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'''Ondi Doane Timoner''' is an Emmy-nominated American filmmaker and the [[Organizational founder|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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.moma.org/artists/37355?locale=en|title=Ondi Timoner {{!}} MoMA|website=The Museum of Modern Art|language=en|access-date=2019-12-09}}</ref>
'''Ondi Doane Timoner''' is an American filmmaker and the [[Organizational founder|founder]] and [[chief executive officer]] of [[Interloper Films]], a [[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!|DIG!]] (2004) and [[We Live in Public|WE LIVE IN PUBLIC]] (2009). Both films were acquired by New York's [[Museum of Modern Art]] for their permanent collection.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.moma.org/artists/37355?locale=en|title=Ondi Timoner {{!}} MoMA|website=The Museum of Modern Art|language=en|access-date=2019-12-09}}</ref> Her 2023 film, LAST FLIGHT HOME was nominated for an [[Emmy]].


Timoner is a member of the [[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences|Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences]],<ref name=":5">{{Cite web|url=https://www.dga.org/The-Guild/Members/Profile.aspx?mid=0MyXux%2BTGzc%3D|title=Ondi Timoner - Director|website=Directors Guild of America|access-date=December 9, 2019}}</ref> the [[Directors Guild of America|DGA]],<ref name=":5" /> the [[Producers Guild of America|PGA]], the [[International Documentary Association]], [[Film Fatales]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.filmfatales.org/directors/onditimoner|title=Film Fatales {{!}} Ondi Timoner|website=www.filmfatales.org|access-date=2019-12-09}}</ref> and Women in Film.
Timoner is a member of the [[Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences|Academy of Motion Picture Arts & Sciences]],<ref name=":5">{{Cite web|url=https://www.dga.org/The-Guild/Members/Profile.aspx?mid=0MyXux%2BTGzc%3D|title=Ondi Timoner - Director|website=Directors Guild of America|access-date=December 9, 2019}}</ref> the [[Directors Guild of America|DGA]],<ref name=":5" /> the [[Producers Guild of America|PGA]], the [[International Documentary Association]], [[Film Fatales]],<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.filmfatales.org/directors/onditimoner|title=Film Fatales {{!}} Ondi Timoner|website=www.filmfatales.org|access-date=2019-12-09}}</ref> and Women in Film.


==Early life==
==Early life==
Timoner was born in [[Miami|Miami, Florida]], to Elissa and [[Eli Timoner]], co-founder of [[Air Florida]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/brad-balfour/qa-documentarian-ondi-tim_b_481435.html|title=Q & A: Award-Winning Documentarian Ondi Timoner Rocks with We Live in Public|last1=Balfour|first1=Brad|work=Huffington Post|date=May 2010 |access-date=2015-10-21}}</ref> She has two siblings, Rabbi Rachel Timoner and David Timoner, who co-founded Interloper Films and has collaborated on several of her works.
Timoner was born in Miami, Florida, to Elissa and [[Eli Timoner]], co-founder of [[Air Florida]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/brad-balfour/qa-documentarian-ondi-tim_b_481435.html|title=Q & A: Award-Winning Documentarian Ondi Timoner Rocks with We Live in Public|last1=Balfour|first1=Brad|work=Huffington Post|date=May 2010 |access-date=2015-10-21}}</ref> She has two siblings, Rabbi Rachel Timoner and David Timoner, who co-founded Interloper Films and has collaborated on several of her works.


Timoner attended [[Yale University]], where she founded the Yale Street Theater Troupe, a guerrilla theater ensemble that performed spontaneously in unexpected environments, in 1992.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|url=https://www.der.org/resources/filmmaker-bios/ondi-timoner/|title=Documentary Educational Resources {{!}} Ethnographic, Documentary, and Non-fiction Films from Around the World {{!}} Ondi Timoner|website=www.der.org|language=en-US|access-date=2019-12-09}}</ref> She made her directorial stage debut in 1993 with her production of Sarah Daniels' ''Masterpieces''.<ref name=":3" /> Timoner shot her first documentary film, ''Three Thousand Miles and a Woman with a Video Camera'', with her younger brother David and [[John Krokidas]], interviewing people at crossroads and convenience stores while on a cross country road trip.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web|url=http://www.myfirstshoot.com/interview/ondi-timoner/|title=Ondi Timoner|website=My First Shoot|language=en-US|access-date=2019-12-09}}</ref>
Timoner attended [[Yale University]], where she founded the Yale Street Theater Troupe, a guerrilla theater ensemble that performed spontaneously in unexpected environments, in 1992.<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|url=https://www.der.org/resources/filmmaker-bios/ondi-timoner/|title=Documentary Educational Resources {{!}} Ethnographic, Documentary, and Non-fiction Films from Around the World {{!}} Ondi Timoner|website=www.der.org|language=en-US|access-date=2019-12-09}}</ref> She made her directorial stage debut in 1993 with her production of Sarah Daniels' ''Masterpieces''.<ref name=":3" /> Timoner shot her first documentary film, THREE THOUSAND MILES AND A WOMAN WITH A VIDEO CAMERA, with her younger brother David and [[John Krokidas]], interviewing people at crossroads and convenience stores while on a cross country road trip.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web|url=http://www.myfirstshoot.com/interview/ondi-timoner/|title=Ondi Timoner|website=My First Shoot|language=en-US|access-date=2019-12-09}}</ref>


