Kim Longinotto
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Kim Longinotto is a British documentary maker, most famous for making films which highlight the plight of female victims of oppression or discrimination.
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[edit] Background
Longinotto studied camera and directing at the National Film and Television School in Beaconsfield, England, where she now tutors.
[edit] Films
- Pride of Place (1976) (as Kim Longinotto Landseer)
- Underage (1982) - Director/Cinematographer
- Eat the Kimono (1989) - Director/Cinematographer
- The Good Wife of Tokyo (1992) - Director
- Dream Girls (1994) - Director/Cinematographer/Producer
- Shinjuku Boys (1995) - Director/Cinematographer/Producer
- Rock Wives (1996) (TV) - Director
- Divorce Iranian Style (1998) - Director
- Gaea Girls (2000) - Director/Cinematographer/Producer/Writer
- Runaway (2001) - Director/Cinematographer/Writer
- The Day I Will Never Forget (2002) - Director/Cinematographer
- Sisters in Law (2005) - Director/Cinematographer/Producer
[edit] Awards
Longinotto has won many awards. The Day I Will Never Forget was awarded the Amnesty International DOEN Award at IDFA and Best Doc UK Spotlight at Hot Docs. Divorce Iranian Style won the Grand Prize for Best Documentary San Francisco International Film Festival and the Silver Hugo Award at the Chicago International Film Festival; Shinjuku Boys was judged Outstanding Documentary at the San Francisco Gay and Lesbian Film Festival.
Her latest film, Sisters in Law, won the Prix Art et Essai and Special Mention Europa Cinemas at the Cannes film festival in 2005.
[edit] See also
[edit] External links
- Women Make Movies: Kim Longinotto (Further background)
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