Tag / women directors

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Bite-sized blog post: Katherine Brooks

 

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KATHERINE BROOKS won the LACE Award for Arts and Entertainment for women who have made a difference in the entertainment community.

Brooks began her career in reality television before directing her own work. Her most recent film Lost in Time was funded in part via a crowdfunding campaign.

 

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AMAZON

NETFLIX

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ONLINE

Her Website
Find her on Twitter
Lost in Time Website
Kickstarter page for Lost in Time
“Loving Annabelle” director Katherine Brooks takes on another taboo in “Confidential”
Interview
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2016Confidential (attached)
 2013Face 2 Face (Documentary)

 2010The Spin Crowd (TV Series) (8 episodes)

– The Final Straw (2010)
– Hungry for Love (2010)
– Summer Lovin (2010)
– PR and the City (2010)
– Should I Stay or Should I Go (2010)
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 2006Meet the Barkers (TV Series) (3 episodes)

– Home Furnishing Disaster (2006)
– Gettin’ to Work (2006)
– Happy Birthday Travis (2006)

 2005Town Haul (TV Series) (6 episodes)

– Main Street (2005)
– Fire House (2005)
– Village Hall (2005)
– Amazing Bargains (2005)
– Cowboy Bob’s Appartment (2005)
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 2003-2005The Osbournes (TV Series) (13 episodes)

– Charity Case (2005)
– 28 Days Later (2005)
– Number One Fan (2005)
– Have Ozz Will Travel (2005)
– Ozzy Knows Best (2004)
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 2004Wanna Come In? (TV Series)
 2004Love Is in the Heir (TV Series)
 2004He’s a Lady (TV Series)
 2004Finding Kate (Short)
 2003The Simple Life (TV Series)

 2003Newlyweds: Nick & Jessica (TV Series) (4 episodes)

– Newlyweds Go Golfing (2003)
– Newlyweds Go Camping (2003)
– The Dancers (2003)
– Chicken by the Sea (2003)
 2003/ISurrender
 2001Dear Emily (Short)
 2000Luna Butterflys (Short)
 1998Outtakes
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Bite-sized blog post: Patricia Riggen

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The DGA makes the claim that Patricia Riggen “may be the only Mexican-born woman directing movies in Hollywood today.” Riggens received her MFA in film from Columbia.

Her first feature film Under the Star Moon (2007) premiered at Sundance.

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AMAZON

NETFLIX

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ONLINE

Her Website
Variety
DGA
Female Directors Patricia Riggen and Jessie Nelson on Getting a Foothold in Hollywood: ‘It Hasn’t Been Fun at All’
Interview
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2015The 33
 2011Lemonade Mouth (TV Movie)
 2010Revolución (segment “Lindo y querido”)
 2004Family Portrait (Documentary short)
 2002The Cornfield (Short)
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Bite-sized blog post: Claudia Myers

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CLAUDIA MYERS is an Associate Professor of Film at the American University in Washington D.C. She was on Independent Magazines Ten Filmmakers to watch in 2015.

Her feature film Kettle of Fish (2006) premiered at Tribeca and stars Mathew Modine.

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AMAZON

NETFLIX

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ONLINE

Her Website
American University
Independent Magazine
Claudia Myers’ ‘Fort Bliss’ Wins Audience Prize at Champs Elysees Film Fest
Director Claudia Myers Talks ‘Fort Bliss’
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2007Outside the Wire (Video)
 2001Buddy & Grace (Short)
 1999Short Cut (Short)
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Bite-sized blog post: Stephanie Soechtig

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STEPHANIE SOECHTIG has worked with Katie Couric on two documentaries Under the Gun (2016) and Fed Up (2014).

Soechtig began as an intern on 20/20 before venturing into documentary filmmaking.

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AMAZON

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ONLINE

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Under the Gun Website
Variety
Director Stephanie Soechtig: ‘Gun owners are being duped by the NRA’
Director of Katie Couric Documentaries ‘Fed Up’ and ‘Under the Gun’ Calls Out NRA, Says She ‘Did Nothing Wrong’

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2016Under the Gun (Documentary)
 2014Fed Up (Documentary)
 2009/ITapped (Documentary)
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Bite-sized blog post: Jordan Scott

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JORDAN SCOTT, daughter of director Ridley Scott, has directed commercials for Nike, Amazon and other major brands.

