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Jill D'Agnenica | |
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| Alma mater | UCLA, Claremont Graduate University |
| Occupation(s) | Filmmaker and visual artist |
| Website | www.jillmakesfilms.com, www.jilldagnenica.com |
Jill D'Agnenica is an American film director, editor, and visual artist. Her directorial debut was the independent film, Life Inside Out (starring Maggie Baird and Finneas O'Connell.) D'Agnenica won the Crystal Heart Award for Best Feature at the 2013 Heartland Film Festival for Life Inside Out, and was nominated for the ReelWomenDirect Award at the 2014 Cleveland International Film Festival.
Career
[edit]D'Agnenica received her MFA in Visual Art from the Claremont Graduate School, focusing on conceptual and installation art. Her early piece "Angels" was created in response to the Los Angeles Civil Unrest in the aftermath of the Rodney King beating trial. Starting on the first anniversary of the unrest, and continuing for the next 18 months, D'Agnenica and 150 volunteers placed 4,687 bright magenta angels throughout the city of Los Angeles (10 per square mile) to be "happened upon" by passers-by with the hope that the experience of seeing an angel - and even more important, as word got out, the act of looking for an angel – would remind each person of their place within the City of Angels.[1][2]
D'Agnenica's work as a director includes film, television, PSAs, art and music videos and concerts.
Her tragi-comic absurdist short, A Dog's Story, had its genesis with a series of humorous sculptures that her friend and frequent collaborator artist Margaret Adachi did of unhappy and angry pooches in dead end jobs.
Told in the style of an ultra low tech Ted Talk, an old dog contemplates his bleak future after being laid off from his security job. It won "Most Original Concept" at the Portland Comedy Film Festival in 2018.[3]
D'Agnenica directed the penultimate episode of Freeform's Switched at Birth, The Wolf is Waiting (2017), "How Far Does a Dollar Go?" (2015), a series of humorous PSAs for the Los Angeles Regional Food Bank, and art and music videos and concerts.[4]
D'Agnenica edits prime-time television as well as independent features, music videos, and shorts. Her television credits include Big Sky (ABC), Ordinary Joe (NBC), Creepshow (Shudder), Party of Five (Freeform), How to Get Away with Murder (ABC), Lucifer (FOX), Pretty Little Liars (Freeform), Switched at Birth (Freeform), Undercovers (NBC), Hollywood Heights (Nickelodeon), and The Division (Lifetime).
D'Agnenica was a director in the Disney | ABC Directing Program 2016-2018 and the CBS Directors Initiative 2019-2021. She has moderated panels for Slamdance, Phoenix Film Festival, the SAG/Aftra Foundation and the DGA Women's Steering Committee, among others. She has also taught Master Classes at the Motion Picture Editors Guild. She is a member Film Independent, Film Fatales, Alliance of Women Directors, American Cinema Editors (ACE), and the Directors Guild of America.[5]
Life Inside Out
[edit]When a mother returns to her musical roots, she rediscovers the passion of her youth, and finds a way to connect with her troubled youngest son.
Life Inside was directed by Jill D'Agnenica and written by Maggie Baird and Lori Nasso and stars Baird, Finneas O'Connell, David Cowgill, Nasso, William Dennis Hunt, and Goh Nakamura. The film premiered in competition at the 2013 Heartland Film Festival winning both the Crystal Heart Award for Narrative Feature and Best Premiere It went on to screen at 20 more film festivals, winning 15 awards. After a limited theatrical run in 2014 it was released on DVD and VOD on April 21, 2015 by Monarch Home Video. In 2022, Life Inside Out was re-released by Vertical Entertainment across streaming platforms including Amazon, Apple+, Redbox, and Google Play.