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]].<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":6" /> 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.<ref name=":4" /><ref name=":3" /> The film went on to win the Howard Lamar Film Prize for Best Undergraduate Film at Yale University.<ref name=":3" />
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]].<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":6" /> 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.<ref name=":4" /><ref name=":3" /> The film went on to win the Howard Lamar Film Prize for Best Undergraduate Film at Yale University.<ref name=":3" />


Timoner graduated cum laude from Yale in 1994, where she majored in American Studies, with a concentration in Film and Literature and Theater Studies.<ref name=":3" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cinema.usc.edu/events/event.cfm?id=11428|title=USC Cinematic Arts {{!}} School of Cinematic Arts Events|website=cinema.usc.edu|access-date=2019-12-09}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://yaledailynews.com/blog/2010/04/30/environmentalists-talk-filmed-for-documentary/|title=Environmentalist's talk filmed for documentary|first1=Carol|last1=Hsin|last2=April 30, 2010|website=yaledailynews.com|date=April 30, 2010 |language=en|access-date=2019-12-09}}</ref>
Timoner graduated cum laude from Yale in 1994, where she majored in American Studies, with a concentration in Film and Literature and Theater Studies.<ref name=":3" /><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://cinema.usc.edu/events/event.cfm?id=11428|title=USC Cinematic Arts {{!}} School of Cinematic Arts Events|website=cinema.usc.edu|access-date=2019-12-09}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://yaledailynews.com/blog/2010/04/30/environmentalists-talk-filmed-for-documentary/|title=Environmentalist's talk filmed for documentary|first1=Carol|last1=Hsin|last2=April 30, 2010|website=yaledailynews.com|date=April 30, 2010 |language=en|access-date=2019-12-09}}</ref>


== Career ==
== Career ==
Her debut feature documentary, titled "The Nature of The Beast" (1994), explores the life and case of Bonnie Jean Foreshaw. Foreshaw was serving the longest prison sentence in the state of Connecticut for unintentionally causing the death of a pregnant woman while defending herself against a man. The documentary aimed to shed light on issues of racism and systemic flaws within the justice system.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.interloperfilms.com/notb|title=The Nature of The Beast|website=Interloper Films}}</ref>


=== Early Years ===
During her career, Timoner also contributed to PBS documentaries and gained experience through an internship with documentary filmmaker Helen Whitney.<ref name=":3" />
Her debut feature documentary, titled THE NATURE OF THE BEAST (1994), explores the life and case of Bonnie Jean Foreshaw. Foreshaw was serving the longest prison sentence in the state of Connecticut for unintentionally causing the death of a pregnant woman, while defending herself against a man. The documentary aimed to shed light on issues of racism and systemic flaws within the justice system.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.interloperfilms.com/notb|title=The Nature of The Beast|website=Interloper Films}}</ref>


During her career, Timoner contributed to PBS documentaries and gained experience through an internship with documentary filmmaker Helen Whitney.<ref name=":3" />
In addition to her documentary work, Timoner held roles such as Assistant Producer for NBC Media Services and Assistant Regional Coordinator for the Steven Spielberg Holocaust/Oral History Project in Miami, Florida.<ref name=":3" />


Timoner held roles such as Assistant Producer for NBC Media Services and Assistant Regional Coordinator for the Steven Spielberg Holocaust/Oral History Project in Miami, Florida.<ref name=":3" />
=== 2000s ===
Timoner created, executive produced and directed the [[VH1]] original series ''Sound Affects'' (2000),<ref name=":6">{{cite web|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/brad-balfour/qa-documentarian-ondi-tim_b_481435.html|title=Q&A: Award-Winning Documentarian Ondi Timoner Rocks With We Live In Public|author=Brad Balfour|date=May 5, 2010|work=HuffPost|orig-year=Updated Dec 06, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150216155740/https://www.huffingtonpost.com/brad-balfour/qa-documentarian-ondi-tim_b_481435.html|archive-date=2015-02-16|access-date=2019-04-13}}</ref> a film about music's effect at critical moments in people's lives.


