Tag / women in film

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Bite-sized blog post: Jennifer Fox

Jennifer Fox

JENNIFER FOX is a documentary filmmaker who recently directed a narrative fiction film starring Laura Dern and Ellen Burstyn, The Tale.

She is president of Zohe Film Productions, an independent New York Film company.

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Where to watch her films:

AMAZON

Read more about her:

ONLINE

Find her on Facebook
Praise Free Women and Pass the Camera: Jennifer Fox on ‘Flying’
Huffington Post – Interview
Women & Hollywood Interview
Find Zohe Film Productions on Linked In
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2012P.O.V. (TV Series documentary) (1 episode)

– My Reincarnation (2012)
 2011My Reincarnation (Documentary)
 2006Flying: Confessions of a Free Woman (TV Mini-Series documentary)
 1999An American Love Story (TV Mini-Series documentary)
 1987Beirut: The Last Home Movie (Documentary)
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Bite-sized blog post: Kathi Carey

Kathi Carey

KATHI CAREY segued from working as an actor to filmmaking and directed numerous episodes of a talk-show series called Casting Q’s created by Bonnie Gillespie.

She has shadowed several television directors, continues to direct shorts and has features in development.

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Where to watch her films:

VIMEO

Read more about her:

ONLINE

Find her on Twitter
Find her on Facebook
Her Website
Interview
Worth website

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2014/IDead Drop (Short)
 2009140 (Documentary) (segment director)
 2008Worth (Short)
 2007/IThe Visit
 2006Reflections of a Life (Short)
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Bite-sized blog post: Valerie Faris

Valerie Faris

Teaming up with her husband VALERIE FARIS created the show The Cutting Edge for MTV and then went on to form production company Bob Industries where they have directed numerous commercials.

They continued to work together directing music videos and documentaries before teaming up for their first feature film Little Miss Sunshine (2006).

 

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Where to watch her films:

AMAZON (Streaming)

AMAZON (DVDs/BluRays for PURCHASE)

Read more about her:

ONLINE

Her Website
Jonathan Dayton & Valerie Faris Exit DreamWorks’ ‘The Good Luck Of Right Now’
The Lost Projects of Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris
Indiewire
JONATHAN DAYTON AND VALERIE FARIS ON THE LOST YEARS BETWEEN “LITTLE MISS SUNSHINE” AND “RUBY SPARKS”
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2015Highston (TV Series) (1 episode)

– Pilot (2015)
 2005The Offspring Complete Music Video Collection (Video documentary) (video “She’s Got Issues”)
 2005The Check Up (Short)
 2004From Janet. To Damita Jo: The Videos (Video documentary) (video “Go Deep”)
 2004Weezer: Video Capture Device – Treasures from the Vault 1991-2002 (Video documentary) (video “Say It Ain’t So”)
 2003Red Hot Chili Peppers: Greatest Videos (Video documentary) (videos “Otherside”, “Californication”, “Road Trippin'”, “By the Way”, “The Zephyr Song”)
 2003The Best of R.E.M.: In View 1988-2003 (Video documentary) (video “Tongue”)
 2001The Smashing Pumpkins: 1991-2000 Greatest Hits Video Collection (Video) (videos “Rocket”, “1979”, “Tonight, Tonight”, “Perfect”, “Geek USA”)
 1999Making the Video (TV Series documentary) (videos “She’s Got Issues”, “Around The World”)

 Mr. Show with Bob and David (TV Series) (3 episodes, 1998) (segment director – 1 episode, 1998)

