Los Angeles, CA (Milwaukee Premiere)
Running Time: 15 minutes
Block 4, September 9th. 6:30PM
Drama
Block 4, September 9th. 6:30PM
Drama
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Blue Hour is the first partnership between the AFI Directing Workshop for Women and the Women in Film Production Program.
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Director Bio:
J.D. SHIELDS is an award-winning writer/director from Atlanta, Georgia working across the mediums of film & television, audio storytelling and interactive media.
Currently a Story Editor on EMPEROR OF OCEAN PARK (MGM+) and Staff Writer on THE COMPANY YOU KEEP (ABC), she’s developed projects with Emmy-nominated showrunner Leslye Headland and Marsai Martin's Genius Entertainment and has written for DreamWorks TV Animation, Wondery and Sony Pictures Entertainment.
An alumna of the AFI Directing Workshop for Women, her forthcoming short film BLUE HOUR is sponsored by Women In Film and will have its World Premiere this Spring. Her latest directorial project ZIP-A-DEE-AY! was developed in the 2021 Moving Picture Institute Short Film Production Lab.
J.D. was recipient of the HUMANITAS Prize College Drama Award and has participated in the Disney Writing Program, the HBOAccess Writing Program, the Women in Film INSIGHT Fellowship, and Film Independent’s Project Involve.
She penned the award-winning short film WEDNESDAY, which screened at the LA Film Festival and premiered at the American Black Film Festival (ABFF) as an HBO Shorts Finalist, later streaming on HBO.
J.D. began her career as a theater artist working in dramaturgy, literary management and arts education at prominent regional theaters including the Nashville Repertory Theatre, 7 Stages Theatre, Synchronicity Theatre and the Tony-Award winning Alliance Theatre.
She earned her MFA in Screenwriting & Directing from Columbia University, having previously studied at NYU Tisch School of the Arts Asia in Singapore. She holds a BA in English & Theater from Vanderbilt University.
Two personal journeys intersect when a struggling young photographer is hired for a cheap last minute portrait gig. The unfolding photo session, while transient, leaves an indelible mark on both women.
Blue Hour is the first partnership between the AFI Directing Workshop for Women and the Women in Film Production Program.
Currently a Story Editor on EMPEROR OF OCEAN PARK (MGM+) and Staff Writer on THE COMPANY YOU KEEP (ABC), she’s developed projects with Emmy-nominated showrunner Leslye Headland and Marsai Martin's Genius Entertainment and has written for DreamWorks TV Animation, Wondery and Sony Pictures Entertainment.
An alumna of the AFI Directing Workshop for Women, her forthcoming short film BLUE HOUR is sponsored by Women In Film and will have its World Premiere this Spring. Her latest directorial project ZIP-A-DEE-AY! was developed in the 2021 Moving Picture Institute Short Film Production Lab.
J.D. was recipient of the HUMANITAS Prize College Drama Award and has participated in the Disney Writing Program, the HBOAccess Writing Program, the Women in Film INSIGHT Fellowship, and Film Independent’s Project Involve.
She penned the award-winning short film WEDNESDAY, which screened at the LA Film Festival and premiered at the American Black Film Festival (ABFF) as an HBO Shorts Finalist, later streaming on HBO.
J.D. began her career as a theater artist working in dramaturgy, literary management and arts education at prominent regional theaters including the Nashville Repertory Theatre, 7 Stages Theatre, Synchronicity Theatre and the Tony-Award winning Alliance Theatre.
She earned her MFA in Screenwriting & Directing from Columbia University, having previously studied at NYU Tisch School of the Arts Asia in Singapore. She holds a BA in English & Theater from Vanderbilt University.
Blue Hour is a meditation on the intensity of transitory moments, the fleeting exchanges and interactions that have the power to alter your mood, day or life. Often it’s only with the clarity of hindsight that we can identify these instances. Rarely there are times where you sense the tectonic shift in tandem with the moment. René and Jaz are aware of the emotional exchange passing between them. And we, like them, are left to wonder how this encounter will leave an indelible mark and shape the course of their lives.
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