Bite-sized blog post: Anna Mastro

Anna Mastro

ANNA MASTRO’s short film Bench Seat (2011) is a musical with a screenplay written by Neil LaBute. Mastro moved from Seattle to Los Angeles to start her career in directing.

She has gone on to direct feature films and television including for Finding Carter and Jane the Virgin.

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AMAZON

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‘Bench Seat’ Director Anna Mastro: Crowd-Funded Short Music to Her Ears

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2016Awkward. (TV Series) (1 episode)

 2016Jane the Virgin (TV Series) (1 episode)

Chapter Forty (2016)
 2015Guidance (TV Series)

 2015Finding Carter (TV Series) (1 episode)

 2014-2015Royal Crush (TV Series) (12 episodes)

The Confession (2015)
Second Chances (2015)
Broken Hearts (2015)
Frenemies (2015)
Together Again (2015)
Together at Last (2014)
Love Hurts (2014)
When in Rome (2014)
First Date (2014)
 2015Walter
 2013Jarvis Cocker: Black Magic (Video short)

 2012Gossip Girl (TV Series) (1 episode)

 2012/IIThe Golden Rule (Short)
 2011Bench Seat (Short)
 2008Matter (Short)

Bite-sized blog post: Diablo Cody

Diablo Cody

Diablo Cody is best known for her work as a screenwriter, having won an Academy Award for Juno (2007) and has written for TV and film before directing her first (and based on her experiences apparently) directorial endeavor Paradise (2013).

She continues to write for film and television!

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AMAZON

YOU TUBE

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Diablo Cody: I’m Done With Directing
The misunderstood feminism of Diablo Cody
Deadline
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

2013 Paradise

Bite-sized blog post: Bronwen Hughes

Bronwen Hughes

BRONWEN HUGHES is best known for directing for television including for the popular Breaking Bad series.

She also directed the feature film Forces of Nature (1999) starring Ben Affleck and Sandra Bullock.

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Where to watch her films:

HULU

AMAZON

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ONLINE

Professional Artists Lab
NPR
Slated
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Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2016Damien (TV Series) (1 episode)

 2015Teen Wolf (TV Series) (1 episode)

 2015Allegiance (TV Series) (1 episode)

Blowback (2015)

 2013-2015Motive (TV Series) (3 episodes)

Fallen (2015)
Against All Odds (2013)
Creeping Tom (2013)

 2014Stalker (TV Series) (1 episode)

Manhunt (2014)

 2014The Mysteries of Laura (TV Series) (1 episode)

 2014Black Box (TV Series) (2 episodes)

Free Will (2014)
Kodachrome (2014)
 2013Over/Under (TV Movie)

 2011Fairly Legal (TV Series) (1 episode)

Pilot (2011)
 2010Tangled (TV Movie)
 2010Cutthroat (TV Movie)

 2009White Collar (TV Series) (1 episode)

Pilot (2009)

 2009Royal Pains (TV Series) (1 episode)

Crazy Love (2009)

 2008Burn Notice (TV Series) (1 episode)

Bad Blood (2008)

 2008Breaking Bad (TV Series) (1 episode)

 2006-2007The L Word (TV Series) (3 episodes)

Lobsters (2006)
 2003Stander
 2001Earth Angels (TV Movie)
 1994Amy Grant: Building the House of Love (Video documentary) (video “Lucky One”)

 The Kids in the Hall (TV Series) (3 episodes, 1994) (film segment director – 3 episodes, 1994)

Episode #5.20 (1994) … (film segment director)
Episode #5.19 (1994) … (film segment director)
Episode #5.17 (1994)
Episode #5.16 (1994)
Episode #5.15 (1994) … (film segment director)
Episode #5.18 (1994) … (film segment)
 1990Love Hurts (TV Series)

Bite-sized blog post: Ali Scher

Ali Scher

ALI SCHER got her MFA from USC after directing theatre as an Undergrad. She won a Student Emmy and won the DGA Jury Award for Best Female Filmmaker.

She went on to create her own webseries Candy Land and her first feature Jessica Darling’s It List produced by Disney is set to come out this year.

