Beth Levison | |
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 Beth Levison at the Academy Awards, 2023 | |
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| Occupation(s) | Producer, director |
| Years active | 1993–present |
| Spouse | Henry Sidel |
Beth Levison is an Academy Award-nominated American independent documentary film producer and director based in New York City. [1] [2] Following a career in unscripted television, she has been in the independent documentary filmmaking trenches for the last 15 years.
Levison was born in Pittsfield, Massachusetts and went to Middlebury College. [3] [4]
Her most recently-completed producing effort, The Martha Mitchell Effect , about Watergate whistleblower and Republican cabinet wife Martha Mitchell, premiered at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival, launched on Netflix, and was nominated for a 2023 Academy Award (Best Documentary Short category). Her previous film, Storm Lake , which she directed alongside DP Jerry Risius and also produced, premiered at the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, broadcast on PBS’s Independent Lens in 2022, and was nominated for a Peabody Award and a 2022 News and Documentary Emmy Award. [5] Her other producing credits include Women in Blue (Independent Lens, 2021), News and Documentary Emmy-nominated Made in Boise (Independent Lens, 2020), News and Documentary Emmy-nominated Personal Statement (PBS, 2018), and 32 Pills: My Sister’s Suicide (HBO, 2017).
Levison is the founder of Hazel Pictures and the co-founder of the Documentary Producers Alliance. [2] She is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, was producing faculty with the School of Visual Arts’ Social Documentary Film Program from 2014-2020, and currently teaches as guest faculty at Sarah Lawrence College. [6] [2]
| Year | Title | Contribution | Note |
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| 2022 | The Martha Mitchell Effect | Producer | Documentary |
| 2021 | Storm Lake | Director and producer | Documentary |
| 2021 | Women in Blue | Producer | Documentary |
| 2021 | Charm Circle | Consulting producer | Documentary |
| 2019 | Made in Boise | Producer | Documentary |
| 2019 | The Boxers of Brule | Consulting producer | Documentary |
| 2019 | Cooked: Survival by Zip Code | Consulting producer | Documentary |
| 2018 | In the Land of Pomegranates | Consulting producer | Documentary |
| 2018 | Personal Statement | Co-producer | Documentary |
| 2017 | 32 Pills: My Sister's Suicide | Producer | Documentary |
| 2015 | The Trials of Spring | Producer | Documentary |
| 2012 | Marina Abramovic: The Artist Is Present | Consulting producer | Documentary |
| 2011 | Lemon | Director and producer | Documentary |
| Year | Result | Award | Category | Work | Ref. |
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| 2023 | Nominated | Academy Awards | Best Documentary Short Film | The Martha Mitchell Effect | |
| 2021 | Won | AFI Docs Festival | Audience Award | Storm Lake | [7] |
| Won | Provincetown International Film Festival | NYWIFT Award | [8] | ||
| Won | Woodstock Film Festival | Best Documentary Feature | [9] | ||
| 2012 | Won | Oaxaca FilmFest | Best Documentary Feature | Lemon | |
| Nominated | Miami Film Festival | Best Documentary Feature | [10] | ||
| 2011 | Won | Zurich Film Festival | International Documentary Film | [11] | |
| Nominated | Doc NYC | Special Jury Prize | [12] | ||
| Won | Primetime Emmy Awards | Outstanding Children's Program | A Child's Garden of Poetry | [13] | |
| 2006 | Nominated | Classical Baby | |||
| 2005 | Won | ||||
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