July 26, 2016July 26, 2016 by JENDEAN

Bite-sized blog post: Ondi Timoner

ONDI TIMONER studied Theater at Yale University and has gone on to direct numerous documentaries.

She distributes those documentaries through traditional channels but has also been at the forefront of utilizing the internet and new platforms of distribution through A Total Disruption, advocating new ways of telling stories.

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Bite-sized blog post: Deena Adar

DEENA ADAR met the partner of her company Quiet Duke Productions Kai Collins while studying with the comedy group The Groundlings.

They recently produced Thirtyish (2013), a tv pilot together which Adar directed.

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Bite-sized blog post: Susanne Bier

SUSANNE BIER is a Danish director nonetheless she has made her mark in the United States, winning the Academy Award for Best Foreign Film in 2011 for her film In a Better World (2010) – the year after Bigelow won the Oscar for Hurt Locker (2009).

In June of this year it was announced that Bier was on the shortlist to potentially direct the next Bond film.

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Bite-sized blog post: Jennifer Lee

JENNIFER LEE is one of the directors of Frozen (2013) which was one of only two films in 2013 in the top 100 box office films directed by a woman and garnered her the Oscar for Best Animated Feature.

She wrote the screenplay adaptation for A Wrinkle in Time (2017) for Disney which will be directed by Ava Duvernay.

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Bite-sized blog post: Uta Briesewitz

UTA BRIESEWITZ originally hails from Germany but has been working as a director and cinematographer in Hollywood since the 1990s.

She has received numerous awards as a cinematographer and has used those skills to direct visually compelling television including for the Netflix series Jessica Jones.

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Bite-sized blog post: Meryl Goldsmith

MERYL GOLDSMITH directed The Syndrome (2014), an investigative documentary about the use of shaken baby syndrome in child abuse cases.

Goldsmith studied Film as an undergraduate at the University of Michigan.

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Bite-sized blog post: Alana Cash

ALANA CASH has directed documentaries about women and science which have been successfully distributed in academic circles, including the feature Marie Curie: The Woman Behind the Mind (2002).

Her narrative fiction film Tom’s Wife (2004) is based on a novel she wrote of the same name.

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Bite-sized blog post: Jennifer Yuh

JENNIFER YUH is a director and storyboard artist. She was nominated for an Academy Award for Kung Fu Panda 2 (2011).

Since the success of Kung Fu Panda (2 and 3) Yuh has been slated to direct her first live-action film The Darkest Minds.

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Bite-sized blog post: Lorene Scafaria

Before directing for film LORENE SCAFARIA wrote and produced a play at the Producer’s Club in NYC (a small dingy theatre that is the home to many Off-Off-Off Broadway productions).

She went on to write for film and television and has directed for the hit comedy series New Girl. Her latest film directorial endeavor, The Meddler (2015) stars Susan Sarandon.

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Bite-sized blog post: Ivana Massetti

IVANA MASSETTI originally hails from Italy and since moving to the US has continued to pursue her love for film and social justice issues with One Day in America, a transmedia project “about Justice and the controversial issues that divide this country.”

She has been an active advocate for more women’s directorial voices with her website and movement Women Occupy Hollywood – inspired by the Occupy movement in response to the financial crisis.

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