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Nanette Burstein

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Nanette Burstein
Born(1970-05-23)May 23, 1970(age 54)
Buffalo, New York,U.S.
Alma materTisch School of the Arts
Occupation(s)Director, producer, screenwriter
Years active1997–present
SpouseScott Anderson (?-present)
Children1

Nanette Burstein(born May 23, 1970) is an Americanfilmandtelevision director.Burstein hasproduced,directed,and co-directed severaldocumentariesincluding theAcademy Awardnominated and Sundance Special Jury Prize winning filmOn the Ropes.[1]

Life and career

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Burstein studied film at NYU'sTisch School of the Arts.[citation needed]

In 1997 she collaborated on her first film withBrett Morgen,producing and directingOn the Ropes,a low-budget documentary that follows the fates of three young boxers and their trainer. The film, shot mainly on BetaSP,[2]was nominated for an Oscar for Best Documentary (feature length), won Special Jury Prize for Documentary at Sundance, won the Directors Guild of America's award for Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary. The film also won the International Documentary Association's Feature Documentary award, a Silver Spire at the San Francisco International Film Festival, the Urbanworld Film Festival Best Documentary, and the Land Grant Award at the Taos Talking Picture Festival. The film was also nominated for an Independent Spirit Award ( “Truer than Fiction” award).

In 1998 with Nancy Tong she co-wrote the script for Tong's matter-of-fact documentaryIn the Name of the Emperorof the massacre of over 300,000 Chinese civilians by the Japanese in theRape of Nanjingin 1937.

In 2002 she and Morgen teamed up again for theRobert EvansbiographyThe Kid Stays in the Picture.The film was very positively reviewed[3]and won the International Press Academy and Boston Society of Film Critics award for Best Documentary.[citation needed]It was also nominated for Best Documentary by the Chicago, Online, Phoenix and Broadcast Film Critics.[citation needed]

In 2004, she produced a documentary television showFilm Schoolfor IFC with Jordan Roberts, following four film students at their alma mater, Tisch. In 2007 Burstein was executive producer and writer on the VH1 Rock DocNY77: The Coolest Year In Hellwhich showcases the rise of hip hop, punk, disco, and graffiti in New York City in 1977. She also executive produced the docAmerican Shopper.

Her documentaryAmerican Teenwas nominated for the Grand Jury Prize for Documentary at the2008 Sundance Film Festival.For the project, she lived in the small town of Warsaw, Indiana for 10 months, filming daily. She ended up with 1000 hours of footage, which took a year to edit.[4]

Nanette is the mother of one daughter. She lives in New York and co-owned a Manhattan bar, The Half-King, withScott Anderson,andSebastian Junger.[5]

Filmography

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References

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  1. ^"1999 Sundance Film Festival".Sundance.RetrievedMarch 31,2020.
  2. ^"IndieWire Interview August, 1999".
  3. ^"The Kid Stays in the Picture (2002)".26 July 2002 – via rottentomatoes.
  4. ^"Reeler Interview, January 2008".
  5. ^"The Half King Info Page".thehalfking.
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