Gary Goldstein, Los Angeles Times Film Critic , called Life Inside Out "a gentle, poignant drama whose heart and head are squarely in the right place" with "tender direction by Jill D'Agnenica"[6]
Angel City Chorale
[edit]Early in the COVID-19 stay-at-home orders, Jill remotely directed the 130 members of Angel City Chorale for the music video Sogno di Volare[7] and then went on to direct their full length Virtual Concerts, "It's Not the Holidays 'Til the Angels Sing and "Play it Forward" filming both in-person and remotely. In 2022, Angel City Chorale was back on stage and Jill created the video art that was projected behind the choir throughout their summer and holiday concerts.[8]
Filmography
[edit]| Year | Title | Notes | Director | Editor | Writer | Awards |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Life Inside Out | Feature Film | Yes | Yes | ||
| 2017 | Switched at Birth | TV Series | Yes | |||
| 2018 | A Dog's Story | Short Film | Yes | Yes | ||
| 2018 | Leslie Lanxinger | short documentary | Yes | |||
| 2019 | Ruby Friedman: Journey on A Bullet | music video | Yes | Yes | ||
| 2020 | Ruby Friedman, Ain't Got Your Money | music video | Yes | Yes | ||
| 2020 | It's Not the Holidays 'Til the Angels Sing Angel City Chorale Virtual Concert | virtual concert | Yes | Yes | ||
| 2021 | Play it Forward Angel City Chorale | virtual concert | Yes | Yes | ||
| 2024 | All That's Left of Eddie | Feature Film in development | Yes |
Visual Art
[edit]Public Art
[edit]| Year | Title | Location | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1993-1994 | (look for) Angels | throughout Los Angeles | site-specific project throughout the 648.7 square miles of the city |
| 1996 | Dialectical Balance and the Negotiation of Culture or I'll Show You Yours if You Show Me Mine | throughout Los Angeles | site-specific performance with Margaret Adachi |
| 2000 | Peace Fountain | Sentiero Franciscano Gubbio, Italy | with Matthew Chase-Daniel and Cynthia Minet |
| 2002 | Character Studies | Loyola Village/Westchester Branch LA Public Library | with Christine Cortina |
| 2003 | Winged | Northridge Branch LA Public Library | |
| 2009 | Reflections: US | 1200 Wall St. Fashion District, Los Angeles | with Christine Cortina |
| 2011 | Reclaiming, Restoring, Refreshing | Angels Gate Cultural Center | with Ruth Ann Anderson |
| 2014 | Jaime Escalante Biographical Mural | Garfield High School, East Los Angeles | with Christine Cortina |
SOLO ART EXHIBITIONS AND INSTALLATIONS
[edit]| Year | Title | Location | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | A City of Angels | The Lucky Nun Gallery, Los Angeles | |
| 1999 | Selections from Greater Mysteries | Museo Italo-Americano, San Francisco | |
| 2000 | Greater Mysteries | Robert Berman Gallery, Santa Monica | |
| 2001 | Documents of Community | Mendenhall Gallery, Whittier College | |
| 2010 | The Point at Which Time Stands Still | 24 Hour Gallery, Pasadena | |
| 2011 | Bad Mother | Huntington Beach Art Center |
References
[edit]- ^ "In the City of Angels, an Artist Lifts Spirits With Red Cherubs". Christian Science Monitor. ISSN 0882-7729. Retrieved 2024-11-25.
- ^ Gibbs, Nancy (1993-12-27). "Angels Among Us". Time. ISSN 0040-781X. Retrieved 2024-11-25.
- ^ "Congratulations, A Dog's Story". Facebook.
- ^ "Directors - Film Fatales". Film Fatales - An inclusive community of women feature film and television directors. 2023-03-17. Retrieved 2024-11-25.
- ^ "Find a Director". Alliance of Women Directors. Retrieved 2024-11-25.
- ^ Goldstein, Gary (2014-10-17). "Review: When it's 'Life Inside Out,' they turn to music". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved 2024-11-25.
- ^ Angel City Chorale (2020-05-20). Sogno di Volare (The Dream of Flight) - Safer-at-Home Edition. Retrieved 2024-11-25 – via YouTube.
- ^ "Member List". Alliance of Women Directors. Retrieved 2024-11-25.