– It’s Perfectly Understandishable (1998)
– Rudy Will Await Your Foundation (1998) … (segment director)
– Show Me Your Weenis! (1998)
– Life Is Precious and God and the Bible (1998)
 1998Oasis: All Around the World (Video short)
 1995R.E.M. Parallel (Video) (video “Star 69”)
 1995R.E.M.: Rough Cut (TV Movie)
 1993The Jim Rose Circus Sideshow (Video short documentary)
 1991Captivated: The Video Collection ’92 (Video documentary short)
 1991Extreme: Photograffitti (Video short)
 1990Janet Jackson: The Rhythm Nation Compilation (Video) (videos “Prologue”, “Epilogue”)
 1989Paula Abdul: Straight Up (Video short)
 1989Shadrach (Short) (live action)
 1986Belinda (Video documentary)
 1983The Cutting Edge Happy Hour (TV Series)
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Bite-sized blog post: Meredith Edwards

Meredith Edwards

MEREDITH EDWARDS is a storyteller who works in theatre and film.

She directed the feature film  Imagine I’m Beautiful (2014) in the same year she directed her first short Coney Island.

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Where to watch her films:

AMAZON (Streaming)

VIMEO

INDIE FLIX

iTUNES

GOOGLE PLAY

Read more about her:

ONLINE

Her Website
Imagine I’m Beautiful Website
Red River Noise Interview
Interview
Cape Fear Independent Film Festival Video Interview

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2014Coney Island (Short)
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Bite-sized blog post: Sophie Hyde

Sophie Hyde

The same year Richard Linklater came out with his Academy Award winning film Boyhood (2014) SOPHIE HYDE went to Sundance with her film 52 Tuesdays (2013), a film where the story unfolds and is shot every week for a year with actors and crew gathering every Tuesday to shoot a new scene.

52 Tuesdays won the World Dramatic Directing Award at Sundance in 2014.

 

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Where to watch her films:

AMAZON (Streaming)

AMAZON (DVDs/BluRays for PURCHASE)

Read more about her:

ONLINE

Find her on Twitter
Her production company website
Director Sophie Hyde confident of US success for 52 Tuesdays
Filmmaker Magazine Interview
Find her on Facebook
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2011Boys on Film 6: Pacific Rim (segment “My Last Ten Hours with You”)
 2011Life in Movement (Documentary)
 2010Elephantiasis (Short)
 2009Necessary Games (Short)
 2005Ok, Let’s Talk About Me (Documentary short)
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Bite-sized blog post: Lizzie Borden

Lizzie Borden

LIZZIE BORDEN’s first feature film Born in Flames, a sci-fi film about women taking over the world, features a scene with a young Kathryn Bigelow.

Her real name is Elizabeth Borden and she embraced the name of the well-known ax murderer as her directing moniker.

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Where to watch her films:

AMAZON

FANDOR

Read more about her:

ONLINE

Film Directors Site
Artists in Conversation
Interview
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 1996Silk Stalkings (TV Series) (1 episode)

– Pre-Judgement Day (1996)

 1996Red Shoe Diaries (TV Series) (1 episode)

– Juarez (1996)
 1994Erotique (segment “Let’s Talk About Love”)
 1991Inside Out (Video) (episode “Diaries, The”, episode “Shrink Rap”)

 1989Monsters (TV Series) (1 episode)

– La Strega (1989)
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Bite-sized blog post: Tanya Wexler

Tanya Wexler

TANYA WEXLER got her MFA at Columbia before making her first feature Finding North (1998). After her second feature it took ten years for her to make the critically acclaimed Hysteria (2011). Keanu Reeves is slated to star in her next film  Replicas.

After engaging in a twitter discussion with Colin Treverrow about his misguided comment that women simply aren’t interested in directing studio films, according to reports Wexler met up with him in person to open a dialogue of more than 140 characters concerning the issue.

