Anna Kerrigan

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Anna Kerrigan is an American film director , screenwriter, and film producer .

Life

Anna Kerrigan moved to Montana with her family when she was 15. As a 16-year-old she worked as a production coordinator for the graduation film of a USC film student. She later studied theater at Stanford and began working as a playwright at the New York Theater. However, since she always wanted to make film, she made short films and web series using the DIY method.

In 2017 she presented her short film Hot Seat , which she directed and wrote the script, at the Sundance Film Festival . In the coming-of-age film, which is based on a true story, a teenager hires a stripper to gain the respect and admiration of a girl.

Her second feature film Cowboys was due to celebrate its world premiere in mid-April 2020 as part of the Tribeca Film Festival . One month before the start of the festival, it was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic and postponed to a previously unknown date. Nevertheless, the film was made available online from April 15-26, 2020, the festival's original time slot. In Cowboys she tells the story of a 10-year-old girl who feels like a boy, escapes into the wild with her father and experiences a great adventure like a cowboy.

Kerrigan called Toni Erdmann from Maren Ade her favorite film for women because she loves the characters at the heart of honest comedy.

Filmography

  • 2010: Five Days Gone
  • 2014: The Rub (short film)
  • 2015: The Impossibilities (TV series, 8 episodes)
  • 2017: Hot Seat (short film)
  • 2020: cowboys

Awards

Tribeca Film Festival

  • 2020: Award for Best Screenplay ( Cowboys )

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Rebecca Martin: Filmmaker Anna Kerrigan takes us on the heartfelt journey of a father and his trans son in "Cowboys". In: cinemafemme.com, May 6, 2020.
  2. ↑ a b Cody Corrall: Tribeca 2020 Women Directors: Meet Anna Kerrigan - “Cowboys”. In: womenandhollywood.com, May 4, 2029.
  3. ↑ https://womeninfilm.org/films-by-women-at-sundance-17/
  4. ^ Rebecca Rubin: Hugh Jackman, Pete Davidson Movies to Screen at Tribeca Film Festival. In: Variety, March 3, 2020.
  5. ↑ Marc Malkin: Tribeca Film Festival Postponed Due to Coronavirus. In: Variety, March 12, 2020.
  6. ^ Hilary Lewis and Trilby Beresford: Tribeca Film Festival to Debut Online Programming as Films Are Judged Remotely. In: The Hollywood Reporter, April 3, 2020.
  7. ^ Vassilis Economou: The 19th Tribeca Film Festival is postponed. In: cineuropa.org, April 14, 2020.
  8. ↑ Amanda N'Duka: Tribeca Film Festival: Netflix's 'The Half of It', 'The Hater', 'Socks On Fire' Among Award Winners For Postponed 2020 Edition. In: deadline.com, April 29, 2020.
personal data
SURNAME Kerrigan, Anna
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American film director, screenwriter, and film producer
DATE OF BIRTH 20th century