September 30, 2016 by JENDEAN

Bite-sized blog post: Olivia Mori

OLIVIA MORI is an accomplished costume designer who studied film at the Rhode Island School of Design before directing her first documentary feature Big Star: Nothing Can Hurt Me (2012).

They crowdfunded the production (which required licensing much music) through Kickstarter.

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Bite-sized blog post: Julia Halperin

JULIA HALPERIN is a member of the Austin chapter of Film Fatales. She received her Bachelor’s from Hunter College in New York and her MFA from the University of Texas.

Halperin was nominated along with her collaborator Jason Cortlund for the “Breakthrough Directors” category at the Gotham Awards for their feature film debut Now, Forager (2012).

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Bite-sized blog post: Ivy Meeropol

IVY MEEROPOL directed The Hill, a six part documentary series for the Sundance Channel about staffers in Congressman Wexler’s office.

Meeropol’s HBO documentary Heir to an Execution is about her search for the story of her grandparents Julius and Ethel Rosenberg.

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Bite-sized blog post: Lisa Addario

LISA ADDARIO’s feature film Amateur Night (2016) was written with her husband Joe Syracuse based on his experiences driving around sex workers. They also co-wrote her directorial debut Lover Girl (1997)

Lover Girl premiered at the Toronto International Film Festival.

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Bite-sized blog post: Karen Bernstein

KAREN BERNSTEIN has produced numerous documentaries including through the PBS program American Masters.

Her directing credits include a documentary about fimmaker Richard Linklater: Dream is Destiny. The film screened at Sundance and SXSW and is distributed by IFC Films and Hulu.

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Bite-sized blog post: Molly Bernstein

MOLLY BERNSTEIN’s directorial debut Deceptive Practice: The Mysteries and Mentors of Ricky Jay is distributed by Kino Lorber and tells the story of the famous magician Ricky Jay. Before directing she had edited numerous feature and television documentaries.

Bernstein received her MFA from Columbia and formed her company Particle Productions to create “Museum Quality Films” from start to finish.

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Bite-sized blog post: Rebecca Richman Cohen

REBECCA RICHMAN COHEN studied law at Harvard and has directed documentaries on the subject. She founded her company Racing Horse Productions to tell stories about social justice.

Her film War Don Don (2010) was nominated for an Academy Award.

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Bite-sized blog post: Ally Walker

ALLY WALKER received her degree in biochemsitry from UC Santa Cruz and was preparing for medical school (similar to Dorothy Arzner) before moving into film and television. Most of her career has been dedicated to work in front of the camera as an actor but in 2005 she released her directorial debut, the documentary For Norman Wherever You Are inspired by her experience trying to navigate the social care system in Los Angeles in order to help a baby and his mother.

Her narrative feature film Sex, Death and Bowling (2015) premiered at the San Diego Film Festival and is distributed in the US by Monterey Media.

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Bite-sized blog post: Sophie Fiennes

SOPHIE FIENNES worked with director Peter Greenaway and ran a dance company before directing her own films.

Her documentary The Pervert’s Guide to Cinema (2012) premiered at DOC: NYC.

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Bite-sized blog post: Deborah Riley Draper

DEBORAH RILEY DRAPER has a background in advertising and directed her first feature documentary Versailles ’73:American Runway Revolution tackled the subject of French vs American designers.

Her most recent endeavor, Olympic Pride, American Prejudice, delves into the story of African American athletes who “who defied Jim Crow and Adolf Hitler to win hearts and medals at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin.” The film premiered at the Los Angeles Film Festival.

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Female filmmakers: Investigating their works, history and advocacy in the U.S. from 1896-present.

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