=== 2000s ===
Timoner directed, co-produced, and edited ''[[Dig!|DIG!]]'' (2004) with her brother David Timoner, which chronicles seven years<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiewire.com/2004/10/discovery-ondi-timoner-and-dig-78619/|title=Discovery: Ondi Timoner and "Dig!"|date=2004-10-05|website=IndieWire|language=en|access-date=2019-12-09}}</ref> in the lives of two [[Neo-Psychedelia|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-Taylor|Courtney Taylor]] and [[Anton Newcombe]]. The film won the Grand Jury Prize at the [[2004 Sundance Film Festival|Sundance Film Festival]] in 2004,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://history.sundance.org/events/39|title=2004 Sundance Film Festival|website=history.sundance.org|access-date=2015-01-30}}</ref> is now part of the permanent collection of the [[Museum of Modern Art]] in [[New York City]],<ref name="MoMA_DiG">{{cite web|url=http://www.moma.org/collection/object.php?object_id=129360|title=DiG!|website=MoMA|access-date=2015-01-30}}</ref> and was screened as the finale of the Film Society at [[Lincoln Center]] and [[Museum of Modern Art|MoMA]]'s 33rd annual [[New Directors/New Films Festival]], in 2004.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.filmlinc.org/daily/new-directors-new-films-ndnf-lineups-archive/|author=Tiffany Vazquez|title=Something Old, Something New: A History of New Directors Lineups|website=www.fillmlinc.org|date=March 26, 2019|access-date=June 5, 2020}}</ref><ref name="wsj.com">{{cite web|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB123879482878387933|title='The Truman Show' for Everyone|author=Alexandra Alter|date=April 4, 2009|work=The Wall Street Journal|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150427055711/https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB123879482878387933|archive-date=2015-04-27|access-date=2019-04-13}}</ref>
Timoner created, executive produced and directed the [[VH1]] original series SOUND AFFECTS (2000),<ref name=":6">{{cite web|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/brad-balfour/qa-documentarian-ondi-tim_b_481435.html|title=Q&A: Award-Winning Documentarian Ondi Timoner Rocks With We Live In Public|author=Brad Balfour|date=May 5, 2010|work=HuffPost|orig-year=Updated Dec 06, 2017|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150216155740/https://www.huffingtonpost.com/brad-balfour/qa-documentarian-ondi-tim_b_481435.html|archive-date=2015-02-16|access-date=2019-04-13}}</ref> a film about music's effect at critical moments in people's lives.


Timoner directed, co-produced, and edited [[Dig!]] (2004) with her brother David Timoner, which chronicles seven years<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiewire.com/2004/10/discovery-ondi-timoner-and-dig-78619/|title=Discovery: Ondi Timoner and "Dig!"|date=2004-10-05|website=IndieWire|language=en|access-date=2019-12-09}}</ref> in the lives of two [[Neo-psychedelia|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-Taylor|Courtney Taylor]] and [[Anton Newcombe]]. The film won the Grand Jury Prize at the [[2004 Sundance Film Festival]],<ref>{{cite web|url=http://history.sundance.org/events/39|title=2004 Sundance Film Festival|website=history.sundance.org|access-date=2015-01-30}}</ref> is now part of the permanent collection of the [[Museum of Modern Art]] (MoMA) in New York City,<ref name="MoMA_DiG">{{cite web|url=http://www.moma.org/collection/object.php?object_id=129360|title=DiG!|website=MoMA|access-date=2015-01-30}}</ref> 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.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.filmlinc.org/daily/new-directors-new-films-ndnf-lineups-archive/|author=Tiffany Vazquez|title=Something Old, Something New: A History of New Directors Lineups|website=www.fillmlinc.org|date=March 26, 2019|access-date=June 5, 2020}}</ref><ref name="wsj.com">{{cite web|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB123879482878387933|title='The Truman Show' for Everyone|author=Alexandra Alter|date=April 4, 2009|work=The Wall Street Journal|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150427055711/https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB123879482878387933|archive-date=2015-04-27|access-date=2019-04-13}}</ref>
Timoner co-directed the short film ''Recycle'' (2005),<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.interloperfilms.com/recycle|title=Recycle|website=Interloper Films}}</ref> a documentary about a homeless person 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),<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.interloperfilms.com/joinus|title=Join Us|website=Interloper Films}}</ref> follows families in their escape from a cult. It premiered at [[LA Film Festival]], winning awards at the [[Sidewalk Film Festival]] and the [[Vancouver International Film Festival]].
Timoner co-directed the short film RECYCLE (2005),<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.interloperfilms.com/recycle|title=Recycle|website=Interloper Films}}</ref> a documentary about a homeless person who makes a garden in downtown Los Angeles. The film premiered at the [[2005 Sundance Film Festival]] and played the [[Cannes Film Festival]]. Her third feature documentary, JOIN US (2007),<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.interloperfilms.com/joinus|title=Join Us|website=Interloper Films}}</ref> follows families in their escape from a cult. It premiered at [[LA Film Festival]], winning awards at the [[Sidewalk Film Festival]] and [[Vancouver International Film Festival]].


