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Bite-sized blog post: Vicky Jenson

Vicky Jenson

VICKY JENSON was the first woman to direct an Oscar winning Animated Feature with the DreamWorks film Shrek.

She also has directed over 40 commercial spots with Anonymous Content – and at the time she worked with them she was the only woman they represented.

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Acme Filmworks
Los Angeles Times
Variety
Seeking Our Story: An Animated Life: Director Vicky Jenson
Firsts Among Equals
Wikipedia

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Firsts (TV Series) (2 episodes)

– First Game Night (2014)
– First I Love You (2013)
 2009Post Grad
 2003Family Tree (Short)
 2001Shrek

 1995The Baby Huey Show (TV Series) (4 episodes)

– Operation Immunization (1995) … (as Victoria Jenson)
– Downhill Ducks (1995) … (as Victoria Jenson)
– To Sewer with Love (1995) … (as Victoria Jenson)
– Tempo Tantrum (1995) … (as Victoria Jenson)

 

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Bite-sized blog post: Susanne Bier

Best Foreign Language Film winner director Susanne Bier poses with her Oscar at the 83rd annual Academy Awards in Hollywood on February 27, 2010. UPI/Phil McCarten

SUSANNE BIER is a Danish director nonetheless she has made her mark in the United States, winning the Academy Award for Best Foreign Film in 2011 for her film In a Better World (2010) – the year after Bigelow won the Oscar for Hurt Locker (2009).

In June of this year it was announced that Bier was on the shortlist to potentially direct the next Bond film.

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‘Serena’ Director Susanne Bier Says Movies ‘Will Die Out’ If They Don’t Reflect Diversity
Susanne Bier Shortlisted to Direct Next James Bond Film (Report)
Director Susanne Bier on creating the international intrigue of John Le Carré’s The Night Manager
The Night Manager Director Susanne Bier on Why More Women Aren’t Making Spy Thrillers
The Night Manager’s Susanne Bier on How She Directs and the Problem With Treating Women Like Minorities
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FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

Tropicana (TV Movie) (rumored) (pre-production)

 2016The Night Manager (TV Mini-Series) (6 episodes)

– Episode #1.6 (2016)
– Episode #1.5 (2016)
– Episode #1.4 (2016)
– Episode #1.3 (2016)
– Episode #1.2 (2016)
Show all 6 episodes
 2014/ISerena
 2004Brothers
 1997Sekten
 1993Luischen (TV Movie)
 1989Songlines (Video) (video “Summer Rain”)
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Bite-sized blog post: Jennifer Lee

Jennifer Lee

JENNIFER LEE is one of the directors of Frozen (2013) which was one of only two films in 2013 in the top 100 box office films directed by a woman and garnered her the Oscar for Best Animated Feature.

She wrote the screenplay adaptation for A Wrinkle in Time (2017) for Disney which will be directed by Ava Duvernay.

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Variety
‘Frozen’ Director Apologizes to Parents for “Let It Go”
How “Frozen” Director Jennifer Lee Reinvented The Story Of The Snow Queen
‘Frozen’s’ Jennifer Lee Melts Glass Ceilings
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2015Frozen Fever (Short)
 2013/IFrozen
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Bite-sized blog post: Jennifer Yuh

Jennifer Yuh

JENNIFER YUH is a director and storyboard artist. She was nominated for an Academy Award for Kung Fu Panda 2 (2011).

Since the success of Kung Fu Panda (2 and 3) Yuh has been slated to direct her first live-action film  The Darkest Minds.

 

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Kung Fu Panda’s’ Jennifer Yuh Nelson Eyes Virtual Reality’s Creative Possibilities
Jen Yuh Nelson: The Soft-Spoken Powerhouse Behind Kung Fu Panda
The Animation Guild
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2016Kung Fu Panda 3 (as Jennifer Yuh)

 1998-1999Spawn (TV Series) (4 episodes)

– Hunter’s Moon (1999) … (as Jennifer Yuh)
– The Mindkiller (1999) … (as Jennifer Yuh)
– Send in the KKKlowns (1998) … (as Jennifer Yuh)
– Home, Bitter Home (1998) … (as Jennifer Yuh)
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Bite-sized blog post: Brenda Chapman

Brenda Chapman at the World Premiere of BRAVE and the Grand Opening of the Dolby Theatre, part of the 2012 Los Angeles Film Festival, June 18, 2012, Hollywood, California. Photo Credit Sue Schneider_MGP Agency

BRENDA CHAPMAN was the first woman to direct an animated feature for a studio with Dreamworks’ Prince of Egypt (1998).

