Bite-sized blog post: Lesli Linka Glatter

Leslie Linka Glatter

LESLI LINKA GLATTER was a graduate of the AFI Directing Workshop for Women in 1984 and went on to Academy Award nominations and Emmy wins.

On Homeland Glatter was not only a regular director but also a producer.

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‘Homeland’ Exec Producer Lesli Linka Glatter on TV Diversity: Nothing’s Changed in 25 Years
DGA
Variety
Huffington Post
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

Six (TV Mini-Series) (2 episodes) (filming)

Episode #1.2 (2017)
Pilot (2017)

 2012-2015Homeland (TV Series) (13 episodes)

A False Glimmer (2015)
Oriole (2015)
Long Time Coming (2014)
Shalwar Kameez (2014)
The Drone Queen (2014)
The Star (2013)
Still Positive (2013)

 2013-2015Ray Donovan (TV Series) (2 episodes)

New Birthday (2013)

 2014The Leftovers (TV Series) (1 episode)

 2013Masters of Sex (TV Series) (1 episode)

Fallout (2013)

 2012-2013The Newsroom (TV Series) (2 episodes)

Willie Pete (2013)

 2013Justified (TV Series) (1 episode)

The Hatchet Tour (2013)

 2013The Walking Dead (TV Series) (1 episode)

The Suicide King (2013)

 2012Last Resort (TV Series) (1 episode)

 2012Nashville (TV Series) (1 episode)

Move It on Over (2012)

 2012Boss (TV Series) (1 episode)

Ablution (2012)

 2010-2012True Blood (TV Series) (3 episodes)

Sunset (2012)
Night on the Sun (2010)

 2012Lauren (TV Series) (3 episodes)

The Suck (2012)
The Third Man (2012)
The Report (2012)

 2010-2012Pretty Little Liars (TV Series) (3 episodes)

unmAsked (2012)
Pilot (2010)
 2011Grace (TV Movie)

 2011The Playboy Club (TV Series) (1 episode)

 2011The Chicago Code (TV Series) (2 episodes)

The Gold Coin Kid (2011) … (as Leslie Linka Glatter)

 2009-2010Lie to Me (TV Series) (2 episodes)

Unchained (2009)

 2007-2010Mad Men (TV Series) (6 episodes)

The Benefactor (2008)
5G (2007)

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

Boom (2010)

 2007-2009House M.D. (TV Series) (3 episodes)

Wilson (2009)
The Greater Good (2009)
You Don’t Want to Know (2007) … (as Lesli Glatter)

 2009The Mentalist (TV Series) (3 episodes)

Red Scare (2009)
Crimson Casanova (2009)

 2009Weeds (TV Series) (1 episode)

Su-Su-Sucio (2009)

 2009The Unit (TV Series) (1 episode)

Endgame (2009)

 1995-2008ER (TV Series) (13 episodes)

The High Holiday (2008)
Out on a Limb (2006)
Fear (2004)
Get Carter (2004)
Flight of Fancy (2000)
The Domino Heart (2000)
Vanishing Act (1998)

 2008The Starter Wife (TV Series) (1 episode)

 2008Swingtown (TV Series) (1 episode)

Friends with Benefits (2008) … (as Lesli Glatter)

 2007Journeyman (TV Series) (1 episode)

 2007Heroes (TV Series) (1 episode)

Chapter Five ‘Fight or Flight’ (2007) … (as Lesli Glatter)

 2007Heartland (TV Series) (1 episode)

 2006Studio 60 on the Sunset Strip (TV Series) (1 episode)

 2006The Closer (TV Series) (1 episode)

The Other Woman (2006)

 2006The Evidence (TV Series) (1 episode)

Stringers (2006)

 2002-2006The West Wing (TV Series) (8 episodes)

Impact Winter (2004)
Full Disclosure (2004)
Abu el Banat (2003)
Disaster Relief (2003)
Election Night (2002)

 2005Grey’s Anatomy (TV Series) (1 episode)

Let It Be (2005)

 2005Revelations (TV Mini-Series) (2 episodes)

Hour Six (2005)
Hour Five (2005)