When the [[Jonas Brothers]] were signed to [[Columbia Records]], Timoner was hired to film three music videos for the group.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Smith|first=Ethan|date=2007-07-19|title=How Disney Is Reviving A Band Still in Its Teens|language=en-US|work=Wall Street Journal|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB118480706881571081|access-date=2022-01-28|issn=0099-9660}}</ref>
When the [[Jonas Brothers]] were signed to [[Columbia Records]], Timoner was hired to film three music videos for the group.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Smith|first=Ethan|date=2007-07-19|title=How Disney Is Reviving A Band Still in Its Teens|language=en-US|work=Wall Street Journal|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB118480706881571081|access-date=2022-01-28|issn=0099-9660}}</ref>


Timoner debuted ''[[We Live in Public]]'' (2009) at the [[2009 Sundance Film Festival|Sundance Film Festival]]. The film focuses on [[Josh Harris (internet)|Josh Harris]], an American internet entrepreneur who founded [[Pseudo.com]], a [[Webcast|webcasting]] website that filed for bankruptcy in 1993.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-11-24 |title=Meet Josh Harris: The Entrepreneur Who Lost $50m Over The Internet |url=https://www.vcpost.com/articles/121570/20161124/meet-josh-harris-entrepreneur-who-lost-50m-over-internet.htm |access-date=2023-03-13 |website=Venture Capital Post |language=en}}</ref>
Timoner debuted [[We Live in Public|WE LIVE IN PUBLIC]] at the [[2009 Sundance Film Festival]]. The film focuses on [[Josh Harris (entrepreneur)|Josh Harris]], an American internet entrepreneur who founded [[Pseudo.com]], a [[webcast]]ing site that filed for bankruptcy in 1999.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2016-11-24 |title=Meet Josh Harris: The Entrepreneur Who Lost $50m Over The Internet |url=https://www.vcpost.com/articles/121570/20161124/meet-josh-harris-entrepreneur-who-lost-50m-over-internet.htm |access-date=2023-03-13 |website=Venture Capital Post |language=en}}</ref> WE LIVE IN PUBLIC won the Grand Jury Prize award in the Documentary category at the Sundance Film Festival<ref>{{cite web|url=http://festival.sundance.org/2009/film_events/films/we_live_in_public|title=2009 Sundance Film Festival|website=festival.sundance.org|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090121181255/http://festival.sundance.org/2009/film_events/films/we_live_in_public|archive-date=2009-01-21|access-date=2011-01-31}}</ref> and a Special Jury Mention for 'Best Documentary Film Over 30 Minutes Long' at the 2009 [[Karlovy Vary International Film Festival]].<ref>{{cite press release |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Final Press Release (July 11th, 2009)|url=https://www.kviff.com/img/history/2009/final-press-release-2009.pdf|location=Karlovy Vary|publisher=Karlovy Vary International Film Festival|date=July 11, 2009|access-date=June 5, 2020}}</ref>

''We Live in Public'' won the Grand Jury Prize award in the Documentary category at the [[Sundance Film Festival]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://festival.sundance.org/2009/film_events/films/we_live_in_public|title=2009 Sundance Film Festival|website=festival.sundance.org|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090121181255/http://festival.sundance.org/2009/film_events/films/we_live_in_public|archive-date=2009-01-21|access-date=2011-01-31}}</ref> and a Special Jury Mention for 'Best Documentary Film Over 30 Minutes Long' at the 2009 [[Karlovy Vary International Film Festival]].<ref>{{cite press release |author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.--> |title=Final Press Release (July 11th, 2009)|url=https://www.kviff.com/img/history/2009/final-press-release-2009.pdf|location=Karlovy Vary|publisher=Karlovy Vary International Film Festival|date=July 11, 2009|access-date=June 5, 2020}}</ref>


=== 2010s ===
=== 2010s ===
Timoner was hired by [[Ralph Winter (producer)|Ralph Winter]] and Terry Botwick to make her fifth feature, ''[[Cool It (film)|Cool it]]'' (2010), adapted from the [[Cool It: The Skeptical Environmentalist's Guide to Global Warming|2007 book of the same name]] following controversial political scientist [[Bjørn Lomborg]]. The film premiered at [[Toronto International Film Festival]] and was distributed theatrically by [[Roadside Attractions]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodnews.com/2010/09/01/controversial-tiff-doc-cool-it-finds-home-at-roadside-attractions/|title=Controversial TIFF doc "Cool It" finds home at Roadside Attractions|author=Sean O'Connell|date=September 1, 2010|website=Hollywood News.com|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221225604/https://www.hollywoodnews.com/2010/09/01/controversial-tiff-doc-cool-it-finds-home-at-roadside-attractions/|archive-date=February 21, 2014|access-date=2019-04-13}}</ref>
Timoner was hired by [[Ralph Winter (producer)|Ralph Winter]] and Terry Botwick to make her fifth feature, [[Cool It (film)|COOL IT]] (2010), adapted from the [[Cool It: The Skeptical Environmentalist's Guide to Global Warming|2007 book of the same name]] following controversial political scientist [[Bjørn Lomborg]]. The film premiered at [[Toronto International Film Festival]] and was distributed theatrically by [[Roadside Attractions]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodnews.com/2010/09/01/controversial-tiff-doc-cool-it-finds-home-at-roadside-attractions/|title=Controversial TIFF doc "Cool It" finds home at Roadside Attractions|author=Sean O'Connell|date=September 1, 2010|website=Hollywood News.com|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140221225604/https://www.hollywoodnews.com/2010/09/01/controversial-tiff-doc-cool-it-finds-home-at-roadside-attractions/|archive-date=February 21, 2014|access-date=2019-04-13}}</ref>


