Pamela B. Green is a two-time Emmy-nominated, award-winning American film director and producer known for her work in feature film titles and motion graphics. She is the director, writer, editor and producer of the documentary Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché.[1] In 2020, she was awarded the Jane Mercer Researcher of the Year award at the FOCAL International awards for her work on Be Natural.[2]
Pamela Green | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | American |
| Occupation(s) | Film director, film producer, motion graphics producer |
| Notable work | Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché |
PIC Collective
editIn 2005, Green co-founded PIC Collective, an audiovisual communications studio focused on entertainment and motion design. PIC Collective designs and produces content for motion pictures, television, and commercials, and has done main title sequences for over 100 feature films and for every major Hollywood studio. Since PIC Collective's founding, Green has creative-directed and produced main titles and marketing campaigns for The Kingdom,[3] Twilight, The Cabin in the Woods, The Muppets, 42, and numerous others, as well as TV show packages for the Academy Awards, the Billboard Awards, the Critics’ Choice Awards, and the mini-documentary sequences for VH1ʼs Soul Divas: History of Soul Music.[citation needed]
The title sequence for The Kingdom was honored with a place on the Independent Film Channel's list “The 50 Greatest Opening Title Sequences of All Time”. PIC Collective was also awarded a 2013 Key Art Award in Audio/Visual Technique for the titles of The Wolverine.[4]
On November 21, 2019, PIC Collective won Silver for a Clio Award in the category best Audio Visual Technique in Motion Graphics.[5]
Be Natural
editIn 2012, Green began working on Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché, a feature-length documentary about the first female film director. Green produced, directed, wrote and edited the documentary with executive producer Robert Redford. In 2013, Green and her team raised over $200,000 via Kickstarter to further fund the documentary. .[6][7]
In addition, Green was a recipient of the Sundance Institute Documentary Fund. The film premiered in the Official Selection of Cannes Classics 2018 and then had its North American premiere at the Telluride Film Festival, followed by the Deauville American Film Festival, New York Film Festival, and the BFI London film Festival. It was acquired by Zeitgeist Films in association with Kino Lorber and was released in theaters in April 2019. The film was well-received by most critics, with Deadline's Pete Hammond calling it "the Best Film In Cannes" and Katie Walsh for the Los Angeles Times calling it "illuminating". Be Natural was nominated by the Critics Choice Documentary Awards in the Best First Documentary Category. Be Natural was recently awarded Best Documentary at the 2020 Vancouver International Women in Film Festival.[8] On November 17, 2019, after a screening of the film at the Barrymore Film Center, the Fort Lee Film Commission awarded director Pamela B. Green with the Barrymore Film Center Alice Guy-Blaché Award and narrator Jodie Foster with the Barrymore Film Center Award.
Be Natural was nominated for five awards at the 2020 FOCAL International Awards and took home the prize for Best Use of Footage in a Cinematic Feature and the Jane Mercer Researcher of the Year Award.[9]
In December, the film was named one of the 50 Best Films of 2020 in the UK by The Guardian.[10]
Later in December, the film was named one of the 10 Best Documentaries in Peter Bradshaw's film picks of 2020.[11]
In 2021, Be Natural was nominated for a Peabody Award.[12]
Legwork Collective
editIn 2018, Green founded Legwork Collective, a media company that focuses on telling inspiring and moving scripted and unscripted stories that bring overlooked figures to the forefront via film, television, and audio.[13]
In 2020, Legwork Collective received a grant from The Redford Center to direct a nonpartisan Public Service Announcement encouraging young people to Take Action and Vote![14]
Filmmaker
editGreen directed the 2008 short Compact Only, which was nominated for Best Short at the Milan International Film Festival, for the Audience Award in the Fresno Film Festival, Best Short at the Beverly Hills Shorts Festival, and for the Best Short at The Int'l Fest of Cinema and Technology. The film won Best Short at the Tallahassee Film Festival, Best Short at the Treasure Coast International Film Festival, Accolade Film Award Winner, Best Comedy Short at the Gone With the Film Festival, Winner Aloha Accolade Award Honolulu, and much more.
Green was a co-producer on the 2010 documentary Bhutto[15] about the 11th Prime Minister of Pakistan, Benazir Bhutto.
In 2011, Green directed the music video for The Click Five's song “Don’t Let Me Go”, which was created in partnership with MTV EXIT and featured a message to raise awareness about human trafficking.