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Where to watch her films:

VIMEO

CANDY LAND WEBSERIES

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Filmmakers Spotlight: Ali Scher of “The Maiden and The Princess”
The Maiden and the Princess website
Her Website

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2015Just Jacques (TV Series) (3 episodes)

The Duel (2015)
Basketball (2015)

 2015OMG! (TV Series) (1 episode)

Just Jacques (2015)

 2012CandyLand: A Web Series (TV Series) (2 episodes)

The Real Lucy (2012)

Bite-sized blog post: Susanna Fogel

Susanna Fogel

SUSANNA FOGEL’s first feature Life Parnters (2014) was based on a play she co-wrote with her screenwriting partner and friend Joni Lefkowitz.

The film was picked up by Magnolia Pictures and the two of them went on to create Chasing Life, a tv series about a woman battling cancer for ABC.

 

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Where to watch her films:

AMAZON (Streaming)

Magnolia Pictures site links for Life Partners

NETFLIX

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Tribeca Women Directors: Meet Susanna Fogel (Life Partners)
Interview
WGA Article about Chasing Life
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

Chasing Life (TV Series) (1 episode)

 2008Joni & Susanna (TV Series)

 

Bite-sized blog post: Victoria Mahoney

Victoria Mahoney

VICTORIA MAHONEY began her career as an actress where she first met Ava Duvernay, appearing in a short film directed by Duvernay. Mahoney went on to direct her first feature Yelling to the Sky (2011) which won critical acclaim a the Berlin International Film Festival and SXSW.

Mahoney is slated to direct an episode of Duvernay’s television series Queen Sugar.

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AMAZON

NETFLIX

VIMEO

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ONLINE

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Filmmaker Magazine
Her Website
Indiewire Interview
Interview
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2016Queen Sugar (TV Series) (1 episode) (pre-production)

Episode #1.5 (2016)
 2014Bleach (TV Movie)

 2013The Conversation (TV Series) (1 episode)

UK Special (2013) … (2013)
 2013Exhale (TV Series) (2013)
 2013Searching (Short)
 2012Wracked (Short)

Bite-sized blog post: Susanna Styron

Susanna Styron

After receiving an MFA in filmmaking from AFI, SUSANNA STYRON directed her first feature film Shadrach (1998) based on a short story written by her father, the famous novelist William Styron

She went on to direct for television and while wading through the difficulties of development that is so often associated with narrative fiction films she directed a documentary with an incredible cast of real life heroes from the 9/11 terrorist attacks in New York.

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Where to watch her films:

9/12:FROM CHAOS TO COMMUNITY (DVD’s for PURCHASE)

AMAZON (Streaming)

AMAZON (DVDs/BluRays for PURCHASE)

HULU

Read more about her:

ONLINE

Interview
9/12: From Chaos to Community website
NYWIFT event
Website for her film Out of my Head
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

All Downhill From Here (TV Series) (1 episode)

 20069/12: From Chaos to Community (Documentary)

 2001100 Centre Street (TV Series) (1 episode)

Bottlecaps (2001)
 1998Shadrach

Bite-sized blog post: Rachel Talalay

behind scenes/ Director Rachel Talalay

RACHEL TALALAY studied mathematics at Yale while running the Yale film society. Her directorial debut was doe one of the famous Nightmare on Elm Street franchise in 1991 before directing the cult classic Tank Girl (1995).

She has directed numerous television shows including the resurgence of the classic Dr. Who series and is the first woman to direct for the BBC Sherlock series.

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AMAZON (DVDs/BluRays for PURCHASE)

HULU

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Her blog
Den of Geek
THE DIRECTOR OF “TANK GIRL” IS NOW BEHIND-THE-SCENES ON THE NEW “DOCTOR WHO”
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2017Sherlock (TV Series) (1 episode)

Episode #4.1 (2017)

 2016Legends of Tomorrow (TV Series) (1 episode)

Last Refuge (2016)

 2016The Flash (TV Series) (1 episode)

Fast Lane (2016)

 2014-2015Doctor Who (TV Series) (4 episodes)

Hell Bent (2015)
Heaven Sent (2015)
Death in Heaven (2014)
Dark Water (2014)

 2015South of Hell (TV Series) (2 episodes)

White Noise (2015)
Judge and Fury (2015)
 2014The Dorm (TV Movie)

 2014Reign (TV Series) (1 episode)

Sacrifice (2014)

 2013Played (TV Series) (2 episodes)

Revenge (2013)
Cars (2013)

 2013Bomb Girls (TV Series) (2 episodes)

