Stacie Passon
| Stacie Passon | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation | film director, screenwriter |
| Known for | Concussion |
Stacie Passon is an American film director and screenwriter,[1] whose debut film Concussion premiered at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival, and subsequently won a Teddy Award Jury Prize as an outstanding film about LGBT themes at the 2013 Berlin International Film Festival.[2]
Passon previously worked as a commercial director and producer. She is originally from Detroit, Michigan.[3]
In 2012, Passon received the Adrienne Shelly Director’s Grant and the Calvin Klein Spotlight on Women Filmmakers Live the Dream Grant at the Gotham Awards for Concussion.[4] Concussion was released in the United States by Radius/TWC and in 17 other territories around the world. The film garnered two Gotham Nominations for Breakthrough Director and Breakthrough Actor, a Spirit Award Nomination for Best First Film and won a 2014 GLAAD Media award.
Passon is now developing her second feature film Strange Things Started Happening, which is supported by Sundance Institute and Tribeca Film Institute.[4] She teaches screenwriting at New York University's Tisch School of the Arts.
References
- ↑ "Stacie Passon's Superb Concussion Is Why We Have a Sundance in the First Place". The Village Voice, January 23, 2013.
- ↑ "Child’s Pose wins Berlin’s Golden Bear". Screen Daily, February 16, 2013.
- ↑ "Blow to the Head=A Hit at Sundance". New Jersey Monthly, February 20, 2013.
- 1 2 "Meet the 2013 Sundance Filmmakers #19: Stacie Passon Tracks the Double Life of a Lesbian Housewife in 'Concussion'". Indiewire. Retrieved 3 March 2013.