Bite-sized blog post: Shundell Prasad

Shundell Prasad

SHUNDELL PRASAD is a documentarian and narrative fiction filmmaker. She grew up in New York City where she studied film at NYU and is of Indo-Carribean descent which gives her many different perspectives for the stories she tells.

Her narrative fiction feature Festival of Lights (2010) tells the story of a young woman from NYC going to Guyana to discover the truth about her family’s past.

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Celebrating the achievements of Guyanese Women and Girls
Interview
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FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2007Unholy Matrimony (Video documentary)
 2006Once More Removed (Documentary)

Bite-sized blog post: Dena Hysell

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DENA HYSELL has directed documentary and narrative fiction films. She started out as a producer after studying at Stanford and has served on the board of the non-profit Mobile Film Classroom which teaches kids storytelling and filmmaking skills.

Her directorial debut was a documentary about business people who survived and thrived despite the economic crisis, The Paladins (2012).

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Cannes, France: Dena Hysell’s Ascent to Hell Scorches the Screen – First Look!
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FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2015The App (attached)
 2012I’m Not an Accent (Short)
 2012Peacemaker (Video documentary short)
 2012The Paladins (Documentary)

Bite-sized blog post: Alexis O. Korycinski

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ALEXIS O. KORYCINSKI was  a participant in the prestigious AFI Directing Workshop for Women.

Her documentary feature Defining Beauty: Ms. Wheelchair America (2011) premiered at the Newport Beach Film Festival where it won the Audience Award for Best Documentary.

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Defining Beauty blog
Alexis O. Korycinski had the opportunity to show her short film, The Haircut, at the 2015 Newport Beach Film Festival
DC Independent Film Festival

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2011Collision (Short) (as Alexis Ostrander) (post-production)
 2014Ballon (Short) (as Alexis Ostrander)
 2014The Haircut (Short)
 2011Defining Beauty: Ms. Wheelchair America (Documentary) (as Alexis Ostrander)

Bite-sized blog post: S.J. Clarkson

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S.J. CLARKSON was named as one of the top 50 powerful women in film and television by The Guardian in 2012.

Despite hailing from England Clarkson directed the pilot of Marvel’s Netflix series Jessica Jones as well as for numerous other American television shows..

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AMAZON

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Her Representatives Website
Variety
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Edinburgh International Television Festival
Marvel’s ‘Jessica Jones’: S.J. Clarkson Directs First Two Episodes
S.J. Clarkson Directs And Produces ‘Jessica Jones’
Meet the Directors of Jessica Jones
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

Love, Nina (TV Mini-Series) (5 episodes)

Episode #1.5 (2016)
Episode #1.4 (2016)
Episode #1.3 (2016)
Episode #1.2 (2016)
Episode #1.1 (2016)

 2016Vinyl (TV Series) (1 episode)

The Racket (2016)

 2015Jessica Jones (TV Series) (2 episodes)

AKA Ladies Night (2015) … (as SJ Clarkson)

 2015Dig (TV Series) (1 episode)

Pilot (2015) … (as SJ Clarkson)

 2014Orange Is the New Black (TV Series) (1 episode)

 2014TURN: Washington’s Spies (TV Series) (1 episode)

Of Cabbages and Kings (2014) … (as SJ Clarkson)

 2013Hostages (TV Series) (1 episode)

The Good Reason (2013)

 2013The Bridge (TV Series) (1 episode)

All About Eva (2013) … (as SJ Clarkson)

 2013Bates Motel (TV Series) (1 episode)

The Man in Number 9 (2013) … (as SJ Clarkson)

 2013Smash (TV Series) (1 episode)

 2013Banshee (TV Series) (2 episodes)

The Kindred (2013) … (as SJ Clarkson)
The Rave (2013) … (as SJ Clarkson)

 2012Hunted (TV Series) (2 episodes)

LB (2012)
Mort (2012) … (as SJ Clarkson)

 2009-2011Dexter (TV Series) (3 episodes)

 2011House (TV Series) (1 episode)

Recession Proof (2011)
 2010Toast (TV Movie) (as S J Clarkson)

 2009-2010Heroes (TV Series) (2 episodes)

 2010Ugly Betty (TV Series) (1 episode)

 2009Whitechapel (TV Series) (3 episodes)

Episode #1.3 (2009)
Episode #1.2 (2009) … (as SJ Clarkson)
Episode #1.1 (2009)

 2008Mistresses (TV Series) (2 episodes)

Episode #1.2 (2008)

 2006-2007Life on Mars (TV Series) (6 episodes)

