Bess O'Brien (filmmaker)

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Bess O'Brien is an American film producer and director. [1]

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In 2016, her film The Hungry Heart won the Media Award from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) and the College on Problems of Drug Dependence. [2]

In 2021, she created the Listen Up Musical. [3] She is married to filmmaker Jay Craven. [4]

Filmography

Producer

Director

References

  1. ↑ MACBRIDE, written by JEAN (November 25, 2024). "Vermont filmmaker Bess O'Brien talks latest documentary and shares vision for her future work". Colchester Sun.
  2. ↑ "Three Years Later, The Hungry Heart Is Still Drawing Audiences — and Awards". Seven Days. April 26, 2016.
  3. ↑ "Bess O'Brien's 'The Listen Up Musical' Sets the Stage for Destigmatizing Tough Conversations Among Teens". Seven Days.
  4. 1 2 Goodman, David (March 27, 2024). "Vermont Conversation: Filmmaker Bess O'Brien turns her camera on hunger, poverty and those 'just getting by'". VTDigger.
  5. ↑ Reformer, Special to the (April 8, 2015). "'Where the Rivers Flow North' based on Vermont author Howard Frank Mosher". Brattleboro Reformer.
  6. ↑ Staff, Jim Lowe Times Argus (July 11, 2008). "Shout It Out". Times Argus.
  7. ↑ McAllister, Gwyn (October 8, 2014). ""The Hungry Heart" A Q&A with Director Bess O'Brien".
  8. ↑ O'Connor, Kevin (October 30, 2018). "Vermont film explores the challenges of prisoners 'Coming Home'". Brattleboro Reformer.
  9. ↑ Hallenbeck, Brent. "Bess O'Brien's 'All of Me' focuses on eating disorders". Burlington Free Press.
  10. ↑ Faignant, Janelle (March 16, 2024). "Bess O'Brien's 'Just Getting By': Filmmaker confronts homelessness in Vermont". Times Argus.
  11. ↑ Harrison, Margot. "Bess O'Brien's Documentary 'Just Getting By' Puts Faces to the Problems of Housing and Food Insecurity in Vermont". Seven Days.


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