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JÖRG BUNDSCHUH
(Eileen Gray: Designer & Architect, 52 minutes, English, 2007)
Director Jörg Bundschuh was born in 1953. He studied philosophy, literature and economics in Heidelberg, Munich and New York. He wrote reviews for the Süddeutschen Zeitung culture section as well as culture features for the ARD broadcasting network. Bundschuh has been working as an author and director in theatrical and TV films since 1980, and has been producer on more than 100 films. |
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Chiara Clemente
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CHIARA CLEMENTE
(Our City Dreams, 90 minutes, English, 2008)
Chiara Clemente directed her first art documentary for the RaiSat Art channel in Italy in 2000. Based on the success of that film, she was invited to direct 12 more. Commissions have included documentaries on artists and architects such as Jim Dine, Frank Gehry and Brice Marden. Clemente also began collaborating with artists on short films, such as These Imaginary Boys and Know Yourself with Adrian Tranquilli. In 2002, she directed and photographed Three Worlds: A Portrait of Francesco Clemente. She is currently working on another collaboration with Adrian Tranquilli. |
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JULIEN DEVAUX
(Wide Details: On the Traces of Francis Alÿs, 56 minutes, Spanish, English and French with English subtitles, 2006)
Born in Belgium, Julien Devaux moved to Paris after studying fine arts and art history to work as
a chief film editor. He has since directed and edited several projects and has frequently collaborated with artist Francis Alÿs. Wide Details is his first feature documentary. |
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BEEBAN KIDRON
(Antony Gormley: Making Space, 48 minutes, English, 2007)
Beeban Kidron is an acclaimed filmmaker and director of drama and documentaries. Her television work includes the BAFTA-award-winning Oranges Are Not the Only Fruit and the documentaries Carry Greenham Home and Hookers, Hustlers, Pimps and their Johns. Feature films include To Wong Foo, Swept Away and Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason. |
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FRANÇOIS LÉVY-KUENTZ
(Yves Klein: The Blue Revolution, 52 minutes, English and French with English subtitles, 2006)
Born in Paris in 1960, author-director François Lévy-Kuentz received a degree in cinema from the Université de la Sorbonne Nouvelle. His interest in painting inspired him to make his first film, Man Ray, 2 bis rue Férou, in 1989. He has also directed numerous films on art : L’atelier de Robert Combas, Matta, Les concessions de Boltanski, Le regard rapproché, Georges de la Tour, Arroyo-Cadaquès, Le voyage de Delacroix, Les copistes du Louvre, Pascin, l’impudique, Chagall, à la Russie aux ânes et aux autres and Jean Painlevé, fantaisie pour biologie marine. |
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Andrew Neel
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ANDREW NEEL
(Alice Neel, 82 minutes, English, 2007)
Andrew Neel
was born in Vermont and graduated from Columbia in 2001 with a BA
in film studies. He founded SeeThink Productions in 2002 for the making
of his first 35mm short film, billy 528, which won Best Experimental Drama
at the New York Film and Video Festival in 2002 before airing on Showtime
in 2003. His first feature-length film, Darkon, won the Audience Award at
the 2006 SXSW Film Festival and was subsequently acquired by IFCtv. His third feature-length film, The Feature, recently premiered at the Berlin Film Festival. |
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Megumi Sasaki © Arthouse films
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MEGUMI SASAKI
(Herb and Dorothy, 91 minutes, English, 2008)
Born in Japan, Megumi Sasaki has lived in New York since 1988. As a freelance journalist, her coverage of the Berlin Wall’s fall garnered her great success in Japan. She then worked as a freelance television news director and field producer, developing programs for Japan’s documentary series NHK Special. In 2002 Megumi founded production company Fine Line Media. Herb and Dorothy is the first feature documentary project of the company. |
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