Lauren Wolkstein

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Lauren Wolkstein
Born Baltimore, Maryland, US
Occupation director, writer, editor
Website
www.laurenwolkstein.com

Lauren Wolkstein is an award-winning filmmaker, born and raised in Baltimore, Maryland, US. She obtained a BA from Duke University, where she won the Duke Filmmaker Award as well. In 2010, she graduated in film directing from Columbia University (MFA).[1]

She was named one of the "25 New Faces of Independent Film 2013" in Filmmaker.[2][3][4]

Career

She was selected as one of the top twenty-five emerging filmmakers by The Film Society of Lincoln Center[5] and the Independent Filmmaker Project’s inaugural Emerging Visions program at New York Film Festival in 2011.[6]

Lauren's thesis film at Columbia University, Cigarette Candy, won several awards [7] including:

  • The Adrienne Shelly Award for Best Female Director [8]
  • Plum Pictures Most Promising Filmmaker Award [9]
  • Best Narrative Short at South by Southwest (SXSW) [10]
  • Best Student Live Action Short Under Fifteen Minutes & Most Promising Student Filmmaker, Special Mention Palm Springs International ShortFest [11]

Cigarette Candy has also been broadcast on France 2,[12] 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,[13] premiered at the 2011 Sundance Film Festival [14] and it has since been selected for more than a hundred other film festivals,[15] 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.[26]

Wolkstein's latest film Social Butterfly, produced by ADASTRA Films[27] and shot in South of France in 2012, has premiered at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival.[28] The film received an Award at the Oak Cliff Film Fest for the Best Narrative Short.[29] 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.[36] 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.[37][38] Besides her narrative film work, Lauren has also directed commercials for Gucci [39] and edited several ads for brands such as Juicy Couture,[40] Dickies,[41] and Diet Coke.[42]

Filmography

Director

  • 2009: Cigarette Candy[43]
  • 2011: The Strange Ones[44]
  • 2013: Social Butterfly[45]

References

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