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Bite-sized blog post: Deborah Attoinese

Deborah Attoinese

DEBORAH ATTOINESE directed a documentary On Directing (2014) featuring directors Agnes Varda, Wim Wenders, Roland Joffe and Bille August which is available on Fandor.

Attoinese worked as a fashion photographer before making her first feature film Zoe (2001) which was screened at AFI, Palm Springs International Film Festival and other prestigious festivals.

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FANDOR

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Kickstarter page for Girl Knight
Alliance of Women Directors

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2013On Directing (Documentary) (completed)
 2013Snail (Short)
2001Zoe
 1997The Making of ‘Super Mario Brothers’ (TV Short documentary)
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Bite-sized blog post: Reed Morano

Reed Morano

REED MORANO worked as a DP for female filmmaker Courtney Hunt for the Sundance Grand-Jury award-winning Frozen River (2008)before directing her first feature Meadowland (2015).

Meadowland (2015) was produced by actor Olivia Wilde who also starred in the film. Morano is slated to direct The Handmaid’s Tale for Hulu.

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REED MORANO AND OLIVIA WILDE’S ‘MEADOWLAND’ CHALLENGES HOLLYWOOD SEXISM
DP Reed Morano on Making it as a Cinematographer Regardless of the ‘Female Thing’
Reed Morano In Talks To Direct ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’ Starring Elisabeth Moss For Hulu
Variety
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2017Lioness (pre-production)
2016Halt and Catch Fire (TV Series) (1 episode)
– You Are Not Safe (2016)
 2015Meadowland
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Bite-sized blog post: Jenée LaMarque

Jenee LaMarque

JENEE LA MARQUE studied creative writing at Stanford before taking extension courses in Screenwriting at UCLA and eventually getting her MFA in Screenwriting from AFI.

Her directorial feature debut The Pretty One (2013) stars Zoe Kazan, granddaughter of the famous director Elia Kazan.

 

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The Pretty One Director Jenee LaMarque on Her Twin Obsession and Her Inspiration to Make Her Debut Feature
Wikipedia 

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2012Spoonful (Short)
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Bite-sized blog post: Debbie Goodstein

Debbie Goodstein

DEBBIE GOODSTEIN’s first feature film Voices from the Attic (1988) has her going to Poland to learn about the family who hid her mother during World War II.

Her narrative film, Mighty Fine (2012), also features a fictionalized version of her family – but takes place here in the United States.

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Echoes from the Attic Kickstarter campaign page
Huffington Post
Friday Film: Debbie Goodstein on ‘Mighty Fine’
New York Times review of Voices from the Attic (1988)
Video Interview: Academy Conversations

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2015Echoes from the Attic (Documentary short)
 2012Mighty Fine (as Debbie Goodstein-Rosenfeld)
 1988Voices from the Attic (Documentary)
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Bite-sized blog post: Shola Lynch

Shola Lynch

SHOLA LYNCH began her documentary career working for Ken Burns and then went on to make the Peabody Award Winning Chisholm ’72: Unbought & Unbossed (2004).

When she was very little (from age 2-6) she worked as an actor on Sesame Street.

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WOMEN MAKE MOVIES

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Women Make Movies
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FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

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

– Runner (2013)
 2013Imagine a Future (Documentary short)
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Bite-sized blog post: Maya Forbes

Maya Forbes

MAYA FORBES is primarily known for her work as a producer and writer for television shows such as The Larry Sanders Show and  The People v. OJ Simpson: American Crime Story.

Her directorial debut Infinitely Polar Bear (2014) was based on her experiences growing up with her father who suffered from bipolar disorder.

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NPR
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Maya Forbes Stands by Her Dad in Directorial Debut ‘Infinitely Polar Bear’
Her bipolar inspiration was messy, not quirky
‘Infinitely Polar Bear’ director Maya Forbes bases mental illness story on own family struggle
Wikipedia

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Bite-sized blog post: Sophia Takal

Sophia Takal

SOPHIA TAKAL is an actor, producer and director. She formed a company Little Teeth Pictures with her husband.

Her first feature film Green (2011) premiered at SXSW.

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Green Website
Why Always Shine director Sophia Takal encourages actors to make bad choices
How the Competitive World of Hollywood Pushed Sophia Takal to Make Her Chilling ‘Always Shine’
Filmmaker Magazine
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2011Green
 2009Fat Friend (Short)
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Bite-sized blog post: Lucy Mulloy

Lucy Mulloy

LUCY MULLOY was nominated for a Student Academy while a student at NYU for her documentary short This Morning (2005).

Her follow-up narrative fiction feature Una Noche (2012) was set and filmed on location in Cuba.

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Meet Spike Lee’s Protégé Lucy Mulloy, Director of Una Noche
Filmmaker Magazine Interview
Indiewire Interview
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2012Una noche
 2005This Morning (Documentary short)
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Bite-sized blog post: Lucy Phenix

Lucy Phenix

LUCY PHENIX is known for her social documentary films which spring from her background as a community organizer and teacher.

You Got to Move (1985), a documentary about the grassroots movement for social change in the South, is in the video collection of the MacArthur Foundation which puts it in public libraries throughout the US.

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MILESTONE FILMS

HER WEBSITE

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Cancer in Two Voices – UNAFF
Women Make Movies

 

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 1994Cancer in Two Voices (Documentary)
 1985You Got to Move (Documentary)

 1976The Big Blue Marble (TV Series) (1 episode)

– Galapagos (1976)

 1971The 51st State (TV Series) (1 episode)

– Arkansas Bound (1971)
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Bite-sized blog post: Suju Vijayan

Suju Vijayan

SUJU VIJAYAN has worked as a senior story producer on the infamous series The Bachelor but she has also directed both documentary and fiction television.

Her most recent film The Playback Singer (2013) features Bollywood star Piyush Mishra and was funded in part by a Kickstarter campaign.

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iTUNES

THE PLAYBACK SINGER WEBSITE

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The Playback Singer Kickstarter page
The Playback Singer Website

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2005That Yin Yang Thing (TV Series)
 2004Blessing (Short)
 2003Switched! (TV Series)

 1999-2003Intimate Portrait (TV Series documentary) (13 episodes)

– Tracey Gold (2003)
– Alyssa Milano (2003)
– Gladys Knight (2003)
– Josie Bissett (2003)
– Diane Lane (2002)
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