Fifth Column (2013)
Party Line (2013)

 2012XIII: The Series (TV Series) (2 episodes)

Mousetrap (2012)
Breakout (2012)

 2012Continuum (TV Series) (1 episode)

Time’s Up (2012)
 2012Hannah’s Law (TV Movie)

 2011Hiccups (TV Series) (1 episode)

Sexual Healing (2011)

 2011Endgame (TV Series) (1 episode)

 2010Haven (TV Series) (2 episodes)

Consumed (2010)
Harmony (2010)

 2010Bloodletting & Miraculous Cures (TV Mini-Series) (3 episodes)

Unhappy Endings (2010)
Family Practice (2010)

 2010Cra$h & Burn (TV Series) (2 episodes)

 2009Durham County (TV Series) (2 episodes)

Boys Do Things (2009)

 2009‘Da Kink in My Hair (TV Series) (3 episodes)

Playing Social (2009)

 2008Flash Gordon (TV Series) (1 episode)

Blame (2008)

 2008jPod (TV Series) (2 episodes)

Fine China (2008)

 2007Kyle XY (TV Series) (2 episodes)

Leap of Faith (2007)

 2007Greek (TV Series) (1 episode)

 2002-2007The Dead Zone (TV Series) (3 episodes)

Ego (2007)
Symmetry (2006)
Shaman (2002)

 2007Supernatural (TV Series) (1 episode)

Hunted (2007)
 2006The Wind in the Willows (TV Movie)

 2006Whistler (TV Series) (4 episodes)

Meltdown (2006)
After the Fall (2006)
In the Air (2006)
 2006What About Brian (TV Series)

 2005Terminal City (TV Series) (4 episodes)

Episode #1.8 (2005)
Episode #1.7 (2005)
Episode #1.2 (2005)
Episode #1.1 (2005)
 2005Sex, Love & Secrets (TV Series)
 2005Wildfire (TV Series)

 2004-2005Unfabulous (TV Series) (6 episodes)

The 66th Day (2005)
The Rep (2004)
The Pink Guitar (2004)
The Pal (2004)

 2004Life As We Know It (TV Series) (1 episode)

 2004Touching Evil (TV Series) (1 episode)

Y Me (2004)

 2003Cold Case (TV Series) (1 episode)

Sherry Darlin’ (2003)
 2003A Tale of Two Wives (TV Movie)

 2002-2003The Division (TV Series) (2 episodes)

Castaways (2003)
A Priori (2002)

 2002Without a Trace (TV Series) (1 episode)

He Saw, She Saw (2002)

 2002Crossing Jordan (TV Series) (1 episode)

Four Fathers (2002)

 1999-2002Ally McBeal (TV Series) (4 episodes)

Two’s a Crowd (2000)
Prime Suspect (2000)
Saving Santa (1999)
 2001Dice (TV Mini-Series)

 2001Wolf Lake (TV Series) (1 episode)

 2001State of Grace (TV Series)

 2001That’s Life (TV Series) (1 episode)

 2000Boston Public (TV Series) (1 episode)

Chapter Five (2000)

 2000Randall & Hopkirk (Deceased) (TV Series) (2 episodes)

 1998To Have & to Hold (TV Series) (2 episodes)

Turkey Day Blues (1998)

 1998Touching Evil (TV Series) (2 episodes)

 1997Band of Gold (TV Series) (2 episodes)

 1995Tank Girl

Bite-sized blog post: Gail Mancuso

Gail Mancuso

GAIL MANCUSO began her career as a script supervisor and has gone on to direct over 100 episodes of television.

She has twice won an Emmy for directing episodes of Modern Family (2013 & 2014).

 

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AMAZON (Streaming)

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HULU

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Gail Mancuso To Direct Shondaland ABC Comedy Pilot ‘Toast’
TV director has real ‘Modern Family’ in River Forest
Talking Modern Family with director Gail Mancuso
Emmys
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2016Black-ish (TV Series) (1 episode)

 2016The Grinder (TV Series) (1 episode)

 2015Take It from Us (TV Movie)

 2010-2015Modern Family (TV Series) (22 episodes)

White Christmas (2015)
She Crazy (2015)
Spring Break (2015)

 2015Fresh Off the Boat (TV Series) (2 episodes)

Huangsgiving (2015)
Success Perm (2015)

 2015Your Family or Mine (TV Series) (1 episode)

