Tag / women in film

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Bite-sized blog post: Laura Dern

Laura Dern

LAURA DERN is of course well known as an actor but she has also had a turn at directing a few short segments for television.

Laura Dern was a director on the Lifetime series Call Me Crazy: A Five Film (2013), five stories surrounding mental illness all directed by women. The series was a follow-up to the series Five of stories about women and breast cancer also all directed by women.

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Where to watch her films:

AMAZON

Read more about her:

ONLINE

Find her on Twitter
Deadline
Laura Dern: There are too few women directors in Hollywood
Lifetime Website
Biography
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2013Call Me Crazy: A Five Film (TV Movie) (segment “Grace”)
 1994The Gift (TV Short)
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Bite-sized blog post: Lacey Schwartz

Lacey Schwartz

LACEY SCHWARTZ studied law at Harvard. She directed the documentary Little White Lie (2014) which was screened as a part of the PBS series Independent Lens.

She has also worked as a producer.

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Where to watch her films:

AMAZON

Read more about her:

ONLINE

Find her on Twitter
PBS
Little White Lie website
Interview
New York Times
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

Independent Lens (TV Series documentary) (1 episode)

– Little White Lie (2015)
 2014Little White Lie (Documentary)
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Bite-sized blog post: Jessica Bendinger

Jessica Bendinger

JESSICA BENDINGER wrote and produced the film Bring it On (2000).

Bendinger worked as a writer and creative consultant before directing the feature film Stick It (2006) for Disney.

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Where to watch her films:

AMAZON

Read more about her:

ONLINE

Find her on Twitter
Interview 1
Interview 2
Jessica Bendinger on How I Write
Chicks Who Write Podcast
Simon and Schuster
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

2006 Stick It

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Bite-sized blog post: Beeban Kidron

Beeban Kidron

BEEBAN KIDRON began as a filmmaker in London where she directed the mini-series of Jeanette Winterson’s Oranges are not the Only Fruit (1990) for the BBC. She also started Film Club, an after-school program for kids in England and Whales.

She moved to Hollywood to direct Used People (1992) with Shirley MacLaine and directs both narrative fiction and documentary.

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Where to watch her films:

AMAZON

NETFLIX

Read more about her:

ONLINE

Film Club website
Interview
VIDEO: The Shared Wonder of Film TED Talk
Beeban Kidron talks about her career
The Guardian
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2013InRealLife (Documentary)

 2011Storyville (TV Series documentary) (1 episode)

– Sex, Death and the Gods (2011)
 2007Antony Gormley: Making Space (TV Movie documentary)
 2002Murder (TV Movie)
 2000/ICinderella (TV Movie)
 1998Texarkana (TV Movie)

 1996Omnibus (TV Series documentary) (1 episode)

– Eve Arnold in Retrospect (1996)

 19914 Play (TV Series) (1 episode)

– ‘Itch (1991)

 1990Screenplay (TV Series) (1 episode)

– Antonia and Jane (1990)

 1990Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit (TV Mini-Series) (3 episodes)

– Episode #1.3 (1990)
– Episode #1.2 (1990)
– Episode #1.1 (1990)
 1988Vroom
 1983Carry Greenham Home (Documentary)
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Bite-sized blog post: Lauren Greenfield

Lauren Greenfield

LAUREN GREENFIELD is a photographer and artist as well as a filmmaker. She has been nominated for a DGA award for Best Director in the documentary realm and for commercials.

Greenfield received the Sundance Directing Award for her film The Queen of Versailles in 2012.

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Where to watch her films:

AMAZON

NETFLIX

VIMEO

Read more about her:

ONLINE

Her Website
Find her on Twitter
Find her on Facebook
Interview
Chelsea
The Editorial Interview
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2017Fantasy Island (Documentary) (attached) (filming)
 2015Magic City (Documentary short)

 2015Artbound (TV Series) (1 episode)

– Beauty CULTure (2015)
 2015Bling Dynasty (TV Series documentary)
 2012Best Night Ever (Documentary short)
 2012Beauty CULTure (Documentary short)
 2012The Queen of Versailles (Documentary)
 2010Fashion Show (Documentary short)
 2008Kids + Money (Short)
 2006Thin (Documentary)
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Bite-sized blog post: Alison Ellwood

Alison Ellwood

ALISON ELLWOOD is an editor as well as a director of television and feature documentaries, for Oscar and Emmy nominated projects.

Her documentary History of the Eagles (2013) which she directed as well as edited premiered at Sundance.

