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Lana Wilson

Filmemacher / Filmregisseur / Regisseur | * 09.08.1983 (40) | Kirkland, Washington (Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika (USA))
Lana Wilson is an American filmmaker. She directed the feature documentaries After Tiller, The Departure, and Miss Americana, as well as the two-part documentary Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields. The first two films were nominated for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Documentary. ()
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Lana Wilson is an Emmy-winning and two-time Spirit Award-nominated writer and director. Transformative quests for meaning and humanity connect her diverse body of work across documentaries, short films, and episodic. Her most recent film, the Taylor Swift documentary Miss Americana (2020), was the opening night film of the 2020 Sundance Film Festival and is a Netflix Original. Miss Americana was a New York Times Critic's Pick, an IndieWire Critic's Pick, and was named one of the Five Best Documentaries of the Year by the National Board of Review.Wilson's previous feature film, The Departure (2017), about a punk-turned-priest in Japan, was critically acclaimed for being a poetic, profound, and moving exploration of what makes life worth living. The Departure premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2017, played at festivals around the world, and was nominated for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Documentary. The Departure was called "A work of art" by the San Francisco Chronicle, "A genuinely spiritual experience" by the Washington Post, and "Tender and moving...like a haiku" by the New York Times. The film was acquired by FilmRise and theatrically released in 30 US cities, beginning with a held-over run at New York's Metrograph. The Departure has a rare 100% rating on Rotten Tomatoes, indicating "universal acclaim."Wilson's first film, After Tiller (2013), goes inside the lives of the four most-targeted abortion providers in the country, taking a powerful and complex look at one of the most incendiary issues of our time. After Tiller premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2013, and went on to win an Emmy Award for Best Documentary. It was also nominated for the Independent Spirit Award for Best Documentary, four Cinema Eye Honors, a Satellite Award, and the Ridenhour Prize. After Tiller was acquired by Oscilloscope and released in theaters in 50 US cities. The film was named one of the five best documentaries of the year by the National Board of Review, and featured in "Best of 2013" lists in the LA Times, Village Voice, Indiewire, Artforum, and more. Flavorwire named it one of the "50 Best Documentaries of All Time."Wilson also works in episodic and short-form filmmaking. She created and directed A Cure for Fear (2018), a short-form series about a groundbreaking scientist that played at SXSW and was nominated for the 2019 International Documentary Association Award for Best Short-Form Series.Wilson has been awarded artist fellowships from the Sundance Institute, MacDowell, Yaddo, and Film Independent, and was named to DOC NYC's inaugural "40 Under 40" list. She is a recipient of the 2019 Chicken & Egg Award. Wilson has given talks at a range of contemporary art and film institutions, and has been a featured guest on NPR, MSNBC, WNYC, Huffington Post Live, Democracy Now, and many other programs. She is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and a graduate of Wesleyan University.

Häufigste Genres für diese Person: Dokumentationen | Musik | Dramen

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Filme mit Lana Wilson als Crew-Mitglied(9)

Directing/Director2024 Look Into My Eyes
Production/Producer2024 Look Into My Eyes
Directing/Director2023 Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields
Production/Executive Producer2023 Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields
Directing/Director2020 Miss Americana
Directing/Director2017 The Departure
Production/Producer2017 The Departure
Writing/Writer2017 The Departure
Directing/Director2013 After Tiller

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Vollständiger Name: Lana Wilson
Geburtsdatum: Dienstag, 09.08. 1983 (August) in Kirkland, Washington (Vereinigte Staaten von Amerika (USA)) (aktuelles Alter: 40 Jahre + 233 Tage)
Sternzeichen: Löwe (Chinesisches Sternzeichen: Schwein)
Ausgebildet an: Lake Washington High School
Lana Wilson arbeitet häufig zusammen mit diesen Personen:
David Teague (3x, Crew)
Alexandra Wentworth (2x, Schauspielerin)
Emily Topper (2x, Crew)
Regina K. Scully (2x, Crew)
Scott Swift (2x, Schauspieler)
Tom Cruise (1x, Schauspieler)
Alex Somers (1x, Crew)
Kanye West (1x, Schauspieler)
Jeffrey Tarrant (1x, Crew)
David Rohde (1x, Crew)
WatchPlayStream ID: PEOPLE:920345, Hinzugefügt: 20.11.2018, Zuletzt aktualisiert: 14.03.2024