Tag / NYU

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Bite-sized blog post: Nancy Savoca

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NANCY SAVOCA graduated with an MFA from NYU and then went on to self-fund her first feature True Love (1989) which won the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance. She then went on to direct Dogfight (1991) for Warner Brothers.

She continues to direct independent films and for television. Her company Cine-Si is a collaboration with her husband, film producer Rich Guay.

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Where to watch her films:

iTunes

AMAZON (DVDs/BluRays for PURCHASE)

Read more about her:

ONLINE
Find her on Twitter
Nancy Savoca’s Website
Interview
Roger Ebert Article
Los Angeles Times
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2015If There Be Thorns (TV Movie) (attached)
 2003Dirt
 2002Reno: Rebel Without a Pause (Documentary)
 2001The Mind of the Married Man (TV Series) (1 episode)
– Anywhere, Anytime (2001)
 2000Third Watch (TV Series) (1 episode)
– Know Thyself (2000)
 1996If These Walls Could Talk (TV Movie) (segments “1952”, “1974”)
 1995Murder One (TV Series) (1 episode)
– Chapter Five (1995)
 1995Dark Eyes (TV Series) (1 episode)
– Pilot (1995)
 1991Dogfight
 1989/ITrue Love
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Bite-sized blog post: Leslie Harris

Leslie Harris

Leslie Harris with Redford

 

LESLIE HARRIS was the first African American woman to win a Special Jury Prize at Sundance with her debut feature film Just Another Girl on the I.R.T. (1992). She got distribution for the film with Miramax for the self-financed, self-produced feature which she edited on her own in her apartment.

Harris teaches at New York University and is fundraising for her feature I Love Cinema. 

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Where to watch her films:

AMAZON (PRIME-STREAMING)

AMAZON (DVDs/BluRays for PURCHASE)

VIMEO

Read more about her:

ONLINE
Finder her on Twitter
Leslie Harris’ Blog
SUBWAY RIDER Leslie Harris’s Low-Budget Trip.
20th Anniversary Screening Of ‘Just Another Girl On The I.R.T.’ + Panel Discussion w/ Leslie Harris (NYC)
Entertainment Weekly
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

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Bite-sized blog post: Martha Coolidge

Martha Coolidge

MARTHA COOLIDGE was the first female president of the Directors Guild of America from 2002-2003. She got her MFA at NYU before moving to Los Angeles to begin her career as a director.

Her first feature film Not a Pretty Picture (1976) is a hybrid documentary fiction film exploring a date rape Coolidge suffered as a young woman. She went on to direct commercial fiction feature films  starting with Valley Girl (1983) which launched Nicholas Cage’s career as well as her own.

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Where to watch her films:

NETFLIX

HULU

AMAZON (PRIME-STREAMING)

AMAZON (DVDs/BluRays for PURCHASE)

VIMEO

Read more about her:

ONLINE
Find her on Facebook
Find her on Twitter
Martha Coolidge’s Website
Our Entire Belief System Must Change
Martha Coolidge: Blaming DGA For Lack Of Female Directors Is “Dangerous Side-Path”
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

Music, War and Love (filming)
 2016Angie Tribeca (TV Series) (1 episode)
– The Famous Ventriloquist Did It (2016)
 2014Madam Secretary (TV Series) (1 episode)
– Passage (2014)
 2014The Night Shift (TV Series) (1 episode)
– Blood Brothers (2014)
 2014Killer Women (TV Series) (1 episode)
– Warrior (2014)
 2013The Glades (TV Series) (1 episode)
– Glade-iators! (2013)
 2013Cult (TV Series) (1 episode)
– The Good Fight (2013)
 2012The Unknown (TV Series) (4 episodes)
– Life Sentence (2012)
– Yesterday (2012)
– Privacy Settings (2012)
– Spare the Child (2012)
 2006-2011CSI: Crime Scene Investigation (TV Series) (5 episodes)
– Maid Man (2011)
– Fracked (2010)
– Take My Life, Please (2010)
– Redrum (2007)
– Living Legend (2006)
 2011Drop Dead Diva (TV Series) (1 episode)
– Dream Big (2011)
 2009Tribute (TV Movie)
 2009Psych (TV Series) (1 episode)
– Truer Lies (2009)
 2009An American Girl: Chrissa Stands Strong (Video)
 2007Weeds (TV Series) (1 episode)
– Shit Highway (2007)
 2007Shark (TV Series) (1 episode)
– Porn Free (2007)
 2006Material Girls
 2006Related (TV Series) (1 episode)
– Not Without My Daughter (2006)
 2005Huff (TV Series) (1 episode)
 2004The Prince and Me
 2003Hidden Hills (TV Series) (1 episode)
– The Concert (2003)
 2002Girls Club (TV Series) (1 episode)
– Sex, Drugs and Being Madonna (2002)
 2002Sex and the City (TV Series) (2 episodes)
– I Heart NY (2002)
– A ‘Vogue’ Idea (2002)
 2001The Ponder Heart (TV Movie)
 2001Leap Years (TV Series) (1 episode)
– Pilot (2001)
 2001The Flamingo Rising (TV Movie)
 2000If These Walls Could Talk 2 (TV Movie) (segment “1972”)
 1994Angie
 1992Crazy in Love (TV Movie)
 1991Bare Essentials (TV Movie)
 1989Trenchcoat in Paradise (TV Movie)
 1988CBS Summer Playhouse (TV Series) (1 episode)
– Roughhouse (1988)
 1987Plain Clothes
 1985-1987The Twilight Zone (TV Series) (3 episodes)
– Joy Ride/Shelter Skelter/Private Channel (1987) … (segment “Shelter Skelter”)
– Welcome to Winfield/Quarantine (1986) … (segment “Quarantine”)
– Night of the Meek/But Can She Type?/The Star (1985) … (segment “Night of the Meek”)
 1986Sledge Hammer! (TV Series) (1 episode)
– Under the Gun (1986)
 1984City Girl
 1978Winners (TV Series) (segment “, “Strawberries & Gold”)
 1978Bimbo (Documentary short)
 1974Old-Fashioned Woman (Documentary)
 1973More Than a School (Documentary)
 1972David: Off and On (Documentary short)