In 2012, Green directed a commercial for Super-Max Razors which starred actor Gerard Butler.[citation needed]
In 2012, Bhutto was nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Continuing Coverage of a News Story – Long Form.[16]
In 2014, Green was included in Saul Bass's book Anatomy of Film Design, listing her as being part of a "wholly digitally trained generation of title designers."[17]
In 2014, Green was selected to serve as a juror for Excellence in Title Design category at the 2014 South by Southwest Film Festival.[18]
In 2016, Green directed an Audi commercial.
In 2016, Green was selected to serve as a judge for The Motion Awards for motionographer.com.[19]
In 2018, Green's documentary Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché premiered at Cannes.
In 2020, Green directed the nonpartisan PSA, Take Action and Vote! for the Redford Center.[20]
In 2021, Green's documentary Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché was nominated for a Peabody [21]
In 2021, Be Natural was nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Research:Documentary.[22]
Green is currently working with co-writer Joan Simon and co-producer Cosima Littlewood on a feature biopic script about the mother of cinema, Alice Guy-Blaché,[23][24] which will feature new material not seen in the documentary Be Natural.[25]
Green has also developed Aces Never Sleep, a female-driven detective series, with Jamie Wolf's Foothill Productions and former CAA agent John Ptak, and they are in talks with different financiers.[26] The series takes place during a pandemic, social unrest, economic crisis, racism and a polarized America. Kate Warn and her team of lady operatives are behind the true origins of the Pinkerton Detective Agency, founded by fervent abolitionist Allan Pinkerton. Historical figures appear throughout the series, including Frederick Douglass and Abraham Lincoln, notably when the agency's most valued Ace Kate Warn and fellow detectives thwart an assassination attempt on the President-Elect.[25]
In 2022, Green did a kickstarter campaign for Ask The Question[27][28], a biopic about Ben A Barres.
Awards and accolades
edit| Year | Award | Category | Role | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | News and Documentary Emmy Awards[29] | Outstanding Research: Documentary | Director, Researcher | Nominated |
| 2021 | Peabody Awards[30] | Arts | Director, producer | Nominated |
| 2020 | Bangkok International Documentary Awards[31] | Best Feature Documentary | Director, producer | Won |
| 2020 | Monadnock International Film Festival[32] | Best Documentary Feature | Director, producer | Won |
| 2020 | FOCAL International Film Festival | Best Use of Footage in a Cinematic Feature for Be Natural
Jane Mercer Researcher of the Year Award for Be Natural |
Director, Researcher | Won |
| 2020 | FOCAL International Film Festival | Best Use of Footage in an Arts Production for Be Natural
Best Use of Footage in a History Feature for Be Natural Student Jury Award for Be Natural |
Director, Researcher | Nominated |
| 2020 | Vancouver International Women in Film Festival | Best Documentary for Be Natural | Director, producer | Won |
| 2020 | Filmmor Film Festival Audience Award | Best Documentary for Be Natural | Director, producer | Nominated |
| 2020 | International Filmmor Women's Film Festival | Best Documentary Feature for Be Natural | Director, producer | Nominated |
| 2019 | Clio Entertainment Award Silver Prize | Best Audio-Visual Technique in Motion Graphics for Be Natural | Director, producer | Won |
| 2019 | Critics' Choice Award | Best First Documentary Feature for Be Natural | Director, producer | Nominated |
| 2018 | Cannes Film Festival L'Oeil D'Or | Documentary for Be Natural | Director, producer | Nominated |
| 2018 | ADC Merit Award | Motion / Film Craft for Be Natural | Director, producer | Won |
| 2013 | Key Art Award | Audio Visual Technique for the titles of The Wolverine | Won | |
| 2012 | Emmy | Outstanding Continuing Coverage of a News Story for Bhutto | Producer | Nominated |
| 2012 | Peabody Awards | Area of Excellence | Co-producer | Won |
| 2009 | Milano International Film Festival Awards | Best Narrative Short for Compact Only | Director, producer | Nominated |
| 2009 | Best of Fest Treasure Coast International Film Festival | Best Editing for Compact Only | Director, producer, editor | Won |
Selected filmography
