Michie Gleason

Michie Gleason is a film director and screenplay writer based in Los Angeles. ^[1] She has written and directed The Island of the Mapmaker's Wife (2001), ^[2] Summer Heat (1987) and Broken English (1981). She was assistant to the director on the film Days of Heaven (1978). ^{[3] [4] [5]}

While a student at University of California, Los Angeles in 1974, Gleason and fellow students Christine Lesiak and Kathy Levitt wrote, filmed and produced We’re Alive, ^[6] a documentary covering the economic pressures and injustices faced by women incarcerated at the California Institution for Women in Chino, California. ^[7] The film was restored by archivists in 2022 and later selected for preservation at the Library of Congress’s National Film Registry. ^{[8] [9] [10]}

References

1. "SSB PRESENTS OUR 2019 TUSCANY ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCE: MICHIE GLEASON". Some Serious Business. 2019-03-15. Retrieved 2025-01-17.
2. "The Island of the Mapmaker's Wife". Nederlands Film Festival. Retrieved 2025-01-17.
3. "The Second Life of 'We're Alive'". UCLA. Retrieved 2024-01-24.
4. Correspondent, Charmain Z. Brackett. "Writing pal hopes to release third Shivers work". The Augusta Chronicle. Retrieved 2024-01-24.{{cite web}}: |last= has generic name (help)
5. Sloan, Jane (2007-03-26). Reel Women: An International Directory of Contemporary Feature Films about Women. Scarecrow Press. ISBN   978-1-4616-7082-7.
6. "We're Alive | UCLA Film & Television Archive". www.cinema.ucla.edu. Retrieved 2025-01-17.
7. "Film & Television Archive to screen alumni's documentary on incarcerated women". Daily Bruin. Retrieved 2025-01-17.
8. "ABOUT". VIRGINIA FILMS. Retrieved 2025-01-17.
9. "The Second Life of 'We're Alive'". UCLA. Retrieved 2025-01-17.
10. Bahr, Sarah (2023-12-13). "'Apollo 13' and 'The Nightmare Before Christmas' Join National Film Registry". The New York Times. ISSN   0362-4331 . Retrieved 2025-01-17.

External links

• Michie Gleason at IMDb
• Virginia Films, Gleason's film production studio