Kim Longinotto

Kim Longinotto is a British documentary maker, most famous for making films which highlight the plight of female victims of oppression or discrimination.She is romantically connected to Tony Graham, director of the Unicorn Theatre for children in London.

Background

Longinotto studied camera and directing at the National Film and Television School in Beaconsfield, England, where she now tutors.

Films

* Pride of Place (1976) (as Kim Longinotto Landseer)
* Underage (1982) - Director/Cinematographer
* Eat the Kimono (1989) - Director/Cinematographer
* The Good Wife of Tokyo (1992) - Director
* Dream Girls (1994) - Director/Cinematographer/Producer
* Shinjuku Boys (1995) - Director/Cinematographer/Producer
* Rock Wives (1996) (TV) - Director
* Divorce Iranian Style (1998) - Director
* Gaea Girls (2000) - Director/Cinematographer/Producer/Writer
* Runaway (2001) - Director/Cinematographer/Writer
* The Day I Will Never Forget (2002) - Director/Cinematographer
* Sisters in Law (2005) - Director/Cinematographer/Producer
* Hold Me Tight, Let Me Go (2007) - Director/Cinematographer/Producer

Awards

"Shinjuku Boys" (1995) was judged Outstanding Documentary at the San Francisco Gay and Lesbian Film Festival.

"Divorce Iranian Style" (1998) won the Grand Prize for Best Documentary San Francisco International Film Festival and the Silver Hugo Award at the Chicago International Film Festival.

"The Day I Will Never Forget" (2002) was awarded the Amnesty International DOEN Award at IDFA and Best Doc UK Spotlight at Hot Docs.

"Sisters in Law" (2005) won the "Prix Art et Essai" and "Special Mention Europa Cinemas" at the Cannes film festival in 2005.

ee also

* Documentary film
* National Film and Television School

External links

* Women Make Movies: [http://www.wmm.com/filmcatalog/makers/fm44.shtml Kim Longinotto] (Further background)
* Sisters in Law - Documentary [http://www.marymilton.co.uk/sound_site/sistersinlaw.html Sisters in Law]
* Interview (with audio) [http://www.synoptique.ca/core/en/archived_articles/longinotto Synoptique]
* [http://women.timesonline.co.uk/tol/life_and_style/women/families/article3886308.ece article in The Sunday Times] on recent documentary 'Hold Me Tight, Let Me Go' about The Mulberry Bush School