A Conversation with Lana Wilson - "From After Tiller to Miss Americana" | IFF 2023

Описание: IFF Presents: "From After Tiller to Miss Americana" - A Conversation with Documentary Filmmaker Lana Wilson
Ivy Film Festival 2023 - Sunday, April 16th at 2 PM EDT

Lana Wilson is an Emmy-winning and two-time Spirit Award-nominated director, writer, and producer. Her film, the Taylor Swift documentary Miss Americana, an opening night film of the 2020 Sundance Film Festival and a Netflix Original, was named one of the five best documentaries of the year by the National Board of Review. Wilson’s previous film, The Departure, about a punk-turned-priest in Japan, premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in 2017, played at festivals around the world, and was nominated for the 2018 Independent Spirit Award for Best Documentary. 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 2013 Sundance Film Festival 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. Wilson’s latest project, Pretty Baby: Brooke Shields, a two-part documentary about the actress, premiered this year at Sundance and released on Hulu on April 3rd.

Wilson has been awarded artist fellowships from the Sundance Institute, MacDowell, Yaddo, and Film Independent, and has lectured at Pratt Institute. She was named to DOC NYC’s inaugural “40 Under 40” list and is a recipient of the 2019 Chicken & Egg Award. Wilson is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.