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Ondi Timoner

February 12, 2023

Ondi Doane Timoner is an American filmmaker and the founder and chief executive officer of Interloper Films, a full-service production company located in Pasadena, California. Timoner is a two-time recipient of the Sundance Film Festival's Grand Jury Prize for her documentaries Dig! (2004) and We Live in Public (2009). Both films have been acquired by New York's Museum of Modern Art for their permanent collection.[1]

Ondi Timoner
Born
Andrea Doane Timoner

Miami, Florida
Alma materYale University
Occupation(s)Film Director, producer
Years active1994–present
Children1

Timoner is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences,[2] the DGA,[2] the PGA, the International Documentary Association, Film Fatales,[3] and Women in Film.

Early life

Timoner was born in Miami, Florida to Elissa and Eli Timoner, co-founder of Air Florida.[4] She has two siblings, Rabbi Rachel Timoner and David Timoner, who co-founded Interloper Films and has collaborated on several of her films.

Timoner attended Yale University, where she founded the Yale Street Theater Troupe, a guerrilla theater ensemble that performed spontaneously in unexpected environments, in 1992.[5] She made her directorial stage debut in 1993 with her production of Sarah Daniels' Masterpieces.[5] Timoner shot her first documentary film, Three Thousand Miles and a Woman with a Video Camera, with her younger brother David and John Krokidas, both of whom attended Yale, interviewing people at crossroads and convenience stores while on a cross country road trip.[6]

She subsequently filmed Reflections on a Moment: The Sixties and the Nineties, an exploration of her generation's nostalgia for the 1960s and The Purple Horizon, a 60-minute documentary on the March on Washington for Lesbian, Gay and Bi Equal Rights and Liberation.[5][7] In her senior of college, she often made films in lieu of taking a final. For her film, Voices From Inside Time, she interviewed women inmates which would eventually lead her to Bonnie Jean Foreshaw, the subject of her first feature film, The Nature Of The Beast.[6][5] The film went on to win the Howard Lamar Film Prize for Best Undergraduate Film at Yale University.[5]

Timoner graduated cum laude from Yale in 1994, where she majored in American Studies, with a concentration in Film and Literature, and Theater Studies.[5][8][9]

Career

Her first feature documentary, The Nature Of The Beast (1994), centered around the life and case of Bonnie Jean Foreshaw (a woman serving the longest prison sentence in the state of Connecticut for incidentally killing a pregnant woman while defending herself against a man) in order to shine light on the racism and systemic holes in our justice system.[10] This project was shot by a news cameraman but, then on, Timoner has expressed interest in shooting her films herself.[6]

She also worked on PBS documentaries while interning for documentary filmmaker Helen Whitney.[5]

Additionally, Timoner has worked as an Assistant Producer for NBC Media Services and Assistant Regional Coordinator for the Steven Spielberg Holocaust/Oral History Project in Miami, Florida.[5]

2000s

Timoner created, executive produced and directed the VH1 original series SOUND AFFECTS (2000),[7] about music's effect at critical moments in people's lives.

Culled from over 2,500 hours of footage, Timoner directed, co-produced, and edited DIG! (2004) with her brother David Timoner, which chronicles seven years[11] in the lives of two neo-psychedelic bands, The Dandy Warhols and The Brian Jonestown Massacre. The film explores the love-hate relationship of the band's frontmen, Courtney Taylor and Anton Newcombe. The film won the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival in 2004,[12] is now part of the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York City,[13] and was screened as the finale of the Film Society at Lincoln Center and MoMA's 33rd annual New Directors/New Films Festival, in 2004.[14][15]

Timoner co-directed the short film, Recycle (2005),[16] a documentary about a homeless man who makes a garden in downtown Los Angeles. The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2005 and also played at the Cannes Film Festival.

Her third feature documentary, Join Us (2007)[17] provides an insight into mind control in America, by following families escaping a cult. It premiered at LA Film Festival, winning awards at the Sidewalk Film Festival and the Vancouver International Film Festival.

When the Jonas Brothers were signed to Columbia Records, Timoner was hired to film three music videos for the group.[18]

Timoner debuted We Live in Public (2009) at the Sundance Film Festival. Shot over ten years and culled from more than 5,000 hours of footage,[19] the film considers some of the darker effects of modern media and technology on personal identity through an examination of "the greatest internet pioneer you've never heard of," Josh Harris.[20] The dot-com millionaire was referred to by reviewer Laurie Heuston as "a '90s dot-com millionaire who created fascist-themed, social experiments," endeavors that led eventually led to Harris' mental breakdown and financial downfall.[20][21]

We Live in Public won the Grand Jury Prize award in the Documentary category at the Sundance Film Festival,[22] making Timoner the only nonfiction director to receive the Prize twice,[23] and a Special Jury Mention—on its European premiere—for 'Best Documentary Film Over 30 Minutes Long' at the 2009 Karlovy Vary International Film Festival.[24]

2010s

Timoner was hired by Ralph Winter and Terry Botwick to make her fifth feature, Cool it (2010).[25] The documentary is an adaptation of the 2007 book of the same name. It follows the life and controversial work of political scientist Bjørn Lomborg, who pushes for alternative solutions to climate change and explicitly challenges ideas posited by Al Gore in An Inconvenient Truth (2006).[26][27] Lomborg's talking points are intercut with scientists agreeing and disagreeing with his ideology. The film premiered at Toronto International Film Festival and was distributed theatrically by Roadside Attractions.[28]

Library of Dust (2011) is about thousands of canisters of cremated remains found at the Oregon State Hospital, co-directed with Robert James, premiered at SXSW in 2011 and went on to win The Grand Jury Prize at five festivals, including Seattle International Film Festival, Taos Film Festival, Traverse City Film Festival, and Int'l Film Festival of Puerto Rico.