Her next film, [https://www.interloperfilms.com/libraryofdust Library of Dust] (2011), shines light on canisters of cremated remains found at the [[Oregon State Hospital]]. Co-directed with Robert James, ''Library of Dust'' 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 International Film Festival of Puerto Rico.
Her next film, LIBRARY OF DUST (2011), shines light on canisters of cremated remains found at the [[Oregon State Hospital]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.interloperfilms.com/libraryofdust|title=Library of Dust|website=Interloper Films}}</ref> Co-directed with Robert James, LIBRARY OF DUST 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 International Film Festival of Puerto Rico. THE LAST MILE (2015), made with [[Condé Nast|Conde Nast]], focuses on a tech incubator inside [[San Quentin State Prison]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.interloperfilms.com/lastmile|title=The Last Mile - Ondi Timoner|website=Interloper Films}}</ref>


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 was later picked up by [[Showtime (TV network)|Showtime]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sxsw.com/film/news/2015/sxsw-film-reveals-brand-second-coming-opening-night-film-plus-six-more-titles|title=SXSW Film Reveals BRAND: A Second Coming as Opening Night Film, Plus Six More Titles|work=sxsw.com|access-date=2015-01-08}}</ref> She was the sixth and final director to work on the film, [[Albert and David Maysles|Albert Maysles]] being one of the predecessors.<ref name="variety">{{cite news|last1=Harvey|first1=Dennis|title=SXSW Film Review: 'Brand: A Second Coming'|url=https://variety.com/2015/film/reviews/sxsw-film-review-brand-a-second-coming-1201452641/|access-date=10 April 2015|work=Variety|date=14 March 2015}}</ref>
[https://www.interloperfilms.com/lastmile The Last Mile] (2015), made with [[Condé Nast|Conde Nast]], focuses on a tech incubator inside [[San Quentin State Prison|San Quentin Prison]].


Timoner was invited by real estate entrepreneur Jimmy Stice to visit his for-profit sustainability program, [[Kalu Yala]], in the [[Panama]]ian Jungle.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiewire.com/2017/03/ondi-timoner-jungletown-viceland-kalu-yala-1201790258/|title=Ondi Timoner Debuts Director's Trailer For "Jungletown," A Viceland Series About Trying To Build A Sustainable Utopia — Exclusive|first1=Chris|last1=O'Falt|date=2017-03-07|website=IndieWire|language=en|access-date=2019-12-09|last2=Nordine|first2=Michael}}</ref> Timoner filmed her next project around the business venture in 2016.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Dale |first=Martin |date=2017-04-05 |title=Sundance Winner Ondi Timoner on 'Jungletown': 'I Didn't Know My Personal Limit Until This Project' |url=https://variety.com/2017/film/global/sundance-winner-ondi-timoner-jungletown-panama-1202023263/ |access-date=2019-12-09 |website=Variety |language=en}}</ref> [[Spike Jonze]] picked up the project for [[Viceland (U.S. TV channel)|Viceland]] and the footage was released as the ten-hour [[docu-series]] [[Jungletown|JUNGLETOWN]] (2017).<ref name=":1" />
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 was later picked up by [[Showtime (TV network)|Showtime]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://sxsw.com/film/news/2015/sxsw-film-reveals-brand-second-coming-opening-night-film-plus-six-more-titles|title=SXSW Film Reveals BRAND: A Second Coming as Opening Night Film, Plus Six More Titles|work=sxsw.com|access-date=2015-01-08}}</ref> She was the sixth and final director to work on the film, [[Albert and David Maysles|Albert Maysles]] being one of the predecessors.<ref name="variety">{{cite news|last1=Harvey|first1=Dennis|title=SXSW Film Review: 'Brand: A Second Coming'|url=https://variety.com/2015/film/reviews/sxsw-film-review-brand-a-second-coming-1201452641/|access-date=10 April 2015|work=Variety|date=14 March 2015}}</ref>


