Nancy Schwartzman Explained

Nancy Schwartzman
Birth Place:Miami, Florida, US
Alma Mater:Columbia University

Nancy Schwartzman is an American documentary filmmaker.[1] [2] She is a member of the Directors Guild of America and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.[3]

Personal life

Schwartzman was raised in Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania. She attended Harriton High School and Shipley School and is a 1997 graduate alumni of Columbia University in New York City.[4] [5]

Films

Schwartzman initially worked as a production assistant at Killer Films, contributing to Todd Solondz's Happiness and Todd Haynes' Velvet Goldmine. She also participated in social media advertising campaigns for the documentary films The Invisible War and Girl Model.[6]

Schwartzman’s first film, a short documentary titled The Line which was inspired by her experiences with sexual assault in Israel, was included in a White House campaign.[7] [8] [9] The film was completed in July 2009 and has been screened at the International Women's Film Festival in Israel, the Muslim Women and Sexuality Conference in Turkey, the Sex: Tech Conference in San Francisco, and the Men's Gender Equity and Anti-Violence Conference.[10] [11] [12]

Schwartzman’s second documentary, xoxosms, explores the lives and relationships of two young people while examining the impact of social networking technology. The film was produced by Cinereach and premiered on PBS POV in July 2013. It was also featured in the BBC Radio 4 Digital Human series.[13]

Roll Red Roll, Schwartzman's first feature-length documentary, examines the cultural factors at play behind the Steubenville, Ohio, high school rape case. It premiered in 2018 at the Tribeca Film Festival[14] and Hot Docs. Roll Red Roll was nominated for the Cinema Eye Honors Spotlight Award.[15] It was also nominated for a Peabody Award in 2020.[16] It was available for streaming on Netflix.[17] The impact campaign for Roll Red Roll received support from the Fledgling Fund, Bertha Foundation, Perspective, and the Ford Foundation.[18]

Schwartzman also released a companion short film to Roll Red Roll, "Anonymous Comes To Town", co-produced with the Tribeca Film Institute and fashion house Gucci's 'Chime for Change' campaign[19] with The Guardian.[20]

Schwartzman directed the short documentary Angeline, which tells the story of a woman who discovers, at the age of 30, that she has been lied to about her genetic identity after taking a 23andMe DNA test.[21]

Schwartzman's 2023 documentary film, Victim/Suspect, premiered at the 2023 Sundance Film Festival,[22] followed by a release on Netflix on May 23, 2023.[23] The documentary focuses on Rachel de Leon, a journalist at The Center for Investigative Reporting, as she follows and investigates legal cases across the United States that involve women who have reported their sexual assaults to the police. It was nominated for the U.S. Documentary Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival[24] and the F:ACT Award at CPH:DOX.[25], and is also the winner of the 2024 RFK Journalism prize.[26]

In 2024, Schwartzman directed and produced Sasha Reid and the Midnight Order, a series revolving around Sasha Reid and her society of young women who work together solving cold cases, analyzing the minds of killers, and working to protect the vulnerable.[27] Produced by XTR, the series premiered July 9, 2024, on Freeform.[28]

Media

In response to a spike in street violence in NYC, Schwartzman founded safestreets.org, though the website is now inactive. Schwartzman was also a founding editor and Creative Director of the print edition of Heeb magazine.[29]