Pilot (2015)

 2013-2015Ground Floor (TV Series) (12 episodes)

Unforgiven (2014)
Dynamic Duo (2014)

 2014-2015Cristela (TV Series) (4 episodes)

Hypertension (2015)
Dead Arm (2015)
Floor Favor (2014)
Enter Singing (2014)
 2015How We Live (TV Movie) (attached)

 2013Don’t Trust the B—- in Apartment 23 (TV Series) (2 episodes)

Teddy Trouble… (2013)
Dating Games… (2013)

 2007-2013Rules of Engagement (TV Series) (17 episodes)

The Power Couple (2011)
Zygote (2011)
Jeff Day (2011)

 20131600 Penn (TV Series) (1 episode)

 2013Adopted (TV Movie)

 2012Ben and Kate (TV Series) (1 episode)

The Fox Hunt (2012)

 2012Suburgatory (TV Series) (1 episode)

Entering Eden (2012)

 2012Are You There, Chelsea? (TV Series) (12 episodes)

Surprise (2012)
Boots (2012)
The Foodie (2012)
Fired (2012)

 2012Happy Endings (TV Series) (1 episode)

Big White Lies (2012)
 2012Downwardly Mobile (TV Movie)

 2011Mad Love (TV Series) (3 episodes)

Friends (2011)

 2009-2011Cougar Town (TV Series) (5 episodes)

No Reason to Cry (2011)
Counting on You (2010)

 2010$#*! My Dad Says (TV Series) (5 episodes)

Dog Ed Pursuit (2010)
Wi-Fight (2010)

 2010Outsourced (TV Series) (1 episode)

Party of Five (2010)

 2010Chuck (TV Series) (1 episode)

 2010Community (TV Series) (1 episode)

 2010Hank (TV Series) (1 episode)

Dog (2010)

 2006-201030 Rock (TV Series) (8 episodes)

Klaus and Greta (2010)
Sun Tea (2009)
Cutbacks (2009)
Gavin Volure (2008)

 2009Accidentally on Purpose (TV Series) (1 episode)

 2009The Middle (TV Series) (1 episode)

 2009Better Off Ted (TV Series) (1 episode)

Get Happy (2009)

 2009In the Motherhood (TV Series) (1 episode)

Bully (2009)

 2009Kath & Kim (TV Series) (1 episode)

Desire (2009)

 2008Happy Hour (TV Series) (2 episodes)

The T-Shirt (2008)

 2008The Return of Jezebel James (TV Series) (1 episode)

 2008Five Year Plan (TV Movie)

 2007My Name Is Earl (TV Series) (1 episode)

Burn Victim (2007)

 2007Aliens in America (TV Series) (1 episode)

 2007Cavemen (TV Series) (1 episode)

 2007The Singles Table (TV Series) (1 episode)

The Work Dinner (2007)

 2006Men in Trees (TV Series) (1 episode)

Sink or Swim (2006)

 2006Teachers. (TV Series) (2 episodes)

Schoolympics (2006)
Field Trip (2006)

 2006Out of Practice (TV Series) (1 episode)

 2006Nobody’s Watching (TV Movie)
 2006Thick and Thin (TV Series)

 2005Stacked (TV Series) (1 episode)

The Ex-Appeal (2005)

 2005Rodney (TV Series) (3 episodes)

The Ring (2005)
Tassels (2005)

 2005Jake in Progress (TV Series) (1 episode)

 2005Living with Fran (TV Series) (3 episodes)

The Concert (2005)
Riley’s Ex (2005)
Carriage Ride (2005)
 2004The Men’s Room (TV Series)

 2004Joey (TV Series) (2 episodes)

 2003-2004Married to the Kellys (TV Series) (8 episodes)

The Plan (2004)
Talk Radio (2004)

 2004The Tracy Morgan Show (TV Series) (2 episodes)

Weird Science (2004)
 2003Run of the House (TV Series)

 2003The Mullets (TV Series) (1 episode)

Smackdown (2003)

 2001-2003Gilmore Girls (TV Series) (5 episodes)

Lost and Found (2002)

 2001-2003Becker (TV Series) (9 episodes)

Chris’ Ex (2003)
Once Upon a Time (2003)
Chris-Mess (2002)

 2003My Big Fat Greek Life (TV Series) (3 episodes)