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Where to watch her films:

AMAZON

Read more about her:

ONLINE

Find her on Twitter
Huffington Post
Variety
Tanya Wexler Explained a Few Things to Colin Trevorrow About Being a Female Director
‘Hysteria’ Filmmaker Tanya Wexler to Direct Keanu Reeves in Sci-Fi Thriller
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2011Hysteria
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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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Where to watch her films:

AMAZON (Streaming)

AMAZON (DVDs/BluRays for PURCHASE)

HULU

Read more about her:

ONLINE

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)

– Any Given Saturday (2016)

 2016The Grinder (TV Series) (1 episode)

– The Olyphant in the Room (2016)
 2015Take It from Us (TV Movie)

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

– White Christmas (2015)
– The More You Ignore Me (2015)
– She Crazy (2015)
– Spring Break (2015)
– Halloween 3: AwesomeLand (2014)
Show all 22 episodes

 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)

– The Proposal – Part Two (2015)
– Unforgiven (2014)
– The Decision: Part Two (2014)
– The Decision: Part One (2014)
– Dynamic Duo (2014)
Show all 12 episodes

 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)

– Unpleasant Surprises (2013)
– The Power Couple (2011)
– Anniversary Chicken (2011)
– Zygote (2011)
– Jeff Day (2011)
Show all 17 episodes

 20131600 Penn (TV Series) (1 episode)

– Dinner, Bath, Puzzle (2013)
 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)
– Those Damn Yankees (2012)
Show all 12 episodes

 2012Happy Endings (TV Series) (1 episode)

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

 2011Mad Love (TV Series) (3 episodes)

– After the Fireworks (2011)
– Friends (2011)
– The Secret Life of Larry (2011)

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

– A Thing About You (2011)
– No Reason to Cry (2011)
– Counting on You (2010)
– What Are You Doin’ in My Life? (2010)
– Don’t Do Me Like That (2009)

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

– You Can’t Handle the Truce (2010)
– The Manly Thing to Do (2010)
– Dog Ed Pursuit (2010)
– Not Without My Jacket (2010)
– Wi-Fight (2010)

 2010Outsourced (TV Series) (1 episode)

– Party of Five (2010)

 2010Chuck (TV Series) (1 episode)

– Chuck Versus the Suitcase (2010)

 2010Community (TV Series) (1 episode)

– English as a Second Language (2010)

 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)
– The One with the Cast of ‘Night Court’ (2008)
Show all 8 episodes

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

– It Happened One Christmas (2009)

 2009The Middle (TV Series) (1 episode)

– The Floating Anniversary (2009)

 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)
– A Dead Man’s Ham (2008)

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

– Needles and Schlag (2008)
 2008Five Year Plan (TV Movie)

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

– Burn Victim (2007)

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

– No Man Is an Island (2007)

 2007Cavemen (TV Series) (1 episode)

– Andy, the Stand-Up

 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)

– Yours, Mine or His? (2006)
 2006Nobody’s Watching (TV Movie)
 2006Thick and Thin (TV Series)

 2005Stacked (TV Series) (1 episode)

– The Ex-Appeal (2005)

 2005Rodney (TV Series) (3 episodes)

– Rodney’s Big Shot (2005)
– The Ring (2005)
– Tassels (2005)

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

– Jake or the Fat Man (2005)

 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)

– Joey and the Husband (2004)
– Joey and the Party (2004)

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

– Kansas v. Tom’s Parents (2004)
– The Good Son-in-Law (2004)
– The Plan (2004)
– Talk Radio (2004)
– A Portrait of Susan (2004)
Show all 8 episodes

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

– Weird Science (2004)
– The Value of Money (2004)
 2003Run of the House (TV Series)

 2003The Mullets (TV Series) (1 episode)

– Smackdown (2003)

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

– Happy Birthday, Baby (2003)
– Dear Emily and Richard (2003)
– Application Anxiety (2002)
– Lost and Found (2002)
– Red Light on the Wedding Night (2001)

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

– Chris’ Ex (2003)
– Nightmare on Becker Street (2003)
– Once Upon a Time (2003)
– Chris-Mess (2002)
– The Grand Gesture (2002)
Show all 9 episodes

 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)

– Walter’s First Lawsuit (2003)
– Till Death Do Us Part (2003)

