Lisa Gornick
Lisa Gornick | |
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| Born | 1970 (age 53–54) London, England |
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| Years active | 2002–present |
Lisa Gornick (born 1970) is a British actress, screenwriter, film director, and producer. She is an artist who works in film, performance, TV, and drawing.[1]
Work
[edit]Gornick's first feature film was Do I Love You?. It is set in London and revolves around the relationship between Marina (Gornick) and Romy (Raquel Cassidy). In 2014, the British Film Institute included the film in its Top 10 Greatest Movies About Lesbians.[2] Her second feature film, Tick Tock Lullaby is a comedy about the ambivalence around becoming a parent. In 2007, it screened at the San Francisco International LGBT Festival and the Cinequest Film Festival. Gornick's third feature film, The Book of Gabrielle, was created as part of a cross-platform production that also included a book, a web series, and a live drawing show.[3]
Gornick's work for television includes the 2010 short film, Dip, which was made for the Channel 4's Coming Up Season and won the Youth Jury Award for Best Film at Oberhausen Film Festival 2011. Gornick co-starred in the film The Owls (Cheryl Dunye, 2010). She set up the production company Valiant Doll, which makes micro budget feature films.
Filmography
[edit]| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2002 | Do I Love You? | Marina | |
| 2007 | Tick Tock Lullaby | Sasha | |
| 2010 | The Owls | Lily | |
| 2015 | Woman in Gold | Frau Neumann | |
| 2016 | The Book of Gabrielle | Gabrielle |
| Year | Title | Role | Notes |
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| 2002 | Do I Love You? | Director, writer, producer | Best Feature Film award at Paris Lesbian and Feminist Film Festival |
| 2005 | Bed of Fear | Short, director | |
| 2007 | Tick Tock Lullaby | Writer, producer | |
| 2009 | 140 | Documentary, segment director | |
| 2010 | Coming Up | Director, "Dig" | |
| 2016 | The Book of Gabrielle | Director, writer, producer |
See also
[edit]- List of female film and television directors
- List of lesbian filmmakers
- List of LGBT-related films directed by women
References
[edit]- ^ "lisagornick". lisagornick.com. Retrieved 29 July 2014. {{rs}}
- ^ "10 great lesbian films | BFI". bfi.org.uk. Retrieved 29 July 2014.
- ^ "Interview: Lisa Gornick talks The Book of Gabrielle". FilmDoo. 26 June 2017. Retrieved 30 August 2018.
External links
[edit]- Lisa Gornick at IMDb
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- 1970 births
- Living people
- 21st-century English actresses
- Actresses from London
- English film actresses
- English lesbian actresses
- English women film directors
- English film producers
- English female screenwriters
- English-language film directors
- English lesbian writers
- British LGBTQ film directors
- LGBTQ film producers
- Lesbian screenwriters
- English LGBTQ screenwriters
- British women film producers
- British experimental filmmakers
- British women artists
- Women experimental filmmakers
- 20th-century English LGBTQ people
- 21st-century English LGBTQ people