Tuesday, September 29, 2020 at 7:00 PM CST on Zoom
Join FILMCollective for panel with filmmakers
Aurora Guerrero — Mosquita Y Mari, Queen Sugar, 13 Reasons Why
Meera Menon — Equity, Farah Goes Bang, Glow, The Walking Dead
As We Discuss Directing Independent Film and Television With Our Moderator
Annie Silverstein — Bull, Skunk, Noc na Tanečk
ABOUT THE FILMMAKERS
Aurora Guerrero was born and raised in the San Francisco Bay Area by Mexican immigrant parents. Early in her career she co-founded Womyn Image Makers (WIM), a queer Xicana-identified film collective based out of Los Angeles. While with WIM, she directed short films including Pura Lengua and Viernes Girl. Her work earned her a slot on FILMMAKER MAGAZINE'S 25 Faces to Watch.
Guerrero wrote and directed Mosquita Y Mari, her debut narrative feature film, whichpremiered at the 2012 Sundance Film Festival. Mosquita Y Mari went on to travel top-tier film festivals including San Francisco, Melbourne, Goteburg, and Guadalajara whilegarnering multiple awards including Best First Narrative Feature at Outfest. Mosquita y Mari was nominated for the Cassavetes Spirit Award and a GLAAD Media Award. In 2017, Guerrero directed her first episode of television on Ava Duvernay's critically acclaimed drama, Queen Sugar. Since she has directed on Greenleaf, The Red Line, Gentefied, Little America, 13 Reasons Why, and Duvernay's latest, Cherish The Day.
Meera Menon is a Jersey born, LA based filmmaker whose directing credits include the feature films EQUITY (2016 Sundance Film Festival) and FARAH GOES BANG (Nora Ephron Prize winner, 2013 Tribeca Film Festival) and television shows such as GLOW, HALT AND CATCH FIRE, THE MAGICIANS, OUTLANDER, THE TERROR, MAN IN THE HIGH CASTLE, THE WALKING DEAD, and SNOWFALL. She is a graduate of Columbia University and USC’s School of Cinematic Arts, and was a 2014 fellow of the Fox Global Directors Initiative.
Annie Silverstein is a filmmaker and educator based in Austin. Her films have screened at international festivals including Cannes, SXSW, Silverdocs and on PBS Independent Lens. After earning her MFA in Film Production from the University of Texas, Annie’s short film, Skunk, won the jury award at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival – Cinéfondation. Annie was named one of the “25 New Faces of Independent Film” by Filmmaker Magazine and was selected for the Sundance Screenwriters and Directors Labs for Bull, her feature debut. Bull premiered at the 2019 Cannes Film Festival – Un Certain Regard, and went on to screen at the Deauville American Film Festival where it won the Grand Prize, Revelation Prize, and Critics’ Prize.