Stacie Passon
| Stacie Passon | |
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| Born |
1969 (age 46–47) New Jersey, U.S. |
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| Spouse(s) | Alyson Shapero |
| Children | 2 |
Stacie Passon (born 1969) is an American film director and screenwriter,[1] whose debut film Concussion premiered at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival, and subsequently won a Teddy Award Jury Prize as an outstanding film about LGBT themes at the 2013 Berlin International Film Festival.[2]
Career
Passon previously worked as a commercial director and producer. In 2012, Passon received the Adrienne Shelly Director's Grant and the Calvin Klein Spotlight on Women Filmmakers Live the Dream Grant at the Gotham Awards for Concussion.[3] The film garnered two Gotham Awards nominations for Breakthrough Director and Breakthrough Actor, a Independent Spirit Award nomination for Best First Film, and won a 2014 GLAAD Media Award. She is currently directing her second feature film, We Have Always Lived in the Castle, based on the Shirley Jackson novel, from a screenplay she co-wrote with Mark Kruger.[4] Passon has directed two episodes of Emmy-winning Transparent.[5]
Passon is developing the feature film Strange Things Started Happening, which is supported by Sundance Institute and Tribeca Film Institute.[3] She teaches screenwriting at New York University's Kanbar Institute of Film and Television.
References
- ↑ Foundas, Scott (January 23, 2013). "Stacie Passon's Superb Concussion Is Why We Have a Sundance in the First Place". The Village Voice.
- ↑ Blaney, Martin; Rosser, Michael (February 16, 2013). "Child's Pose wins Berlin's Golden Bear". Screen Daily.
- 1 2 "Meet the 2013 Sundance Filmmakers #19: Stacie Passon Tracks the Double Life of a Lesbian Housewife in 'Concussion'". Indiewire. January 11, 2013.
- ↑ Kit, Borys (August 10, 2016). "Alexandra Daddario, Taissa Farmiga Join Sebastian Stan in 'We Have Always Lived in the Castle'". The Hollywood Reporter.
- ↑ http://www.indiewire.com/2015/12/transparent-expands-and-improves-in-season-2-first-reviews-127061/