Stacie Passon
Stacie Passon is an American film director and screenwriter,[1] whose debut film Concussion premiered at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival, and subsequently won a Teddy Award Jury Prize as an outstanding film about LGBT themes at the 2013 Berlin International Film Festival.[2]
A longtime friend of filmmaker Rose Troche,[3] Passon previously worked as a commercial director and producer.[4] She was inspired to begin writing Concussion after having to visit the hospital when her eight-year-old son accidentally hit her in the head with a thrown baseball,[4] and subsequently approached Troche for assistance in producing the film.[3] In 2012, Passon received the Adrienne Shelly Director’s Grant and the Calvin Klein Spotlight on Women Filmmakers Live the Dream Grant at the Gotham Awards for Concussion.[5] She is now developing her second feature and a television pilot for a new series, Animals.[5]
Passon lives in Montclair, New Jersey with her wife and their kids.[4]
References
- ↑ "Stacie Passon's Superb Concussion Is Why We Have a Sundance in the First Place". The Village Voice, January 23, 2013.
- ↑ "Child’s Pose wins Berlin’s Golden Bear". Screen Daily, February 16, 2013.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 "Five Questions with Concussion Director Stacie Passon". Filmmaker, January 19, 2013.
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 4.2 "Blow to the Head=A Hit at Sundance". New Jersey Monthly, February 20, 2013.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Meet the 2013 Sundance Filmmakers #19: Stacie Passon Tracks the Double Life of a Lesbian Housewife in 'Concussion'". Indiewire.