 2005Jonny Zero (TV Series) (1 episode)

 2005Numb3rs (TV Series) (1 episode)

Prime Suspect (2005)

 2005The O.C. (TV Series) (1 episode)

The Family Ties (2005) … (as Lesli Glatter)
 2003Newton (TV Movie)

 2002Presidio Med (TV Series) (1 episode)

Do No Harm (2002)

 2000-2002Gilmore Girls (TV Series) (5 episodes)

Rory’s Dance (2000)
Pilot (2000)
 2002In My Life (TV Movie)
 2001The Big House (TV Movie)

 1999-2001Law & Order: Special Victims Unit (TV Series) (2 episodes)

Sacrifice (2001)
A Single Life (1999)

 2001Citizen Baines (TV Series) (1 episode)

The Appraisal (2001)

 2001Third Watch (TV Series) (1 episode)

True Love (2001)

 2000Freaks and Geeks (TV Series) (2 episodes)

 1998Buddy Faro (TV Series) (1 episode)

Touched by an Amnesiac (1998) … (as Lesli Glatter)

 1998Brooklyn South (TV Series) (2 episodes)

Gay Avec (1998)

 1996Murder One (TV Series) (1 episode)

Chapter Eighteen (1996)

 1994NYPD Blue (TV Series) (2 episodes)

A Sudden Fish (1994)
 1994State of Emergency (TV Movie)
 1994Birdland (TV Series)
 1993Black Tie Affair (TV Series)

 1992On the Air (TV Series) (2 episodes)

Episode #1.5 (1992)
Episode #1.2 (1992)

 1990-1991Twin Peaks (TV Series) (4 episodes)

Episode #2.16 (1991)
Episode #2.6 (1990)
Episode #2.3 (1990)
Episode #1.6 (1990)

 1990Brewster Place (TV Series) (1 episode)

Gone Fishing (1990)

 1988Vietnam War Story (TV Series) (1 episode)

The Promise (1988)
 1987Into the Homeland (TV Movie)

 1986-1987Amazing Stories (TV Series) (3 episodes)

Without Diana (1987)

Bite-sized blog post: Barbara Hammer

Barbara Hammer

Born in Hollywood BARBARA HAMMER’s grandfather was a cook for D.W.Griffith and she went on to direct experimental films exploring gender roles.

She has directed over forty films and videos and is considered among the first to create lesbian themed work in the United States.

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Where to watch her films:

PURCHASE DVDs on her website

VIMEO

Read more about her:

IN PRINT

HAMMER!: Making Movies Out of Sex and Life by Barbara Hammer

ONLINE

Find her on Twitter
Her Website
Inside Out 2015 Women Directors: Meet Barbara Hammer – ‘Welcome to This House, a Film on Elizabeth Bishop’
Creative Capital
MoMA
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2015Welcome to this House (Documentary)
 2011Maya Deren’s Sink (Video documentary short)
 2010/IIGenerations (Documentary)
 2007Diving Women of Jeju-do (Video documentary short)
 2007Fucking Different New York (segment “Villa Serbolloni”)
 2003Resisting Paradise (Documentary)
 2000History Lessons (Documentary)
 1998The Female Closet (Documentary)
 1996Tender Fictions (Documentary)
 1995Out in South Africa (Documentary)
 1992Nitrate Kisses (Documentary)
 1991Vital Signs (Short)
 1990Sanctus (Short)
 1989Hot Flash
 1989Still Point (Short)
 1988Endangered (Short)
 1987Place Mattes (Short)
 1986Snow Job
 1985Optic Nerve (Short)
 1985Tourist (Short)
 1984Parisian Blinds (Short)
 1983Bent Time (Short)
 1982Pond and Waterfall (Short)
 1981Pools (Short)
 1979Dream Age
 1979Women I Love (Short)
 1978Double Strength (Documentary short)
 1978Sappho (Short)
 1976Multiple Orgasm (Short)
 1974Dyketactics (Short)
 1974Sisters! (Documentary short)
 1973A Gay Day (Short)

Bite-sized blog post: Debbie Allen

Debbie Allen

DEBBIE ALLEN, a well-known dancer and choreographer, began directing regularly for television when starring in the series Fame in the eighties.

