Tina DiFeliciantonio

Tina DiFeliciantonio Resumé

Selected Documentaries & Television

Consulting Producer
Joseph Papp in Five Acts, 2011
A feature length doc about a titan of American theater. PBS’s primetime series American Masters.

Consulting Producer
Women, War & Peace, 2010
A program in PBS’s Wide Angle series on war-time rape in Bosnia. PBS & foreign television.*

Director • Producer • Writer • Cinematographer
Zayed Future Energy, 2010
Four short docs on sustainable energy. Shot in Abu Dhabi, Bangladesh, China, India, Japan and Australia. Aired on UAE television.*

Project Advisor
iTemba Zimbabwe, 2009
An Academy Award-winning HBO doc about a talented differently-abled youth in Zimbabwe, by Roger Williams.

Director • Producer • Writer • Cinematographer
Collected Visions, 2009
A doc short shot in Istanbul about contemporary art featuring David Rockefeller, Jamie Dimon + Jenny Holzer. Screened at the Venice Biennale sidebar.*

Project Advisor
Family Affair, 2009
A doc exploring how incest impacts a family for life, by Chico Colvard. Oprah Winfrey Network acquisition.

Editorial/Story Consultant
The Tiger Next Door, 2009
A feature doc about wild animals and a community in conflict, by Camilla Calamandrei. Animal Planet acquisition.

Director • Co-Producer • Cinematographer
Whiz Kids, 2008
A feature length doc about teen scientists, made in collaboration with Tom Shepard. PBS + theatrical release.*

Producer • Director • Writer • Cinematographer
Documentaries of Dissent, 2005
A documentary special profiling award-winning filmmakers including Morgan Spurlock, Jehane Noujaim and Robert Greenwald, for the Sundance Channel.*

Editorial/Story Consultant 
Troop 1500, 2005
An award-winning ITVS doc about breaking the cycle of crime, by Ellen Spiro and Karen Bernstein. PBS/P.O.V.

Story Research Consultant
The ACLU Freedom Files, 2005
A documentary special profiling award-winning filmmakers including Stanley Nelson, Grace Guggenheim and Alex Rivera, for the Sundance Channel.*

Producer • Director • Writer • Cinematographer
Document 2003, 2004
A documentary special profiling award-winning filmmakers including Stanley Nelson, Grace Guggenheim and Alex Rivera, for the Sundance Channel.*

Producer • Director • Writer • Cinematographer
Document 2002, 2003
A documentary special profiling award-winning filmmakers including Ken Burns, Agnès Varda and Lourdes Portillo, and, hosted by Michael Moore, for the Sundance Channel.*

Producer • Director • Writer • Cinematographer
Abduction Diaries
, 2002
A non-fiction special kicking-off Steven Spielberg’s Taken, for the SciFi Channel.*

Producer • Director • Cinematographer
Nerve.com, 2001
Segments produced for an HBO special.*

Executive Producer • Series Producer
Code Blue: New Orleans, 2000
Thirteen one-hour reality shows on Charity Hospital in New Orleans, produced in collaboration with Lucas Platt for New York Times Television + TLC.*

Producer • Director • Writer • Cinematographer
Walk This Way, 1998
An award-winning live action + animated doc voiced by Susan Sarandon about diversity, for USA Networks.*

Co-Producer 
Reno Finds Her Mom, 1998
An HBO feature doc about a comedian’s search for her biological mother by Lydia Dean Pilcher + Reno.

Executive Producer
Only Human, 1998
An indie doc about HIV negative gay men by Ioannis Mookas + David Deitcher.

Producer • Director • Writer
Girls Like Us, 1997
An ITVS doc on teenage sexuality. National Emmy Award + Sundance Grand Jury Prize winner. PBS/P.O.V., Sundance Channel and foreign television.*

Director • Producer • Writer
Two Or Three Things But Nothing For Sure, 1996
A doc about author Dorothy Allison. National Emmy Award Nominee, for Channel 4 UK. PBS/P.O.V., Sundance Channel and foreign television.*

Associate Producer
Kama Sutra, 1996
A doc about author Dorothy Allison. National Emmy Award Nominee, for Channel 4 UK. PBS/P.O.V., Sundance Channel and foreign television.*

Director • Producer • Writer • Series Consulting Producer 
The Question Of Equality: Culture Wars, 1995
A program in the ITVS funded lesbian and gay civil rights series. PBS, Channel 4 U.K. + foreign television.*

Co-Editor • Additional Cinematography
Tom’s Flesh, 1995
An award-winning experimental film on childhood abuse. Sundance Film Festival Award winner. Showtime and Channel 4 U.K.*

Production Associate
Truman, 1995
An HBO feature film starring Gary Sinise by director Frank Pierson + producer Doro Bachrach.

