Bodine Boling Explained

Bodine Boling
Birth Name:Bodine Alexander Orban
Birth Date:16 August 1982
Birth Place:Denton, Maryland, U.S.
Alma Mater:Barnard College[1]
Occupation:Actress, writer, voice artist
Years Active:2001-present
Spouse:Alexis Boling
Website:bodineboling.com

Bodine Alexander Boling (born August 16, 1982) is an American writer and filmmaker. She is best known for writing, producing, starring in and editing the independent science fiction feature Movement and Location.[2]

Early life

Boling was born and raised on the eastern shore of Maryland, attending Saints Peter and Paul High School in Easton, MD.[3]

Career

In 2001, Boling (as Bodine Alexander) starred in "Riders", which was written and directed by Doug Sadler and premiered at the Los Angeles Film Festival.[4] The film later aired on the Sundance Channel.[5]

In 2005, Boling (as Alex Orban) appeared in Swimmers (film), another independent feature film written and directed by Doug Sadler, which premiered at the Sundance Film Festival.[6]

Boling wrote, produced, starred in and edited the independent science fiction feature film Movement and Location.[7] It was a joint project with her husband Alexis Boling, through his production company Harmonium Films and Music.[8]

The film premiered at the Brooklyn Film Festival in 2014, where it won the Audience Award, Best Screenplay and Best Original Score.[9] Other festivals of note include Indie Memphis (2014), where it won the Ron Tibbett Excellence in Filmmaking Award and Best Poster,[10] and the Rome International Film Festival (2014),[11] where it won Best Narrative Feature and the Audience Award.[12] It also played the Atlanta Film Festival and Sci-Fi-London, both in 2015.[13] [14]

In 2019, Boling joined the staff of radio show Live From Here as creative director and announcer.[15]

Personal life

Boling married filmmaker Alexis Boling on September 12, 2009 at the Brooklyn Academy of Music in Brooklyn, New York. Michael Yates Crowley officiated and Vampire Weekend played the reception.[16]

Her grandfather is photographer A. Aubrey Bodine.[17]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Moore. Henley. Screenwriter returns home for Md. film festival. The Washington Times. 29 January 2016.
  2. Web site: Bodine Boling. IMDb. 29 January 2016.
  3. Web site: Orban-Boling. The Star Democrat. 29 January 2016.
  4. Web site: Maryland film gets a break at L.A. festival. Baltimore Sun. 29 January 2016.
  5. Web site: Oei. Lily. Channel nabs rights to Catskills thriller, 'Riders'. Variety. 29 January 2016.
  6. Web site: Sadler's new film to premiere at Sundance Film Festival. The Star Democrat. 29 January 2016.
  7. Web site: Brooklyn Film Festival: Movement and Location. This Week In New York. 29 January 2016.
  8. Web site: Movement + Location. Indie Memphis 2014. 29 January 2016.
  9. Web site: MOVEMENT AND LOCATION - World Premiere. Brooklyn Film Festival. 29 January 2016.
  10. Web site: 2014 AWARDS . Indie Memphis . 29 January 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160206070627/http://indiememphis.com/awards/ . 6 February 2016 .
  11. Web site: Walker. Doug. ‘Movement and Location’ screening at Rome International Film Festival tonight. Rome News-Tribune. 29 January 2016.
  12. Web site: December 4-10, 2015, Movement and Location Chicago Premiere. Facets Cinémathèque. 29 January 2016.
  13. Web site: MOVEMENT AND LOCATION - directed by Alexis Boling . Atlanta Film Festival . 29 January 2016 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20160205072757/http://atlantafilmfestival.com/2015/movement-and-location/ . 5 February 2016 .
  14. Web site: MOVEMENT + LOCATION. Sci-Fi-London. 29 January 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160204204600/http://sci-fi-london.com/festival/2015/programme/feature/movement-location. 4 February 2016. dead.
  15. Web site: Live From Here Performers and Staff . Live From Here . 3 April 2020.
  16. Web site: Orban-Boling. The Star Democrat. 29 January 2016.
  17. Web site: Bodine Orban, Alexis Boling. The New York Times. 29 January 2016.