#ondi timoner

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Matt Smith as Robert Mapplethorpe & McKinley Belcher III as Milton Moore MAPPLETHORPE: THE DIRECTOR'S CUT (2020) dir. Ondi Timoner

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We Live in Public (2009)

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Fundraiser for Ondi Timoner

There's a lot of fundraisers and Gofundme campaigns right now set up to help those impacted by the L.A. wildfires. Filmmaker Ondi Timoner and her partner Morgan were among those impacted. They lost their home while both were overseas and in addition to personal belongings their film equipment, research, awards, etc were destroyed as well.

Ondi is one of the great documentary filmmakers of our time. I was so blown away by her 2004 years-in-the-making doc Dig! about the friendship and rivalry between indie rock bands The Dandy Warhols and Brian Jonestown Massacre after I saw it in the movie theater that I actually reached out to her via her website and she got back to me. I sent her my short film Musician For Hire, which had some similar themes as Dig!, and she gave me some great feedback and we later met up at the Dig! DVD Party in NYC. We have met a few times since and stayed in touch. Since Dig! she has made several fascinating docs such as Join Us about escapees from a cult and We Live in Public about an early dot-com pioneer. In early 2023 I interviewed Ondi via phone about her phenomenal and deeply personal documentary Last Flight Home (which I named Best Documentary of 2022) and she was super cool (as usual).

me with Ondi at the Dig! DVD Release Party in NYC on 4/11/2005

I donated to the Gofundme for her and I encourage you to consider donating if you can: https://gofund.me/01daa3ec

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Dig! XX - Official Trailer 

20 years ago, Sundance was rocked by DIG!, Ondi Timoner's genre-topping rockumentary about two Gen-X bands and their journey to alt-rock glory. Shot over nearly a decade, DIG! explores the collision of art and commerce through the star-crossed friendship and bitter rivalry of dueling 90s bands The Dandy Warhols and The Brian Jonestown Massacre. Through their loves and obsessions, gigs, arrests and death threats, uppers and downers, and ultimately to their shot at mainstream success, they stage a self-proclaimed revolution in the music industry.

DIG! XX – a bigger, better, crazier expanded reimagining of the original cut – reminds us why the original is canon and why sometimes, more is better.

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"The New Americans: Gaming a Revolution"

An energetic documentary about the younger generation of disenfranchised Wall Street disruptors who are unafraid to lose it all, if it means they can shake things up and change the world.

Internationally acclaimed documentarian Ondi Timoner‘s latest work is one of her most timely. In “The New Americans: Gaming a Revolution,” the director examines the world of normal folks turned millionaire stock traders by taking a deeper look at the influence gaming, social media, and digital avenues had on the traditional American Dream. By interviewing the founders of WallStreetBets and…

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SXSW: The New Americans: Gaming a Revolution

An engrossing documentary about the new age of financial and digital disruption. Ondi Timoner takes a complicated subject and makes it accessible and entertaining. SXSW: The New Americans: Gaming a Revolution TheMovieDb Link: The New Americans: Gaming a Revolution   Read the full article

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HOW TO MAKE A GREAT DOCUMENTARY (In My Opinion)- Masterclass Trailer from Interloper Films on Vimeo.

WATCH FULL CLASS HERE: gum.co/UoOC In this two-hour masterclass, critically-acclaimed two-time Sundance Grand Jury Prize-winning director Ondi Timoner (DIG!, WE LIVE IN PUBLIC, BRAND: A Second Coming, and most recently her new series for Viceland JUNGLETOWN) takes you through the process of creating a great documentary - from choosing a subject to developing your idea into reality. Timoner shares clips from her films to demonstrate tips and techniques that will forever transform how you approach filmmaking - from pre-production through production, to post-production through distribution and beyond!

Part One: DECONSTRUCTING THE PROCESS Choosing a Topic • Pre-Production • Production

Ondi discusses assessing the relevancy and longevity of your topic. She offers personal insight into selecting a format (feature? short? series?) and how to set a schedule and create a budget. Finally, Ondi talks about interviewing methods and how to deftly use b-roll.

Part Two: THE EDIT

Opening Your Film • The Long Road • Music • Graphics • Closing Your Film

Ondi addresses how to open your film in a way that grabs the audience. She gives tips on how to stay focused and overcome hurdles during the long editing process. She demonstrates how and when to use music, motion graphics and animation to (literally) illustrate a point or an esoteric concept. Lastly, Ondi discusses how to end a film so effectively that people can't stop talking about it over dinner afterwards! Part Three: DISTRIBUTION

Festivals • Finding Your Audience • Redefining the Gatekeeper

Ondi talks about how to find and build an audience before the film is completed and then how to mobilize that group to promote your film. She explains how to plan the premiere to attract the best distribution options. Finally, she shares how filmmakers are redefining the gatekeepers of distribution by utilizing new platforms. Note! The two-hour Full Version includes a 45-minute Q&A in which the audience asks insightful questions about artistic integrity, choosing main characters, organizing the edit, audio gear & more!

