Jezebel Productions
PO Box 1348
New York, NY 10011 greta@jezebel.org

PRODUCER-DIRECTOR CREDITS

Producer/Director/Camera, RECALL FLORIDA (DV)
A behind the scenes look at Janet Reno’s grass roots campaign for Governor of Florida in 2002.

Producer/Director/Camera, I LIVE AT GROUND ZERO (DV)
An intimate portrayal of a nine year old girl and her reaction to witnessing the tragic events of 9/11. Produced for ARTE/ZDF network (Germany/France). Award: Finalist, KidFest, Clearwater, Florida.

Producer, ESCAPE TO LIFE: THE ERIKA AND KLAUS MANN STORY (35mm)
A feature documentary about a creative brother/sister team, played out against the dramatic setting of the Roaring Twenties, the rise of Fascism and World War II. Produced by Jezebel UK, Ltd. with Zero Films, Berlin , for the Arts Council of England, Hamburg Film Fund, YLE TV (Finland), ARTE/ZDF and The European Media Fund. Featuring the voices of Corin and Vanessa Redgrave as Klaus and Erika Mann.
“A sibling survivor story of uncommon personal and political breadth.” -- Variety
Theatrical release: Germany, Holland, UK, USA, Austria.
TV broadcasts: Arte Germany/France; SBS Australia; NRK Norway; Artsworld UK; Kunstkanaal Holland.
Festivals: Rotterdam and Berlin International Film Festivals, 2001; Best Documentary, Seattle Lesbian and Gay Film Festival; Atlantic Film Festival, Nova Scotia; Tampa International Film Festival; Semana International de Cine de Valladolid; OUTFEST LA; SF Frameline Festival; Human Rights Watch Festival at Lincoln Center and in London; Laemmle Theatres DocDays Tour; Full Frame Documentary Film Festival; Sydney International Festival; Festival de Gay, Paris; Barcelona Women’s Festival; Budapest Art Cinema Fest

Producer/Director, THE MAN WHO DROVE WITH MANDELA (35mm)
In 1962, at the height of oppression in apartheid South Africa, a gay white theatre director was arrested with Nelson Mandela. His name was Cecil Williams; this film tells his story. Produced in association with the Corp. for Public Broadcasting (USA), Channel 4 (UK), AVRO (Netherlands), South African Broadcasting, VRT-CANVAS (Belgium), London Production Fund, and British Film Institute. Broadcast as part of the Independent Lens series on PBS.
Winner, Gay Teddy Bear Award, Berlin International Film Festival.
Nominated Best Documentary: GLAAD Awards.
John Grierson Award nominee and over 35 international film festivals.
“takes a ‘Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead’ approach to one of the 20th century’s most charged struggles…intriguing…an engrossing, smoothly put together chronicle…that should appeal across the board”-- Variety

Producer, SEED OF SARAH (super 8/dv/Beta SP)
Part train journey, part contemporary opera, this film takes us through the memories of a Hungarian Holocaust survivor. Produced in association with the Banff Centre for the Arts, Canada. Funded by the New York State Council on the Arts.
Premiere: Marseilles Documentary Film Festival, 1998.
Broadcast over RAI television, Italy.
“a welcome, emotionally taut addition to the field of holocaust studies”-- Library Journal

Producer/Director/Editor, PARIS WAS A WOMAN (16mm)
A portrait of that magical société des femmes: the group of women artists and intellectuals who flocked to the Paris Left Bank between the Wars. Produced in association with ZDF/Arte, VPRO and Eurimages.
Theatrical release in the U.K., Spain, Germany, France, Australia, New Zealand, and the US. Broadcast in twelve countries including Sundance Channel, December 2000. Premiere: London Film Festival, 1995.
Audience Award- Best Film, Creteil International Women’s Film Festival; Audience Award, Berlin International Film Festival.
“Time travel to Golden Ages doesn’t exist, but documentaries like ‘Paris Was a Woman’ are the next best thing.” --The New York Times

Producer/Director/Writer, WOMAN OF THE WOLF (35mm)
The tension and disparity between male and female world views set the tone for this sumptuous and fantastic tale of an ill fated cargo boat journey, starring Alex Kingston (of ‘ER’). Produced in association with ITVS (PBS) and Channel 4 (U.K.) Premiere: Berlin International Film Festival, 1984. Broadcast over PBS and Channel Four UK television.
Director’s Citation Honor, Black Maria Film Festival

