User:Lou Sander/Gwendolyn Oxenham

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Gwendolyn Oxenham, also known as Gwen Oxenham, is an American writer, filmmaker, and retired

player. She studied English and documentary filmmaking at Duke University, where as a soccer player she was the youngest NCAA Division 1 athlete in history. She later studied creative writing at the University of Notre Dame, where she was awarded a prestigious postgraduate writing grant. During a summer break there, she played professionally for the Brazilian soccer club Santos.

Oxenham has written, directed, and performed in a number of soccer-oriented documentaries, most notably the 2010 film Pelada. She has written two books and contributed many articles to prominent U.S. periodicals.

Early life and education

Gwendolyn Oxenham graduated after her junior year at

Graduating four years later with a BA in English and a certificate from Duke's Center for Documentary Studies, she enrolled in the MFA in Creative Writing program at the University of Notre Dame. During the break after her first year there, she played professionally for the women's team of Santos, the premier Brazilian soccer club. Back at Notre Dame she received the Nicholas Sparks Prize, a year-long postgraduate writing grant.^[3][4]

Filmmaking

Upon finishing her grant year, Oxenham and three friends decided to make a documentary film about pickup soccer games around the world. The crew took three trips, encompassing 25 countries, to shoot the film. One trip, in 2007, was to South America; another, in 2008, was to Europe and Africa; the third, in 2009, was to Asia and the Middle East.^[3][5][6]

The resulting film, Pelada, premiered in 2010 at

Oxenham wrote and directed, with Erit Yellen and Rebekah Fergusson, the 2015 sports documentary

Writing

Gwendolyn Oxenham is the author of two books and numerous articles and essays.

• Finding the Game: Three Years, Twenty-five Countries and the Search for Pickup Soccer follows and expands upon the adventures chronicled in Pelada. It includes many details and stories that could not be fit into the 90-minute film.[11]^[12]
• Under the Lights and in the Dark: Untold Stories of Women's Soccer, tells twelve stories about female soccer players around the world, including U.S. professional star Allie Long, who trains in an underground men's league in New York City, and Danish international star Nadia Nadim, who honed her skills after her family fled from the Taliban.^[13]

She has contributed articles to many publications, including The Atlantic, Sports Illustrated, and The New York Times.^[14]

Personal life

Oxenham lives in Southern California, where she teaches English and screenwriting at Orange Coast College and Laguna College of Art and Design.^[4][12][15]

References

1. ISSN 0163-4070
   . Retrieved 2018-08-25.
2. ^ Hardesty, Greg (2007-08-24). "Ready to have a ball". The Orange County Register. Retrieved 2018-08-26.
3. ^ ^{a b} "Fields of Dreams". Duke Magazine. 2009-01-31. Retrieved 2018-08-26.
4. ^ ^{a b} "Gwendolyn Oxenham". LCAD Website. Laguna College of Art + Design. Retrieved 2018-08-26.
5. ^ ^{a b} Clarey, Christopher (2010-04-19). "Joining the Global Game Wherever It's Played". New York Times. Retrieved 2018-08-25.
6. ^ Shawn, Francis (2010-09-17). "Q&A: Luke Boughen and Gwendolyn Oxenham". MLS Soccer Website. Retrieved 2018-08-25.
7. ^ "pelada". Pelada Website. 2010. Retrieved 2018-09-18.
8. ISSN 0028-792X
   . Retrieved 2018-08-25.
9. ^ "An Equal Playing Field / Take Part". YouTube. Retrieved 2018-08-27. Credits at 6:56
10. ^ "New YouTube Original Series 'Finding Football'". Soccer Republic. Retrieved 2018-08-26. Consulting Producer credit at 25:27
11. ISBN 978-1250002044
    . Retrieved 2018-09-18.
12. ^ ^{a b} Beerseed, Danny. "Six-Pack Interview with "Chasing the Game" Author and "Pelada" star Gwendolyn Oxenham". Free Beer Movement Website. Retrieved 2018-08-25.
13. ISBN 978-1785781537
    .
14. ^ "Articles and essays". Gwendolyn Oxenham website. Retrieved 2018-08-26.
15. ^ "Gwendolyn Oxenham, Professor in the English Department". Retrieved 2018-08-26.

External links

• Gwendolyn Oxenham website
• Pelada website
• Video of Oxenham talking about playing for Santos and writing Under the Lights (2:34)