Tag / Sundance

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Bite-sized blog post: Lana Wilson

Lana Wilson

LANA WILSON’s feature directorial debut, which she directed with Martha Shane, After Tiller (2013) was part of the POV series and nominated for an Emmy in 2015.

Before directing After Tiller she was the film and dance curator for Performa, the New York biennial of new visual art performance. Her next film Last Call will tackle suicide in Japan.

 

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PBS

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POV
“After Tiller” Was Nominated For An Emmy
Chicken & Egg Pictures
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

P.O.V. (TV Series documentary) (1 episode)

– After Tiller (2014)
 2013After Tiller (Documentary)
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Bite-sized blog post: Martha Shane

Martha Shane

MARTHA SHANE’s directorial debut premiered at SXSW, Bi the Way (2008) which she produced as well as co-directed.

Her documentary After Tiller (2013) was directed with Lana Wilson and garnered her an Emmy and Independent Spirit Award nomination.

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PBS
CALMING THE CONTROVERSY: “AFTER TILLER” DIRECTORS LANA WILSON AND MARTHA SHANE
From this Day Forward Website
Indiewire
VIDEO: Interview
LANA WILSON AND MARTHA SHANE ON ‘AFTER TILLER’ AND TELLING STORIES THAT MATTER

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

P.O.V. (TV Series documentary) (1 episode)

– After Tiller (2014)
 2013After Tiller (Documentary)
 2008Bi the Way (Documentary) (co-director)
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Bite-sized blog post: Crystal Moselle

Crystal MOselle

CRYSTAL MOSELLE’s feature length documentary The Wolfpack won the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance.

She has worked for Vice and The New York Times creating video content.

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NETFLIX

VICE

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VICE VIDEO Interview
Variety Interview
Filmmaker Magazine Interview
Indiewire Interview
Interview
Her Website

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2015Separating Ourselves (Video short)
 2015The Wolfpack (Documentary)
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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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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: Eliza Hittman

Eliza HIttman

ELIZA HITTMAN was named as one of the 25 New Faces of Film to watch by Filmmaker Magazine in 2013. She got her MFA at Cal Arts.

Her feature directorial debut It Felt Like Love (2013) premiered at Sundance and was according to the New York Times shot for less than $100,000 in 18 days.

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Interview 1
Interview 2
New York Times Interview
Filmmaker Magazine
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2009Trickster (Short)
 2008A Lumiere (Short)
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Bite-sized blog post: Hannah Fidell

Hannah Fidell

HANNAH FIDELL studied film theory at Indiana University and film at The New School in New York.

She supported herself as a waiter while making her feature film A Teacher (2013) – the film is now being adapted by HBO (working with Fidell) into a television series.

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Filmmaker Magazine
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From Scriptment to Screen: How Hannah Fidell Helmed the Stunning ‘6 Years’
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2016The Road (Short) (completed)
 20156 Years
 2013A Teacher
 2011The Gathering Squall (Short)
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Bite-sized blog post: Lauren Wolkstein

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LAUREN WOLKSTEIN obtained her MFA in film from Columbia. Her thesis film Cigarette Candy (2009) screened at SXSW. She was chosen as one of the 25 New Faces of Independent Film by Filmmaker Magazine in 2013.

Her short film The Strange Ones (co-directed with Christopher Radcliffe) screened at Sundance and spawned her feature directorial debut, The Strange Ones (2017).

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VIMEO

SHORT OF THE WEEK

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The Strange Ones Website
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Filmmaker Magazine
Columbia University
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2016Collective: Unconscious (TV Series) (2 episodes)

– All Hypnosis Is Self-Hypnosis (2016)
– Beemus, It’ll End in Tears (2016)
 2013Social Butterfly (Short)
 2011Boys on Film 7: Bad Romance (segment “The Strange Ones”)
 2011The Strange Ones (Short)
 2009Cigarette Candy (Short)
 2007Love Crimes (Video short)
 2007Dandelion Fall (Short)
 2005Coney Island Catch (Short)
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Bite-sized blog post: Liz Garbus

Liz Garbus

LIZ GARBUS formed her company Moxie Firecracker Films in 1988 and has gone on to direct numerous documentaries.