Episode #2.8 (2007) … (as SJ Clarkson)
Episode #2.7 (2007) … (as SJ Clarkson)
Episode #2.2 (2007) … (as SJ Clarkson)
Episode #2.1 (2007) … (as SJ Clarkson)
Episode #1.7 (2006) … (as SJ Clarkson)

 2006Hustle (TV Series) (2 episodes)

 2005Bad Girls (TV Series) (2 episodes)

Episode #7.8 (2005) … (as SJ Clarkson)
Episode #7.7 (2005) … (as SJ Clarkson)

 2005Footballers’ Wives (TV Series) (2 episodes)

Episode #4.7 (2005)
Episode #4.6 (2005)

 2003-2005Casualty (TV Series) (5 episodes)

Forbidden Love (2005)
Past Imperfect (2004)
Parenthood (2004)
Christmas Spirit (2003)

 2004EastEnders (TV Series) (8 episodes)

Episode dated 23 July 2004 (2004) … (as SJ Clarkson)
Episode dated 22 July 2004 (2004) … (as SJ Clarkson)
Episode dated 20 July 2004 (2004) … (as SJ Clarkson)
Episode dated 19 July 2004 (2004) … (as SJ Clarkson)
Episode dated 19 March 2004 (2004) … (as SJ Clarkson)

 2001-2004Doctors (TV Series) (37 episodes)

No Fury (2004)
No Pain, No Gain (2004)
Blackout (2003)
Slippery Slope (2003)
Love Hurts (2003)
To Have Not (2003)
No Refund (2003)
Junk (2003)
Zero Tolerance (2003)
The Dragon (2003)
Truth or Dare (2003)
All in Vein (2003)
Testing Testing (2002)
The First Step (2002)
Heart Beats (2002)
Nobody’s Child (2002)
Labour Day (2002)
Night Terrors (2002)
Stand-Up (2002)
Gut Feeling (2002)
Motherly Love (2002)
Mummy’s Boy (2001)
Caring for Mary (2001)

Bite-sized blog post: Tiffany Shlain

Tiffany Shlain

TIFFANY SHLAIN has directed numerous documentary shorts and a feature documentary exploring her interest in technology Connected: An Autoblogography About Love, Death & Technology and a TV series exploring the same topic.

Shlain also has been nominated for an Emmy and  founded the Webby Awards.

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TIFFANY SHLAIN — Growing Up the Internet
Ted Talk
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FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2015The Adaptable Mind (Documentary short)
 2015The Making of a Mensch (Documentary short)
 2014ParenTechnology (Documentary short)
 2014Punk Rock Diplomacy (Documentary short)
 2014Robots, Botox, & Google Glass (Documentary short)
 2014The Photosynthesis of Social Media (Documentary short)
 2014TransBoom (Documentary short)

 2013-2014The Future Starts Here (TV Series documentary short) (16 episodes)

Creative Bondage (2014)
ParenTechnology (2014)
TransBoom (2014)
 2014A Case for Dreaming (Video documentary short)
 2013A Case for Optimism (Documentary short)
 2013Motherhood Remixed (Documentary short)
 2013Participatory Revolution (Documentary short)
 2013Technology Shabbats (Documentary short)
 2013The Science of Character (Documentary short)
 2013The Creative Process in 10 Acts (Documentary short)
 2013Facing the Future (Short)
 2013Idea Porn (Short)
 2013Tech Etiquette (Documentary short)
 2013Why We Love Robots (Video documentary short)
 2012Brain Power: From Neurons to Networks (Documentary short)
 2012/IIEngage (Short)
 2011A Declaration of Interdependence (Video documentary short)
 2005The Tribe (Documentary short)

Bite-sized blog post: Sanaa Hamri

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SANAA HAMRI began her career directing music videos after graduating from Sarah Lawrence College in New York. She originally hails from Morocco where her father was a painter and author and her American mother was a teacher.

She has directed several popular television series shows and is an Executive Producer on the hit series Empire.

