Jürgen Vsych
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Jürgen Vsych born in 1968, is the writer-director-producer of more than 30 films, including Son for Sail, Ophelia Learns to Swim, Tyrannosaurus Tex, and Pay Your Rent, Beethoven, which won the Prince's Trust Award. Her films have been shown in forty-three film festivals in thirty countries. Vsych's journal was included in the book World Cinema: Diary of a Day
. She also wrote, directed, produced and starred in 38 plays and 110 one-act plays.
Vsych is the author of the first autobiography
of an American female film director,The Woman Director. Vsych served as Ralph Nader
's 2004 presidential campaign photographer and videographer
. Her second book, What Was Ralph Nader Thinking? describes how she wrote and directed the film, Ralph Nader Crashes the Two Parties, a mock debate in which Nader - who was excluded from the official presidential debates - debates George W. Bush
and John Kerry
, using Bush and Kerry's words from the presidential debates and employing G.I. Joe
dolls as stand-ins for the candidates.
In her autobiography, The Woman Director, Vsych writes: "When I was learning to read, I tried sounding out the name of a sign I saw on Venice Boulevard, 'WROUGHT IRON.' Mom said it was pronounced 'rot,' and it meant that the iron was very good, very well-crafted. Later that afternoon, I went to nursery school and painted with Matilda Gomez. When Matilda painted a really good picture of a boat, I said, 'That's wroughten.' She said, 'It is NOT!' and stabbed me in the eye with her paintbrush.".
The Woman Director: The Adventures of a Really Independent Filmmaker Ages 6–36 by Jürgen Vsych is the first autobiography
of an American
female film director
. It is only the third memoir ever written by a woman director (the other two are by Alice Guy Blache and Leni Riefenstahl
), and it is the first written in English
. It is based on Vsych's 17,256-paged diary and describes how she graduated from making one-minute Super 8
films financed with baby-sitting money and edited with her father's toenail clippers, to writing, directing & producing the 35mm feature film Ophelia Learns to Swim.
World Cinema: Diary of a Day
World Cinema: Diary of a Day is a collection of journals from filmmakers around the world. It includes entries from filmmakers as famous as Terry Gilliam to accomplished but little-known independents, such as Jurgen Vsych.- External links :**...
. She also wrote, directed, produced and starred in 38 plays and 110 one-act plays.
Vsych is the author of the first autobiography
Autobiography
An autobiography is a book about the life of a person, written by that person.-Origin of the term:...
of an American female film director,The Woman Director. Vsych served as Ralph Nader
Ralph Nader
Ralph Nader is an American political activist, as well as an author, lecturer, and attorney. Areas of particular concern to Nader include consumer protection, humanitarianism, environmentalism, and democratic government....
's 2004 presidential campaign photographer and videographer
Videographer
Strictly speaking, a videographer is a person who works in the field of videography, video production — recording moving images and sound on video tape, disk, other electro-mechanical device. News broadcasting relies heavily on live television where videographers engage in electronic news...
. Her second book, What Was Ralph Nader Thinking? describes how she wrote and directed the film, Ralph Nader Crashes the Two Parties, a mock debate in which Nader - who was excluded from the official presidential debates - debates George W. Bush
George W. Bush
George Walker Bush is an American politician who served as the 43rd President of the United States, from 2001 to 2009. Before that, he was the 46th Governor of Texas, having served from 1995 to 2000....
and John Kerry
John Kerry
John Forbes Kerry is the senior United States Senator from Massachusetts, the 10th most senior U.S. Senator and chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. He was the presidential nominee of the Democratic Party in the 2004 presidential election, but lost to former President George W...
, using Bush and Kerry's words from the presidential debates and employing G.I. Joe
G.I. Joe
G.I. Joe is a line of action figures produced by the toy company Hasbro. The initial product offering represented four of the branches of the U.S. armed forces with the Action Soldier , Action Sailor , Action Pilot , Action Marine and later on, the Action Nurse...
dolls as stand-ins for the candidates.
Wroughten Films
Wroughten Films, Vsych's production company, derives from the word "wrought", and is also a wordplay on "rot." The company's motto is, "Not the same old rot."In her autobiography, The Woman Director, Vsych writes: "When I was learning to read, I tried sounding out the name of a sign I saw on Venice Boulevard, 'WROUGHT IRON.' Mom said it was pronounced 'rot,' and it meant that the iron was very good, very well-crafted. Later that afternoon, I went to nursery school and painted with Matilda Gomez. When Matilda painted a really good picture of a boat, I said, 'That's wroughten.' She said, 'It is NOT!' and stabbed me in the eye with her paintbrush.".
The Woman Director
Autobiography
An autobiography is a book about the life of a person, written by that person.-Origin of the term:...
of an American
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
female film director
Film director
A film director is a person who directs the actors and film crew in filmmaking. They control a film's artistic and dramatic nathan roach, while guiding the technical crew and actors.-Responsibilities:...
. It is only the third memoir ever written by a woman director (the other two are by Alice Guy Blache and Leni Riefenstahl
Leni Riefenstahl
Helene Bertha Amalie "Leni" Riefenstahl was a German film director, actress and dancer widely noted for her aesthetics and innovations as a filmmaker. Her most famous film was Triumph des Willens , a propaganda film made at the 1934 Nuremberg congress of the Nazi Party...
), and it is the first written in English
English language
English is a West Germanic language that arose in the Anglo-Saxon kingdoms of England and spread into what was to become south-east Scotland under the influence of the Anglian medieval kingdom of Northumbria...
. It is based on Vsych's 17,256-paged diary and describes how she graduated from making one-minute Super 8
Super 8 mm film
Super 8 mm film is a motion picture film format released in 1965 by Eastman Kodak as an improvement of the older "Double" or "Regular" 8 mm home movie format....
films financed with baby-sitting money and edited with her father's toenail clippers, to writing, directing & producing the 35mm feature film Ophelia Learns to Swim.
Writer-Director-Producer
- Ophelia Learns to Swim - starring Julia Lee (actress)
- Ralph Nader Crashes the Two Parties (2004, Nader for President 2004 Campaign Biography)
- Son for Sail starring John VickeryJohn VickeryJohn Estill Vickery is an American stage and film actor known for his work in Babylon 5 and Star Trek. Vickery grew up in Oakland, California. He attended the University of California at Davis, where he pursued a degree in mathematics...
- Pay Your Rent, Beethoven (1992) - Winner of The Prince's TrustThe Prince's TrustThe Prince's Trust is a charity in the United Kingdom founded in 1976 by Charles, Prince of Wales to help young people. They run a range of training programmes, provide mentoring support and offer financial grants to build the confidence and motivation of disadvantaged young people...
Award. - "The Music Scholarship" (1989)
- "Tyrannosaurus Tex" (1974)
- "Go To Your Tomb, Young Lady" (1973)
- "The Rocks Go On A Picnic" (1973)