What Happened Miss Simone? (2015) garmered Garbus’ second Academy Award nomination and she is now in talks with Amazon Studios to direct the narrative film Lost Girls.

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NETFLIX

VIMEO

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Moxie Firecracker Films Website
Here’s How Oscar-Nominated Filmmaker Liz Garbus Brought Nina Simone to Life
Center for Media and Social Impact
Liz Garbus in Talks to Direct Serial Killer Film ‘Lost Girls’ for Amazon (Exclusive)

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2015What Happened, Miss Simone? (Documentary)
 2014A Good Job: Stories of the FDNY (TV Movie documentary)
 2012Love, Marilyn (Documentary)
 2012Robot (Documentary short)
 2007/IComa (Documentary)
 2007Coma IV (Documentary)
 2007Addiction (TV Movie documentary) (segment “Brain Imaging”)

 2007The Addiction Project (TV Series) (1 episode)

– Brain Imaging Brookhaven National Laboratory (2007)
 2005Xiara’s Song (TV Movie documentary)
 2003Girlhood (Documentary)
 2003The Nazi Officer’s Wife (Documentary)
 2002The Execution of Wanda Jean (Documentary)

 2000True Life (TV Series documentary) (1 episode)

– The Travelers (2000)
 2000Juvies (TV Movie documentary)
 2000The Changing Face of Beauty (TV Movie documentary) (co-director)
 1999Different Moms (Documentary)
 1998The Farm: Angola, USA (Documentary)
 1986America Undercover (TV Series documentary) (episode “Execution of Wanda Jean, The”)
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Bite-sized blog post: Nanette Burstein

Nanette Burstein

NANETTE BURSTEIN is a commercial director as well as an award winning documentary filmmaker who directs television and narrative fiction film – and she co-owns a bar in NYC.

Burstein studied at NYU and her first feature On the Ropes (1999) was nominated for an Oscar and won the Sundance Jury Special Jury prize for a documentary.

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AMAZON

NETFLIX

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ONLINE

Interview
Hungry Man Productions
Nanette Burstein to Direct ‘Unforgiving World’ for Focus (Exclusive)
The Half King
Adrienne Shelley Foundation
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

The Creators (Documentary short)

 201430 for 30 (TV Series documentary) (1 episode)

– The Price of Gold (2014)

 2013The Carrie Diaries (TV Series) (1 episode)

– Caught (2013)

 2012Don’t Trust the B—- in Apartment 23 (TV Series) (1 episode)

– It’s Just Sex… (2012)

 2012New Girl (TV Series) (1 episode)

– Backslide (2012)
 2008American Teen (Documentary)
 2002The Kid Stays in the Picture (Documentary)

 2001Say It Loud: A Celebration of Black Music in America (TV Mini-Series documentary) (5 episodes)

– Express Yourself (2001)
– Let’s Get It On (2001)
– Can I Get a Witness (2001)
– Pursuing the Dream (2001)
– Keep on Pushin’ (2001)
 2000The Investigators (TV Series documentary) (as Nanette Burnstein)
 1999On the Ropes (Documentary)
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Bite-sized blog post: Caroline Suh

Caroline Suh

CAROLINE SUH has produced many documentaries and directed for the Sundance series Iconoclasts.

She directed the documentary Frontrunners (2008) and most recently directed a short film about gender inequity in the film industry, The 4% – which also can be viewed as a series of shorts on the Epix website.

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AMAZON

FANDOR

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Frontrunners Website
Eye for Film Interview
Epix’s ‘The 4%: Film’s Gender Problem’ Docu-Series To Debut On Intl. Women’s Day – Sundance
‘The 4%’ Short Films Highlighting Hollywood’s Female Director Gap to Air on Epix
SXSW Interview
VIDEO Interview

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2016Cooked (TV Mini-Series documentary) (1 episode)

– Water (2016)

 2012Iconoclasts (TV Series documentary) (2 episodes)

– Jamie Oliver & Paul Smith (2012)
– James Franco & Marina Abramovic (2012)
 2008Frontrunners (Documentary)