Director • Producer • Writer
Legacies, Tales From America: Una Donna, 1993
An HBO feature film starring Gary Sinise by director Frank Pierson + producer Doro Bachrach.

Director • Producer • Cinematographer
No Alternative, 1993
Segments for an MTV AIDS special for The Red Hot Organization.*

Associate Producer 
Red, Hot & Dance, 1992
An MTV AIDS special by director Mark Pellington, producers John Carlin + Lydia Dean Pilcher.

Assistant Auditor
Philadelphia, 1992
Feature film starring Tom Hanks and Denzel Washington by director Jonathan Demme + producer Ed Saxon.

Asst. to the Producer + Director 
Citizen Cohn, 1992
An HBO feature film starring James Woods by director Frank Pierson + producer Doro Bachrach.

ark Silverman/Sundance New Producer Fellow 
My New Gun, 1991
A feature film starring Diane Lane by director Stacy Cochran, producers Michael Flynn + Lydia Dean Pilcher.

Co-Producer • Cinematographer 
Twinsburg, OH: Some Kind Of Weird Twin Thing, 1990
An award-winning film on twins, by Sue Marcoux. PBS/P.O.V. and foreign television.*

Director • Producer • Writer • Editor 
Living With AIDS, 1986
A doc on community response to the early AIDS epidemic. National Emmy + Student Academy Award Winner. PBS/P.O.V. & foreign television. (The first film on AIDS to be broadcast nationally on PBS.)

Selected Camera

Scout’s Honor, POV; The Return of Sarah’s Daughters, PBS; Liberty, LOGO; Raising Teens, LOGO/MTV; No Hunger In My Home; Family Outing To Jesusland; Out In Suburbia, PBS, etc.

 

Clients

Masdar (Abu Dhabi), Planned Parenthood, U.S. Office for Substance Abuse Prevention, California Department of Transportation, The Center for Non-Violent Social Change, American Airlines, JPMorgan Chase, Stanford Business School, Allsteel, Masdar (UAE), The Vietnamese Health Promotion Project, The Trevor Project, The San Francisco Lesbian & Gay Film Festival, Family Pride Coalition, Anais Cacharel for Baron+Baron; Pro Active for Lieberman Productions; Fabreze for Station Film; etc.

Education

M.A. Communications/Film, Standford University
B.S. Humanities, Summa Cum Laude, Drexel University
B.S. Business Administration, with Honors, Drexel University

Fellowships

Creative Capital Development Program Fellowship, 2009
New York Foundation for the Arts Film & Video Fellowship, 2000
National Endowment for the Arts Media Fellowship, 1999
Rockefeller Foundation Fellowship, 1998
American Film Institute Independent Film/Video Fellowship, 1993
Western States Media Arts Fellowship, 1992
Sundance Institute/Mark Silverman New Producer’s Fellowship, 1991
American Film Institute James Levine Fellowship, 1991
Louis B. Mayer Fellowship for Film, 1985
Stanford University Fellowship, 1984
Flaherty Film Seminar Fellowship, 1982

Selected Funding

American Film Institute
California Council for the Humanities
Chicago Resource Center
Film Arts Foundation
Funding Exchange/Paul Robeson Fund for Independent Film
Idaho Humanities Council
Independent Television Service
Jerome Foundation
National Endowment for the Arts (twice)
New York State Council for the Arts
New York Foundation for the Arts
Philadelphia Foundation
Pioneer Fund
Sundance Doc Fund
Valentine Foundation Women’s Fund
Women In Film Foundation

Board + Professional Associations

Women Make Movies, Board of Directors, 2006-Present
Active Voice Initiative, Advisory Board, 2008
NYC’s The New Festival, Advisory Board, 1996-2007
Independent Filmworks, Inc., Board of Directors, 1990-2006
Frameline Inc., Board of Directors, 1990-1994
Member of the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, Women In Film and the International Documentary Association.

