Rania AttiehandDaniel Garciaare a filmmaking duo.
Early life
editAttieh was born inTripoli, Lebanonwhere her first feature,Ok, Enough, Goodbyeis set. Garcia was born inSouth Texas.The two met in Texas at a drawing class and later moved to New York together where Attieh attended theCity College of New Yorkand Garcia studied at NYU.[1]
Film career
editTheir filmH.was made as part of the Venice Biennale College- Cinema Program.[2]From the writing to the premiere of the film took approximately six months.[3]The film premiered at the71st Venice International Film Festivaland went on to play at the2015 Sundance Film Festivaland 2015Berlinale.The film won the duo anIndependent Spirit Awardfor “Directors to watch” in 2015 and again got another Spirit nomination in 2016 for Robin Bartlet as “Best supporting actor”.
In 2019 the duo co directedInitials S.G.about an aging ArgentinianSerge Gainsbourgimpersonator. The film premiered at the 2019Tribeca Film Festivalwhere Attieh was awarded the Nora Ephron Award honoring excellence in storytelling by a female writer or director.[4]
They have directed 3 episodes for CW “Two Sentence Horror Stories”. Season 1 episode “Hide” 2019 & season 2 episodes “Fix “and “El Muerto” 2020 for which they got nominated forImagen FoundationAward for “Best TV Directors” in 2021.
Recently, they have directed episode 105 “El Espejo” and 106 “Hunch Fo llub Seeth” of “The Resort”for Peacock.
They areGuggenheimFellows in film[5][6]andUnited States Artists (USA)Rockefeller[7]grant recipients.
Filmography
edit- Ok, Enough, Goodbye(2010)
- Recommended by Enrique(2014)
- H.(2014)
- Initials S.G.(2019)
References
edit- ^Macaulay, Scott (20 July 2011)."Rania Attieh & Daniel Garcia".Retrieved28 December2015.
- ^Logan, Elizabeth (29 January 2015)."Meet the 2015 Sundance Filmmakers #59: Daniel Garcia and Rania Attieh Put A Modern, Almost Bizarre, Twist on an Old Tale In 'H.'".Retrieved28 December2015.
- ^Banasky, Carmiel."Because That's All We Know The communal aesthetic of Rania Attieh and Daniel Garcia".
- ^Lewis, Hilary (2 May 2019)."Tribeca: 'Burning Cane,' 'Scheme Birds' Among Awards Winners".The Hollywood Reporter.Retrieved22 October2019.
- ^"Rania Attieh".John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation.Retrieved2023-02-26.
- ^"Daniel Garcia".John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation.Retrieved2023-02-26.
- ^"United States Artists » Rania Attieh and Daniel Garcia".Retrieved2023-02-26.