She continues to direct for television and the stage.

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Where to watch her films:

AMAZON (DVDs/BluRays for PURCHASE)

HULU

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ONLINE

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Debbie Allen Dance Academy Website
Debbie Allen To Serve As Executive Producer/Director On ‘Grey’s Anatomy’
Variety
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2015Survivor’s Remorse (TV Series) (1 episode)

Guts (2015)

 2014-2015Jane the Virgin (TV Series) (2 episodes)

Chapter Twenty (2015)
Chapter Four (2014)

 2014-2015Scandal (TV Series) (3 episodes)

Flesh and Blood (2014)

 2015Empire (TV Series) (1 episode)

Who I Am (2015)

 2014How to Get Away with Murder (TV Series) (1 episode)

He Has a Wife (2014)

 2014Witches of East End (TV Series) (1 episode)

Boogie Knight (2014)

 2013Let’s Stay Together (TV Series) (3 episodes)

The Other Doctor (2013)

 2013Army Wives (TV Series) (1 episode)

 2013The Client List (TV Series) (1 episode)

 2010-2011Hellcats (TV Series) (2 episodes)

Pledging My Love (2010)

 2009-2010My Parents, My Sister & Me (TV Series) (3 episodes)

Starting Over (2009)

 2008The Game (TV Series) (1 episode)

Oh, What a Night (2008)

 2005-2008Girlfriends (TV Series) (9 episodes)

Adapt to Adopt (2008)
Baghdad, My Bad (2007)

 2003-2007All of Us (TV Series) (44 episodes)

 2006I Was a Network Star (TV Movie documentary)

 2004-2006That’s So Raven (TV Series) (5 episodes)

Be Prepared (2006)
The Four Aces (2006)
A Goat’s Tale (2004)

 2003The Parkers (TV Series) (1 episode)

 2003The Twilight Zone (TV Series) (1 episode)

 2002Cool Women (TV Series documentary) (1 episode)

 2001PBS Hollywood Presents (TV Series) (1 episode)

The Old Settler (2001)
 2001The Old Settler (TV Movie)
 1998Linc’s (TV Series)

 1997-1998The Jamie Foxx Show (TV Series) (2 episodes)

 1997Between Brothers (TV Series) (1 episode)

The Big Three-Oh (1997)

 1988-1993A Different World (TV Series) (83 episodes)

College Kid (1993)
 1993Sinbad: Afros and Bellbottoms (TV Special documentary)
 1992The Boys (TV Movie)
 1992Stompin’ at the Savoy (TV Movie)
 1990Polly: Comin’ Home! (TV Movie)

 1990The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air (TV Series) (2 episodes)

 1989Walt Disney’s Wonderful World of Color (TV Series) (1 episode)

Polly (1989)
 1989The Debbie Allen Special (TV Movie)

 1987-1988Family Ties (TV Series) (2 episodes)

Higher Love (1987)

 1984-1987Fame (TV Series) (11 episodes)

Stagefright (1986)
The Inheritance (1986)

 1987The Bronx Zoo (TV Series) (1 episode)

Lost and Found (1987)

Bite-sized blog post: Mary Lambert

Mary Lambert

MARY LAMBERT graduated from the prestigious Rhode Island School of Design before beginning her career as a director working on music videos for well-known artists at the height of the MTV craze.

She has gone on to direct numerous television movies and for many series and to specialize in the horror genre.