Timoner debuted her narrative feature [[Mapplethorpe (film)|MAPPLETHORPE]] (2018), titled THE PERFECT MOMENT in pre-production,<ref name=":6" /> at the 2018 [[Tribeca 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 Shelly|Adrienne Shelley]] Grant. It was later picked up by [[Samuel Goldwyn Films]] in July 2018 and had its theatrical release on March 1, 2019. The Director's Cut, which was selected to premiere at Sundance, but ultimately did not screen there, was released April 2, 2021.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-03-31 |title=Ondi Timoner's "Mapplethorpe: The Director's Cut" Invites You to Take a Second Look - The Geekiary |url=https://thegeekiary.com/ondi-timoners-mapplethorpe-the-directors-cut-invites-you-to-take-a-second-look/93901 |access-date=2022-03-19 |website=thegeekiary.com |language=en-US}}</ref>
Timoner was invited by real estate entrepreneur Jimmy Stice to visit his for-profit sustainability program, [[Kalu Yala]], in the [[Panama|Panamanian Jungle]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://www.indiewire.com/2017/03/ondi-timoner-jungletown-viceland-kalu-yala-1201790258/|title=Ondi Timoner Debuts Director's Trailer For "Jungletown," A Viceland Series About Trying To Build A Sustainable Utopia — Exclusive|last1=Nordine|first1=Chris O'Falt,Michael|last2=O'Falt|first2=Chris|date=2017-03-07|website=IndieWire|language=en|access-date=2019-12-09|last3=Nordine|first3=Michael}}</ref> Timoner filmed her next project around the business venture in 2016.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2">{{Cite web |last=Dale |first=Martin |date=2017-04-05 |title=Sundance Winner Ondi Timoner on 'Jungletown': 'I Didn't Know My Personal Limit Until This Project' |url=https://variety.com/2017/film/global/sundance-winner-ondi-timoner-jungletown-panama-1202023263/ |access-date=2019-12-09 |website=Variety |language=en}}</ref> [[Spike Jonze]] picked up the project for [[Viceland (U.S. TV channel)|Viceland]] and the footage was released as the ten-hour [[docu-series]] ''[[Jungletown]]'' (2017).<ref name=":1" />

Timoner debuted her narrative feature [[Mapplethorpe (film)|''Mapplethorpe'']] (2018), titled ''The Perfect Moment'' in pre-production,<ref name=":6" /> 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 (actor)|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 Shelly|Adrienne Shelley]] Grant.{{Citation needed|date=December 2019}} It was later picked up by [[Samuel Goldwyn Films]] in July 2018 and had its theatrical release on March 1, 2019.{{Citation needed|date=December 2019}} The Director's Cut, which was selected to premiere at Sundance but ultimately did not screen there, was released April 2, 2021.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2021-03-31 |title=Ondi Timoner's "Mapplethorpe: The Director's Cut" Invites You to Take a Second Look - The Geekiary |url=https://thegeekiary.com/ondi-timoners-mapplethorpe-the-directors-cut-invites-you-to-take-a-second-look/93901 |access-date=2022-03-19 |website=thegeekiary.com |language=en-US}}</ref>


=== 2020s ===
=== 2020s ===


In 2020, Ondi Timoner directed ''Coming Clean'', a feature documentary about addiction through the eyes of recovering addicts and political leaders. The film premiered at the [[Bentonville Film Festival]] on August 6, 2020<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dry |first=Jude |date=2020-08-12 |title='Coming Clean' Trailer: Ondi Timoner Humanizes the Opioid Crisis in New Documentary |url=https://www.indiewire.com/2020/08/coming-clean-trailer-ondi-timoner-opioid-crisis-1234579458/ |access-date=2022-03-19 |website=IndieWire |language=en}}</ref> and won the Impact Award at the [https://artisnaples.org/naples-international-film-festival/2020/awards Naples International Film Festival] 2020<ref>{{Cite web|last=Wildman|first=John|date=2020-10-28|title=Naples International FF 2020 announces awards led by "Materna, Bastards' Road", and "Coming Clean"|url=https://filmsgonewild.com/naples-international-ff-2020-announces-awards-led-by-materna-bastards-road-and-coming-clean/|url-status=live|access-date=2022-01-08|website=Films Gone Wild|language=en-US}}</ref> and Special Jury Prize for Editing at [[Sidewalk Film Festival]] 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-09-01|title=Announcing our 2020 Sidewalk Film Festival at the Drive-in Award Winners!|url=https://www.sidewalkfest.com/announcing-our-2020-sidewalk-film-festival-at-the-drive-in-award-winners/|access-date=2022-01-08|website=Sidewalk Film Center & Cinema|language=en-US}}</ref>
In 2020, Ondi Timoner directed COMING CLEAN, a feature documentary about addiction through the eyes of recovering addicts and political leaders. The film premiered at the [[Bentonville Film Festival]] on August 6, 2020<ref>{{Cite web |last=Dry |first=Jude |date=2020-08-12 |title='Coming Clean' Trailer: Ondi Timoner Humanizes the Opioid Crisis in New Documentary |url=https://www.indiewire.com/2020/08/coming-clean-trailer-ondi-timoner-opioid-crisis-1234579458/ |access-date=2022-03-19 |website=IndieWire |language=en}}</ref> and won the Impact Award at the 2020<ref>{{cite web | url=https://artisnaples.org/naples-international-film-festival/2020/awards | title=Juried, Audience and Festival Awards / Naples International Film Festival / Artis—Naples }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Wildman|first=John|date=2020-10-28|title=Naples International FF 2020 announces awards led by "Materna, Bastards' Road", and "Coming Clean"|url=https://filmsgonewild.com/naples-international-ff-2020-announces-awards-led-by-materna-bastards-road-and-coming-clean/|access-date=2022-01-08|website=Films Gone Wild|language=en-US}}</ref> and Special Jury Prize for Editing at [[Sidewalk Film Festival]] 2020.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2020-09-01|title=Announcing our 2020 Sidewalk Film Festival at the Drive-in Award Winners!|url=https://www.sidewalkfest.com/announcing-our-2020-sidewalk-film-festival-at-the-drive-in-award-winners/|access-date=2022-01-08|website=Sidewalk Film Center & Cinema|language=en-US}}</ref>