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

– And the Grammy Goes To… (2003)
– Proud Reba (2002)
– She Works Hard for Their Money (2002)
– You May Kick the Bride (2002)
– Brock’s Swan Song (2002)
Show all 7 episodes

 2002In-Laws (TV Series) (1 episode)

– Married Christmas (2002)

 2002Family Affair (TV Series) (1 episode)

– Space Invaders

 2001Inside Schwartz (TV Series) (3 episodes)

– Play-Action Fake Boyfriend (2001)
– Roommates (2001)
– Comic Relief Pitcher (2001)

 2001Three Sisters (TV Series) (4 episodes)

– A Date with Destiny (2001)
– Sister Break (2001)
– It’s a Wonderful Life (2001)
– The New Guy (2001)

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

– The Icewoman Cometh (2001)
– Disco Nights (2000)
– A Germ Runs Through It (2000)
– 15 Minutes of Shame (2000)
– Love Shack (2000)
Show all 7 episodes

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

– One Angry Man (2001)

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

– Do the Hustle (2001)
– Charma Loves Greb (2000)
– Midwife Crisis (2000)
– Playing the Field (2000)
– The Dating Game (1999)
Show all 28 episodes

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

– Where There’s a Will, There’s a Waiver (2001)
– Arm-prins (2000)
– Jimmy Gets a Job (2000)
 2000The Weber Show (TV Series) (multiple episodes)

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

– Then Came the Monthiversary (2000)

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

– Breaking Up Really Isn’t So Hard to Do (2000)
– Aloha Christmas (1999)
 1999Square One (TV Series)

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

– The Dance (1999)
– Engaged to Be Engaged (1999)
– The Lyin’ King (1999)
– Four Colds and a Funeral (1999)
– Dog Gone

 1999Norm (TV Series) (1 episode)

– My Name Is Norm (1999)

 1999Jesse (TV Series) (1 episode)

– Touched by an Angel (1999)

 1998Conrad Bloom (TV Series) (2 episodes)

– The Spazz Singer (1998)
– Psycho Babbler, Qu’est-ce que c’est?

 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)
– Public Display of Affection (1997)
Show all 7 episodes

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

– In the Company of Maya (1998)

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

– With Your Guest Host Tony DiMeo… (1997)
– Wired (1997)

 1997Suddenly Susan (TV Series) (2 episodes)

– Family Affairs (1997)
– The Ways and Means (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)

– We’re at NBC Now (1997)

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

– Dream Date (1996)
– The True Adventures of Rudy Kazootie (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)
– Morning Becomes Obnoxious (1996)
– Disney World War II (1996)
Show all 51 episodes

 1995Almost Perfect (TV Series) (2 episodes)

– My Way (1995)
– A Dog Day Afternoon (1995)

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

– Football Story

 1994The Nanny (TV Series) (6 episodes)

– A Star Is Unborn (1994)
– The Playwright (1994)
– Ode to Barbra Joan (1994)
– The Gym Teacher (1994)
– Sunday in the Park with Fran (1994)
Show all 6 episodes

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

– The Herm from Ipanema (1994)

 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)
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Bite-sized blog post: Yvonne Rainer

 Yvonne RainerYVONNE RAINER was born in San Francisco and made her mark as a dancer and filmmaker in New York City.

Rainer made her first short in 1966 and went on to experiment with the medium, exploring dance, sexuality and feminism.

 

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Where to watch her films:

ZEITGEIST FILMS

YOUTUBE

Read more about her:

ONLINE

Yvonne Rainer: Dances and Films at the Getty Center
Strictly Film School
Feelings are Facts: The Life of Yvonne Rainer
Senses of Cinema
Yvonne Rainer Dances and Films – Getty website
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 1990Privilege
 1966Hand Film (Short)
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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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Where to watch her films:

AMAZON (Streaming)

AMAZON (DVDs/BluRays for PURCHASE)

HULU

Read more about her:

ONLINE

Find her on Twitter
Find her on Facebook
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