Lizzie Borden (filmmaker)
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Lizzie Borden is an American
filmmaker. Originally named Linda Elizabeth Borden, she took on the name of the American folklore figure Lizzie Borden in the early 1970s.
Borden's best known film is Born in Flames
(1983), which premiered at the Berlin Film Festival and won several awards, concerning the racial, class, and political conflicts in a future United States socialist democracy. It is distributed by First Run Features and was named one of "The Most Important 50 Independent Films" by Filmmaker Magazine. It has been studied in numerous feminist texts. Borden also wrote, directed, and produced a successful yet highly controversial independent fiction film Working Girls in 1986, depicting the working lives of prostitutes. It premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in the Director's Fortnight, won best Feature at the Sundance Film Festival and was distributed by Miramax. Her next film, the only one not based on an original script, was Love Crimes
(1992). It starred Sean Young
and Patrick Bergin, and was subjected to much studio interference. Borden has subsequently directed episodes of "Red Shoes Diaries", "Alex Mack" and other episodic television, directed theater in Los Angeles and has written a script about Bob Marley based on Rita Marley's autobiography "No Woman No Cry." She has several independent films in development and is currently writing a pilot for Fox Film Studios.
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filmmaker. Originally named Linda Elizabeth Borden, she took on the name of the American folklore figure Lizzie Borden in the early 1970s.
Borden's best known film is Born in Flames
Born in Flames
Born in Flames is a 1983 documentary-style feminist science fiction film by Lizzie Borden that explores racism, classism, sexism and heterosexism in an alternative United States Socialist Democracy.-Plot:...
(1983), which premiered at the Berlin Film Festival and won several awards, concerning the racial, class, and political conflicts in a future United States socialist democracy. It is distributed by First Run Features and was named one of "The Most Important 50 Independent Films" by Filmmaker Magazine. It has been studied in numerous feminist texts. Borden also wrote, directed, and produced a successful yet highly controversial independent fiction film Working Girls in 1986, depicting the working lives of prostitutes. It premiered at the Cannes Film Festival in the Director's Fortnight, won best Feature at the Sundance Film Festival and was distributed by Miramax. Her next film, the only one not based on an original script, was Love Crimes
Love Crimes (1992 film)
Love Crimes is a 1992 thriller directed by Lizzie Borden starring Sean Young as an assistant district attorney who tries to seduce and apprehend a psychopath .The screenplay is by Allan Moyle and Laurie Frank, based on a story by Moyle...
(1992). It starred Sean Young
Sean Young
Sean Young is an American actress, best known for her performance in films from the 1980s such as Blade Runner, Dune, and No Way Out.-Early life:...
and Patrick Bergin, and was subjected to much studio interference. Borden has subsequently directed episodes of "Red Shoes Diaries", "Alex Mack" and other episodic television, directed theater in Los Angeles and has written a script about Bob Marley based on Rita Marley's autobiography "No Woman No Cry." She has several independent films in development and is currently writing a pilot for Fox Film Studios.
External links
- Lizzie Borden on glbtq.comGlbtq.comglbtq.com is an online encyclopedia that presents detailed biographies of notable gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, and queer people. It was named one of the "Best Free Reference Web Sites" in 2005 by the American Library Association....