The Filmmaker
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From filmmaker Nina Davenport:
I don’t expect explicit social change to come about as a result of my film. But I do think it holds a mirror up to all Americans who either overtly or passively supported the war in Iraq. At the end of the day, I hope OPERATION FILMMAKER will make audiences reflect upon the American mentality that led us into the Iraq war.
Her three favorite films?
I love documentaries that acknowledge or include the filmmaker’s presence. To name a few:
Grey Gardens by Albert and David Maysles
Time Indefinite by Ross McElwee
Wide Awake by Alan Berliner
Her advice for aspiring filmmakers?
Get a video camera, start shooting a project and learn as you go.
Her most inspirational food for making independent film?
A topic that you are fascinated by or obsessed with.
Filmmaker Bio
Nina Davenport
Director, Producer, Editor, Cinematographer
After studying photography and filmmaking at Harvard College, Nina Davenport completed her first film, Hello Photo, a poetic travel documentary about India. The film premiered at Rotterdam and won Best Documentary at the Melbourne International Film Festival.
Davenport’s second film, Always a Bridesmaid—described by the Hollywood Reporter as “dripping with artistic merit”—was autobiographical and aired on HBO/Cinemax and Channel Four in the United Kingdom.
Her third feature documentary was Parallel Lines, a lyrical road movie about the private stories and personal grief of Americans in the aftermath of 9/11. It premiered at the largest documentary film festival in the world, the International Documentary Film Festival in Amsterdam (IDFA), in the Joris Ivens competition. It subsequently aired on the BBC’s Storyville, the channel’s documentary series.
OPERATION FILMMAKER showcases Davenport’s unique and personal style of documentary and has earned her numerous filmmaking awards and grants. She grew up in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, and currently lives in New York City with her burgeoning family.
