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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Where to watch her films:

AMAZON

VIMEO

Read more about her:

ONLINE

Find her on Twitter
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
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Bite-sized blog post: Trish Dalton

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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.

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Where to watch her films:

AMAZON

LUCKY CAT PICTURES

ONE NIGHT STAND WEBSITE

Read more about her:

ONLINE

Her Website
Find her film on Facebook
Innovation Navigation Website
One Night Stand Website
New York Times
Queens World Film Festival

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2015Ambience, the web series (TV Movie) (co-director) (completed)
 2016Election Year (Documentary)
 2015Ambience (TV Series)
 2014Like Everybody Else (Documentary short)
 2013Bordering on Treason (Documentary short)
 2013Southmost U.S.A. (Video documentary short)
 2007The Farm Sanctuary (Short)

Bite-sized blog post: Jen McGowan

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JEN MCGOWAN’s feature film debut Kelly & Cal (2014) stars Juliette Lewis. She studied acting at NYU and got her MFA in film directing from USC.

McGowan was on Vulture’s list of 100 Women Directors Hollywood should hire. She created filmpowered.com, an online skill-sharing site for women in film & tv.

 

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Where to watch her films:

AMAZON

NETFLIX

Read more about her:

ONLINE

Her Website
Find her on Twitter
Film Powered Website
Alliance of Women Directors
100 Women Directors: Actors, Producers, and Twitter Users Suggest Even More Names
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2010/ITouch (Video short)
 2001She Never (Short)

Bite-sized blog post: Ally Walker

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ALLY WALKER received her degree in biochemsitry from UC Santa Cruz and was preparing for medical school (similar to Dorothy Arzner) before moving into film and television. Most of her career has been dedicated to work in front of the camera as an actor but in 2005 she released her directorial debut, the documentary For Norman Wherever You Are inspired by her experience trying to navigate the social care system in Los Angeles in order to help a baby and his mother.

Her narrative feature film Sex, Death and Bowling (2015) premiered at the San Diego Film Festival and is distributed in the US by Monterey Media.

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Where to watch her films:

AMAZON

Read more about her:

ONLINE

Her Website
Find her on Twitter
VIDEO: Interview 1
VIDEO: Interview 2
Interview 1
Monterey Media Acquires Ally Walker’s Debut Feature ‘Sex, Death and Bowling’
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2005For Norman: Wherever You Are (Documentary)

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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Where to watch her films:

AMAZON

Read more about her:

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)

Bite-sized blog post: Kimberly Levin

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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

Read more about her:

ONLINE

Find her on Twitter
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)

 2006Married to the Military (TV Short)
 2005Between Baronovskys (Short)

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)

Bite-sized blog post: Angela Robinson

Angela Robinson

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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Where to watch her films:

AMAZON

iTUNES

Read more about her:

ONLINE

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)
 2007Girltrash! (Video short)
 2007Starz/Encore on Set: Herbie Fully Loaded (TV Movie) (uncredited)
 2004D.E.B.S.
 2003D.E.B.S. (Short)

Bite-sized blog post: Agnieszka Wojtowicz-Vosloo

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AGNIESZKA WOJTOWICZ-VOSLOO directed the short film Pâté (2001) which premiered at Sundance while still a student at NYU.

Through that success she got an agent and began writing the feature film After Life (2009) which she ended up directing with Liam Neeson and Christina Ricci.

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Where to watch her films:

AMAZON

Read more about her:

ONLINE

Find her on Facebook
Wall Street Journal  Interview
Interview 1
Interview 2
VIDEO Interview
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2001Pâté (Short)

Bite-sized blog post: Emily Ting

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EMILY TING began directing documentaries and producing narrative fiction before directing her first narrative fiction feature film Already Tomorrow in Hong Kong (2015).

Ting is a graduate of NYU.

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Where to watch her films:

AMAZON

VIMEO

Read more about her:

ONLINE

Find her film on Twitter
Her Company Unbound Feet Productions Website
LAFF 2015 Women Directors: Meet Emily Ting – ‘It’s Already Tomorrow in Hong Kong’
Interview
Shockya Interview
Hong Kong Women Filmmakers

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2012The Distance Between (Short)
 2008Family Inc. (Documentary)
 2006/IIReality Check (Documentary short)
 2004/IIOne Night Stand (Short)
 2002What’s Love Got to Do with It? (Documentary short)