Timoner's latest feature, ''Last Flight Home'', tells the story of her father, Eli Timoner, who passed away during the film's production. The film premiered in the Special Screening category at Sundance Film Festival in 2022, and was purchased by MTV Documentary Films shortly after.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lang |first=Brent |date=2022-02-25 |title=MTV Documentary Films Buys "Last Flight Home" Out of Sundance, Plans Awards Push (Exclusive) |url=https://variety.com/2022/film/news/mtv-documentary-films-last-flight-home-sundance-awards-1235190114/ |access-date=2022-03-19 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref> The film was shortlisted for the 2023 Academy Awards and received and Emmy Nomination shortly after.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Verhoeven |first=Beatrice |date=2023-01-05 |title=Oscars: Tales of Artistry, Environmental Activism and Political Struggle Lead the Documentary Feature Race |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/2023-oscars-documentary-shortlist-1235291328/ |access-date=2023-01-27 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.emmys.com/shows/last-flight-home | title=Last Flight Home }}</ref>
Timoner's 2022 feature, LAST FLIGHT HOME, tells the story of her father, Eli Timoner, who died during the film's production. The film premiered in the Special Screening category at Sundance Film Festival in 2022, and was purchased by MTV Documentary Films shortly after.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Lang |first=Brent |date=2022-02-25 |title=MTV Documentary Films Buys "Last Flight Home" Out of Sundance, Plans Awards Push (Exclusive) |url=https://variety.com/2022/film/news/mtv-documentary-films-last-flight-home-sundance-awards-1235190114/ |access-date=2022-03-19 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}</ref> The film was shortlisted for the 2023 Academy Awards and received an Emmy nomination for Exceptional Merit In Documentary Filmmaking shortly after.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Verhoeven |first=Beatrice |date=2023-01-05 |title=Oscars: Tales of Artistry, Environmental Activism and Political Struggle Lead the Documentary Feature Race |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-features/2023-oscars-documentary-shortlist-1235291328/ |access-date=2023-01-27 |website=The Hollywood Reporter |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.emmys.com/shows/last-flight-home | title=Last Flight Home }}</ref> In 2023, Ondi completed her documentary about the disruption of finance, THE NEW AMERICANS: GAMING A REVOLUTION, which premiered at SXSW.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://schedule.sxsw.com/2023/films/2079033|title=The New Americans: Gaming a Revolution|website=SXSW 2023 Schedule}}</ref>


Timoner has directed ALL GOD'S CHILDREN, which follows Rabbi Rachel Timoner, a reform rabbi and political activist, and Reverend Dr. Robert Waterman, a black baptist reverend and community leader, for several years as they bring their respective congregations, Congregation Beth Elohim and Antioch Baptist Church, together in an attempt to combat the racism and anti-semitism that affects their communities in Brooklyn.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.jewishstorypartners.org/project/all-gods-children | title=All God's Children | date=August 28, 2023 }}</ref> She also directed THE INN BETWEEN, an intimate look into the only hospice and recuperative care facility for the homeless in the U.S. Here, the commitment is, no one will be put out on the street again and no one will die alone. We meet the unsheltered in an elevated community - in between the hospital and the street, and life and death.
In 2023, Ondi also completed her most recent documentary about the disruption of finance, The New Americans: Gaming a Revolution, which premiered at SXSW.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://schedule.sxsw.com/2023/films/2079033 | title=The New Americans: Gaming a Revolution }}</ref>