Her feature film Cracks (2009) set in a boarding school for girls has an entirely female cast.

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AMAZON

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ONLINE

RSA Films/Jordan Scott
A reel life: Jordan Scott
Jordan Scott Replaces Her Father Ridley As Director Of ‘Gucci,’ Penélope Cruz To Star
The Family Business
Director Jordan Scott on ‘Cracks’ & Growing Up in One of Cinema’s Greatest Families
“Cracks”: Just another lesbian boarding school love story
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2012The Muse (Video short)
 2012The Initiate (Video short)
 2009/ICracks
 2005All the Invisible Children (segment “Jonathan”)
 2004/IPortrait (Short)
 2002Never Never (Short)
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Bite-sized blog post: Sharon Shattuck

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SHARON SHATTUCK is an animator and director. Her feature documentary From This Day Forward (2015) premiered at the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival.

She formed her company Sweet Fern Productions with Flora Lichtman and they co-created the New York Times Doc Series Animated Life.

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NEW YORK TIMES

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Indiewire Interview
Sweet Fern Productions Website
From this Day Forward Website
New York Times

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2015Moon Mirrors (Short)
 2015From This Day Forward (Documentary)
 2015Animated Life: Pangea (Short)
 2013The Animated Life of A.R. Wallace (Documentary short)
 2012Whale Fall (After Life of a Whale) (Video documentary short)
 2010Parasites: A User’s Guide (Documentary short)
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Bite-sized blog post: Lesley Chilcott

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LESLEY CHILCOTT produced numerous documentaries, including Al Gore’s An Incovenient Truth (2006) for which she won an Academy Award, before directing her own documentaries.

Her documentary Code Girl (2015) about high school girls competing in teams to create apps.

 

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AMAZON

NETFLIX

CODE GIRL WEBSITE

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ONLINE

Code Girl Website
Find her on Twitter
Find her film Code Girl on Twitter
Women & Hollywood Interview
Variety
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2015CodeGirl (Documentary)
 2014A Small Section of the World (Documentary)
 2013CodeStars (Documentary short)
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Bite-sized blog post: Karen Moncrieff

Writer/director Karen Moncrieff during Deauville 2002 - "Blue Car" Photocall at C.I.D Deauville in Deauville, France. (Photo by Jean Baptiste Lacroix/WireImage)

KAREN MONCFRIEFF, after obtaining her B.S. in Performance Studies from Northwestern University (a much more academic and esoteric pursuit than many may realize – I know from having went to one of the few Performance Studies programs in existence myself), moved to Los Angeles to pursue her career in film.

Her feature directorial debut Blue Car (2002) was distributed by Miramax.

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Where to watch her films:

AMAZON

Read more about her:

ONLINE

Los Angeles Times
Variety
VIDEO PODCAST: Interview
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2014Petals on the Wind (TV Movie)

 2004Touching Evil (TV Series) (1 episode)

– Slash 30 (2004) … (as Karen Moncreiff)

 2003Six Feet Under (TV Series) (1 episode)

– The Opening (2003)
 2002Blue Car
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Bite-sized blog post: Olivia Mori

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OLIVIA MORI is an accomplished costume designer who studied film at the Rhode Island School of Design before directing her first documentary feature Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me (2012).

They crowdfunded the production (which required licensing much music) through Kickstarter.

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AMAZON

NETFLIX

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ONLINE

Filmmaker Magazine Interview
KICKSTART THIS! DREW DENICOLA, DANIELLE MCCARTHY & OLIVIA MORI’S ROCKIN’ DOC “BIG STAR: NOTHING CAN HURT ME”
WPRK Radio Interview
Zimbio
New Zealand International Film Festival
Light in the Attic

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

2012Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me (Documentary) (co-director)

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Bite-sized blog post: Lisa Addario

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LISA ADDARIO’s feature film Amateur Night (2016) was written with her husband Joe Syracuse based on his experiences driving around sex workers. They also co-wrote her directorial debut Lover Girl (1997)

Lover Girl premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival.

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AMAZON

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Connecticut College
Indiewire
Slash Film
Westport native films ‘Amateur Night’ for big screen

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2014Ride (Video short) (co-director)