come In? (TV Series)
 2004Love Is in the Heir (TV Series)
 2004He’s a Lady (TV Series)
 2004Finding Kate (Short)
 2003The Simple Life (TV Series)

 2003Newlyweds: Nick & Jessica (TV Series) (4 episodes)

– Newlyweds Go Golfing (2003)
– Newlyweds Go Camping (2003)
– The Dancers (2003)
– Chicken by the Sea (2003)
 2003/ISurrender
 2001Dear Emily (Short)
 2000Luna Butterflys (Short)
 1998Outtakes
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Bite-sized blog post: Maria Maggenti

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MARIA MAGGENTI studied philosophy as Undergrad at Smith college then went on to get her MFA from NYU. She has worked as a writer and script editor for television.

Her narrative feature film Puccini for Beginners premiered at Sundance.

 

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AMAZON

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ONLINE

Variety
ACT UP Interview
Deadline
Los Angeles Times
VIDEO: Maria Maggenti talks about living on residuals
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 1994La donna è mobile (Short)
 1993Name Day (Short)
 1991Waiting for War (Short)
 1990The Love Monster (Short)
 1988Doctors, Liars & Women (Documentary)
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Bite-sized blog post: Anne Renton

NEW YORK, NY - MAY 01: Director Anne Renton visits SiriusXM Studio on May 1, 2012 in New York City. (Photo by Cindy Ord/Getty Images)

ANNE RENTON hails from Australia but directs in Los Angeles.

Her first feature film The Perfect Family (2011) stars Kathleen Turner and Emily Deschanel and tackles religion’s taboos concerning homosexuality. She has gone on to direct for television including the TV series Bones.

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iTUNES

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Indiewire Interview
After Ellen Interview
Huffington Post
Emily Deschanel and out director Anne Renton talk “The Perfect Family”

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

The Fosters (TV Series) (1 episode)
– EQ (2016)
2014-2015Bones (TV Series) (3 episodes)
 2007Love Is Love (Short)
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Bite-sized blog post: Beeban Kidron

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BEEBAN KIDRON began as a filmmaker in London where she directed the mini-series of Jeanette Winterson’s Oranges are not the Only Fruit (1990) for the BBC. She also started Film Club, an after-school program for kids in England and Whales.

She moved to Hollywood to direct Used People (1992) with Shirley MacLaine and directs both narrative fiction and documentary.

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AMAZON

NETFLIX

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ONLINE

Film Club website
Interview
VIDEO: The Shared Wonder of Film TED Talk
Beeban Kidron talks about her career
The Guardian
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2013InRealLife (Documentary)

 2011Storyville (TV Series documentary) (1 episode)

– Sex, Death and the Gods (2011)
 2007Antony Gormley: Making Space (TV Movie documentary)
 2002Murder (TV Movie)
 2000/ICinderella (TV Movie)
 1998Texarkana (TV Movie)

 1996Omnibus (TV Series documentary) (1 episode)

– Eve Arnold in Retrospect (1996)

 19914 Play (TV Series) (1 episode)

– ‘Itch (1991)

 1990Screenplay (TV Series) (1 episode)

– Antonia and Jane (1990)

 1990Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit (TV Mini-Series) (3 episodes)

– Episode #1.3 (1990)
– Episode #1.2 (1990)
– Episode #1.1 (1990)
 1988Vroom
 1983Carry Greenham Home (Documentary)
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Bite-sized blog post: Alex Kondracke

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ALEX KONDRACKE’s short film Ice Fishing (2000), shot while she was a student at NYU, received the Jury prize at Sundance.

She went on to write for television shows including The L Word and Hung. Her feature film Girltrash: All Night Long (2014) premiered at the FilmOut San Diego Film Festival.

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Where to watch her films:

GIRLTRASH: ALL NIGHT LONG WEBSITE

HULU

Read more about her:

ONLINE
Find her on Twitter
Girltrash: All Night Long (2014) Website
Alternate Realities – Photography
Indiewire
PODCAST: Getting the Dirt on Girltrash’s Angela Robinson and Alexandra Kondracke
VIDEO Interview
Live Journal blogpost

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2014Girltrash: All Night Long (as Alex Martinez Kondracke)
 2003Sunset Park (Short)
 2000Ice Fishing (Short)
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Bite-sized blog post: Angela Robinson

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ANGELA ROBINSON studied theater at Brown University before getting her MFA at NYU. Robinson has directed, produced and written for several television shows, including HBO’s True Blood.

Her short film D.E.B.S. (2003)was turned into a feature film (2002) with help from Sony after it premiered at Sundance.

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What’s it like to be a black, female director in Hollywood?
VIDEO: Interview for Film Independent
VIDEO: Fusion Award Speech
‘Girltrash’ writer/director Angela Robinson relinquishes association with Power Up
Indiewire Interview
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

True Blood (TV Series) (1 episode)

– Karma (2014)

 2011Charlie’s Angels (TV Series) (1 episode)

– Runway Angels (2011)

 2010Gigantic (TV Series) (2 episodes)

– Pilot: Part 2 (2010)
– Pilot: Part 1 (2010)

 2006-2009The L Word (TV Series) (8 episodes)

– Litmus Test (2009)
– LMFAO (2009)
– Lifecycle (2008)
– Lesbians Gone Wild (2008)
– Lookin’ at You, Kid (2008)
Show all 8 episodes
 2007Girltrash! (Video short)
 2007Starz/Encore on Set: Herbie Fully Loaded (TV Movie) (uncredited)
 2004D.E.B.S.
 2003D.E.B.S. (Short)
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Bite-sized blog post: Wendy Jo Carlton

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WENDY JO CARLTON is based in Chicago and . Her most recent project is the web series Easy Abby (2013) tells the story of Abby, a 30-year old lesbian woman navigating the world of romance and life and is shot in Chicago.

Her feature film Hannah Free (2009) was based on the play of the same name by Claudia Allen. When she’s not directing Carlton works as a producer for PBS Television and Sirius Radio.

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Interview
Indiewire
Jamie and Jessie are Not Together blog
Wendy Jo Carlton: Rebel With a Camera

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2012Easy Abby (TV Series)

 2009-2012Biz Kid$ (TV Series) (6 episodes)

– What to Do with a Windfall (2012) … (profile segment)
– It’s a Job Getting a Job! (2012) … (profile segment)
– The Economics of Economics (2012) … (profile segment)
– A World Without Taxes (2011) … (profile segment)
– Are You Financially Literate? (2010) … (profile segment)
Show all 6 episodes
 2007If We Never Left This Room (Documentary short)
 2001The Boys in the Bean (Short)
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Bite-sized blog post: Nicole Conn

LOS ANGELES - JANUARY 13: Filmmaker Nicole Conn and mother of Nicholas Baba-Conn attends the First Annual Courageous Beginnings Awards honoring heroes of neonatology, the care of premature infants sponsored by Good Beginnings, the support group for the neonatal intensive care unit at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center at the Pacific Design Center on January 13, 2006 in Los Angeles, California. (Photo by David Livingston/Getty Images)

NICOLE CONN’s film A Perfect Ending (2012) is currently the best selling lesbian themed movie of all time.

Conn has done both narrative fiction and documentary films which includes Little Man (2005), a documentary about her experiences having a son born 100 days premature.

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HER WEBSITE

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Her Website
Interview
Indiegogo page
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2014Jen Foster: She (Video short)
 2005Little Man (Documentary)