The Last Mile (2015) made with Conde Nast, focuses on a tech incubator inside San Quentin Prison which has reduced recidivism rates to less than 1% for its participants.

Timoner's sixth feature documentary, Brand: A Second Coming (2015), about the journey of comedian/author/activist Russell Brand, was chosen to be the opening night film at the 2015 SXSW Film Festival in Austin, Texas and picked up by Showtime.[29] She was the sixth and final director to work on the film, Albert Maysles being one of the predecessors.[30]

Timoner was invited by real estate entrepreneur Jimmy Stice to visit his for-profit sustainability program, Kalu Yala, in the Panamanian Jungle.[31] They had previously met at the Hatch entrepreneurship conference in Montana.[32] The "still in development" village is on a 575-square-acre property located in Tres Brazos, 50 minutes away from Panama City.[31][33] Intrigued by the amount of young adults that made the journey to the site, Timoner subsequently decided to film her next project around the business venture in 2016.[31][32] Spike Jonze picked up the project for Viceland and the footage was released as the ten-hour docu-series, Jungletown (2017).[31] The release subsequently brought forth controversy regarding the program's internship program, that charges upwards of $5000, and the unorganized nature of the business, which has shrunken enrollment sizes of almost 100 interns in previous years to just 17 in 2018.[34]

Timoner debuted her narrative feature Mapplethorpe (2018), titled The Perfect Moment in pre-production,[7] at the 2018 Tribeca Film Festival, where it was nominated for Best Narrative Feature. It is based on the life and career of the controversial portrait photographer Robert Mapplethorpe, starring Matt Smith as the titular artist. The project received a grant through the Tribeca Film Institute's 9th annual All Access Program and was invited to participate in the Sundance Institute Director's, Writer's and Producer's Labs - receiving an Adrienne Shelley Grant.[citation needed] Shooting began on 11 July 2017 in New York and lasted only 19 days. It was later picked up by Samuel Goldwyn Films in July 2018 and had its theatrical release on March 1, 2019.[citation needed] The Director's Cut, which was selected to premiere at Sundance but ultimately did not screen there, was released April 2, 2021.[35]

2020s

In 2020, Ondi Timoner directed a feature documentary from which examined addiction through the eyes of recovering addicts and political leaders, as they come together to bring the profiteers to justice and rebuild in the wake of the deadliest drug epidemic in our history. Coming Clean was filmed with the support and participation of Mr. Moore, Attorney General of the State of Mississippi from 1988-2004, Colorado State Representative Brittany Pettersen and Former Congressman Ben McAdams.[36] The filmed premiered at the Bentonville Film Festival on August 6, 2020[37] and won the Impact Award at the Naples International Film Festival 2020[38] and Special Jury Prize for Editing at Sidewalk Film Festival 2020.[39]

In her father Eli Timoner's final days, Ondi Timoner shot and compiled intimate verité footage of her father and family's harrowing journey to find closure. Last Flight Home is a heart-wrenching ride through Eli Timoner's life, illustrating a modern day success story built on the power of human connection. The film premiered in the Special Screening category at Sundance Film Festival in 2022, and was purchased by MTV Documentary Films shortly after.[40] The film was shortlisted for the 2023 Academy Awards.[41]

Ondi is currently directing a documentary about the disruption of finance.

Other works

Timoner founded, directed and produced A Total Disruption (2012).[42] She has self described this as "a portal of cyber-series that take the users on the ride alongside the visionary risk-takers of today– those crazy enough to defy all limits to turn their big ideas into reality."[43] Through A Total Disruption, Timoner released a series of short films called Chief Executive Artist,[44] about Shepard Fairey, Amanda Palmer, Russell Brand and Moby. Her short film Obey the artist,[45] about graphic artist Shepard Fairey, world-premiered at the SXSW Film Festival in 2013.[46] Timoner's short film, Amanda Palmer f---ing rocks,[47] about maverick musician Amanda Palmer world premiered in 2014[48] at the TriBeCa Film Festival and played festivals worldwide, winning the Sheffield Shorts Award at the Sheffield International Documentary Festival.[49]

Personal life

Timoner is the daughter of Eli Timoner, founder of Air Florida. She has two siblings.[50] Timoner had one son, Joaquim Timoner, in 2003 with Vasco Lucas Nunes.[51][52] Timoner is a Democrat.[25]

Select awards and recognition

In 1999, Ondi was Grammy-nominated for Best Long Form Music Video for an EPK she directed about the band Fastball.[53]