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Where to watch her films:

AMAZON

NETFLIX

VIMEO

Read more about her:

ONLINE

Filmmaker Magazine Interview
‘Eagles’ Doc Director Says Glenn Frey ‘Didn’t Want a Fluff Piece’
Huffington Post
Jigsaw Productions
Interview with Alison Ellwood and Alex Gibney
ESPN Nine for IX

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2016Spring Broke (Documentary)

 2013Nine for IX (TV Series documentary) (1 episode)

– No Limits (2013)

 2013History of the Eagles (TV Mini-Series documentary) (2 episodes)

– Part II (2013)
– Part I (2013)
 2000American High (TV Series)

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

– The Travelers (2000)
 1996New York: On the Edge (TV Series) (2 episodes)
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Bite-sized blog post: Abby Ginzberg

Abby Ginzberg

ABBY GINZBERG directs documentaries about the legal system and social justice issues. She founded the production company Social Action Media in the Bay Area (California).

Her most recent directorial endeavor, Tipping Point, addresses the paltry wages of restaurant employees who earn a living based on tips.

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Where to watch her films:

AMAZON

VIMEO

SOCIAL ACTION MEDIA Website

Read more about her:

ONLINE

Her Website
Find her on Facebook
Tipping Point Website
Soft Vengeance Website
Indiewire Interview
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

Tipping Piont (Documentary) (filming)
 2001Everyday Heroes (Documentary)
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Bite-sized blog post: Alex Kondracke

AlexKondracke

ALEX KONDRACKE’s short film Ice Fishing (2000), shot while she was a student at NYU, received the Jury prize at Sundance.

She went on to write for television shows including The L Word and Hung. Her feature film Girltrash: All Night Long (2014) premiered at the FilmOut San Diego Film Festival.

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Where to watch her films:

GIRLTRASH: ALL NIGHT LONG WEBSITE

HULU

Read more about her:

ONLINE
Find her on Twitter
Girltrash: All Night Long (2014) Website
Alternate Realities – Photography
Indiewire
PODCAST: Getting the Dirt on Girltrash’s Angela Robinson and Alexandra Kondracke
VIDEO Interview
Live Journal blogpost

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2014Girltrash: All Night Long (as Alex Martinez Kondracke)
 2003Sunset Park (Short)
 2000Ice Fishing (Short)
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Bite-sized blog post: Angela Robinson

Angela Robinson

ANGELA ROBINSON studied theater at Brown University before getting her MFA at NYU. Robinson has directed, produced and written for several television shows, including HBO’s True Blood.

Her short film D.E.B.S. (2003)was turned into a feature film (2002) with help from Sony after it premiered at Sundance.

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Where to watch her films:

AMAZON

iTUNES

Read more about her:

ONLINE

What’s it like to be a black, female director in Hollywood?
VIDEO: Interview for Film Independent
VIDEO: Fusion Award Speech
‘Girltrash’ writer/director Angela Robinson relinquishes association with Power Up
Indiewire Interview
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

True Blood (TV Series) (1 episode)

– Karma (2014)

 2011Charlie’s Angels (TV Series) (1 episode)

– Runway Angels (2011)

 2010Gigantic (TV Series) (2 episodes)

– Pilot: Part 2 (2010)
– Pilot: Part 1 (2010)

 2006-2009The L Word (TV Series) (8 episodes)

– Litmus Test (2009)
– LMFAO (2009)
– Lifecycle (2008)
– Lesbians Gone Wild (2008)
– Lookin’ at You, Kid (2008)
Show all 8 episodes
 2007Girltrash! (Video short)
 2007Starz/Encore on Set: Herbie Fully Loaded (TV Movie) (uncredited)
 2004D.E.B.S.
 2003D.E.B.S. (Short)
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Bite-sized blog post: Barbara Stepansky

Barbara Stepansky

BARBARA STEPANSKY received a Nicholl Fellowship in Screenwriting. She has studied filmmaking at UCLA, USC and AFI.

Her first feature film Hurt (2009) was a thriller released on DVD by Monterey Media.

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Where to watch her films:

AMAZON

VIMEO

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ONLINE

Her Website
Find her on Twitter
Find her on Facebook
Interview
PODCAST Interview – Chicks Who Script
Master Class Alumni Barbara Stepansky Becomes a Nicholl Fellow!
Are You Kidding Me Right Now? Woman Didn’t Get Job Because “Lead Actor Hates Female Directors”
Barbara Stepanksy To Direct Thriller 6 FIGURES

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2014/ISubstance (Short)
 2013/VIFirst Date (Short)
 2012Awkward Sunrise (TV Series short)
 2011My Own Private Demon (Short)
 2011/IIFugue
 2011I Hate L.A. (segment “Downtown”)
 2011Assassins (TV Series)
 2010/IRoad Rage (Short)
 2009Hurt
 2006Die trojanische Kuh (Short)
 2002Vacation (Short)
 2000Blueberry Pancakes (Short)