Selected Panels + Juries

World Studio AIGA Scholarship Committee, Juror, 2008
P.O.V. 20th Anniversary The Paley Center for Media (formerly The Museum of Television & Radio), Panelist, 2008
Jerome Foundation, Funding Panelist, 2005 & 2008
International Documentary Association Blue Ribbon Award Panel, Juror, 2005
Eureka Film Festival, Juror & Advisor, 2005
Mixed Messages, The New School, Juror, 2004
Set In Philadelphia Screenwriting Competition, Philadelphia Film Commission, Juror & Panelist, 2004
Academy of Television Arts & Sciences, Primetime and National Emmy, Juror, 2000-2004 Production East, Panelist, 2002
PBS’s P.O.V., Editorial Committee Selection, Panelist, 2001
Independent Television Service, Funding Panelist, 2001
Pew Charitable Trust, Fellowships in the Arts, Funding Panelist, 2001
Philadelphia Independent Film Competition, sponsored by the Independent Film Channel, Juror, 2000
Sundance Film Festival, Juror, 1999
Cinematexas Film Festival, Juror, 1999
New York New Festival, Juror, 1999
Drexel University, Panelist, 1999
Aspen Shortfest, Juror & Panelist, 1998
Rocky Mountain Film Festival, Panelist, 1998
New York Women In Film, Panelist. 1998
Atlantic Film Festival, Panelist, 1998
Charlotte Film & Video Festival, Juror, 1998
Sundance Film Festival, Panelist, 1997
Film Arts Foundation, Sponsorship Panelist, 1989
National Educational Media Network Film Festival, Juror, 1988
Frameline Film Festival, Moderator, 1987

Selected Teaching

Columbia University, Assistant Professor, 2010
New York University, Guest Lecturer, 1998-Present
Women Make Movies, Masters Class Lecturer, 2002 + 2009
Oklahoma Arts Institute, Guest Teacher, 2005
Swarthmore College, Visiting Assistant Professor, 2002
Bennington College, Guest Lecturer, 2002
University of Texas, Austin, Guest Lecturer, 1998
University of Pennsylvania, Guest Lecturer, 1998
Drexel University, Guest Lecturer, 1998
Bryn Mawr College, Guest Lecturer, 1998
Nassau Community College, Guest Lecturer, 1998
Bay Area Video Coalition, Videography Workshops, 1992-1994

Selected Books + Publications

Film-Forward.com, Film Reviewer, 2002; The Independent, Essay, 2002; Bomb Magazine, Interviewer, 1989
“Girls Like Us” biographical essay in Coming of Age: 40 Extraordinary Women Celebrate Girlhood in Story, Poetry and Song. ed. Gina Misiroglu. New World Library, 1999
Feature articles and reviews include: The Sunday Times (England), Bangkok Post, The Evening Post (New Zealand), Switch Magazine (Japan), The Sydney Morning Herald (Australia), Variety, Village Voice, Filmmaker Magazine, Interview Magazine, Art News, Afterimage, The Independent, Timeout, Hollywood Reporter, Entertainment Weekly, People Magazine, Speak Magazine, New York Magazine, New York Times, Washington Post, Chicago Tribune, Philadelphia Inquirer, USA Today, San Jose Mercury News, The Austin American Statesman, The Times-Picayune/New Orleans, Asian Week, Booklist, PBS Veteran Filmmaker Interview (web), MFITV Interview (web), Active Voice Prenups (blog)….

Selected Awards

Walk This Way, 1998
First Place Winner for Most Innovative Film- Reel to Real Moving Images, Vancouver
First Place Winner- Chicago International Children’s Film Festival
Multicultural Awareness Award Skipping Stones Award
SIGGRAPH Computer Animation Film Festival

 

Girls Like Us, 1997
National Emmy Award Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
Grand Jury Prize, Documentary- Sundance Film Festival
Gold Plaque- Chicago International Film Festival
Gold Apple Award- National Educational Media Network
Juror’s Choice Award- Charlotte Film & Video Festival
Best Documentary- Athens Film Festival
Best of Show & Gold Award- Health Sciences Communication Assoc.
Pro Choice Award- NARAL/NY

 

Two Or Three Things But Nothing For Sure, 1996
National Emmy Nomination- Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
Grand Jury Prize Aspen Shortfest
Juror’s Choice Award- Charlotte Film & Video Festival
Best Women’s Short Film- Cleveland International Film Festival
Isabella Liddell Art Award- Ann Arbor Film Festival
D-Vision Documentary Vision Award- Windy City Int’l Documentary Festival
Best Short Film- New York Lesbian & Gay Film Festival
Silver Spire- San Francisco International Film Festival
Silver Apple- National Educational Media Network

 

Living With AIDS, 1986
National Emmy Award – Academy of Television Arts & Sciences
Student Academy Award Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences
Grand Prize- Oberhausen Film Festival, West Germany
Grand Prix + Gold Medal- International Medical Film Festival, Italy
Silver Plaque- Chicago International Film Festival
David Wolper Distinguished Achievement International Documentary Association
First Prize + Audience Favorite- Palo Alto Film Festival
Silver Apple- National Educational Film Festival

*In collaboration with Jane C. Wagner