Further reading

  • Interview: Alexandra Alter, 2009, "'The Truman Show' for Everyone: A documentary filmmaker and her now-reluctant subject on living in public ['We Live in Public']," at The Wall Street Journal (online): Arts & Entertainment, "Just Asking," April 4, 2009[15]
  • Interview: Dina Gachman, 2013, "Are Entrepreneurs the Rock Stars of Today?", at ForbesWoman, January 10, 2013.[43]
  • Interview: Kevin Ritchie, 2013, "Hot Docs '13: Ondi Timoner talks art and entrepreneurship [and the "A Total Disruption" endeavor]," at RealScreen.[55]
  • TED Talk: Ondi Timoner, 2014, When genius and insanity hold hands
  • Interview: Steve Appleford, 2014, LA TIMES: As technology explodes, A Total Disruption is there to record it.
  • Interview: Joanna Pocock, 2016, 3:AM Magazine: My Afternoon with Ondi.
  • Interview: Laurie Brookins, 2019, The Hollywood Reporter: Mapplethorpe Exhibition Opens at Guggenheim Ahead of Upcoming Biopic.
  • Interview: Naomi Fry, 2019, The New Yorker: From H.R.H. to S & M.
  • Review: Gary Goldstein, 2019, The LA Times: Review: 'Mapplethorpe's' Matt Smith skillfully evokes the boundary-pushing photographer
  • Review: Elizabeth Weitzman, 2022, The Wrap "Last Flight Home" Film Review: Ondi Timoner's Beautiful Tribute to Her Father Documents His Last Days
  • Article: Bret Lang, 2022, Variety MTV Documentary Films Buys "Last Flight Home" Out of Sundance, Plans Awards Push (Exclusive)
  • Article: Addie Morfoot, 2022, Ondi Timoner Is Ready to Take "Flight" at Sundance With Her Most Personal Doc Yet (Exclusive Clip)

Select filmography

Feature Film

Short Film

  • Recycle (2004)
  • Library of Dust (2011)
  • Amanda F***ing Palmer On The Rocks (2014)
  • Russell Brand's The Birds (2014)
  • Obey the Artist (2014)
  • The Last Mile (2015)
  • 3000 Miles and Woman with a Video Camera

Television

  • The Nature Of The Beast (TV, 1994)
  • Sound Affects (TV, 2000)
  • Jungletown (TV, 2017)

