Diana Cignoni

Diana Cignoni (* in Germany before 1989 ) is a German -American actress and award-winning filmmaker .

Life

Cignoni grew up in Germany, became a model (The price is hot 1989–1990) and then went to New York City , where she attended the Actors Studio and the HB Studio. As an actress, she played Andrea Gartner in 1992 in the episode Die Reise nach München in the crime series Derrick . A year later she was seen as Dabo Girl in two episodes of the science fiction series Star Trek: Deep Space Nine . She appeared in several other film productions and in one episode each of the series Pretender (2000) and Diagnosis: Mord (2001). In 2019 she played Clare in Abbi Lake O'Neill's film Surviving in LA

As a filmmaker, she started her own company, Ground Hero Film. She created some works, mostly short films, which received several awards at various film festivals around the world. Among other things, she received the Audience Choice Award for her film One Weekend 2014 at the Santa Monica Independent Film Festival . The short film Palm Trees was honored there a year later as “Best Narrative Short”. At the same festival, her documentary Perfect 2016 received the Audience Choice Award and an award for best documentary. In 2017 she received the Jury Award for her short film Lulu at the TeaDance Gay and Lesbian Film Festival . Several other awards followed.

Cignoni also won several awards as a member of the Odyssey Theater Los Angeles and is a member of Film Fatales and the Gaba Film Initiative. She is also featured in Cady McClain's award-winning documentary series Seeing Is Believing: Women Direct , which features women directing.

Filmography

As an actress

• 1992: Derrick (TV series, episode 1x19: The trip to Munich )
• 1993: Star Trek: Deep Space Nine (TV series, 2 episodes)
• 1993: Amore!
• 1998: Free Enterprise
• 1999: Junked
• 2000: Pretender ( The Pretender , television series, an episode)
• 2001: Diagnosis: Murder ( Diagnosis Murder , TV series, an episode)
• 2002: Spanish Fly
• 2003: Nobody Needs to Know
• 2004: YMI
• 2008: The Rules (short film)
• 2011: Pirates of the Caribbean: Tales of the Code: Wedlocked (short film)
• 2019: Surviving in LA

As a filmmaker

• 2009: Somewhere in the Background (short film)
• 2009: Missing (short film)
• 2009: Crutch (short film)
• 2011: Red Moon (short film)
• 2014: One Weekend
• 2015: Palm Trees (short film)
• 2016: Juice (short film)
• 2016: Perfect (documentary)
• 2016: Bruises (short film)
• 2017: Blood Wolf (short film)
• 2018: Lulu (short film)
• 2018: The Sonnet Project (TV series, episode)
• 2019: Snow Child (short film)

Awards

• 2014: Santa Monica Independent Film Festival - Audience Choice Award for One Weekend
• 2015: Santa Monica Independent Film Festival - Award in the category “Best Narrative Short” for Palm Trees
• 2016: Santa Monica Independent Film Festival - Best Documentary Award for Perfect
• 2016: Santa Monica Independent Film Festival - Audience Choice Award for Perfect
• 2017: TeaDance Gay and Lesbian Film Festival - Jury Award for Lulu
• 2018: Queen Palm Film Fest - Best Trailer Award for Lulu
• 2018: Germany International Film Festival - Rising Star Award for Brennhausen
• 2018: ARFF Berlin - Jury Award for Blood Wolf
• 2018: ARFF Paris - Award as best short film for Blood Wolf
• 2019: Calcutta International Cult Film Festival - Award in the category “Best Film on Disability” for Perfect
• 2019: Cult Critic Movie Awards - Award in the category “Best Film on Disability” for Perfect
• 2019: Virgin Spring Cine Fest - Award in the “Best Film on Disability” category for Perfect
• 2019: L'Age d'Or International Arthouse Film Festival - Award in the category "Best Film on Women" for Perfect
• 2019: L'Age d'Or International Arthouse Film Festival - Award in the “Best Women's Film” category for Snow Child

Web links

• Ground Hero Film website
• Diana Cignoni in the Internet Movie Database (English)

Individual evidence

1. ^ Imfernsehen GmbH & Co KG: The price is hot (1989): Cast & Crew. Retrieved May 2, 2020 . 
2. ↑ ^{a b c} Hey, I'm Diana! on seedandspark.com
3. ↑ Diana Cignoni in the Internet derrick Database. Retrieved June 21, 2019.