Trish Adlesic

Trish Adlesic
Born	Patricia Adlesic Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Education	Hunter College
Occupations	Film director producer location manager
Years active	1990–present

Patricia "Trish" Adlesic ^[1] is an American documentary film director and producer. She has been nominated for two Academy Awards.

Early life

Adlesic was born in Pittsburgh, the youngest of six children of Mary and Joseph Adlesic; ^{[2] [3]} her mother was a nurse and her father worked in education. ^[4] She is of Irish and Slovenian descent. ^[5] She graduated from Shaler Area High School and attended Hunter College, majoring in communications and psychology with a minor in music theory. ^{[2] [6]}

Career

She worked as a location manager on Law & Order: Special Victims Unit , where she met actress Mariska Hargitay. When Hargitay wanted to make a documentary about the American rape kit backlog, she asked Adlesic to co-direct. ^[2] The documentary, titled I Am Evidence , was released in 2017. ^[7] The following year, Adlesic had been visiting her father in Pittsburgh when the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting occurred. ^[8] After the shooting, she moved back to Pittsburgh and spent the next three years directing and co-producing A Tree of Life: The Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting . ^[9] In 2025, she collaborated once again with Mariska Hargitay, producing Hargitay's feature directorial debut film My Mom Jayne , which premiered at the 78th Cannes Film Festival. ^{[10] [11]}

Filmography

As director and producer

Year	Title	Director	Producer	Notes	Ref.
2010	Gasland	No	Yes		[12]
2013	Gasland Part II	No	Yes
2017	I Am Evidence	Yes	No		[13]
2022	A Tree of Life: The Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting	Yes	Yes		[14]
	Pay or Die	No	Executive		[15]
2023	The ABCs of Book Banning	Yes	Yes	Short film	[16]
2025	My Mom Jayne	No	Yes		[17]

Other credits

Film

Year	Title	Notes	Ref.
1993	Household Saints	Post-production supervisor	[18]
1995	The Basketball Diaries	Assistant location manager	[5]
1996	Night Falls on Manhattan	Assistant location manager	[19]
1997	Gold in the Streets	Location manager
	As Good as It Gets	Assistant location manager	[19]
1998	Black Dog	Location manager
	My Husband's Secret Life	Location manager
	Meet Joe Black	Assistant location manager	[20]
1999	The Insider	Location manager
2000	Finding Forrester	Location manager	[5]
	Looking for an Echo	Production supervisor	[19]
2002	In America	Production supervisor	[5]
2005	Get Rich or Die Tryin'	Production supervisor
2007	Dinosaurs Alive!	Unit production manager

Television

Year	Title	Notes	Ref.
1990–1993	Law & Order	Location coordinator
1994–1995	The Cosby Mysteries	Location manager
1999–2014	Law & Order: Special Victims Unit	Location manager	[2]

Awards and nominations

Award	Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
Academy Awards	2011	Best Documentary Feature Film	Gasland	Nominated	[21]
	2024	Best Documentary Short Film	The ABCs of Book Banning	Nominated	[22]
Cinema Eye Honors	2019	Outstanding Achievement in a Nonfiction Film for Broadcast	I Am Evidence	Nominated	[23]
Cleveland International Film Festival	2018	ReelWomenDirect Award for Excellence in Directing by a Woman		Nominated
		Local Heroes Competition		Nominated
Hamptons International Film Festival	2017	Victor Rabinowitz and Joanne Grant Award for Social Justice		Won	[24]
News and Documentary Emmy Awards	2014	Outstanding Individual Achievement in a Craft: Research	Gasland Part II	Nominated
	2019	Best Documentary	I Am Evidence	Won
		Outstanding Investigative Documentary		Nominated
Primetime Emmy Awards	2011	Exceptional Merit in Documentary Filmmaking	Gasland	Nominated	[25]
Provincetown International Film Festival	2017	Audience Award for Best Documentary	I Am Evidence	Won	[26]
Traverse City Film Festival	2017	Best Documentary Film		Won
Windsor International Film Festival	2017	Women of WIFF		Won