See also

References

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  2. ^ a b "Ondi Timoner - Director". Directors Guild of America. Retrieved December 9, 2019.
  3. ^ "Film Fatales | Ondi Timoner". www.filmfatales.org. Retrieved December 9, 2019.
  4. ^ Balfour, Brad (May 2010). "Q & A: Award-Winning Documentarian Ondi Timoner Rocks with We Live in Public". Huffington Post. Retrieved October 21, 2015.
  5. ^ a b c d e f g h "Documentary Educational Resources | Ethnographic, Documentary, and Non-fiction Films from Around the World | Ondi Timoner". www.der.org. Retrieved December 9, 2019.
  6. ^ a b c "Ondi Timoner". My First Shoot. Retrieved December 9, 2019.
  7. ^ a b c Brad Balfour (May 5, 2010) [Updated Dec 06, 2017]. "Q&A: Award-Winning Documentarian Ondi Timoner Rocks With We Live In Public". HuffPost. from the original on February 16, 2015. Retrieved April 13, 2019.
  8. ^ "USC Cinematic Arts | School of Cinematic Arts Events". cinema.usc.edu. Retrieved December 9, 2019.
  9. ^ Hsin, Carol; April 30, 2010 (April 30, 2010). "Environmentalist's talk filmed for documentary". yaledailynews.com. Retrieved December 9, 2019.
  10. ^ "The Nature Of The Beast". Interloper Films.
  11. ^ "Discovery: Ondi Timoner and "Dig!"". IndieWire. October 5, 2004. Retrieved December 9, 2019.
  12. ^ "2004 Sundance Film Festival". history.sundance.org. Retrieved January 30, 2015.
  13. ^ "DiG!". MoMA. Retrieved January 30, 2015.
  14. ^ Tiffany Vazquez (March 26, 2019). "Something Old, Something New: A History of New Directors Lineups". www.fillmlinc.org. Retrieved June 5, 2020.
  15. ^ a b Alexandra Alter (April 4, 2009). "'The Truman Show' for Everyone". The Wall Street Journal. from the original on April 27, 2015. Retrieved April 13, 2019.
  16. ^ "Recycle". Interloper Films.
  17. ^ "Join Us". Interloper Films.
  18. ^ Smith, Ethan (July 19, 2007). "How Disney Is Reviving A Band Still in Its Teens". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved January 28, 2022.
  19. ^ "Kurt Brokaw's New Directors/New Films, Part Two on MadisonAvenueJournal.com". www.madisonavenuejournal.com. Retrieved December 9, 2019.
  20. ^ a b "The greatest Web pioneer you've never heard of". CNN.com. Retrieved February 16, 2015.
  21. ^ Laurie Heuston. "Center stage at Ashland's film festival". Mailtribune.com. Retrieved February 16, 2015.
  22. ^ . festival.sundance.org. Archived from the original on January 21, 2009. Retrieved January 31, 2011.
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  24. ^ "Final Press Release (July 11th, 2009)" (PDF) (Press release). Karlovy Vary: Karlovy Vary International Film Festival. July 11, 2009. Retrieved June 5, 2020.
  25. ^ a b Kaufman, Anthony (November 10, 2010). "Controversial "Cool It" Documentary Takes on 'An Inconvenient Truth'". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved January 28, 2022.
  26. ^ "A critical review of Bjorn Lomborg's "Cool It" » Yale Climate Connections". Yale Climate Connections. May 12, 2011. Retrieved December 9, 2019.
  27. ^ Jeannette Catsoulis (November 11, 2010). "Global Warming and Common Sense". The New York Times.
  28. ^ Sean O'Connell (September 1, 2010). . Hollywood News.com. Archived from the original on February 21, 2014. Retrieved April 13, 2019.
  29. ^ "SXSW Film Reveals BRAND: A Second Coming as Opening Night Film, Plus Six More Titles". sxsw.com. Retrieved January 8, 2015.
  30. ^ Harvey, Dennis (March 14, 2015). "SXSW Film Review: 'Brand: A Second Coming'". Variety. Retrieved April 10, 2015.
  31. ^ a b c d Nordine, Chris O'Falt,Michael; O'Falt, Chris; Nordine, Michael (March 7, 2017). "Ondi Timoner Debuts Director's Trailer For "Jungletown," A Viceland Series About Trying To Build A Sustainable Utopia — Exclusive". IndieWire. Retrieved December 9, 2019.
  32. ^ a b Dale, Martin (April 5, 2017). "Sundance Winner Ondi Timoner on 'Jungletown': 'I Didn't Know My Personal Limit Until This Project'". Variety. Retrieved December 9, 2019.
  33. ^ "Watch Shane Smith Talk with Controversial Entrepreneur Jimmy Stice". Vice. May 16, 2017. Retrieved December 9, 2019.
  34. ^ "After Vice series, staff are reimagining Kalu Yala". Planet Forward. Retrieved December 9, 2019.
  35. ^ "Ondi Timoner's "Mapplethorpe: The Director's Cut" Invites You to Take a Second Look - The Geekiary". thegeekiary.com. March 31, 2021. Retrieved March 19, 2022.
  36. ^ "Our Crusaders". COMING CLEAN. Retrieved March 19, 2022.
  37. ^ Dry, Jude (August 12, 2020). "'Coming Clean' Trailer: Ondi Timoner Humanizes the Opioid Crisis in New Documentary". IndieWire. Retrieved March 19, 2022.
  38. ^ Wildman, John (October 28, 2020). "Naples International FF 2020 announces awards led by MATERNA, BASTARDS' ROAD, and COMING CLEAN". Films Gone Wild. Retrieved January 8, 2022.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  39. ^ "Announcing our 2020 Sidewalk Film Festival at the Drive-in Award Winners!". Sidewalk Film Center & Cinema. September 1, 2020. Retrieved January 8, 2022.
  40. ^ Lang, Brent (February 25, 2022). "MTV Documentary Films Buys "Last Flight Home" Out of Sundance, Plans Awards Push (Exclusive)". Variety. Retrieved March 19, 2022.
  41. ^ Verhoeven, Beatrice (January 5, 2023). "Oscars: Tales of Artistry, Environmental Activism and Political Struggle Lead the Documentary Feature Race". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved January 27, 2023.
  42. ^ "A TOTAL DISRUPTION". International Documentary Association. November 7, 2014. Retrieved August 11, 2022.
  43. ^ a b Dina Gachman (January 10, 2013). "Are Entrepreneurs the Rock Stars of Today?". Forbes. Retrieved February 16, 2015.
  44. ^ "Chief Executive Artist Bundle - Ondi Timoner". Interloper Films.
  45. ^ "Obey the Artist - Ondi Timoner". Interloper Films.
  46. ^ "Obey The Artist". schedule.sxsw.com.
  47. ^ "Amanda Fucking Palmer on the Rocks - Ondi Timoner". Interloper Films.
  48. ^ "Film Guide Archive". Tribeca. Retrieved August 11, 2022.
  49. ^ "Amanda F**ing Palmer on the Rocks". Film Guide Archive. Tribeca Film Festival.
  50. ^ Morfoot, Addie (January 24, 2022). "Ondi Timoner Is Ready to Take "Flight" at Sundance With Her Most Personal Doc Yet (Exclusive Clip)". Variety. Retrieved February 4, 2022.
  51. ^ Mitchell, Wendy (October 5, 2004). "Discovery: Ondi Timoner and "Dig!"". Indie Wire.
  52. ^ Nicholson, Rebecca (June 19, 2017). "From Dig! to Jungletown – how Ondi Timoner is "kicking the door down" for female filmmakers". The Guardian. Retrieved June 27, 2017.
  53. ^ "FASTBALL FINDS COMPROMISE ON "THE WAY" TO GRAMMY NOMINATION". MTV News.
  54. ^ "2012 AIFF Juried and Special Award Winners". Ashland Independent Film Festival. Retrieved December 9, 2019.
  55. ^ Kevin Ritchie (April 29, 2013). "Hot Docs '13: Ondi Timoner talks art and entrepreneurship". Realscreen.com. Retrieved February 16, 2015.