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Where to watch her films:

AMAZON (Streaming)

AMAZON (DVDs/BluRays for PURCHASE)

NETFLIX

VIMEO

YOUTUBE

Read more about her:

ONLINE

Her Website
Maui Film Festival Interview
Interview
Video Interview
NYU
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2016The Blacklist (TV Series) (1 episode)

 2014Presumed Dead in Paradise (TV Movie)
 2012/IIPearl (Short)
 2012VH1 Divas 2012 (TV Movie) (archive footage)
 2011Miss South Pacific: Beauty and the Sea (Documentary short)
 2011Mega Python vs. Gatoroid (TV Movie)

 2007-2010On the Road in America (TV Series) (2 episodes)

 2009Madonna: Celebration – The Video Collection (Video) (videos “Borderline”, “Like a Virgin”, “Material Girl”, “La Isla Bonita”, “Like a Prayer”)

 2008The Dark Path Chronicles (TV Series) (7 episodes)

Trapped (2008)
 2007The Attic (Video)
 200714 Women (Documentary)
 2006Best of Chris Isaak (Video) (music video “Dancin'”)
 2003The Lionel Richie Collection (Video documentary) (video “My Destiny”)

 2001Strange Frequency (TV Series) (2 episodes)

Disco Inferno (2001)
 2001Saturday Night Live Primetime Extra 2 (TV Short) (opening sequence)
 2001Strange Frequency (TV Movie)
 2000The Pretenders: Greatest Hits (Video documentary) (video “Sense of Purpose”)
 1999Clubland
 1997My Stepson, My Lover (TV Movie)
 1996Janet Jackson: Design of a Decade 1986/1996 (Video documentary) (videos “Nasty”, “Control”)
 1996Face of Evil (TV Movie)
 1995Geffen Vintage 80s Vol. 1 (Video) (music video “Lone Justice – Ways To Be Wicked”)
 1994The Best of Sting: Fields of Gold 1984-1994 (Video) (video “We’ll Be Together”)
 1994Dragstrip Girl (TV Movie)

 1994Rebel Highway (TV Series) (1 episode)

Dragstrip Girl (1994)
 1993Double Switch (Video Game)

 1992Red Shoe Diaries (TV Series) (1 episode)

Accidents Happen (1992) … (as Alan Smithee)
 1991Eurythmics: Greatest Hits (Video documentary) (video “Would I Lie to You?”)
 1990Madonna: The Immaculate Collection (Video) (videos “Borderline”, “Like a Virgin”, “Material Girl”, “La Isla Bonita”, “Like a Prayer”)
 1989Bobby Brown His Prerogative (Video documentary)

 1989Tales from the Crypt (TV Series) (1 episode)

 1989Madonna: Like a Prayer (Video short) (uncredited)
 1987Siesta
 1984Madonna (Video short) (videos “Borderline”, “Like a Virgin”)
 1984The Go-Go’s: Wild at the Greek (TV Special documentary) (co-director)
 1977Rapid Eye Movements (Short)

Bite-sized blog post: Anita W. Addison

Anita W. Addison

One of the first African American women to hold a senior producer position at a major television network ANITA W. ADDISON directed television for major television shows in the eighties and nineties.

Before taking on the network career she took film classes at NYU and attended UCLA at night in order to get her Masters – after she obtained a Masters in journalism from Columbia and analyzed data for Nielsen ratings for a small independent station. Her short film Savannah was nominated for an Academy Award in 1984.

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Where to watch her films:

NETFLIX

AMAZON (PRIME-STREAMING)

AMAZON (DVDs/BluRays for PURCHASE)

Read more about her:

PRINT
L.A. Rebellion: Creating a New Black Cinema by Allyson Field

Encyclopedia of Film and Television Directors by JerryRoberts

ONLINE

Variety
Encyclopedia.com
Los Angeles Times obituary
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2004Copshop (TV Movie) (segment “Blind Date”)
 2000Judging Amy (TV Series) (1 episode)
Zero to Sixty (2000) … (as Anita Addison)
 1999Deep in My Heart (TV Movie)
 1997EZ Streets (TV Series) (1 episode)
One Acquainted with the Night (1997)
 1995The Great Defender (TV Series) (1 episode)
Camille (1995)
 1995ER (TV Series) (1 episode)
 1993Sirens (TV Series)
 1991-1992Quantum Leap (TV Series) (2 episodes)
Ghost Ship – August 13, 1956 (1992) … (as Anita Addison)
Dreams – February 28, 1979 (1991) … (as Anita Addison)
 1992Homefront (TV Series) (1 episode)
That’s the Way the Cookie Crumbles (1992) … (as Anita Addison)
 1991Sisters (TV Series) (1 episode)
Some Tuesday in July (1991) … (as Anita Addison)
 1990-1991Knots Landing (TV Series) (2 episodes)
My Bullet (1990)
 1990Freddy’s Nightmares (TV Series) (1 episode)
Life Sentence (1990) … (as Anita Addison)

Bite-sized blog post: Nnegest Likké

Nnegest Likké

NNEGEST LIKKE grew up in Oakland California. Her first film Phat Girlz featured Mo’Nique and was a box-office success.

