Ellen Spiro
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Ellen Spiro | |
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| Parent(s) | Jack and Marilyn Spiro ofNew Orleans,Louisiana. |
Ellen Spirois an American documentary filmmaker. She is a producer and director of the television documentaryAre the Kids Alright?,which won anEmmy Awardin 2005.[1]
Spiro is aprofessorat theUniversity of Texasat Austin, where she has taught graduate and undergraduate courses in documentary, experimental film, and music film production in the Department of Radio-TV-Film.[2]She is a visiting professor at theUniversity of CaliforniaatBerkeley.[2]
Career
[edit]Spiro's work grew out of theAIDS activistmovement and tradition ofgrassrootsvideo activism. Her early work was shot on a compact Sony palmcorder and highlightedgayandlesbianstories.[3]One of her earliest award-winning works,Diana's Hair Ego,was the first small format video to be broadcast on national television.[3]Her work was presented twice in theMuseum of Modern Art.
She created the10 Under 10 Film Festivalin Austin, TX.[4]
In 2006, she was awarded an artist's residency at the Bellagio Center, sponsored by the Rockefeller Foundation, inBellagio,Italy.[5]She worked withPhil DonahueonBody of War,a film aboutparalyzedIraq WarveteranTomas Young,which premiered at theToronto International Film Festivaland won a 'People's Choice Award' and the 'Audience Award for Best Documentary' at theHamptons International Film Festival.[6]It was shortlisted for nomination for anAcademy Awardin 2007.[7]In December, Body of War was named Best Documentary of 2007 by theNational Board of Review.[8]
She was recognized by students as one of the top 10 professors at theUniversity of Texasin 2018.[9]
Films
[edit]- Fixing the Future(2010–2012)
- Body of War(2007)
- Troop 1500(2005)
- Are the Kids Alright?(2003)
- Atomic Ed and the Black Hole(2002)
- Roam Sweet Home(1996)
- Greetings From Out Here(1993)
- Diana's Hair Ego(1991)
- Women on the Line: The Effect of Deindustrialization on Women in Buffalo(1988)
References
[edit]- ^"2005 Lone Star EMMY Awardees | National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences – Lone Star".Retrieved2021-02-21.
- ^ab"Visting Professor – Ellen Rae Spiro from the Dept of Radio-TV-Film at Univ Texas - Department of Film & Media UC Berkeley".filmmedia.berkeley.edu.Retrieved2023-07-16.
- ^abLebow, Alisa (1993)."Lesbians Make Movies".Cinéaste.20(2): 18–23.ISSN0009-7004.JSTOR23804414.
- ^Lewis, Anne S.Spiro's Experiment: The Austin Film Society Documentary Tour: 10 Under 10 and Its First Five Years.The Austin Chronicle. 2007-5-4.
- ^"The Bellagio Center Residency Program".The Rockefeller Foundation.Retrieved2021-02-23.
- ^2007 Hamptons International Film Festival AwardsArchived2007-10-29 at theWayback MachineHamptons International Film Festival official website. Retrieved on 10/29/07.
- ^Melidonian, Teni.15 Docs Move Ahead in 2007 Oscar RaceAcademy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences official website. 2007-11-19. Retrieved on 2007-12-3.
- ^National Board of Review of Motion Pictures:: AwardsArchived2007-12-11 at theWayback MachineNational Board of Review official website. Retrieved on 01/02/08.
- ^"Top 10 Professors at the UT Austin - OneClass Blog".OneClass.Retrieved2021-02-23.
10."Author: Ellen Spiro."The Scholar & Feminist Online. Retrieved 6 Mar. 2024.
External links
[edit]| International | |
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- American documentary film producers
- American documentary film directors
- American cinematographers
- American women cinematographers
- University of Texas at Austin faculty
- University at Buffalo alumni
- 1968 births
- Living people
- Hampshire College faculty
- Film festival founders
- Artists from New Brunswick, New Jersey
- National Endowment for the Arts Fellows
- Rockefeller Fellows
- Film directors from New Jersey
- American women documentary filmmakers
- Members of ACT UP