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Gina Leibrecht

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Gina Leibrecht has been working in film since she received her B.A. in Telecommunications and Film from the University of Oregon in 1990. She currently works and resides in the San Francisco Bay Area, working on documentary, commercial, and corporate projects for domestic and international audiences.  Gina's most recent films are Art of Courage, Wilder Than Wild: Fire, Forests, and the Future, and Ai Weiwei: Yours Truly. In 1998 she began collaborating with Les Blank on All In This Tea, which she co-produced, co-directed, and edited, and which had its world premiere at the Berlin International Film Festival in 2007, screened in over 40 festivals world wide, and was broadcast on the Sundance Channel. She most recently completed a collaboration with Les Blank called How to Smell a Rose: A Visit with Ricky Leacock in Normandy, which had its North American debut at the 2014 Telluride Film Festival and has gone on to screen in film festivals around the world. Gina is currently collaborating with Harrod Blank on a documentary film about his father, the late Les Blank. Most recently, Gina finished editing on the feature documentary Serenade for Haiti with director Owsley Brown, which had its World Premiere at DOC NYC in 2016. Past documentary highlights include On Wayang: My Life with Shadows, which she Co-produced, Co-directed and edited with ShadowLight Productions; and Homegrown Bounty, which she produced and directed for the KQED series SPARK. Gina also edited Frank Green’s Counting Sheep, which aired on KQED’s Truly California series and won a Northern California Emmy Award for Best Documentary in 2006; Karina Epperlein’s Phoenix Dance, which won San Francisco International Film Festival’s Golden Gate Award for Best Documentary Short in 2006, and made the short list of Academy Award Nominations for Best Short Subject Documentary in 2006; Of Wind and Waves: The Life of Woody Brown, which was nominated for a Northern California Emmy for Best Documentary in 2006; and Kevin White’s A Land Between Rivers for PBS, which won a CINE Golden Eagle Award for Excellence in Film and Television in 2007. Gina has worked with several Bay Area production companies, editing for corporate and non-profit clients including Intel, Symantec, Sybase, Ebay, Guthy-Renker, Stanford University, the California Water Board, ChildFund International, and many others.--- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast.  https://anchor.fm/appSupport this podcast: https://anchor.fm/americanfilmmaker/support

<a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2629388/?ref_=tt_ov_dr" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Gina Leibrecht</a> has been working in film since she received her B.A. in Telecommunications and Film from the University of Oregon in 1990. She currently works and resides in the San Francisco Bay Area, working on documentary, commercial, and corporate projects for domestic and international audiences.  Gina's most recent films are Art of Courage, Wilder Than Wild: Fire, Forests, and the Future, and <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt10171988/?ref_=nm_flmg_edt_1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ai Weiwei: Yours Truly.</a> In 1998 she began collaborating with Les Blank on <a href="https://www.amazon.com/All-This-Tea-David-Hoffman/dp/B073XWLFZ1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">All In This Tea,</a> which she co-produced, co-directed, and edited, and which had its world premiere at the Berlin International Film Festival in 2007, screened in over 40 festivals world wide, and was broadcast on the Sundance Channel. She most recently completed a collaboration with Les Blank called <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3690366/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">How to Smell a Rose: A Visit with Ricky Leacock in Normandy,</a> which had its North American debut at the 2014 Telluride Film Festival and has gone on to screen in film festivals around the world. Gina is currently collaborating with Harrod Blank on a documentary film about his father, the late Les Blank. Most recently, Gina finished editing on the feature documentary <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3236666/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Serenade for Haiti</a> with director Owsley Brown, which had its World Premiere at DOC NYC in 2016. Past documentary highlights include <a href="https://www.shadowlight.org/store/on-wayang-my-life-with-shadows" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">On Wayang: My Life with Shadows,</a> which she Co-produced, Co-directed and edited with ShadowLight Productions; and Homegrown Bounty, which she produced and directed for the KQED series SPARK. Gina also edited Frank Green’s <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0433358/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Counting Sheep</a>, which aired on KQED’s Truly California series and won a Northern California Emmy Award for Best Documentary in 2006; Karina Epperlein’s <a href="https://www.amazon.com/gp/video/detail/B00DU3KK0E/ref=atv_dp_share_cu_r" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Phoenix Dance,</a> which won San Francisco International Film Festival’s Golden Gate Award for Best Documentary Short in 2006, and made the short list of Academy Award Nominations for Best Short Subject Documentary in 2006; <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1553122/https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1553122/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Of Wind and Waves: The Life of Woody Brown,</a> which was nominated for a Northern California Emmy for Best Documentary in 2006; and Kevin White’s <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1024989/?ref_=nv_sr_srsg_0" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">A Land Between Rivers</a> for PBS, which won a CINE Golden Eagle Award for Excellence in Film and Television in 2007. Gina has worked with several Bay Area production companies, editing for corporate and non-profit clients including Intel, Symantec, Sybase, Ebay, Guthy-Renker, Stanford University, the California Water Board, ChildFund International, and many others.--- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. <a href="https://anchor.fm/app" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://anchor.fm/app</a> Support this podcast: <a href="https://anchor.fm/americanfilmmaker/support" rel="payment nofollow" target="_blank">https://anchor.fm/americanfilmmaker/support</a>

Ep 36 - Gina Leibrecht Talks About How to Co-Direct and Edit Documentary Films That Matter

In this week’s Firebelly interview, Filmmaker Gina Leibrecht talks about being broke, cold calling, and working for free, all in pursuit of her dream of becoming a filmmaker. Gina knew she couldn’t work the typical 9-5 job, it just wasn’t who she was. A true inspiration, Gina is someone who felt that fire in her belly and went for it, no matter what.  She’s a documentary filmmaker — a producer, a director, an editor and a grant-writer (and she does everything else in between when it comes to filmmaking).

In this week’s Firebelly interview, Filmmaker Gina Leibrecht talks about being broke, cold calling, and working for free, all in pursuit of her dream of becoming a filmmaker. Gina knew she couldn’t work the typical 9-5 job, it just wasn’t who she was. A true inspiration, Gina is someone who felt that fire in her belly and went for it, no matter what.  She’s a documentary filmmaker — a producer, a director, an editor and a grant-writer (and she does everything else in between when it comes to filmmaking).

Gina Leibrecht // Following The Fire