Bite-sized blog post: Emily Hagins

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EMILY HAGINS directed her first feature film Pathogen (2006) at the age of 12.

Her most recent film Coin Heist (2017) will be distributed by Netflix.

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AMAZON

VIMEO

Bite-sized blog post: Nicole Franklin

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NICOLE FRANKLIN produces films for TV outlets such as Showtime, BET, IFC, Nickelodeon and the Sundance Channel.

She has directed several documentary shorts, the documentary feature I Was Made to Love Her (2001). Her directorial debut in narrative fiction is coming with the film Title VII.

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Read more about her:

ONLINE

Find her on Twitter
Her Website
Little Brother Website
Reel Sisters of the Diaspora
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2013Little Brother: The Fire Next Time (Documentary short)
 2011Little Brother: The Street (Documentary short)
 2010Little Brother: Things Fall Apart (Documentary short)
 2001I Was Made to Love Her (Documentary)
 2001The Double Dutch Divas! (Short documentary)

Bite-sized blog post: Erin Greenwell

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ERIN GREENWELL works as a director, writer, editor, camera operator and educator – and has a production company Smithy Productions.

Greenwell studied Dramatic Writing at NYU. Her narrative fiction feature film My Best Day (2012) premiered at Sundance.

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Where to watch her films:

AMAZON

VIMEO

Read more about her:

ONLINE

Find her on Twitter
Smithy Productions
Erin Greenwell’s Best Day
Indiewire Interview
Filmmaker Magazine
Kickstarter page

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2014Golden Age of Hustlers (Video short)
 2013Oh Come On (Video short)
 2008Overnight Book (Short)
 2006Mom
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Bite-sized blog post: Donna Wheeler

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DONNA WHEELER directed the feature film Death of a Saleswoman (2006).

She has worked in editorial departments and as a producer as well as a director and she is a member of the Alliance of Women Directors.

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AMAZON

DEATH OF A SALESWOMAN WEBSITE

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ONLINE

Death of a Saleswoman Website
Find her on Twitter
Find her on Facebook
Find her Film on Facebook
Independent Film Now

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2007Pococurante (Video short)
 2004Tupperware Women–The Short (Video short)

Bite-sized blog: Drew Barrymore

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DREW BARRYMORE is an actress who jump started her career as a child with Steven Spielberg’s E.T. (1982) and comes from the iconic Barrymore family in Hollywood.

She has tried her hand at directing first with a television documetnary Choose or Lose Presents: The Best Place to Start (2004) and then went on to direct the narrative feature film Whip It (2009), a Fox Searchlight film.

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Where to watch her films:

AMAZON

FOX SEARCHLIGHT WEBSITE

Bite-sized blog post: Sonia Kennebeck

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SONIA KENNEBECK is an investigative journalist and filmmaker.

Her first feature documentary National Bird (2016) about the U.S. drone war premiered at the Berlin Film Festival.

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Where to watch her films:

VIMEO

Read more about her:

ONLINE

National Bird Website
Women & Hollywood Interview
Interview
Filmmaker Magazine
Ten Forward Films
ITVS

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2016National Bird (Documentary)
 2013Sex: Made in Germany (Documentary)

Bite-sized blog post: Elisabeth Sperling

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ELISABETH SPERLING has an MA from Columbia Teacher’s College and has been working in documentary filmmaking since 2005.

She co-directed One Night Stand (2011) with Trish Dalton which documents the creative process pf a group of Broadway and TV professionals participating in a 24 hour play event for charity.

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AMAZON

ONE NIGHT STAND WEBSITE

Bite-sized blog post: Trish Dalton

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TRISH DALTON studied film at NYU. Her film Bordering on Treason (2013) premiered at DOC NYC. She is part of a film collective, Lucky Cat Pictures.

She co-directed One Night Stand (2011) with Elisabeth Sperling which documents the creative process pf a group of Broadway and TV professionals participating in a 24 hour play event for charity.

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Where to watch her films:

AMAZON

LUCKY CAT PICTURES

ONE NIGHT STAND WEBSITE

Read more about her:

ONLINE

Her Website
Find her film on Facebook
Innovation Navigation Website
One Night Stand Website
New York Times
Queens World Film Festival

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2015Ambience, the web series (TV Movie) (co-director) (completed)
 2016Election Year (Documentary)
 2015Ambience (TV Series)
 2014Like Everybody Else (Documentary short)
 2013Bordering on Treason (Documentary short)
 2013Southmost U.S.A. (Video documentary short)
 2007The Farm Sanctuary (Short)

Bite-sized blog post: Ashley Sabin

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ASHLEY SABIN co-directed the documentary Girl Model (2011) with David Redmond and it premiered at SXSW.

She continues to produce and direct films through her company Carnivalesque Films.

 

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Where to watch her films:

AMAZON

CARNIVALESQUE FILMS

Read more about her:

ONLINE

Find her on Twitter
Filmmaker Magazine Interview
Interview
Moveable Feast article
Kickstarter campaign for Girl Model
THE COMPLICATED BACKSTORY BEHIND NEW DOC GIRL MODEL: WHY ITS SUBJECT, MODEL NADYA VALL, IS FURIOUS OVER HER PORTRAYAL

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2016Sanctuary (Documentary)
 2014Choreography (Documentary short)
 2013Night Labor (Documentary)
 2012Kingdom of Animal (Documentary)
 2012Downeast (Documentary)
 2011Girl Model (Documentary) (as A. Sabin)
 2008/IIntimidad (Documentary)
 2007Kamp Katrina (Video documentary)

Bite-sized blog post: April Wright

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APRIL WRIGHT directed a documentary on the American Driv-in, Going Attractions: The Definitive Story of the American Drive-in Movie (2013).

Wright has an MBA from Northwestern University and studied Computer Science as an undergraduate before getting into filmmaking.

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Where to watch her films:

AMAZON

GOING ATTRACTIONS WEBSITE

VIMEO