In 2011, Schwartzman co-created the app "Circle of 6", a free anti-violence app. The app won the 2011 White House 'Apps Against Abuse' Contest.[30] [31]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The White House Highlights Circle of 6 App and The Line. Inc. POV American Documentary. POV's Documentary Blog. en-US. 2020-02-21.
  2. Web site: Nancy Schwartzman. APB Speakers. en. 2020-02-21.
  3. Web site: Pedersen . Erik . 2023-06-28 . Movie Academy Invites Nearly 400 New Members Including Taylor Swift, Ke Huy Quan, The Daniels & Austin Butler . 2023-06-30 . Deadline . en-US.
  4. Web site: Circle of 6].
  5. Web site: On Denim Day, virtual screening of "Roll Red Roll" calls out rape culture. 2020-12-21. Columbia Daily Spectator.
  6. Web site: The Invisible War . 2025-01-09 . In an Irish Home . en.
  7. Web site: Nancy Schwartzman: Crossing the Line . https://web.archive.org/web/20120306022239/http://www.hillel.org/about/news/2008/mar/nancyschwartzman_19march2008.htm . 6 March 2012 . 18 September 2024.
  8. Web site: The White House Highlights Circle of 6 App and The Line. Inc. POV American Documentary. POV's Documentary Blog. en-US. 2020-02-21.
  9. Web site: Case Study – THE LINE. Center for Media and Social Impact. en-US. 2020-02-21.
  10. Web site: International Directors Index . https://web.archive.org/web/20120312171728/http://www.iwff.net/En/films.asp?Yid=2009&CatId=2 . 12 March 2012 . 10th International Women's Film Festival . 16 April 2017.
  11. Web site: SexTech: Using Social Networks to Fight Stigma . 27 February 2010 . L'Atelier BNP Paribas . 16 April 2017.
  12. Web site: First National Conference For Campus Based Men's Gender Equality and Anti-Violence Groups . https://web.archive.org/web/20100610052510/http://www1.csbsju.edu/menscenter/conference/default.htm . 10 June 2010 . College of Saint Benedict, Saint John's University . Collegeville, Minnesota . 6 November 2009 . 17 April 2017.
  13. Web site: Nancy Schwartzman. Tribeca Film Institute. en. 2020-02-21.
  14. Web site: Tribeca . 2020-02-21 . Tribeca.
  15. Web site: 2018-11-08 . Roll Red Roll . 2020-02-21 . The 2020 Cinema Eye Honors for Nonfiction Filmmaking . en-US.
  16. Web site: Lewis . Hilary . 2020-05-06 . Peabody Awards: ‘American Factory,’ ‘Dickinson,’ ‘Watchmen’ Among Nominees . 2024-12-06 . The Hollywood Reporter . en-US.
  17. Web site: Roll Red Roll Netflix . 2020-02-21 . www.netflix.com . en.
  18. Web site: Roll Red Roll Film. rollredrollfilm.com. 2020-02-21.
  19. News: Phillips. Charlie. Anonymous Comes to Town: hackers take on sexual assault in Ohio. 2019-04-18. The Guardian. 2020-02-21. en-GB. 0261-3077.
  20. News: Horton . Adrian . 2023-05-20 . ‘Kafka-esque nightmare’: what many women face when reporting rape . 2024-12-10 . The Guardian . en-GB . 0261-3077.
  21. Web site: Angeline . 2025-01-29 . Nancy Schwartzman . en-US.
  22. Web site: 2022-12-07 . 2023 Sundance Film Festival Announces Lineup of 99 Feature Films - sundance.org . 2024-11-27 . en-US.
  23. Web site: Richards . Amanda . April 27, 2023 . Victim/Suspect' Is a Tireless, Blood-Boiling Search For the Truth . Netflix.
  24. Web site: FilmAffinity . 2024-12-03 . FilmAffinity . en.
  25. Web site: Macnab . Geoffrey . 2023-03-20 . CPH:DOX F:act Award: Victim/Suspect by Nancy Schwartzman . 2024-12-03 . Business Doc Europe . en-GB.
  26. Web site: 2024-05-21 . Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights Announces 2024 Book and Journalism Award Winners . 2024-12-03 . Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights . en-US.
  27. Web site: Freeform Adds 'Chrissy & Dave Dine Out,' 'Royal Rules of Ohio' and 'Sasha Reid and The Midnight Order' to Unscripted Slate. Variety. BreAnna. Bell. September 27, 2023. June 4, 2024.
  28. Web site: Freeform's 'Sasha Reid & The Midnight Order' Introduces Female Team of Serial Killer Investigators. The Wrap. Loree. Seitz. May 31, 2024. June 4, 2024.
  29. Oei, Lily; Dobbs, Aaron "Nancy Schwartzman, Filmmaker/Activist/Heeb" . Gothamist.com.
  30. http://appsagainstabuse.challenge.gov/submissions/4900-circle-of-6 "Apps against Abuse"
  31. Web site: Announcing the Winners of the Apps Against Abuse Technology Challenge. Sebellius. Kathleen. Kathleen Sebellius. November 1, 2011. The White House. 3 April 2018.

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