Her most recent feature Ben & Ara recently screened at the Nevada Women’s Film Festival.

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AMAZON (Streaming)

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ONLINE

Ben & Ara Website
Find her on Facebook
Find her on Twitter
NPR: ‘Phat Girlz’ Triggers Debate in Black Community
Nnegest Likke – “Phat Girlz” writer – hits it big!
Wikipedia

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Bite-sized blog post: Hilari Scarl

Hilari Scarl

With a background in theatre director HILARI SCARL took on the directorial challenges of the reality show On the Lot (2007), a show which pitted film directors against one another.

She segued her success from the reality show into directing her first feature, the documentary See What I’m Saying: The Deaf Entertainers Documentary (2009) which she successfully self-distributed.

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Where to watch her films:

AMAZON (Streaming)

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VIMEO

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ONLINE

Her Website
Find her on Facebook
Find her on Twitter
Find her on Linked-In
See What I’m Saying website
Alliance of Women Directors
Interview
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2007Snips & Snails (Short)
 2007Ditto (Short)
 2006Paving the Way (TV Short)
 2006Worldplay (Video documentary)

Bite-sized blog post: Tamara Jenkins

Tamara Jenkins

After working as a performance artist TAMARA JENKINS attended NYU for an MFA in filmmmaking.

The script for her first feature film Slums of Beverly Hills (1998) was developed as part of the Sundance Institute.

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Where to watch her films:

AMAZON (Streaming)

AMAZON (DVDs/BluRays for PURCHASE)

NETFLIX

Read more about her:

ONLINE

Find her on Facebook
Interview
The Moth
NPR
A.V. Club Interview
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 1998Slums of Beverly Hills
 1995Shooting Gallery (TV Series) (1 episode)
Killing & Death (1995)
 1993Family Remains (Short)
 1992Fugitive Love (Short)

Bite-sized blog post: Joyce Wu

Joyce Wu

JOYCE WU grew up in Detroit and directed theatre before heading to NYU for her MFA in film.

Her recent feature film She Lights Up Well (2014) reveals autobiographical elements focusing on an Asian American filmmaker who hails from Detroit. It is distributed via iTunes and Verizon on demand.

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Where to watch her films:

iTUNES

VIMEO

MR. RIGHT THE WEBSERIES

Read more about her:

ONLINE
Find  her on Facebook
Find her on Twitter
Joyce Wu’s Website
Interview
Head First Into the Deep End: An Interview with Joyce Wu
She Lights Up Well on Facebook

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

2014-2015Mr. Right (TV Series) (6 episodes)

Episode #1.6 (2015)
Episode #1.5 (2014)
Episode #1.4 (2014)
Episode #1.3 (2014)
Episode #1.2 (2014)
 2013Screaming in Asian (Short)
 2011The Man Downstairs (Short)
 2011Withholding (Short)
 2010Havdalah (Documentary short)

Bite-sized blog post: Kathleen Collins

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KATHLEEN COLLINS has been recognized as the first African American woman to write and direct a feature length film.

 Losing Ground (1982) was Collins’ second film and first feature (The Cruz Brothers and Miss Malloy was less than an hour so not quite a feature). Unfortunately, it was also her last. She died of cancer at 46.

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Where to watch her films:

AMAZON (DVDs/BluRays for PURCHASE)

PURCHASE FROM MILESTONE FILMS

Read more about her:

ONLINE
Find Losing Ground on Facebook
New York Times Obituary
Release of Newly-Restored “Lost” Kathleen Collins 1982 Classic, ‘Losing Ground,’ Starting in February
NPR
The New Yorker
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):