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Sundance Film Festival s Grand Jury Prize for her documentaries Dig 2004 and We Live in Public 2009 Both films have been acquired by New York s Museum of Modern Art for their permanent collection 1 Ondi TimonerBornAndrea Doane TimonerMiami FloridaAlma materYale UniversityOccupation s Film Director producerYears active1994 presentChildren1Timoner is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts amp Sciences 2 the DGA 2 the PGA the International Documentary Association Film Fatales 3 and Women in Film Contents 1 Early life 2 Career 2 1 2000s 2 2 2010s 2 3 2020s 3 Other works 4 Personal life 5 Select awards and recognition 6 Further reading 7 Select filmography 7 1 Feature Film 7 2 Short Film 7 3 Television 8 See also 9 References 10 External linksEarly life EditTimoner was born in Miami Florida to Elissa and Eli Timoner co founder of Air Florida 4 She has two siblings Rabbi Rachel Timoner and David Timoner who co founded Interloper Films and has collaborated on several of her films Timoner attended Yale University where she founded the Yale Street Theater Troupe a guerrilla theater ensemble that performed spontaneously in unexpected environments in 1992 5 She made her directorial stage debut in 1993 with her production of Sarah Daniels Masterpieces 5 Timoner shot her first documentary film Three Thousand Miles and a Woman with a Video Camera with her younger brother David and John Krokidas both of whom attended Yale interviewing people at crossroads and convenience stores while on a cross country road trip 6 She subsequently filmed Reflections on a Moment The Sixties and the Nineties an exploration of her generation s nostalgia for the 1960s and The Purple Horizon a 60 minute documentary on the March on Washington for Lesbian Gay and Bi Equal Rights and Liberation 5 7 In her senior of college she often made films in lieu of taking a final For her film Voices From Inside Time she interviewed women inmates which would eventually lead her to Bonnie Jean Foreshaw the subject of her first feature film The Nature Of The Beast 6 5 The film went on to win the Howard Lamar Film Prize for Best Undergraduate Film at Yale University 5 Timoner graduated cum laude from Yale in 1994 where she majored in American Studies with a concentration in Film and Literature and Theater Studies 5 8 9 Career EditHer first feature documentary The Nature Of The Beast 1994 centered around the life and case of Bonnie Jean Foreshaw a woman serving the longest prison sentence in the state of Connecticut for incidentally killing a pregnant woman while defending herself against a man in order to shine light on the racism and systemic holes in our justice system 10 This project was shot by a news cameraman but then on Timoner has expressed interest in shooting her films herself 6 She also worked on PBS documentaries while interning for documentary filmmaker Helen Whitney 5 Additionally Timoner has worked as an Assistant Producer for NBC Media Services and Assistant Regional Coordinator for the Steven Spielberg Holocaust Oral History Project in Miami Florida 5 2000s Edit Timoner created executive produced and directed the VH1 original series SOUND AFFECTS 2000 7 about music s effect at critical moments in people s lives Culled from over 2 500 hours of footage Timoner directed co produced and edited DIG 2004 with her brother David Timoner which chronicles seven years 11 in the lives of two neo psychedelic bands The Dandy Warhols and The Brian Jonestown Massacre The film explores the love hate relationship of the band s frontmen Courtney Taylor and Anton Newcombe The film won the Grand Jury Prize at the Sundance Film Festival in 2004 12 is now part of the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art in New York City 13 and was screened as the finale of the Film Society at Lincoln Center and MoMA s 33rd annual New Directors New Films Festival in 2004 14 15 Timoner co directed the short film Recycle 2005 16 a documentary about a homeless man who makes a garden in downtown Los Angeles The film premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in 2005 and also played at the Cannes Film Festival Her third feature documentary Join Us 2007 17 provides an insight into mind control in America by following families escaping a cult It premiered at LA Film Festival winning awards at the Sidewalk Film Festival and the Vancouver International Film Festival When the Jonas Brothers were signed to Columbia Records Timoner was hired to film three music videos for the group 18 Timoner debuted We Live in Public 2009 at the Sundance Film Festival Shot over ten years and culled from more than 5 000 hours of footage 19 the film considers some of the darker effects of modern media and technology on personal identity through an examination of the greatest internet pioneer you ve never heard of Josh Harris 20 The dot com millionaire was referred to by reviewer Laurie Heuston as a 90s dot com millionaire who created fascist themed social experiments endeavors that led eventually led to Harris mental breakdown and financial downfall 20 21 We Live in Public won the Grand Jury Prize award in the Documentary category