Ellen Spiro
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Ellen Spiro | |
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Born | New Brunswick, New Jersey, US |
Parent(s) | Jack and Marilyn Spiro of New Orleans, Louisiana. |
Ellen Spiro is an American documentary filmmaker. She is a producer and director of the television documentary
Spiro is a
Career
Spiro's work grew out of the AIDS activist movement and tradition of grassroots video activism. Her early work was shot on a compact Sony palmcorder and highlighted gay and lesbian stories.[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 the Museum of Modern Art.
She created the 10 Under 10 Film Festival in Austin, TX.[4]
In 2006, she was awarded an artist's residency at the Bellagio Center, sponsored by the Rockefeller Foundation, in
She was recognized by students as one of the top 10 professors at the
Films
- 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
- ^ "2005 Lone Star EMMY Awardees | National Academy of Television Arts and Sciences – Lone Star". Retrieved 2021-02-21.
- ^ a b "Visting Professor – Ellen Rae Spiro from the Dept of Radio-TV-Film at Univ Texas - Department of Film & Media UC Berkeley". filmmedia.berkeley.edu. Retrieved 2023-07-16.
- ^ JSTOR 23804414.
- ^ 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. Retrieved 2021-02-23.
- ^ 2007 Hamptons International Film Festival Awards Archived 2007-10-29 at the Wayback Machine Hamptons International Film Festival official website. Retrieved on 10/29/07.
- ^ Melidonian, Teni. 15 Docs Move Ahead in 2007 Oscar Race Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences official website. 2007-11-19. Retrieved on 2007-12-3.
- ^ National Board of Review of Motion Pictures :: Awards Archived 2007-12-11 at the Wayback Machine National Board of Review official website. Retrieved on 01/02/08.
- ^ "Top 10 Professors at the UT Austin - OneClass Blog". OneClass. Retrieved 2021-02-23.
10. "Author: Ellen Spiro." The Scholar & Feminist Online. Retrieved 6 Mar. 2024.
External links
- Ellen Spiro at IMDb
- Ellen Spiro in the Video Data Bank
- Ellen Spiro at Women Make Movies