Producer/Director, MAXINE SULLIVAN: LOVE TO BE IN LOVE (16mm)
Portrait of the once famous, long forgotten jazz diva.
Produced in association with Channel 4, U.K and La Sept, France.
Broadcast over the Black Entertainment Television, and The Learning Channel, US and in France, Great Britain, Germany and Yugoslavia.
“…a wonderful mix of entertainment and music history.” --Booklist (American Library Association)

Producer/Director, TINY & RUBY: HELL DIVIN’ WOMEN (16mm)
Two black jazz musicians, who shared the bandstand for over forty years, reveal all.
Broadcast over Bravo and Black Entertainment Television and in the U.K, Germany, Holland, and France.
Premiere: 1988 Berlin Int’l Film Festival. Teddy Bear Award Best Documentary, Berlin
Best Short documentary, Frameline Festival, San Francisco
“outrageous, inspiring and hilarious…” --Time Out, London

Producer/Director, INTERNATIONAL SWEETHEARTS OF RHYTHM (16mm)
The little known story of the multi-racial, all-female jazz band which defied segregation laws and prejudice against women blowing horns, to become one of hottest big bands of the Forties. Broadcasts: national PBS, Black Entertainment Television, the Learning Channel, and Oxygen in the USA, and over 15 countries worldwide.
Premiere: 1986 New York Film Festival.
Audience Award, Best Short, Creteil International Women’s Film Festival; Silver Plaque Award, Chicago Int’l Film Festival; First Place, Blue Ribbon, American Educational Film Festival; Best Documentary Philadelphia Film Festival
“makes you glad documentaries were invented.” --Atlanta Journal

Producer/Director, BEFORE STONEWALL (16mm)
Ground breaking story of the hidden gay and lesbian world before 1969.
Theatrical release in the U.S., Britain, Canada, Germany, Australia. Broadcasts: national PBS; Great Britain, Australia, Japan, and Taiwan.
Premiere: Berlin Int’l Film Festival, 1985.
EMMY AWARD for Best Historical Film
EMMY AWARD for Best Research
EMMY NOMINATION Best Director
BEST FILM Houston International Film Festival
Best Documentary, Los Angeles Independent Spirit Award.
“ a must see.” --Judith Christ, TV Guide

WORK FOR HIRE

Consulting Producer, THE LION’S TRAIL, (DV)
South African documentary tracing the genealogy of the traditional song “The Lion Sleeps Tonight.” For SABC-TV South Africa and BBC Great Britain, 2002.

Consultant for PBS regarding the adaptation of SESAME STREET programming for South African broadcast, 1999.

Director/Camera, Promotional video for Gani Nursery School, commissioned by the Educational Alliance, 2000.

Director/Camera, New York Chinese Cultural Center New Year Celebration, projected video, 2002.

Director, STONEWALL DOCU-SOAP. A one-hour special for Channel Four, trailing actor Sir Ian McKellan on his first trip to South Africa, where he performed his one-man-show and met with President Nelson Mandela to insure gay rights were protected by the new South African Constitution. Broadcast over Channel Four Television, (UK), 1995.

Director, STONEWALL: TEN YEARS. A ten-years-in-ten-minutes overview of Great Britain’s national gay rights organization, presented in the Royal Albert Hall at the ten year gala anniversary celebration, 1995.

Producer, AGE OF DISSENT, A Maya Vision Production for Channel Four Television (UK). A cinema verité program following two young activists who challenged Parliament to equalize the age of consent in Britain. Broadcast over Channel Four television, England, 1994.

TEACHING

British Film Institute, consultant on story structure and editing. 1991-1994.

Video scripting and directing for documentaries, The North Kensington Video/Drama Project, London 1999 and 2000.

One Week Intensive Workshop: Producing for Television, The International Film and Photo Workshops, Rockport, Maine, 2000.

Many workshops on 16mm and DV camera, documentary producing and directing in England, at the National Film and Television School, Women Make Movies, USA and International Seminars in South Africa.

RELATED EXPERIENCE

U.S./U.K. Fulbright Arts Fellowship in Film, 1989-1990.

Scriptwriter, PARIS IS A WOMAN, feature film currently in development. Funded by The Script Fund, European Media Program.
Board Member, Public Media, Inc.

Founder and Executive Director, Jezebel Productions US and Jezebel Films UK.

Membership: Women In Film, AIVF, and Defenders of Wildlife.

Films held in the collections of: Donnell Media Center/New York Public Library, British Film Institute, New York University, Yale University, Australian Film Institute, Archives of the City of Paris and others.