at the Sundance Film Festival 22 making Timoner the only nonfiction director to receive the Prize twice 23 and a Special Jury Mention on its European premiere for Best Documentary Film Over 30 Minutes Long at the 2009 Karlovy Vary International Film Festival 24 2010s Edit Timoner was hired by Ralph Winter and Terry Botwick to make her fifth feature Cool it 2010 25 The documentary is an adaptation of the 2007 book of the same name It follows the life and controversial work of political scientist Bjorn Lomborg who pushes for alternative solutions to climate change and explicitly challenges ideas posited by Al Gore in An Inconvenient Truth 2006 26 27 Lomborg s talking points are intercut with scientists agreeing and disagreeing with his ideology The film premiered at Toronto International Film Festival and was distributed theatrically by Roadside Attractions 28 Library of Dust 2011 is about thousands of canisters of cremated remains found at the Oregon State Hospital co directed with Robert James premiered at SXSW in 2011 and went on to win The Grand Jury Prize at five festivals including Seattle International Film Festival Taos Film Festival Traverse City Film Festival and Int l Film Festival of Puerto Rico The Last Mile 2015 made with Conde Nast focuses on a tech incubator inside San Quentin Prison which has reduced recidivism rates to less than 1 for its participants Timoner s sixth feature documentary Brand A Second Coming 2015 about the journey of comedian author activist Russell Brand was chosen to be the opening night film at the 2015 SXSW Film Festival in Austin Texas and picked up by Showtime 29 She was the sixth and final director to work on the film Albert Maysles being one of the predecessors 30 Timoner was invited by real estate entrepreneur Jimmy Stice to visit his for profit sustainability program Kalu Yala in the Panamanian Jungle 31 They had previously met at the Hatch entrepreneurship conference in Montana 32 The still in development village is on a 575 square acre property located in Tres Brazos 50 minutes away from Panama City 31 33 Intrigued by the amount of young adults that made the journey to the site Timoner subsequently decided to film her next project around the business venture in 2016 31 32 Spike Jonze picked up the project for Viceland and the footage was released as the ten hour docu series Jungletown 2017 31 The release subsequently brought forth controversy regarding the program s internship program that charges upwards of 5000 and the unorganized nature of the business which has shrunken enrollment sizes of almost 100 interns in previous years to just 17 in 2018 34 Timoner debuted her narrative feature Mapplethorpe 2018 titled The Perfect Moment in pre production 7 at the 2018 Tribeca Film Festival where it was nominated for Best Narrative Feature It is based on the life and career of the controversial portrait photographer Robert Mapplethorpe starring Matt Smith as the titular artist The project received a grant through the Tribeca Film Institute s 9th annual All Access Program and was invited to participate in the Sundance Institute Director s Writer s and Producer s Labs receiving an Adrienne Shelley Grant citation needed Shooting began on 11 July 2017 in New York and lasted only 19 days It was later picked up by Samuel Goldwyn Films in July 2018 and had its theatrical release on March 1 2019 citation needed The Director s Cut which was selected to premiere at Sundance but ultimately did not screen there was released April 2 2021 35 2020s Edit In 2020 Ondi Timoner directed a feature documentary from which examined addiction through the eyes of recovering addicts and political leaders as they come together to bring the profiteers to justice and rebuild in the wake of the deadliest drug epidemic in our history Coming Clean was filmed with the support and participation of Mr Moore Attorney General of the State of Mississippi from 1988 2004 Colorado State Representative Brittany Pettersen and Former Congressman Ben McAdams 36 The filmed premiered at the Bentonville Film Festival on August 6 2020 37 and won the Impact Award at the Naples International Film Festival 2020 38 and Special Jury Prize for Editing at Sidewalk Film Festival 2020 39 In her father Eli Timoner s final days Ondi Timoner shot and compiled intimate verite footage of her father and family s harrowing journey to find closure Last Flight Home is a heart wrenching ride through Eli Timoner s life illustrating a modern day success story built on the power of human connection The film premiered in the Special Screening category at Sundance Film Festival in 2022 and was purchased by MTV Documentary Films shortly after 40 The film was shortlisted for the 2023 Academy Awards 41 Ondi is currently directing a documentary about the disruption of finance Other works EditTimoner founded directed and produced A Total Disruption 2012 42 She has self described this as a portal of cyber series that take the users on the ride alongside the visionary risk takers of today those crazy enough to defy all limits to turn their big ideas into reality 43 Through A Total Disruption Timoner released a series of short films called Chief Executive Artist 44 