Greek Easter (2003)
Nick Moves Out (2003)
Big Night (2003)

 2003A.U.S.A. (TV Series) (2 episodes)

 2001-2003Reba (TV Series) (7 episodes)

Proud Reba (2002)

 2002In-Laws (TV Series) (1 episode)

 2002Family Affair (TV Series) (1 episode)

 2001Inside Schwartz (TV Series) (3 episodes)

Roommates (2001)

 2001Three Sisters (TV Series) (4 episodes)

Sister Break (2001)
The New Guy (2001)

 1999-2001Two Guys, a Girl and a Pizza Place (TV Series) (7 episodes)

Disco Nights (2000)
Love Shack (2000)

 2001The Fighting Fitzgeralds (TV Series) (1 episode)

One Angry Man (2001)

 1997-2001Dharma & Greg (TV Series) (28 episodes)

Do the Hustle (2001)
Midwife Crisis (2000)
The Dating Game (1999)

 2000-2001Yes, Dear (TV Series) (3 episodes)

Arm-prins (2000)
Jimmy Gets a Job (2000)
 2000The Weber Show (TV Series) (multiple episodes)

 2000Then Came You (TV Series) (1 episode)

 1999-2000Ladies Man (TV Series) (2 episodes)

Aloha Christmas (1999)
 1999Square One (TV Series)

 1999Stark Raving Mad (TV Series) (5 episodes)

The Dance (1999)
The Lyin’ King (1999)

 1999Norm (TV Series) (1 episode)

My Name Is Norm (1999)

 1999Jesse (TV Series) (1 episode)

 1998Conrad Bloom (TV Series) (2 episodes)

The Spazz Singer (1998)

 1998The King of Queens (TV Series) (1 episode)

Cello, Goodbye (1998)
 1998Babes in the Wood (TV Series)
 19981973 (TV Movie)

 1997-1998Ellen (TV Series) (7 episodes)

Hospital (1998)
Neighbors (1998)
Like a Virgin (1997)
Emma (1997)

 1998Just Shoot Me! (TV Series) (1 episode)

 1997The Tony Danza Show (TV Series) (2 episodes)

Wired (1997)

 1997Suddenly Susan (TV Series) (2 episodes)

Family Affairs (1997)

 1997Ink (TV Series) (1 episode)

The Debutante (1997)

 1997The Single Guy (TV Series) (1 episode)

Vegas Finale (1997)

 1997The Naked Truth (TV Series) (1 episode)

 1996Sabrina, the Teenage Witch (TV Series) (2 episodes)

Dream Date (1996)
 1996Mr. Rhodes (TV Series)

 1996Hudson Street (TV Series) (2 episodes)

Family Album (1996)
The Retreat (1996)

 1991-1996Roseanne (TV Series) (51 episodes)

Heart & Soul (1996)
The Wedding (1996)
Ballroom Blitz (1996)

 1995Almost Perfect (TV Series) (2 episodes)

My Way (1995)

 1995New York Daze (TV Series) (1 episode)

 1994The Nanny (TV Series) (6 episodes)

A Star Is Unborn (1994)
The Playwright (1994)
The Gym Teacher (1994)

 1994Herman’s Head (TV Series) (1 episode)

 1994Monty (TV Series) (1 episode)

East Side Story (1994)

 1993Joe’s Life (TV Series) (1 episode)

Mind If I Smoke? (1993)

 1992-1993Camp Wilder (TV Series) (4 episodes)

Career Day (1993)
A Close Shave (1992)
Jung at Heart (1992)
Boy Loses Girl (1992)

Bite-sized blog post: Marielle Heller

Marielle Heller

MARIELLE HELLER first wrote and directed her feature film The Diary of a Teenage Girl (2015) as a play based on the graphic novel by Phoebe Gloeckner.

The film premiered at Sundance and led to her directing for Amazon’s Transparent and Hulu’s Casual.

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The Diary of a Teenage Girl Director on What Women in Hollywood Need to Succeed
10 Directors to Watch: Secrets of Marielle Heller’s Sundance ‘Diary’
Marielle Heller on the Road to ‘The Diary of a Teenage Girl’
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

Casual (TV Series) (2 episodes)
Episode #2.10 (2016)
Episode #2.9 (2016)
2015Transparent (TV Series) (1 episode)
New World Coming (2015)
2015The Diary of a Teenage Girl