Greta Schiller

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Greta Schiller (* 1954 in Detroit ) is an American film director.

biography

Born in Detroit in 1954, Greta Schiller studied at City University in New York . The independent filmmaker founded the film production company Jezebel Productions in New York in 1984 together with her partner, the author and filmmaker Andrea Weiss . She lives mostly in London and New York. In 1988 she received the first ever UK / US Fulbright Scholarship . She produces documentaries, but also films for television.

Her film Before Stonewall , a documentary about the American gay and lesbian movement , received an Emmy for Best Documentary in 1984 and she herself was nominated for Best Director . The documentaries about the history of the American jazz musicians Tiny & Ruby: Hell Divin 'Woman and Maxine Sullivan: Love to be in Love have also received multiple awards.

Filmography

Documentaries:

  • 1977 - Greta's Girls
  • 1981 Greetings from Washington, DC, co-directed
  • 1983 - Before Stonewall, co-directed
  • 1986 - International Sweethearts of Rhythm
  • 1988 Tiny & Ruby: Hell Divin 'Woman, co-directed
  • 1991 - Maxine Sullivan: Love to be in Love
  • 1993 - Woman of the Wolf, short film
  • 1994 - Age of Dissent, video documentation
  • 1995 - Paris was a Woman

Web links

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  1. ↑ a b Axel Schock & Karen-Susan Fessel : OUT! - 800 famous lesbians, gays and bisexuals , Querverlag, Berlin 2004, ISBN 3-89656-111-1
personal data
SURNAME Schiller, Greta
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American film director
DATE OF BIRTH 1954
PLACE OF BIRTH Detroit , USA