Lauren Wolkstein

Lauren Wolkstein
Born 1982 (age 33–34)[1]
Baltimore, Maryland, United States
Occupation Director, writer, editor
Website www.laurenwolkstein.com

Lauren Wolkstein is an American film director, writer, and editor. In 2013, she was named one of the "25 New Faces of Independent Film" in Filmmaker magazine.[2][3][4]

Early life

Wolkstein was born and raised in Baltimore, Maryland. She obtained a Bachelor of Arts from Duke University, where she also won the Duke Filmmaker Award. In 2010, she graduated in film directing from Columbia University (MFA).[5]

Career

She was selected as one of the top twenty-five emerging filmmakers by The Film Society of Lincoln Center[6] and the Independent Filmmaker Project’s inaugural Emerging Visions program at New York Film Festival in 2011.[7]

Lauren's thesis film at Columbia University, Cigarette Candy, won several awards [8] including:

Cigarette Candy has also been broadcast on France 2,[13] the French TV channel.

Lauren's next short film, The Strange Ones (aka Deux Inconnus), co-directed with Christopher Radcliff, and produced by a French production company ADASTRA Films,[14] premiered at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival [15] and it has since been selected for more than a hundred other film festivals,[16] such as:

The film won several awards in international film festivals including:

The Strange Ones has been broadcast on the main French TV channel France 2.[27]

Wolkstein's latest film Social Butterfly, produced by ADASTRA Films[28] and shot in South of France in 2012, has premiered at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival.[29] The film received an Award at the Oak Cliff Film Fest for the Best Narrative Short.[30] and was selected for several other festivals, such as :

Future projects

In 2013, Lauren is developing a feature film, based on her short Cigarette Candy. It has participated in Independent Feature Project (IFP) Emerging Narrative and No Borders International Co-Production Market.[37] She also has several other feature films in development. A feature version of The Strange Ones (aka Deux Inconnus) she is working on with Christopher Radcliff, has been selected for the Independent Film Week Project Forum produced by Independent Feature Project in the Emerging Storytellers category.[38][39] Besides her narrative film work, Lauren has also directed commercials for Gucci [40] and edited several ads for brands such as Juicy Couture,[41] Dickies,[42] and Diet Coke.[43]

Filmography

Director

References

  1. ↑ "Curriculum Vitae". Lauren Wolkenstein. Retrieved September 20, 2016.
  2. ↑ http://filmmakermagazine.com/people/lauren-wolkstein/
  3. ↑ http://www.indiewire.com/article/filmmaker-magazine-names-25-new-faces-of-independent-film
  4. ↑ http://www.filmlinc.com/blog/entry/25-new-faces-of-independent-film-named-by-filmmaker-magazine
  5. ↑ http://arts.columbia.edu/film/lauren-wolkstein
  6. ↑ http://www.filmlinc.com/press/entry/film-society-and-ifp-announce-emerging-visions-to-run-concurrent-with-the-n
  7. ↑ http://www.indiewire.com/article/ifp_and_fslcs_emerging_visions_programme_announced
  8. ↑ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1378642/awards?ref_=tt_awd
  9. ↑ http://www.adrienneshellyfoundation.org/recipients/news,page~23
  10. ↑ http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2171388/bio
  11. ↑ http://womenincinema.blogspot.fr/2013/02/2013-women-in-cinema-sxsw-panel.html
  12. ↑ http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1378642/news?year=2009
  13. ↑ http://www.france2.fr/emissions/histoires-courtes/ce-soir_54797
  14. ↑ http://adastra-films.com/fiche_film-en.php?idf=4
  15. ↑ http://history.sundance.org/films/6885/the_strange_ones
  16. ↑ http://www.adastra-films.com/fiche_film-en.php?idf=4
  17. ↑ http://www.clermont-filmfest.com/index.php?m=21&c=3&id_film=200017382&o=107
  18. ↑ http://schedule.sxsw.com/2011/events/event_FS11301
  19. ↑ http://miff.com.au/festival-archive/film/24469
  20. ↑ http://www.chicagofilmfestival.com/films_and_schedule/movie.php?show=the_strange_ones
  21. ↑ http://fest11.sffs.org/films/film_details.php?id=46
  22. ↑ http://www.woodstockfilmfestival.com/festival2011/details.php?id=23111
  23. ↑ http://arts.columbia.edu/columbia-sweeps-hamptons-international-film-festival
  24. ↑ http://www.atlantafilmfestival.com/grand-jury-winners/
  25. ↑ http://www.festivalfilmets.cat/cat/z-noticia-16.html
  26. ↑ http://www.filmcourt.fr/Palmares-2011-5531-0-0-0.html
  27. ↑ http://www.tnt-satellite.com/programme-tv/france-2/07-11-2011.html
  28. ↑ http://adastra-films.com/fiche_film-en.php?idf=4
  29. ↑ http://filmguide.sundance.org/film/13179/social_butterfly
  30. ↑ http://filmoakcliff.tumblr.com/
  31. ↑ http://www.sxsw.com/social-butterfly-sxsw-2013-accepted-film
  32. ↑ http://www.psfilmfest.org/festival/film/detail.aspx?id=24546&FID=68
  33. ↑ http://prod3.agileticketing.net/websales/pages/info.aspx?evtinfo=51818~2a335ea2-4042-4734-a077-ee9550e51dc0&
  34. ↑ http://festival.curtas.pt/search/film-en-US/?id=2013132
  35. ↑ http://prod1.agileticketing.net/websales/pages/info.aspx?evtinfo=56538~05cb9704-bfe5-4d73-aeb6-44c19bbac1a2&
  36. ↑ http://www.md-filmfest.com/festival/film-guide/58
  37. ↑ http://filmmakermagazine.com/11891-150-films-slated-for-ifps-project-forum/
  38. ↑ http://filmmakermagazine.com/74943-ifp-announces-2013-independent-film-week-selected-projects/
  39. ↑ http://www.ifp.org/press/ifp-announces-the-35th-edition-of-independent-film-week/
  40. ↑ http://www.buffalopicturehouse.com/portfolio/item.php?name=gucci
  41. ↑ https://vimeo.com/channels/wolksteinedit/page:2
  42. ↑ https://vimeo.com/channels/wolksteinedit
  43. ↑ https://vimeo.com/channels/wolksteinedit/19981330
  44. ↑ http://www.cigarettecandy.com/
  45. ↑ http://www.thestrangeones.com/
  46. ↑ http://socialbutterflyfilm.com/

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