Meet the 2013 Sundance Filmmakers
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Meet the 2013 Sundance Filmmakers #21: David Lowery Tells An Outlaw Love Story in 'Ain't Them Bodies Saints,' Starring Rooney Mara
Filmmaker David Lowery decided he wanted to make movies shortly after turning 8-years-old, which coincidentally was the same year he moved from Wisconsin to Texas. He's been doing that pretty much ever since. Known best as an editor (he cut last year's festival hit "Sun Don't Shine" and Shane Carrut...
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Meet the 2013 Sundance Filmmakers #20: Lynn Shelton On Getting All 'Touchy Feely' With Rosemarie DeWitt and Ellen Page
Following last year's Park City hit "Your Sister's Sister," starring Rosemarie DeWitt, Emily Blunt, and Mark Duplass, Lynn Shelton is back this year with the U.S. Dramatic contender "Touchy Feely." Shelton’s hit film "Humpday" won a Special Jury Prize at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival and the John ...
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Meet the 2013 Sundance Filmmakers #19: Stacie Passon Tracks the Double Life of a Lesbian Housewife in 'Concussion'
he U.S. Dramatic contender "Concussion" marks Stacie Passon’s first feature film as writer/director. In 2012, the project was chosen for the Independent Feature Project’s narrative lab. Also in 2012, Passon received the Adrienne Shelly Director’s Grant and the Calvin Klein Spotlight on Women Filmmak...
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Meet the Sundance Filmmakers #18: 'Napoleon Dynamite' Co-writer Jerusha Hess Makes Her Directorial Debut With 'Austenland'
Jerusha Hess first made her mark at Sundance with "Napoleon Dynamite," which she co-wrote. She was also the film's costume designer. Since then, the Salt Lake City resident has co-written the screenplays for "Nacho Libre" and "Gentlemen Broncos" with her husband, Jared Hess. "Austenland" marks her d...
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Meet the 2013 Sundance Filmmakers #17: Ben Lewis Exposes What's Wrong With the Internet in 'Google and the World Brain'
London-based documentarian Ben Lewis is heading to the Sundance Film Festival for the first time with his film "Google and the World Brain," after making films about poverty, Nicolae Ceausescu, and Baader-Meinhof.
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Meet the 2013 Sundance Filmmakers #16: Korean Director O Muel Discusses His Black-and-White Dramatic Contender 'Jiseul'
The black-and-white fourth film from Korean director O Muel will make its debut in the World Dramatic Competition.
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Meet the 2013 Sundance Filmmakers #15: Andy Heathcote and Heike Bachelier Spend a Year in the Life of a Dairy Farmer in 'The Moo Man'
"The Moo Man" directors Andy Heathcote and Heike Bachelier hail from England and Germany, and have backgrounds in photography and philosophy, respectively. Their first documentary, "The Lost World of Mr. Hardy," played in UK cinemas, and Bachelier's "Feindberührung" for German TV networks ZDF won th...
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Meet the 2013 Sundance Filmmakers #14: Francesca Gregorini On The Hopeful Message Of 'Emanuel and The Truth About Fishes,' Starring Jessica Biel
Unknown ObjectItalian born Francesca Gregorini, director of "Emanuel and The Truth About Fishes," developed her love for filmmaking while studying Theater and Semiotics at Brown. After selling pilots to HBO and Paramount she co-wrote and co-directed Toronto 2009 entry "Tanner Hall," starring a then ...
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Meet the 2013 Sundance Filmmakers #13: Matt Porterfield Tells "An Honest Story About Divorce" In 'I Used To Be Darker'
Premiering in the NEXT section at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival, "I Used to Be Darker" marks Matt Porterfield's anticipated follow-up to his beguiling amalgamation of documentary and fictional narratives "Putty Hill." The film, which takes its title from a lyric in a Bill Callahan song, centers on...
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Meet the 2013 Sundance Filmmakers #12: 'Pink Saris' Filmmaker Kim Longinotto Profiles the Most Famous Tamil Poet in 'Salma'
Master documentarian Kim Longinotto has for over two decades made films that explore issues relevant to women in such diverse places as Japan, Iran, Africa and India. Following her most recent work, the HBO doc "Pink Saris," Longinotto is back with "Salma," a bracing film about how a Muslim woman ag...
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