edit| Year | Film/Television Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Creepers | Opening Sequence and Internal Book Sequences |
| 2023 | On Sacred Ground | Creative Director, Titles and Internal Sequences |
| 2023 | Quasi | Title Design |
| 2023 | Wolf Pack | Creative Director, Titles |
| 2022 | Easter Sunday | Title Design |
| 2022 | Inheritance | Creative Director, Titles |
| 2022 | Love & Gelato | Title Design |
| 2022 | Heartland | Creative Director, Titles and Graphics |
| 2021 | Missing and Murdered in Montana | Creative Director, Titles and Graphics |
| 2021 | Mission Joy | Creative Director, Titles and Graphics |
| 2021 | Painkiller | Creative Director, Titles |
| 2021 | The Good House | Creative Director, Titles |
| 2020 | Big Sky | Creative Director, Show Open |
| 2020 | Take Action and Vote PSA | Director/Producer, editor |
| 2020 | Kiss the Ground | Creative Director, Graphics & co-Producer |
| 2020 | Let's Scare Julie | Creative Director, Titles |
| 2020 | Madame CJ Walker | Title Design |
| 2020 | Don't Look Deeper | Title Design |
| 2019 | Black Lightning | Title Design |
| 2019 | Live PD Wanted | Title Design |
| 2019 | Animal ER Live | Title Design |
| 2019 | The Buddy Games | Creative Director/Producer, Titles |
| 2018 | Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché | Director, co-writer, producer, editor |
| 2018 | Elseworlds: Supergirl | Creative Director/Producer, Titles |
| 2018 | Elseworlds: The Flash | Creative Director/Producer, Titles |
| 2018 | All American | Title Design |
| 2018 | Saint Judy | Creative Director/Producer, Titles |
| 2018 | I Feel Bad | Title Design |
| 2018 | You | Title Design |
| 2018 | God Friended Me | Title Design |
| 2018 | Quantico | Title Design |
| 2018 | Live PD Presents PD Cam | Creative Director, Graphics |
| 2018 | Benji | Creative Director, Title |
| 2018 | Blindspotting | Title Design |
| 2017 | Geostorm | Creative Director/Producer, Titles |
| 2017 | Rings | Creative Director/Producer, Titles |
| 2017 | Crown Heights | Title Design |
| 2016 | A Cinderella Story: If The Shoe Fits | Creative Director, Titles |
| 2016 | Jason Bourne | Creative Director, Titles |
| 2016 | The Crossroads of History | Creative Director, Title Design |
| 2015 | Victor Frankenstein | Titles, Graphics |
| 2015 | Soaked in Bleach | Creative Director/Producer, Titles |
| 2015 | Hot Tub Time Machine 2 | Creative Director/Producer, Titles |
| 2014 | The Oscars Red Carpet Live | Creative Director/Producer |
| 2014 | Mozart in the Jungle | Title Design |
| 2014 | Klondike | Title Design |
| 2013 | Homefront | Creative Director/Producer, Titles |
| 2013 | American Mustang | Opening Sequence |
| 2013 | Last Vegas | Creative Director/Producer, Titles |
| 2013 | 2013 MTV Movie Awards | Creative Director, Trailblazer, Generation Award Package |
| 2013 | 42 | Title Design |
| 2012 | 2012 MTV Movie Awards | Creative Director/Producer, Generation Award Package |
| 2012 | The Cabin in the Woods | Co-Creative Director, Titles |
| 2012 | Safe House | Co-Creative Director/Producer, Titles |
| 2011 | The Muppets | Creative Director/Producer, Main/End Titles |
| 2011 | The 2011 Billboard Music Awards | Graphics |
| 2011 | Red Riding Hood | Creative Director, Main/End Titles |
| 2011 | The 83rd Annual Academy Awards | Creative Director/Producer, Show Graphics |
| 2010 | Let Me In | Producer, Titles |
| 2010 | Killers | Co-Creative Director, Titles |
| 2010 | Bhutto | Co-Producer |
| 2009 | G.I. Joe: Rise of the Cobra | Producer, Main Titles/Visual Effects/Graphic Effects |
| 2009 | Push | Producer, Main Titles |
| 2008 | Twilight | Producer, Titles |
| 2008 | Sex and the City | Producer, Main Titles |
| 2007 | Lions for Lambs | Producer, Main/End Titles |
| 2007 | The Kingdom | Producer, Main Titles |
| 2006 | The Illusionist | Title Designer, Main Titles |
| 2006 | Madea's Family Reunion | Producer, Main Titles |
| 2005 | Serenity | Producer, Main Titles |
| 2005 | The Perfect Man | Producer, Main Titles |
| 2004 | The Bourne Supremacy | Producer, Main/End Titles |
| 2004 | Under the Tuscan Sun | Producer, Main/End Titles |
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Murie, Michael. "Be Natural: Interview with documentary filmmakers Pamela Green and Jarik van Sluijs". Filmmaker. August 26, 2013. Web. Retrieved February 27, 2014.
- ^ "2020 – Awards Winners". FOCAL Awards 2020. 2020-10-22. Retrieved 2020-10-23.
