Dana Offenbach Explained

Dana Offenbach
Nationality:American
Occupation:producer and director
Known For:founder of CinemaStreet Pictures

Dana Offenbach is American film and television producer and director. She is the founder of CinemaStreet Pictures, LLC. Her credits include feature films, TV, shorts, television commercials, awards show segments, public service announcements, interstitial programming, documentaries and music videos.[1] [2]

Offenbach has produced in India, Brazil, Ireland, South Africa and London.

Career

Offenbach co-produced the indie hit Hav Plenty which was sold at the Toronto Film Festival to Miramax, and premiered at Sundance in 1998.[3]

In 1999, she produced her second independent feature titled Box Marley for writer/director Christopher Scott Cherot. Offenbach wrote, produced, and directed Love & Orgasms[4] which won World Premiere Honors at the 2003 Ft. Lauderdale International Film Festival, and screened in several festivals both domestically and internationally.[5]

In 2006, Offenbach spent 3 months in India producing The Memsahib, an 1850s period feature, released by Red Letter Pictures In India.[6]

Following that she independently produced and distributed in a partnership with AMC Theatres, Qasim Basir’s Mooz-lum, starring Danny Glover, Evan Ross, Nia Long, Roger Guenveur Smith, and Dorian Missick. She secured independent theatrical distribution in Canada, the UK, Dubai, and Kuwait, as well as DVD, television and digital distribution.[7] [8]

CinemaStreet Pictures

In 2011, Offenbach opened her indie production company CinemaStreet Pictures, LLC in her hometown of New York City.[9] [10] Her recent credits include Julius Onah’s The Girl Is in Trouble[11] which was executive produced by Spike Lee was released domestically on multi platforms (including theatrical) by E One Films on April 3, 2015 and Odin’s Eye Internationally.[12] [13]

In 2017, Offenbach wrote, produced and directed "My Sun Sets to Rise Again" which was shot on location in Mumbai, India in 2016.[14] "My Sun Sets to Rise Again" wins the Honorable Mention in the 2nd Online Annual Shorts Festival in the Drama Category by New York Women in Film & Television and Go Indie TV.[15] My Sun Sets To Rise Again has been distributed internationally by ShortsTV and GoIndie TV.[16]

In 2019 Dana's production company launched a Women's Screenplay contest which is being managed by longtime New York Women in Film & Television Director Terry Lawler who retired from her post at Women in Film earlier in the year.[17]

In July 2019 Dana;s short film Before It Was True was nominated in multiple categories in the Los Angeles International Film Festival's Indie Short Fest and was one of the winners of the 2019 Moondance Film Festival.[18] The film was written by Brenda Kienan and stars Joan Juliet-Buck, Nicole Ansari-Cox and Lina Todd.[19] [20]

In 2023 Dana produced To Live and Die and Live. On January 20, 2023, the movie had its premiere at the Sundance Film Festival.[21]

Membership

She is a member of the Producers Guild of America and New York Women in Film & Television.[22]

Filmography

Producer

Director

Writer

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Producer Dana Offenbach on the business of raising money. NYWIFT. 21 August 2017.
  2. Web site: Ed Han Consulting and CinemaStreet Pictures Collaborate Again for New iRobot Roomba Vacuum Cleaner Spot. Shoot (advertising magazine). 18 June 2017. en.
  3. Web site: Roman. Monica. Cherot, Miramax ink for 'Plenty' of films. Variety. 16 March 2016.
  4. Web site: Goldstein. Gregg. Nehst Media is Meistrich's new outfit. The Hollywood Reporter. 21 August 2017. en.
  5. Web site: Film Life's 8th Annual American Black Film Festival To Feature A Diverse Slate Of Independent Films Including 14 World Premieres. ABFF. 16 March 2016.
  6. Web site: Koehler. Robert. Review: 'The Memsahib'. Variety. 21 August 2017. 1 August 2006.
  7. Web site: Garcia. Tonya. Indie Filmmakers Go Grassroots to Distribute 'Mooz-Lum'. Adweek. 21 August 2017.
  8. Web site: 'Mooz-Lum': A Muslim-American Perspective In Film. Huffington Post. 13 March 2016.
  9. Web site: Kilday. Gregg. Producer, banker team for CinemaStreet. The Hollywood Reporter. 21 August 2017. en.
  10. Web site: CinemaStreet Pictures' Dana Offenbach Directs PSA Commemorating Women's March on Washington. Shoot. 21 August 2017.
  11. Web site: Catsoulis. Jeannette. The Girl is in Trouble. https://web.archive.org/web/20150512142141/http://www.nytimes.com/movies/movie/462718/The-Girl-Is-In-Trouble/overview. dead. 12 May 2015. Movies & TV Dept.. The New York Times. 2015. 16 March 2016.
  12. Web site: Scheck. Frank. 'The Girl is in Trouble': Film Review. The Hollywood Reporter. 16 March 2016.
  13. Web site: Kenigsberg. Ben. Film Review: 'The Girl Is in Trouble'. Variety. 16 March 2016.
  14. Web site: CinemaStreet Director Dana Offenbach's Dramatic Short Set For L.A. Screening . Shoot (advertising magazine).
  15. Web site: My Sun Sets to Rise Again . GITV . en.
  16. Web site: ShortsTV brings the best of Indian short films . Indian Television Dot Com . en . 18 April 2020.
  17. Web site: Enter the CinemaStreet Screenplay Contest, Deadline June 30 . The New School . 26 April 2019.
  18. Web site: 2019-winners-finalists-semi-finalists . Moondance International Film Festival.
  19. Web site: Before It Was True . INDIE SHORT FEST . en . 4 July 2019.
  20. Web site: Leah Curney wins CinemaStreet's Short Screenplay Competition for women . SHOOTonline . 3 October 2019 . en.
  21. Web site: Patten . Anthony D'Alessandro,Dominic . D'Alessandro . Anthony . Patten . Dominic . Sundance Film Festival Lineup Set With Ukraine War, Little Richard, Michael J. Fox, Judy Blume Docs; Pics With Anne Hathaway, Emilia Clarke, Jonathan Majors; More . Deadline . 7 December 2022.
  22. Web site: Ask Me Anything: Meet Producer, Dana Offenbach. New York Women in Film & Television. 13 March 2016.

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