She co-directed Pixar’s Brave (2012) making her also the first woman to win an Academy Award for Best Animated Feature.

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NETFLIX

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Female Director of Pixar’s ‘Brave’ on Being Replaced by a Man: ‘It Was Devastating’
‘Brave’ Director Brenda Chapman Says Animation Is “Run By A Boys Club” & Weighs In On ‘Frozen’ Controversy
When the glass ceiling crashed on Brenda Chapman
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FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2012Brave
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Bite-sized blog post: Sofia Coppola

 

Sofia Coppola

SOFIA COPPOLA began her career as a still photographer and actress in her famous father’s films, playing an infant in a christening scene in The Godfather (1972).  She learned all about making movies first hand by growing up in the industry and after directing a few shorts made her first feature film The Virgin Suicides (1999) which premiered at Sundance.

She was the third woman to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Director with her film Lost in Translation (2003) for which she won an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay.

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AMAZON (DVDs/BluRays for PURCHASE)

HULU

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Fan blog
Sofia Coppola and Brian Reitzell – The filmmaker and her longtime music supervisor on the neon-bright music to new film The Bling Ring, including details on Kanye West’s integral involvement.
Interview
Sofia Coppola – You either love her or hate her. Here’s why.
DGA article by Carrie Rickey
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2010Somewhere
 2005VOID (Video Overview in Deceleration) (Video) (segment “This Here Giraffe”)
 1998Lick the Star (Short)
 1996Bed, Bath and Beyond (Short)
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Bite-sized blog post: Barbara Kopple

Barbara Kopple

BARBARA KOPPLE began her career working with the Maysles brothers and has gone on to win two Academy Awards for her documentaries, the first for Harlan County, USA (1976) and for American Dream (1990).

She has directed numerous documentaries and for the Emmy award winning television series Homicide: Life on the Streets.

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FANDOR

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VIMEO

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Cabin Creek Films
Barbara Kopple Reflects on Joys and Dangers of Filming ‘Harlan County, USA’
Indiewire
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2015Shelter (TV Movie)
 2015Miss Sharon Jones! (Documentary)
 2015The ThankList (Short)
 2015/IHot Type: 150 Years Of The Nation (Documentary)
 2014We the Economy: 20 Short Films You Can’t Afford to Miss (Documentary)
 2013Vanity Fair: Decades (TV Mini-Series short) (1 episode)
 2013Running from Crazy (Documentary)
 2011A Force of Nature (Documentary)
 2011Gun Fight (TV Movie documentary)
 201030 for 30 (TV Series documentary) (1 episode)
 2009Woodstock: Now & Then (TV Movie documentary)
 2007Addiction (TV Movie documentary) (segment “Steamfitters Local Union 638”)
 2007High School Musical: The Music in You (TV Movie documentary)
 2007The Addiction Project (TV Series) (1 episode)
 2006Shut Up & Sing (Documentary)
 2005Havoc
 2005Bearing Witness (Documentary)
 2003I Married… (TV Series)
 2002Confident for Life: Kids & Body Image (Video documentary)
 2002The Hamptons (TV Mini-Series documentary)
 2000My Generation (Documentary)
 1999American Masters (TV Series documentary) (1 episode)
– A Conversation with Gregory Peck (1999)
 1999Oz (TV Series) (1 episode)
– Out o’ Time (1999)
 1997-1999Homicide: Life on the Street (TV Series) (3 episodes)
– Self Defense (1999)
– Pit Bull Sessions (1998)
– The Documentary (1997)
 1998Woodstock ’94 (Documentary)
 1997Wild Man Blues (Documentary)
 1994A Century of Women (TV Mini-Series documentary)
 1990American Dream (Documentary)
 1983American Playhouse (TV Series) (1 episode)
– Keeping On (1983)
 1976Harlan County U.S.A. (Documentary)