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Anne Makepeace has been a writer, producer, and director of award-winning independent films for more than twenty-five years. Her most recently completed documentary, WE STILL LIVE HERE: Âs Nutayuneân, is now making the festival rounds, won the 2011 Full Frame Inspiration Award, and will be broadcast nationally on PBS on the Independent Lens series in November (seehttp://www.makepeaceproductions.com/wampfilm.html). WE STILL LIVE HERE, a documentary about the return of the Wampanoag language, was funded by the Sundance Documentary Fund, ITVS, the LEF Foundation, and the National Science Foundation. Makepeace also won fellowships in support of the project from the Guggenheim Foundation and the Radcliffe Institute for Advanced Study. Jessie Little Doe Baird, a Wampanoag linguist whose story is central to the film, recently won a MacArthur "genius" award for her unprecedented work in bringing back her people's language, which had not been spoken for over a century.
Makepeace’s last film, I. M. PEI: Building China Modern, was broadcast on American Masters in March, 2010, to great critical acclaim. the documentary followed the world-renowned architect I. M. Pei for seven years as he designed and built an art museum in his ancestral home of Suzhou, China. Makepeace’s previous feature documentary, RAIN IN A DRY LAND, chronicles the journey and resettlement of two Somali Bantu refugee families from Africa through their first two years in America. RAIN IN A DRY LAND received a limited theatrical release through Emerging Pictures, was nominated for an Emmy, and was broadcast nationally as the lead show on PBS’ P.O.V. series’ 2007 season. For futher information go to http://www.makepeaceproductions.com/wampfilm.html.
In 2005, Makepeace completed a short film about the indomitable Eleanor Roosevelt. ELEANOR ROOSEVELT: CLOSE TO HOME is shown repeatedly in her Val Kill home, now a museum in Hyde Park. In 2003, Makepeace completed Robert Capa in Love and War for the American Masters series. Makepeace won a national prime time Emmy and the Voice for Humanity Award at Telluride MountainFilm for CAPA, among many prizes. The film was broadcast nationally on PBS as well as on the BBC and many many foreign stations (see http://www.makepeaceproductions.com/robert-capa.html for a full list of awards and broadcasts).
COMING TO LIGHT, Makepeace’s documentary about Edward S. Curtis, the pre-eminent photographer of Native Americans, was short-listed for an Academy Award in the feature documentary category, premiered at Sundance 2000, and was broadcast on American Masters/PBS in 2001, on Arte in France and Germany, and other foreign stations. COMING TO LIGHT won the O’Connor Award for Best Film from the American Historical Association, an Award of Excellence from the American Anthropological Association, a Gold Hugo from Chicago, Best Documentary at Telluride, and many others. Makepeace also completed a book about Curtis called, Edward S. Curtis, Coming to Light. For more information about COMING TO LIGHT, please go to http://www.makepeaceproductions.com/coming-to-light.html.
After years of working in the narrative feature world, Makepeace made her first documentary in 1998. An intimate personal film that explores the world of fertility intervention through the lens of her own experiences, Baby It’s You premiered at Sundance 1998, was the lead show on P.O.V.’s 1998 season, and was broadcast on Channel 4’s True Stories series. Baby It’s You also screened as part of the Whitney Biennial 2000. Information about BABY IT’S YOU can be found at http://www.makepeaceproductions.com/baby-its-you.html.
Makepeace also wrote the screenplay for the successful THOUSAND PIECES OF GOLD, an American Playhouse Theatrical feature, and the American Experience documentary ISHI, THE LAST YAHI. She wrote, produced and directed the dramatic films NIGHT DRIVING, starring William Sadler, for Showtime Networks, Inc.; WILDEST DREAMS starring William Petersen and Rebecca Jenkins; MOONCHILD, an award-winning docudrama broadcast nationally on PBS about a religious cult; and WHISTLE IN THE WIND, a bi-lingual short drama about a Bolivian boy and his llama.
Anne Makepeace has twice been a writer/director fellow at the Sundance Institute’s June laboratory, and served on the Sundance 2001 Film Festival’s documentary jury. In additon to PBS, her films have been broadcast on Showtime, Bravo, HBO, NHK, the BBC, Channel 4 (UK), ABC Australia, ZDF Germany, Thames Television (UK) and many other networks around the world. In addition to many festivals, her films have been screened at the Whitney Biennial, the Smithsonian, the Musée de l’Homme, the Museum of the American Indian, and many other museums, schools, colleges, and movie theaters around the country. Her work has been funded by the Pulitzer Foundation, the Sundance Documentary Fund, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting , ITVS, the NEA, the NEH, the Ford Foundation, American Masters, Showtime Networks Inc., HBO, A&E, and the American Film Institute. She has twice been a writer/director fellow at Robert Redford’s Sundance Institute, and served on the Sundance 2001 Film Festival’s documentary jury. |
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Writer/Director
2010 |
WE STILL LIVE HERE - Âs Nutayuneân
Producer Funded by Sundance Documentary Fund, CPB/ITVS, NSF, LEF,
2010 MFH et al. PBS broadcast scheduled November 2011. |
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Writer/Director
2010 |
I. M. PEI, Building China Modern, feature documentary about the
premier architect of the 20th Century, completed 2010, broadcast on
PBS/American Masters on March 31, 2010. |
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Writer/Director
Producer
2006 |
RAIN IN A DRY LAND, feature documentary about Somali Bantu
refugees, scheduled for national PBS broadcast on the POV
series in 2007. Full Frame Working Films Award. |
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Writer/Director
2005 |
ELEANOR ROOSEVELT, CLOSE TO HOME, for the National
Park Service at Hyde Park. |
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Writer/Director
Producer
2003 |
ROBERT Capa IN LOVE AND WAR, American Masters Feature
documentary about the legendary war photographer. Sundance
premiere January 2003, Lincoln Center March 2003. PBS May 2003.