about Shepard Fairey Amanda Palmer Russell Brand and Moby Her short film Obey the artist 45 about graphic artist Shepard Fairey world premiered at the SXSW Film Festival in 2013 46 Timoner s short film Amanda Palmer f ing rocks 47 about maverick musician Amanda Palmer world premiered in 2014 48 at the TriBeCa Film Festival and played festivals worldwide winning the Sheffield Shorts Award at the Sheffield International Documentary Festival 49 Personal life EditTimoner is the daughter of Eli Timoner founder of Air Florida She has two siblings 50 Timoner had one son Joaquim Timoner in 2003 with Vasco Lucas Nunes 51 52 Timoner is a Democrat 25 Select awards and recognition EditIn 1999 Ondi was Grammy nominated for Best Long Form Music Video for an EPK she directed about the band Fastball 53 2004 Grand Jury Prize at Sundance Film Festival for Dig 2004 Best Director Jury Prize at BendFilm Festival for Dig 2007 Special Jury Prize at the Sidewalk Film Festival for Join Us 2007 Grand Jury Prize for Documentary Short at Seattle International Film Festival for Library of Dust 2009 Grand Jury Prize at Sundance Film Festival for We Live in Public 2015 No Limits Award at the Ashland Independent Film Festival for Brand A Second Coming 2015 Dramatic Storytelling Award at the Sarasota Film Festival for Brand A Second Coming 2012 Ashland Independent Film Festival s Rogue Award 54 2014 Sheffield Short Doc Award at the Sheffield International Documentary Festival for Amanda F ing Palmer on the Rocks 2017 Kodak Auteur Award citation needed 2018 Audience Awards at Sidewalk Film Festival for Mapplethorpe 2018 Audience Awards at Tribeca Film Festival for Mapplethorpe 2018 Best Director at Long Beach International Film Festival for Mapplethorpe 2020 Impact Award at the Naples International Film Festival 2020 for Coming Clean 2020 Special Jury Prize for Editing at Sidewalk Film Festival 2020 for Coming Clean 2022 Special Screenings selection at Sundance Film Festival Further reading EditInterview Alexandra Alter 2009 The Truman Show for Everyone A documentary filmmaker and her now reluctant subject on living in public We Live in Public at The Wall Street Journal online Arts amp Entertainment Just Asking April 4 2009 15 Interview Dina Gachman 2013 Are Entrepreneurs the Rock Stars of Today at ForbesWoman January 10 2013 43 Interview Kevin Ritchie 2013 Hot Docs 13 Ondi Timoner talks art and entrepreneurship and the A Total Disruption endeavor at RealScreen 55 TED Talk Ondi Timoner 2014 When genius and insanity hold hands Interview Steve Appleford 2014 LA TIMES As technology explodes A Total Disruption is there to record it Interview Joanna Pocock 2016 3 AM Magazine My Afternoon with Ondi Interview Laurie Brookins 2019 The Hollywood Reporter Mapplethorpe Exhibition Opens at Guggenheim Ahead of Upcoming Biopic Interview Naomi Fry 2019 The New Yorker From H R H to S amp M Review Gary Goldstein 2019 The LA Times Review Mapplethorpe s Matt Smith skillfully evokes the boundary pushing photographer Review Elizabeth Weitzman 2022 The Wrap Last Flight Home Film Review Ondi Timoner s Beautiful Tribute to Her Father Documents His Last Days Article Bret Lang 2022 Variety MTV Documentary Films Buys Last Flight Home Out of Sundance Plans Awards Push Exclusive Article Addie Morfoot 2022 Ondi Timoner Is Ready to Take Flight at Sundance With Her Most Personal Doc Yet Exclusive Clip Select filmography EditFeature Film Edit Dig 2004 Join Us 2007 We Live in Public 2009 Cool It 2010 Brand A Second Coming 2015 Mapplethorpe 2018 Coming Clean 2020 Mapplethorpe The Director s Cut 2021 Last Flight Home 2022 Short Film Edit Recycle 2004 Library of Dust 2011 Amanda F ing Palmer On The Rocks 2014 Russell Brand s The Birds 2014 Obey the Artist 2014 The Last Mile 2015 3000 Miles and Woman with a Video CameraTelevision Edit The Nature Of The Beast TV 1994 Sound Affects TV 2000 Jungletown TV 2017 See also EditList of female film and television directors List of LGBT related films directed by womenReferences Edit Ondi Timoner MoMA The Museum of Modern Art Retrieved December 9 2019 a b Ondi Timoner Director Directors Guild of America Retrieved December 9 2019 Film Fatales Ondi Timoner www filmfatales org Retrieved December 9 2019 Balfour Brad May 2010 Q amp A Award Winning Documentarian Ondi Timoner Rocks with We Live in Public Huffington Post Retrieved October 21 2015 a b c d e f g h Documentary Educational Resources Ethnographic Documentary and Non fiction Films from Around the World Ondi Timoner www der org Retrieved December 9 2019 a b c Ondi Timoner My First Shoot Retrieved December 9 2019 a b c Brad Balfour May 5 2010 Updated Dec 06 2017 Q amp A Award Winning Documentarian Ondi Timoner Rocks With We Live In Public HuffPost Archived from the original on February 16 2015 Retrieved April 13 2019 USC Cinematic Arts School of Cinematic Arts Events cinema usc edu Retrieved December 9 2019 Hsin Carol April 30 2010 April 30 2010 Environmentalist s talk filmed for documentary yaledailynews com Retrieved December 9 2019 The Nature Of The Beast Interloper Films Discovery Ondi Timoner and Dig IndieWire October 5 2004 Retrieved December 9 2019 2004 Sundance Film Festival history sundance org