Bridget Savage Cole

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Bridget Savage Cole (* in the 20th century in Massachusetts , before Bridget Palardy ) is an American film director and screenwriter .

Life

Originally from a town near Gloucester , Massachusetts , Bridget Savage Cole moved to Bar Harbor, Maine a year out of college and graduated from Wesleyan University . Early in her career, she made videos for Nylon Magazine.

She made her feature film debut with Blow the Man Down , which she directed and wrote the screenplay with Danielle Krudy . The two women met when Savage Cole was working as a camerawoman for a music video and Krudy as her camera assistant. They were also attending Wesleyan University at the same time, but were in different grades. Their joint debut film premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in April 2019 , where it was shown in the US Narrative Competition. Blow the Man Down has been compared to films by the Coen brothers , especially Fargo , and tells a woman-centered story. Savage Cole was also honored for Best Screenplay at the Tribeca Film Festival together with Krudy.

Filmography (selection)

  • 2012: Window Dressing (TV series, 2 episodes)
  • 2015: The Queue (TV series, 3 episodes)
  • 2019: Blow the Man Down

Awards

Tribeca Film Festival

  • 2019: Nomination as Best Narrative Feature ( Blow the Man Down )
  • 2019: Award for Best Screenplay - US Narrative Feature Film (Blow the Man Down)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Stephen Saito: Tribeca '19 Interview: Danielle Krudy and Bridget Savage Cole on Throwing Caution to the Wind for the Bold "Blow the Man Down". In: moveablefest.com, April 28, 2019.
  2. ↑ Gabriela Rico: Tribeca 2019 Women Directors: Meet Bridget Savage Cole and Danielle Krudy - "Blow the Man Down". In: womenandhollywood.com, April 22, 2019.
  3. ↑ Bridget Savage Cole: The Car! In: mssngpeces.com. Retrieved May 7, 2019.
  4. ^ Owen Gleiberman: Tribeca Film Review: 'Blow the Man Down'. In: Variety, April 27, 2019.
  5. ↑ Adam Patterson: Tribeca 2019: Blow the Man Down. In: filmpulse.net, May 1, 2019.
  6. ↑ Eric Kohn, David Ehrlich and Kate Erbland: Memo to Distributors: Buy These 2019 Tribeca Film Festival Movies. In: indiewire.com, May 4, 2019.
  7. ↑ Here are the Winners of the 2019 Tribeca Film Festival's Juried Awards. In: tribecafilm.com. Retrieved May 7, 2019.
  8. ↑ Blow the Man Down. In: tribecafilm.com. Retrieved May 7, 2019.
personal data
SURNAME Savage Cole, Bridget
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Palardy, Bridget (former name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American film director and screenwriter
DATE OF BIRTH 20th century
PLACE OF BIRTH Massachusetts , United States