Tia Lessin

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Tia Lessin (* 20th century ) is an American film producer and film director for documentary films who was nominated for an Oscar and two Emmys .

Career

Ticino began working for the film staff in 1994 and was involved in the television series American Experience . She first appeared as a film producer on The Shadow of Hate in 1995 .

She made her directorial debut with the documentary Behind the Labels in 2001. The film deals with the topic of the textile industry that produces garments in India. For their film Trouble the Water , for which she was responsible for the direction and production with Carl Deal , the two received a nomination in the category “ Best Documentary ” at the 2009 Academy Awards . She also received a nomination for the News & Documentary Emmy Awards at the 2010 Emmy Awards . In 2013 Lessin released her film Citizen Koch , for which she wrote the screenplay, worked as a producer and was the last director.

Tia Lessin has worked as a producer on many of Michael Moore's films . The first collaboration was on the television series The Terrible Truth , in which Ticino worked as a producer on 15 episodes and was nominated for two Primetime Emmy Awards . As a supervising producer, Tessin supported Moore on the films Bowling for Columbine, which was released in 2002, which won an Oscar and a César , and Fahrenheit 9/11 , which was released in 2004. Fahrenheit 9/11 was awarded a Golden Palm , George W. Bush and Donald Rumsfeld received a Golden Raspberry at the 25th Annual Razzie Awards . Capitalism: A Love Story followed in 2009, Michael Moore in TrumpLand in 2016 and Fahrenheit 11/9 , the sequel to Fahrenheit 9/11 in 2018 .

Filmography (selection)

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ The 81st Academy Awards - 2009. Oscars.org , accessed February 23, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Lessin, Tia
BRIEF DESCRIPTION American film producer and director
DATE OF BIRTH 20th century
PLACE OF BIRTH United States