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Slate
It’s who you know! Hollywood filmmaker Sanaa Hamri on her mentors
‘Empire’ Executive Producer Sanaa Hamri: “We’re No Longer Scared Telling The Real Truth”
Variety
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

Empire (TV Series) (6 episodes)

Past Is Prologue (2016)
More Than Kin (2016)
Et Tu, Brute? (2015)
My Bad Parts (2015)
Our Dancing Days (2015)
 2015/IStudio City (TV Movie)

 2011-2015Shameless (TV Series) (4 episodes)

I’m the Liver (2015)
Daddyz Girl (2011)

 2014Rectify (TV Series) (1 episode)

Weird as You (2014)

 2014Hemlock Grove (TV Series) (1 episode)

 2013-2014Elementary (TV Series) (4 episodes)

No Lack of Void (2014)
The Marchioness (2013)
Ancient History (2013)
Details (2013)

 2014Glee (TV Series) (1 episode)

New New York (2014)

 2013Full Circle (TV Series) (1 episode)

Robbie & Celeste (2013)

 2013Hit the Floor (TV Series) (1 episode)

Pilot (2013)
 2013Lovestruck: The Musical (TV Movie)

 2013Nashville (TV Series) (2 episodes)

 201290210 (TV Series) (2 episodes)

Hate 2 Love (2012)

 2010Life Unexpected (TV Series) (1 episode)

 2009Acceptance (TV Movie)

 2007Men in Trees (TV Series) (1 episode)

 2007Desperate Housewives (TV Series) (1 episode)

Bite-sized blog post: Ami Canaan Mann

Ami Canaan Mann

AMI CANAAN MANN is the daughter of Michael Mann (the director who made a point of seeking out a woman director to work on his television series Miami Vice and hired Jan Eliasberg to help put the action on the screen). She grew up in Indiana with her mom but has succeeded int he world of Hollywood directing television and making feature films.

Mann began as a writer, writing for TV shows such as NYPD Blue.  Her film Jackie & Ryan screened at the Venice Film Festival in 2014.

 

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Interview
Variety
Ami Canaan Mann: A graduate of the family business strikes out
Venice Spotlight: Ami Canaan Mann On ‘Jackie & Ryan’
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

Chicago Med (TV Series) (1 episode)

Disorder (2016) … (as Ami Mann)

 2015The Blacklist (TV Series) (1 episode)

 2012Dakota (TV Series) (3 episodes)

Almost Up $6,640 (2012)
Down $1,170 (2012)
Down $770 (2012)

 2010Friday Night Lights (TV Series) (1 episode)

I Can’t (2010)

 2003Robbery Homicide Division (TV Series) (1 episode)

Hellbound Train (2003)
 2001Morning

Bite-sized blog post: Marion Lipschutz and Rose Rosenblatt

Marion Lipschutz and Rose Rosenblatt

MARION LPISCHUTZ and ROSE ROSENBLATT are documentarians who teamed  up to create Incite Pictures and make movies.

They are known for documentaries about social issues and with strong central characters such as The Education of Shelby Knox (2005) about a young woman who fights for sex education and gay rights in Lubbock, Texas.

 

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Incite Pictures Website
WNYC
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Women Make Movies
U.S. director Dennie Gordon, on filming ‘My Lucky Star’ in China
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FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

MARION LIPSCHUTZ

Independent Lens (TV Series documentary) (1 episode)

Young Lakota (2013)
 2012Young Lakota (Documentary)
 2005The Education of Shelby Knox (Documentary)
 2000Live Free or Die (Documentary)
 1998Fatherhood USA (TV Mini-Series documentary)
 1997The Abortion Pill (TV Movie documentary)
ROSE ROSENBLATT

Independent Lens (TV Series documentary) (1 episode)

Young Lakota (2013)
 2012Young Lakota (Documentary)
 2005The Education of Shelby Knox (Documentary)
 2000Live Free or Die (Documentary)
 1998Fatherhood USA (TV Mini-Series documentary)
 1997The Abortion Pill (TV Movie documentary)

Bite-sized blog post: Mariette Monpierre

Mariette Monpierre

MARIETTE MONPIERRE began her career producing commercials in NYC. She hails from the Carribean where she located and filmed her feature Elza (2011).

Her directorial debut was part of Paris la métisse, a group of shorts.

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Indiewire Interview
Carribean Tales Incubator
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FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2011Elza

Bite-sized blog post: Dennie Gordon

Dennie Gordon

DENNIE GORDON graduated from Yale’s School of Drama in Directing to working in film and television and has directed over forty episodes of television as well as feature film What a Girl Wants (2003) and New York Minute (2004).

She was the first American woman to direct in China with her feature My Lucky Star (2013) which she shot in Hong Kong.

