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Nicole Conn | |
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| Born | October 29, 1959 Mesa, Arizona, U.S. |
| Occupation | Film director, producer, screenwriter |
| Alma mater | Elliott Business College, 1986 [1] |
| Years active | 1992–present |
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Nicole Conn (born October 29, 1959) is an American film director, novelist, producer, [2] and screenwriter most famous for her debut feature, the lesbian love story Claire of the Moon (1992). Her screenplay for Claire of the Moon was also released as a novel the following year. [3]
Conn was born in Mesa, Arizona, and graduated from Elliot Business College in Portland, Oregon. [4]
Conn received a degree in business and began her filmmaking career with the goal of bringing non-mainstream screenplays to wider audiences. She is a co-founder of Preemie World, a website created to help connect NICU professionals and the parents of premature babies with resources and tools. [5]
In June 2023, Conn was on the Producers Guild of America’s Pride and Leadership virtual panel. [6]
Conn's 2005 documentary little man is about the extremely premature birth of her son, Nicholas. Born 100 days too early, Nicholas weighed only one pound. The film is the winner of many film festival awards from around the United States. [7] Including 12 Best Documentary Awards along with Cedar Sinai’s Courageous Beginnings Award. [8]
Conn identifies as a lesbian. [9] She was in a relationship with Marina Rice Bader. [10]
Conn has two children, Gabrielle Baba-Conn [11] and Nicholas James Baba-Conn. [12]
| Year | Title | Director | Writer | Producer | Editor | Notes |
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| 1992 | Claire of the Moon | Yes | Yes | No | No | Feature film Also based on her novel |
| 1996 | Cynara: Poetry in Motion | Yes | Yes | Executive | No | Short film |
| 2005 | little man | Yes | No | Yes | Yes | Documentary film |
| 2010 | Elena Undone | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Feature film |
| 2011 | Coming Undone | No | No | Co-producer | No | Concert movie |
| 2012 | A Perfect Ending | Yes | Yes | No | Yes | Feature film |
| 2014 | Jen Foster: She | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Music video |
| 2019 | More Beautiful for Having Been Broken | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Feature film |
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