Kim Longinotto
Kim Longinotto (* 1952 in London ) is a British filmmaker .
life and work
Kim Longinotto studied cinematography and directing at the National Film and Television School in London and is a renowned documentary filmmaker . Her best-known works include Sisters in Law (2005) and Pink Saris (2010), a documentary about the Indian suffragette Sampat Pal Devi and the Gulabi Gang she founded , and Salma (2013) , a documentary about the Muslim poet of the same name from Tamil Nadu . Her documentary Shooting the Mafia (2019), to be seen in August 2019 on Das Erste , describes the daring struggle of the Sicilian Letizia Battaglia , whose photo documentation from 1974 onwards brought the Mafia bloodshed of the "Cosa Nostra" into the attention of the international public managed.
Filmography (selection)
- 1976: Pride of Place - Director (as Kim Longinotto Landseer)
- 1978: Theater Girls - director / camera
- 1982: Underage - director / camera
- 1989: Eat the Kimono - director / camera
- 1990: Hidden Faces - director / camera
- 1992: The Good Wife of Tokyo - Director
- 1994: Dream Girls - director / camera / production
- 1995: Shinjuku Boys - Director / Cinematography / Production
- 1996: Rock Wives (TV film) - director / camera
- 1998: Divorce Iranian Style - director / camera
- 2000: Gaea Girls - Director / Cinematography / Production
- 2001: Runaway - director / camera
- 2002: The Day I Will Never Forget - director / camera
- 2005: Sisters in Law - Director / Cinematography / Production
- 2007: Hold Me Tight, Let Me Go - Director / Cinematography / Production
- 2008: Rough Aunties - director / camera
- 2010: Pink Saris - director / camera
- 2013: Salma (2013) - director / camera
- 2015: Dreamcatcher - director
- 2019: Shooting the Mafia - director / camera
Awards (selection)
- 2000 Divorce Iranian Style : BAFTA Awards , Flaherty Documentary Award
- 2005 Sisters in Law : Cannes Film Festival , CICAE Award
- 2009 Rough Aunties : Sundance Film Festival , World Cinema Documentary
- 2011 Pink Saris : Hong Kong International Film Festival, Humanitarian Award (Documentary) for Outstanding Documentary
Web links
- Kim Longinotto in the Internet Movie Database (English)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Pink Saris . International Film Days of Human Rights e. V .. Retrieved April 7, 2014.
- ↑ PINK SARIS . Viennale . Retrieved April 7, 2014.
- ↑ Documentary in the First: Shooting the Mafia , daserste.de, accessed August 8, 2019
- ^ "Shooting the Mafia" in First: The Face of Violence , FAZ August 7, 2019, accessed August 8, 2019
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Longinotto, Kim |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | British filmmaker |
DATE OF BIRTH | 1952 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | London |