Voice for Humanity Award, Telluride MountainFilm, 2003.
National Prime Time Emmy Award, September 2003. |
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Writer/Director
Producer
2003 |
COMING TO LIGHT, Edward S. Curtis and The North America Indians, Sundance 2000 premiere. Theatrical release through 7th Art Releasing. Academy Award finalist for best feature documentary 2001.
Awards include Best Film, the American Historical Association; Award of
Excellence, American Anthropological Association, and Best Documentary, Telluride Mountainfilm 2000.Funded by the NEH, the NEA, WNET/ American Masters, and CPB. PBS broadcast April 2001. |
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Writer/Director
Producer
1998 |
BABY, IT'S YOU, personal documentary about the filmmaker’s quest for a child. Funded by ITVS. Screened at the 2000 Whitney Biennial. National PBS broadcast 1998 - lead show on POV. Sundance Documentary Competition premiere; broadcast on Channel 4, U.K. |
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Screenwriter
1995 |
ISHI THE LAST YAHI, a PBS American Experience feature
documentary arrated by Linda Hunt. Best American Independent
Film, Munich Film Festival; Best of Festival, National Educational
Film Festival; Best Documentary, Native American Film Festival.
Emmy nomination, 1995 National broadcast on PBS 1995-1996. |
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Writer/Director
Producer
1993 |
NIGHT DRIVING, 35mm film for Showtime Networks, Inc., starring
William Sadler. Dramatic film about an Amerasian girl and a
visionary drifter lost in America. Gold Award, Houston International
Film Festival. CINE Golden Eagle. Showtime broadcast 1993. |
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Screenwriter
1991 |
THOUSAND PIECES OF GOLD, American Playhouse Theatrical
Feature, released in theaters 1991, PBS broadcast 1992-97, highest
American Playhouse's ratings. Many awards and festivals. |
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Writer/Director
1987 |
WHISTLE IN THE WIND children's film about a Bolivian boy
and his llama, distributed by Films Inc., aired on the USA Network,
Thames Television, and many foreign stations. CINE Golden Eagle. |
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Writer/Director
Producer
1985 |
MOONCHILD, docudrama about the Moonies. Aired on HBO,
Bravo, PBS, Channel 4 London, ZDF Germany, ABC Australia,
Danish and Swedish TV. Many awards and festival screenings. |
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WORKS IN PROGRESS
Writer/Director Building china modern, I. M. PEI’s SUZHOU MUSEUM.
Produced by Pacem Productions.
Writer/Producer WE SHALL REMAIN, a Native History of America. Part 1 of
PBS’ American Experience series on Native Americans.
Anne Makepeace’s films have been screened at festivals from Sundance to Munich, and have been broadcast on PBS, Showtime, Bravo, HBO, USA Network, Channel 4 (UK), ABC Australia, ZDF Germany, and Thames Television (UK) and screened at the Whitney Biennial, the Smithsonian, the Musée de l’Homme, the Museum of the American Indian, as well as many other museums, schools, colleges, and movie theaters around the country. Her work has been funded by the Pulitzer Foundation, the Sundance Documentary Fund, the Corporation for Public Broadcasting , ITVS, the NEA, the NEH, American Masters, Showtime Networks, HBO, PBS, A&E, and the American Film Institute. She has twice been a writer/director fellow at Robert Redford’s Sundance Institute. She has been a resident of the Rockefeller Foundation’s Bellagio center, the MacDowell Colony, and Blue Mountain Center, and served on the Sundance 2001 Film Festival’s documentary jury.
AWARDS
National Prime Time Emmy Award (Robert Capa in Love and War)
Finalist, 2001 Academy Awards, (Coming to Light) (one of 12 on short list)
Full Frame Film Festival’s Working Films Award (Rain in a Dry Land)
American Historical Association O’Connor Film Prize (Coming to Light)
2000 Whitney Biennial (Baby It’s You)
Sundance Feature Documentary Competition (Baby It’s You, Coming to Light, Capa)
Six CINE Golden Eagles (Coming to Light, Baby It’s You, Ishi, Night Driving, Moonchild,Capa)
Two Gold Awards, Houston Film Festival (Coming to Light, Night Driving)
Two Gold Hugos, Chicago International Film Festival (Moonchild, Ishi)
Gold Hugo, Chicago International Television Festival (Coming to Light)
Gold Plaque, Chicago International Television Festival (Baby It’s You)
Three Gold Awards, Cindy Competition (Coming to Light, Baby It’s You, Moonchild)
Two Wrangler Awards, National Cowboy Hall of Fame (Thousand Pieces of Gold, Ishi)
Winner, SXSW Documentary Competition, 1998 ( Baby It’s You)
Best Documentary, Telluride MountainFilm Festival (Coming to Light)
Best American Independent Film, Munich Film Festival (Ishi)
Paramount Award for Best Feature, National Educational Film Festival (Moonchild)
Best Film, National Educational Film Festival (Ishi)
Best Documentary, American Indian Film Festival (Ishi)
OTHER PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
Author, Edward Curtis, Coming to Light, published by National Geographic 2001.
Writer/Director, Chanticleer Films' Discovery Program (Night Driving) 1992-1993
Memberships: DGA, WGA, IDA, IFP, FAF, AFI |
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