SEMINÁRIO “Cinema independente estilo Nova Iorque – 35 filmes mais tarde” / SEMINAR “Independent Filmmaking New York City Style – 35 Films Later”
Prof. responsável / Teacher: Andrew Fierberg
(Produtor / Producer, Realizador / Director, Professor Associado / Associate at the Carpenter Center, Harvard University).
Bio: EL CIELO ES AZUL is Andrew Fierberg’s directoral debut.
Mr. Fierberg has produced over 30 provocative award winning independent films. His feature films include Steven Shainberg’s SECRETARY and FUR: AN IMAGINARY PORTRAIT OF DIANE ARBUS, Lodge Kerrigan’s KEANE, Sally Potter’s YES and RAGE, Michael Almereyda’s HAMLET, Jill Sprecher’s 13 CONVERSATIONS ABOUT ONE THING, Jonathan Nossiter’s SUNDAY, Gina Kim’s NEVER FOREVER, and Zoe Cassavette’s BROKEN ENGLISH. He has championed the early acting careers of Maggie Gyllenhaal, Abigail Breslin, Julia Stiles, Amy Ryan and Vera Farmiga, and worked with other such notable actors as Bill Murray, Nicole Kidman, Robert Downey Jr., Judi Dench, Jude Law, Joan Allen, Ethan Hawke, Davis Suchet, Sam Shepard and Alan Arkin. He has produced with Steven Soderbergh, David Lynch, Martin Scorsese, Spike Lee and Woody Allen. Mr. Fierberg has created pioneering work on the cross over between the cinema and the art gallery, having produced Isaac Julien’s BALTIMORE, Sharon Lockhart’s LUNCHBREAK and Mika Rottenberg’s SQUEEZE. His latest international producing venture is the upcoming Mexican film, LAS PAREDES HABLAN, based on the novel by the award-winning author Carmen Boullosa. Andrew sits on the Finance Committee of the Film Forum, is on the Board of Advisors of Bomb Magazine and is an Associate at Harvard University’s Carpenter Center for the Visual Arts. He lives and works in New York City.
Apoio / Support:
Fundação Luso-Americana
ICA – Instituto do Cinema e Audiovisual
