Tag / SXSW

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Bite-sized blog post: Jillian Schlesinger

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JILLIAN SCHLESINGER’s documentary Maidentrip (2013) was shot with a mostly female crew about a female sailor. The film premiered at SXSW.

Schlesinger studied creative writing and linguistic anthropology as an undergraduate at Brown University.

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AMAZON

VIMEO

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Her Website
Indiewire Interview
Filmmaker Magazine Interview
From Sea to Screen: A Young Sailor’s Voyage
Jillian Schlesinger lets teen sailor steer the boat in ‘Maidentrip’
Cowboy Bear Ninja Website
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

2013Maidentrip (Documentary)

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Bite-sized blog post: Jennifer Steinman

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JENNIFER STEINMAN began her career as an editor with CBS. She co-founded the company Smush Media.

Her feature directorial documentary debut Motherland  (2009) premiered at SXSW.

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MOTHERLAND WEBSITE

DESERT RUNNERS MOVIE

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New York Women in Communications Interview
Hamptons International Film Festival Interview
Interview
GALO Interview

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2013Desert Runners (Documentary)
 2009/IMotherland (Documentary)
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Bite-sized blog post: Heather Courtney

Heather Courtney of POV on PBS, winner of 'Where Soldiers Come From', for OUTSTANDING CONTINUING COVERAGE OF A NEWS STORY – LONG FORM at the 33rd Annual News & Documentary Emmy Awards; 10/1/12

HEATHER COURTNEY won an Emmy for her film Where Soldiers Come From (2011) which was part of the PBS series POV and premiered at SXSW.

Courtney was named a Guggenheim Fellow in 2014.

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PBS

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New Day Films
Filmmaker Magazine
Alpheus Media
Where Soldiers Come From Website
POV Website

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

Postcards from the Great Divide (TV Series documentary) (1 episode)

– The Big Sort (2016)

 2016Stories of the Mind (TV Series) (1 episode)

– Veterans (2016)
 2014Healing Waters (Documentary short)

 P.O.V. (TV Series documentary) (1 episode, 2011) (co-director – 1 episode, 2008)

– Where Soldiers Come From (2011)
– Critical Condition (2008) … (co-director)
 2011Where Soldiers Come From (Documentary)
 2006Letters from the Other Side (Documentary)

 2003Independent Lens (TV Series documentary) (1 episode)

– Los Trabajadores/The Workers (2003)
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Bite-sized blog post: Emily Hubley

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EMILY HUBLEY comes from a family of animators and has done animation for films such as Hedwig and the Angry Inch (2001) among many other films.

She has directed many shorts and her feature film debut The Toe Tactic (2008) premiered at SXSW.

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THE TOE TACTIC WEBSITE

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Her Website
The Toe Tactic Website
IN PERSON; Family Pictures, Frame by Frame
‘Hedwig’ Animator Emily Hubley Calls Back the Dogs for Kate Vargas
Chickfactor.com Interview
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2012and/or (Short)
 2006Octave (Short)
 2002Set Set Spike (Short)
 2000Pigeon Within (Short)
 1998One Self: Fish/Girl (Short)

 1997KaBlam! (TV Series) (1 episode)

– Hand Cranked for Your Enjoyment (1997) … (segment “The Girl With Her Head Coming Off”)
 1995Woman to Woman (Short)
 1995Rainbows of Hawai’i (Short)
 1994Enough (Short)
 1989Blake Ball (Short)
 1986The Tower (Short)
 1985Deliberating Man (Short)
 1984Big Brown Eyes (Short)
 1982Delivery Man (Short)
 1981Emergence of Eunice (Short)
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Bite-sized blog post: Ashley Sabin

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ASHLEY SABIN co-directed the documentary Girl Model (2011) with David Redmond and it premiered at SXSW.

She continues to produce and direct films through her company Carnivalesque Films.

 

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CARNIVALESQUE FILMS

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Filmmaker Magazine Interview
Interview
Moveable Feast article
Kickstarter campaign for Girl Model
THE COMPLICATED BACKSTORY BEHIND NEW DOC GIRL MODEL: WHY ITS SUBJECT, MODEL NADYA VALL, IS FURIOUS OVER HER PORTRAYAL

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2016Sanctuary (Documentary)
 2014Choreography (Documentary short)
 2013Night Labor (Documentary)
 2012Kingdom of Animal (Documentary)
 2012Downeast (Documentary)
 2011Girl Model (Documentary) (as A. Sabin)
 2008/IIntimidad (Documentary)
 2007Kamp Katrina (Video documentary)
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Bite-sized blog post: Kat Candler

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KAT CANDLER’s feature film Hellion (2014), based on a short she directed, premiered at Sundance.

She was one of the directors selected by Ava Duvernay to direct for her series Queen Sugar, Candler’s first foray into television which then led to her directing for the series 12 Monkeys.

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VIMEO

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Film Financing 101 with ‘Hellion’ Director Kat Candler
Watch: Kat Candler on How Short Filmmaking Encourages Experimentation
Blog
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

12 Monkeys (TV Series) (1 episode)

– Episode #3.6 (2017)

 2016Queen Sugar (TV Series) (2 episodes)

– Next to Nothing (2016)
– Where with All (2016)
 2015The Rusted (Short)
 2014Hellion
 2013Black Metal (Short)
 2012Hellion (Short)
 2009Love Bug (Short)
 2008Quarter to Noon (Short)
 2005Pilot and Olo (TV Short)
 2004Roberta Wells (Short)
 2002The Absence of Wings (Short)
 2000Cicadas
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Bite-sized blog post: Elise Salomon

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ELISE SOLOMON has produced several indie feature films before her directorial debut Saving Face (2001).

Her documentary feature Los Wild Ones (2013) survived some controversy in the courts with the investor of the film making its way to SXSW and can be watched online.

 

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AMAZON

NFB

VIMEO

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NFB Website
LOS WILD ONES Website
Indiewire Interview
BFI
Blog
Investor Calls Documentary a Song & Dance

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2013The Restless (Short) (completed)
 2013Los Wild Ones (Documentary)
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Bite-sized blog post: Rebecca Richman Cohen

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REBECCA RICHMAN COHEN studied law at Harvard and has directed documentaries on the subject. She founded her company Racing Horse Productions to tell stories about social justice.

Her film War Don Don (2010) was nominated for an Academy Award.

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AMAZON

CODE OF THE WEST WEBSITE

WAR DON DON WEBSITE

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Racing Horse Productions
New Day Films
Code of the West Website
War Don Don Website
Filmmaker Magazine
Harvard Law School
Indiewire

 

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2013Defending Gideon (Documentary short)
 2012Code of the West (Documentary)
 2010War Don Don (Documentary)
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Bite-sized blog post: Martha Shane

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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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NETFLIX

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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: Sini Anderson

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SINI ANDERSON began her career as a professional dancer while still a teenager in Chicago.

Her documentary The Punk Singer (2013) premiered at SXSW and was distributed by IFC.

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Lyme Disease Is a Feminist Issue: An Interview With Sini Anderson
Indiewire Interview
Filmmaker Magazine Interview
VIDEO: Interview
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2013The Punk Singer (Documentary)
 2011All Those Girls, Jolie Holland (Video short)