References

1. "Patricia Adlesic". Turner Classic Movies . Retrieved 19 May 2025.
2. White, Dana (13 November 2018). "This Local Oscar-Nominated Filmmaker Works as a Force for Good". Hudson Valley . Retrieved 18 May 2025.
3. Vancheri, Barbara (28 January 2011). "Pittsburgh native up for doc Oscar" . Pittsburgh Post-Gazette . Vol. 84, no. 181. p. E-5. Retrieved 18 May 2025– via Newspapers.com.
4. Ruiz, Tony (12 February 2024). "Trish Adlesic ('The ABCs of Book Banning'): Oscar-nominated doc reveals 'the underbelly of suppression and hate' [Exclusive Video Interview]". GoldDerby . Retrieved 19 May 2025.
5. "Trish Adlesic". Irish America . Retrieved 18 May 2025.
6. Owen, Rob (24 October 2022). "TV Talk: Shaler grad directs 'A Tree of Life' documentary for HBO". Pittsburgh Tribune-Review . Retrieved 19 May 2025.
7. Bentley, Jean (29 November 2017). "Mariska Hargitay and 'I Am Evidence' Want to Eliminate the Rape Kit Backlog". IndieWire . Retrieved 18 May 2025.
8. Bahr, Lindsey (19 November 2022). "Tree of Life shooting survivors' stories told in documentary". AP News . Retrieved 19 May 2025.
9. O'Driscoll, Bill (24 October 2022). "New documentary digs deeper into the lives, legacies of Tree of Life shooting survivors, families". 90.5 WESA . Retrieved 18 May 2025.
10. Porter, Rick (8 April 2025). "Mariska Hargitay Directing HBO Documentary About Her Mother, Jayne Mansfield". The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved 19 May 2025.
11. Lang, Brent (17 May 2025). "Mariska Hargitay Tears Up at Cannes Premiere of 'My Mom Jayne,' Shares Bombshell Secret About Real Biological Father". Variety . Retrieved 19 May 2025.
12. Bennett, Megan (20 February 2024). "Newsmakers: Trish Adlesic and Nazenet Habtezghi". American Libraries . Retrieved 18 May 2025.
13. Goldberg, Lesley (10 March 2014). "Mariska Hargitay to Produce Documentary on Rape Kit Backlog (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved 18 May 2025.
14. Tangcay, Jazz; Zee, Michaela; Panaligan, EJ; Reul, Katie (12 October 2022). "'A Tree of Life: The Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting' Sees Timely Trailer Release Amid Continued Anti-Semitism in Media – Film News in Brief". Variety . Retrieved 18 May 2025.
15. Carey, Matthew (9 March 2023). "SXSW First Look: Sky High Cost Of Insulin Threatens Lives In Competition Documentary 'Pay Or Die'". Deadline . Retrieved 18 May 2025.
16. Galuppo, Mia (17 February 2024). "'The ABCs of Book Banning' Depicts the Fiery Subject From a Child's "Insightful" Eye". The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved 19 May 2025.
17. Rice, Lynette (8 April 2025). "Mariska Hargitay-Helmed Doc 'My Mom Jayne' To Air On HBO This June". Deadline . Retrieved 18 May 2025.
18. "Household Saints Press Kit" (pdf). Milestone Films . Retrieved 19 May 2025.
19. Jackson, Vincent (6 May 1998). "'Looking for an Echo' wraps up at Taj Mahal" . The Press of Atlantic City . Vol. XCVIII, no. 126. p. B8. Retrieved 19 May 2025– via Newspapers.com.
20. Rohde, David (6 July 1997). "Film Crews Are Generating The Magic and the Backlash" . The New York Times . p. 13-7. Retrieved 18 May 2025.
21. Finke, Nikki (25 January 2011). "83rd Annual Academy Award Nominations: 'King's Speech' Leads With 12; 'True Grit' 10, 'Social Network' And 'Inception' 8 (But Nolan Blanked Again For Best Director)". Deadline . Retrieved 19 May 2025.
22. Davis, Clayton (5 March 2024). "Final Oscar Predictions: Documentary Short – 'ABCs of Book Banning' Tackles Florida's Assault on LGBTQ and Racial Stories, and It Just Might Win". Variety . Retrieved 18 May 2025.
23. Kilday, Gregg (11 January 2019). "'Hale County This Morning, This Evening' Earns Top Prize at Cinema Eye Honors". The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved 19 May 2025.
24. Nobil, Taryn (11 October 2017). "Hamptons International Film Festival Announces 2017 Audience Award Winners". Variety . Retrieved 19 May 2025.
25. Finke, Nikki (14 July 2011). "63rd Primetime Emmy Nominations". Deadline . Retrieved 19 May 2025.
26. Rooney, David (18 June 2017). "'Little Pink House,' 'I Am Evidence' Win Provincetown Festival Audience Awards". The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved 19 May 2025.

External links

• Trish Adlesic at IMDb