ABOUT THE SPEAKER

Ondi Timoner is known as a dynamic force in in the documentary world. Bestowed with the honor of opening the 2015 SXSW Film Festival with her latest documentary, "BRAND: A Second Coming," Ondi has put herself in the upper echelon of doc makers through such brilliant features as DIG! & WE LIVE IN PUBLIC - both awarded the prestigious Sundance Grand Jury Prize and in the permanent collection of the MoMA NY. Ondi's vision goes far beyond what she infuses into her own feature docs. As an entrepreneur, curator, and web pathbreaker, Ondi continues to push the boundaries through such web-based projects as atotaldisruption.com - a "constantly releasing" documentary that profiles entrepreneurs, inventors and artists of our time from a place of passion & humanity - and BYOD (Bring Your Own Documentary) - the only talk show about documentaries in the world, 5 years strong with over 300 episodes. Her latest project is JUNGLETOWN, an ongoing television series (season one will be ten hours) and feature-length documentary (to be shot over years) which follows the building of “the world’s most sustainable modern town” through the eyes of the young adults who, facing climate disaster, are moving to the Panamanian jungle. It will premiere on VICELAND in 2017. She has also written the script for MAPPLETHORPE, the story of controversial visionary photographer Robert Mapplethorpe, which she is set to produce and direct in the spring of 2017.

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‘The New Americans: Gaming a Revolution’ Review: A Heady Documentary Looks at How Stock Trading Turned Into a ‘Rebellious’ Addiction

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‘The New Americans: Gaming a Revolution’ Review: A Heady Documentary Looks at How Stock Trading Turned Into a ‘Rebellious’ Addiction

In the history of casual comments that sound like they could mark the end of civilization, there’s a staggering contender in “The New Americans: Gaming a Revolution” — all the more so because it comes from an investor who sounds reasonably intelligent. The movie, the latest documentary provocation written and directed by Ondi Timoner, is […]

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‘The New Americans: Gaming A Revolution’ Review: Ondi Timoner’s Provocative Doc Previews The World That Awaits Us – SXSW

Wanna feel old? Contrary to popular depictions of millennial youth as being disenfranchised, politically feckless and bone idle, this eye-opening documentary might be the bazooka that’s needed to shatter all those cozy assumptions. So of-the-moment is Ondi Timoner’s latest work that it premiered almost exactly when the collapse of SVB made international news, and though that particular…

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Robert Mapplethorpe & Milton Moore ↳ You're perfect. And we'll take care of you. ↳ MAPPLETHORPE: THE DIRECTOR'S CUT (2020) | dir. Ondi Timoner

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Biography  Drama

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Stuff I'm Looking Forward to in January

Welcome to 2025! As we begin this year, there's still Hanukkah (ends 1/2) and Kwanzaa (ends 1/1) both continuing into this month and then there's New Year's Day (1/1), Armenian Christmas (1/6), Martin Luther King Jr. Day (1/20), Inauguration Day (1/20), and Lunar New Year (1/25). Here's what else is on my radar:

Movies:

DIG! XX 

Ondi Timoner's 2004 documentary Dig about the friendship and rivalry between The Brian Jonestown Massacre and The Dandy Warhols is one of my favorite documentaries of the 00s. To celebrate the 20th anniversary, Timoner revisited the film with an extended edition that, after playing festivals, is getting released 1/17.

Presence

Steven Soderbergh is one of those directors I always check out. Good or bad, there's always a unique take on a genre he's jumping into. Now he's got a thriller about a haunted house opening 1/24.

Music:

Ringo Starr Look Up

I'm a big fan of Sir Ringo Starr and after years of EP releases he is back with a new full length album for the first time in years. It's a country album produced and co-written by T Bone Burnett. Album drops 1/10.

TV:

SNL50: Beyond Saturday Night

This year marks the 50th anniversary of Saturday Night Live and there are going to be multiple celebratory shows. First up is a docuseries about SNL produced by Morgan Neville premiering on 1/16 on Peacock.

Severance Season 2

I named the first season of the high-concept workplace series Severance my #2 TV Show of 2022. After multiple delays due to the strikes, season 2 is finally premiering on 1/17 on Apple TV+.

Ladies & Gentlemen... 50 Years of SNL Music

Speaking of SNL50 celebrations, there's a primetime special co-directed by Questlove about the musical guests over the last 50 years on SNL, airing 1/27 on NBC.

Awards Season:

Now that 2024 is over, it's time to hand out some awards for the Best of 2024. Kicking off awards season this month is Golden Globe Awards on 1/5.

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I really wanted a life of my own. | Directed By Women Viewing Guide

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“Wenn du mich jetzt verläßt, werde ich schwul.” sagte Robert Mapplethorpe zu Patti Smith. Spürend, daß er nur kurz zu leben habe, wollte er etwas unvergessliches schaffen, was ihm schließlich auch gelang, als er merkte, daß Schönheit und der Teufel das gleiche sind. Wegen seiner katholischen Erziehung! Mapplethorpe ist nicht die psychologisch ausgefeilteste Künstlerbiographie, und irgendwie auch nicht das große Kunstwerk, daß es hätte werden müssen, aber weil Matt Smith aussieht, wie er aussieht und es auch sonst einiges zu sehen gibt (Mapplethorpe-Photos!) schauen wir’s trotzdem gerne.