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U.S. director Dennie Gordon, on filming ‘My Lucky Star’ in China
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FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

Feed the Beast (TV Series) (1 episode)

Episode #1.7 (2016)

 2016Bloodline (TV Series) (1 episode)

Part 18 (2016)

 2014-2016Kingdom (TV Series) (4 episodes)

Cut Man (2016)
Help Wanted (2016)
The Gentle Slope (2014)

 2014-2015Madam Secretary (TV Series) (4 episodes)

Lights Out (2015)
The Rusalka (2015)
Need to Know (2014)

 2015Under the Dome (TV Series) (1 episode)

Legacy (2015)

 2015Power (TV Series) (1 episode)

 2015Grace and Frankie (TV Series) (1 episode)

The Sex (2015)

 201512 Monkeys (TV Series) (1 episode)

Paradox (2015)

 2013-2014Hell on Wheels (TV Series) (3 episodes)

Reckoning (2014)
Chicken Hill (2014)
Range War (2013)

 2014Rectify (TV Series) (1 episode)

Sleeping Giants (2014)

 2009-2013Burn Notice (TV Series) (8 episodes)

Brothers in Arms (2013)
Under the Gun (2012)
Eyes Open (2010)
Hard Time (2010)
Fast Friends (2010)

 2011Suits (TV Series) (1 episode)

 2009-2011White Collar (TV Series) (3 episodes)

Vital Signs (2010)
Threads (2009)

 2011Outsourced (TV Series) (1 episode)

 2009-2011Royal Pains (TV Series) (2 episodes)

 2011The Cape (TV Series) (1 episode)

Scales (2011)

 2010Hellcats (TV Series) (1 episode)

 2010The Glades (TV Series) (1 episode)

Breaking 80 (2010)

 2010The Good Guys (TV Series) (1 episode)

Silvio’s Way (2010)

 2010Notes from the Underbelly (TV Series) (1 episode)

The Weekend (2010)

 2010True Jackson, VP (TV Series) (1 episode)

True Date (2010)

 2010The Deep End (TV Series) (1 episode)

An Innocent Man (2010)

 2009The Ex List (TV Series) (2 episodes)

The Other Foot (2009)
 2009PRIVATE: The Casting Call (TV Series)
 2009Private (TV Series) (series director)

 2008Samantha Who? (TV Series) (1 episode)

The Birthday (2008)

 200712 Miles of Bad Road (TV Series) (1 episode)

 2007Hell on Earth (TV Movie)

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

Homecoming (2007)

 2006-2007The Loop (TV Series) (4 episodes)

Fatty (2007)
Yeah, Presents (2007)
The Phantom (2007)

 2007The Wedding Bells (TV Series) (1 episode)

 200730 Rock (TV Series) (1 episode)

 2006Haversham Hall (TV Movie)
 2006Our Thirties (TV Short)

 2006What About Brian (TV Series) (1 episode)

 2006The Office (TV Series) (2 episodes)

Boys and Girls (2006)
The Secret (2006)
 2006Mermaid (TV Movie)

 2005Kitchen Confidential (TV Series) (1 episode)

Rabbit Test (2005)

 2005Everybody Hates Chris (TV Series) (1 episode)

 2005Beautiful People (TV Series) (pilot)
 2003Beat Cops (TV Movie)

 2001-2002Grounded for Life (TV Series) (6 episodes)

Dust in the Wind (2002)
Safety Dance (2002)
We Are Family (2002)

 1997-2002The Practice (TV Series) (6 episodes)

Judge Knot (2002)
Legacy (1999)
The Trial (1998)
 2002Glory Days (TV Series) (pilot)
 2001Joe Dirt

 2001DAG (TV Series) (2 episodes)

Guns and Roses (2001)
Prom (2001)

 1999-2000Jack & Jill (TV Series) (3 episodes)

 1997-2000Ally McBeal (TV Series) (4 episodes)

Out in the Cold (2000)
Love Unlimited (1999)
Theme of Life (1998)
The Kiss (1997)
 1999Outreach (TV Series) (pilot)

 1998-1999Sports Night (TV Series) (4 episodes)

The Reunion (1999)

 1999Snoops (TV Series) (1 episode)

Bedfellas (1999)

 1999Tracey Takes On… (TV Series) (1 episode)

End of the World (1999)
 1998Real Life (TV Series)

 1998Dawson’s Creek (TV Series) (1 episode)

Crossroads (1998)

 1997Nash Bridges (TV Series) (1 episode)

Sniper (1997)
 1997Michael Hayes (TV Series)

 1996-1997Party of Five (TV Series) (3 episodes)

Hitting Bottom (1997)
Christmas (1996)
Deal with It (1996)

 1996Relativity (TV Series) (1 episode)

No Job Too Small (1996)
 1996Dangerous Minds (TV Series)

 1996Chicago Hope (TV Series) (1 episode)

Life Lines (1996)

 1995Picket Fences (TV Series) (1 episode)

 1994A Hard Rain (Short)