- ^ Seymour, Mike. "The Kingdom: the Agency, the Effects, the Titles" FX Guide. February 28, 2008. Web. Retrieved March 26, 2014.
- ^ List of 2013 Key Art Award Winners Archived 2014-03-22 at the Wayback Machine, as published by the Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved February 27, 2014.
- ^ "Clio Entertainment Winners". Clios. Retrieved 2019-11-13.
- ^ Highfill, Samantha. “'Be Natural' reaches Kickstarter goal, tells story of first female director” Entertainment Weekly. August 26, 2013. Web. Retrieved February 27, 2014.
- ^ Leopold, Todd. Trying to get first woman director her due CNN Entertainment. August 20, 2013. Web. Retrieved February 27, 2014.
- ^ "Features". 19 February 2021.
- ^ "Awards Programme / Nominations 2020". FOCAL Awards 2020. 2020-06-18. Retrieved 2020-10-22.
- ^ "The 50 best films of 2020 in the UK: The full list". TheGuardian.com. 18 December 2020.
- ^ "The 2020 Braddies go to … Peter Bradshaw's film picks of the year". TheGuardian.com. 17 December 2020.
- ^ "The Peabody Awards | Stories That Matter". The Peabody Awards. Retrieved 2021-05-04.
- ^ Hipes, Patrick (2021-09-01). "'Catching A Shadow' Docuseries From Pamela B. Green's Legwork Collective Lands A-List Narrators As Slate Expands". Deadline. Retrieved 2021-10-14.
- ^ "Take Action and Vote PSA – LEGWORK COLLECTIVE". Retrieved 2020-10-21.
- ^ Bhutto credits PBS. Retrieved March 26, 2014.
- ^ List of Nominees for the 33rd Annual News & Documentary Emmy Awards Archived 2013-11-21 at the Wayback Machine, as published by the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved February 27, 2014.
- ^ Horak, Jan-Christopher (18 November 2014). Saul Bass: Anatomy of Film Design. University Press of Kentucky. ISBN 9780813147192.
- ^ List of Jurors at the 2014 South by Southwest Film Festival Archived 2014-08-09 at the Wayback Machine, as published on the South by Southwest website. Retrieved February 27, 2014.
- ^ "Pamela Green • The Motion Awards by Motionographer by Motionographer". motionawards.com. Archived from the original on 2017-06-28.
- ^ "Take Action and Vote".
- ^ "Peabody Awards Announces 60 Nominees". 4 May 2021.
- ^ "42nd Annual News & Documentary Nominations – The Emmys". theemmys.tv.
- ^ "Pamela B. Green Developing Biopic About First Female Filmmaker Alice Guy-Blaché". womenandhollywood.com. Retrieved 2021-06-29.
- ^ Cecera, Rudy (2021-02-27). "INTERVIEW | Pamela Green, director of "Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché"". Screen Comment. Retrieved 2021-06-29.
- ^ a b Wiseman, Andreas (2021-01-11). "Filmmaking Pioneer Alice Guy-Blaché, The First Ever Female Movie Director, Subject Of New Biopic From 'The Great Hack' Duo". Deadline. Retrieved 2021-02-09.
- ^ "Biopic on Directing Pioneer Alice Guy-Blaché in the Works From 'Be Natural' Director". TheWrap. 2021-01-11. Retrieved 2021-06-29.
- ^ "AskTheQuestionMovie.com – An inspiring portrait of a rebel scientist with boundless curiosity, who, despit". Retrieved 2023-07-21.
- ^ ""Filmmaker plots feature on late Stanford transgender scientist"". www.bizjournals.com. Retrieved 2023-07-21.
- ^ "News 2021 Nominees – The Emmys". theemmys.tv. Retrieved 2021-07-27.
- ^ "Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché". The Peabody Awards. Retrieved 2021-06-09.
- ^ "BKKDOC 2020 Official Selection". www.bkkdoc.com. Retrieved 2020-12-04.
- ^ "Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché". MONIFF. 2020-09-25. Retrieved 2020-12-04.
External links
edit- Pamela B. Green at IMDb
- Reviews website
- pamelabgreen.com website
- BE NATURAL: THE UNTOLD STORY OF ALICE GUY-BLACHÉ
- The Cabin in the Woods Interview at Art of the Title
- The Kingdom Interview at Art of the Title
- PIC Agency website
- Legwork Collective website
- Los Angeles Times Review of Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché
- Be Natural as IndieWire's Project of the Day
- Review of Bhutto in Variety*