Retrieved January 30 2015 DiG MoMA Retrieved January 30 2015 Tiffany Vazquez March 26 2019 Something Old Something New A History of New Directors Lineups www fillmlinc org Retrieved June 5 2020 a b Alexandra Alter April 4 2009 The Truman Show for Everyone The Wall Street Journal Archived from the original on April 27 2015 Retrieved April 13 2019 Recycle Interloper Films Join Us Interloper Films Smith Ethan July 19 2007 How Disney Is Reviving A Band Still in Its Teens Wall Street Journal ISSN 0099 9660 Retrieved January 28 2022 Kurt Brokaw s New Directors New Films Part Two on MadisonAvenueJournal com www madisonavenuejournal com Retrieved December 9 2019 a b The greatest Web pioneer you ve never heard of CNN com Retrieved February 16 2015 Laurie Heuston Center stage at Ashland s film festival Mailtribune com Retrieved February 16 2015 2009 Sundance Film Festival festival sundance org Archived from the original on January 21 2009 Retrieved January 31 2011 We Live In Public www sundance org Retrieved December 9 2019 Final Press Release July 11th 2009 PDF Press release Karlovy Vary Karlovy Vary International Film Festival July 11 2009 Retrieved June 5 2020 a b Kaufman Anthony November 10 2010 Controversial Cool It Documentary Takes on An Inconvenient Truth Wall Street Journal ISSN 0099 9660 Retrieved January 28 2022 A critical review of Bjorn Lomborg s Cool It Yale Climate Connections Yale Climate Connections May 12 2011 Retrieved December 9 2019 Jeannette Catsoulis November 11 2010 Global Warming and Common Sense The New York Times Sean O Connell September 1 2010 Controversial TIFF doc Cool It finds home at Roadside Attractions Hollywood News com Archived from the original on February 21 2014 Retrieved April 13 2019 SXSW Film Reveals BRAND A Second Coming as Opening Night Film Plus Six More Titles sxsw com Retrieved January 8 2015 Harvey Dennis March 14 2015 SXSW Film Review Brand A Second Coming Variety Retrieved April 10 2015 a b c d Nordine Chris O Falt Michael O Falt Chris Nordine Michael March 7 2017 Ondi Timoner Debuts Director s Trailer For Jungletown A Viceland Series About Trying To Build A Sustainable Utopia Exclusive IndieWire Retrieved December 9 2019 a b Dale Martin April 5 2017 Sundance Winner Ondi Timoner on Jungletown I Didn t Know My Personal Limit Until This Project Variety Retrieved December 9 2019 Watch Shane Smith Talk with Controversial Entrepreneur Jimmy Stice Vice May 16 2017 Retrieved December 9 2019 After Vice series staff are reimagining Kalu Yala Planet Forward Retrieved December 9 2019 Ondi Timoner s Mapplethorpe The Director s Cut Invites You to Take a Second Look The Geekiary thegeekiary com March 31 2021 Retrieved March 19 2022 Our Crusaders COMING CLEAN Retrieved March 19 2022 Dry Jude August 12 2020 Coming Clean Trailer Ondi Timoner Humanizes the Opioid Crisis in New Documentary IndieWire Retrieved March 19 2022 Wildman John October 28 2020 Naples International FF 2020 announces awards led by MATERNA BASTARDS ROAD and COMING CLEAN Films Gone Wild Retrieved January 8 2022 a href Template Cite web html title Template Cite web cite web a CS1 maint url status link Announcing our 2020 Sidewalk Film Festival at the Drive in Award Winners Sidewalk Film Center amp Cinema September 1 2020 Retrieved January 8 2022 Lang Brent February 25 2022 MTV Documentary Films Buys Last Flight Home Out of Sundance Plans Awards Push Exclusive Variety Retrieved March 19 2022 Verhoeven Beatrice January 5 2023 Oscars Tales of Artistry Environmental Activism and Political Struggle Lead the Documentary Feature Race The Hollywood Reporter Retrieved January 27 2023 A TOTAL DISRUPTION International Documentary Association November 7 2014 Retrieved August 11 2022 a b Dina Gachman January 10 2013 Are Entrepreneurs the Rock Stars of Today Forbes Retrieved February 16 2015 Chief Executive Artist Bundle Ondi Timoner Interloper Films Obey the Artist Ondi Timoner Interloper Films Obey The Artist schedule sxsw com Amanda Fucking Palmer on the Rocks Ondi Timoner Interloper Films Film Guide Archive Tribeca Retrieved August 11 2022 Amanda F ing Palmer on the Rocks Film Guide Archive Tribeca Film Festival Morfoot Addie January 24 2022 Ondi Timoner Is Ready to Take Flight at Sundance With Her Most Personal Doc Yet Exclusive Clip Variety Retrieved February 4 2022 Mitchell Wendy October 5 2004 Discovery Ondi Timoner and Dig Indie Wire Nicholson Rebecca June 19 2017 From Dig to Jungletown how Ondi Timoner is kicking the door down for female filmmakers The Guardian Retrieved June 27 2017 FASTBALL FINDS COMPROMISE ON THE WAY TO GRAMMY NOMINATION MTV News 2012 AIFF Juried and Special Award Winners Ashland Independent Film Festival Retrieved December 9 2019 Kevin Ritchie April 29 2013 Hot Docs 13 Ondi Timoner talks art and entrepreneurship Realscreen com Retrieved February 16 2015 External links EditInterloper Films A Total Disruption Interview in the Seattle Post Intelligencer Interview on SuicideGirls Filmmaker Profile on Snagfilms Ondi Timoner at IMDb Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Ondi Timoner amp oldid 1137357532, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,

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