==Other works==
==Other work==
Timoner founded, directed and produced ''A Total Disruption'' (2012).<ref>{{Cite web |date=2014-11-07 |title=A TOTAL DISRUPTION |url=https://www.documentary.org/project/total-disruption |access-date=2022-08-11 |website=International Documentary Association |language=en}}</ref> ''A Total Disruption'' is a web portal of over 300 shorts and masterclasses dedicated to sharing origin stories of Internet founders and artists using technology to innovate independence. Her short film ''Obey the artist'',<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.interloperfilms.com/obey|title=Obey the Artist - Ondi Timoner|website=Interloper Films}}</ref> about graphic artist [[Shepard Fairey]], world-premiered at the [[SXSW Film Festival]] in 2013. <ref>{{cite web|url=https://schedule.sxsw.com/2014/events/event_FS15553|title=Obey The Artist|website=schedule.sxsw.com}}</ref> Timoner's short film, ''Amanda Palmer f---ing rocks'',<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.interloperfilms.com/amandapalmer|title=Amanda Fucking Palmer on the Rocks - Ondi Timoner|website=Interloper Films}}</ref> about maverick musician [[Amanda Palmer]] world premiered in 2014<ref>{{Cite web |title=Film Guide Archive |url=https://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/archive?year=2014 |access-date=2022-08-11 |website=Tribeca}}</ref> at the [[TriBeCa Film Festival]] and played festivals worldwide, winning the Sheffield Shorts Award at the [[Sheffield DocFest|Sheffield International Documentary Festiva'''l''']].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tribecafilm.com/filmguide/archive?film_type=Documentary&page=3|title=Amanda F**ing Palmer on the Rocks|website=Film Guide Archive|publisher=Tribeca Film Festival}}</ref>
Timoner and Robert James directed LIBRARY OF DUST (2011), which won the SXSW Grand Jury Award. She also founded, directed and produced A TOTAL DISRUPTION (2012).<ref>{{Cite web |date=2014-11-07 |title=A TOTAL DISRUPTION |url=https://www.documentary.org/project/total-disruption |access-date=2022-08-11 |website=International Documentary Association |language=en}}</ref> A TOTAL DISRUPTION is a web portal of 300 shorts and classes to share origin stories of Internet founders and artists using technology to innovate independence. Her short film OBEY THE ARTIST,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.interloperfilms.com/obey|title=Obey the Artist - Ondi Timoner|website=Interloper Films}}</ref> about graphic artist [[Shepard Fairey]], premiered at the [[SXSW Film Festival]] in 2013.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://schedule.sxsw.com/2014/events/event_FS15553|title=Obey The Artist|website=schedule.sxsw.com}}</ref> Timoner's short film, AMANDA PALMER F---ING ROCKS,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.interloperfilms.com/amandapalmer|title=Amanda Fucking Palmer on the Rocks - Ondi Timoner|website=Interloper Films}}</ref> about musician [[Amanda Palmer]] premiered in 2014<ref>{{Cite web |title=Film Guide Archive |url=https://www.tribecafilm.com/festival/archive?year=2014 |access-date=2022-08-11 |website=Tribeca}}</ref> at the Tribeca Festival and played other festivals, winning the Sheffield Shorts Award at the [[Sheffield DocFest]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tribecafilm.com/filmguide/archive?film_type=Documentary&page=3|title=Amanda F**ing Palmer on the Rocks|website=Film Guide Archive|publisher=Tribeca Film Festival}}</ref>


== Politics ==
== Political impact and current work ==
[[Compassion and Choices]] announced on May 5th, 2023 that it is partnering with Interloper Films, Inc to help them win the right to die with dignity for millions of terminally-ill people and their families by screening ''Last Flight Home'' along with in-person Q&As, providing testimony from the Timoner family and political advocates/experts to educate the populace and government about the right to die.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.compassionandchoices.org/news/last-flight-home-national-screening-tour | title=National Tour in Support of Legislative Efforts to Improve End-of-Life Care Options }}</ref>
[[Compassion & Choices]] announced in May 2023 that it was partnering with Interloper Films, to help them get the right to die for terminally-ill people by screening LAST FLIGHT HOME, along with in-person Q&As, providing testimony from the Timoner family, political advocates and experts about the right to die.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://compassionandchoices.org/news/last-flight-home-national-screening-tour|title=National Tour in Support of Legislative Efforts to Improve End-of-Life Care Options|website=Compassion & Choices}}</ref>
Timoner and family were at the nation's capital in early June 2023 to screen and discuss the film at an event presented by the U.S. Representative [[Brittany Pettersen]] in order to advocate for the basic human right to bodily autonomy at the end of life, and specifically to support legislative efforts to reform the ban on federal funding for medical-aid-in-dying (ASFRA) to ensure equal access to the right in states where it is already legal.<ref>https://www.instagram.com/p/CtQC0X4JD0j/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link&igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==</ref>
Timoner and family were in Washington in early June 2023 to screen and discuss the film at an event presented by the U.S. Representative [[Brittany Pettersen]], to advocate for the human right to bodily autonomy at the end of life, and specifically to support legislative efforts to reform the ban on federal funding for medical-aid-in-dying (ASFRA) to ensure equal access to the right in states where it is already legal.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/CtQC0X4JD0j/?igshid=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==|title=Instagram|website=www.instagram.com}}</ref>


==Select filmography==
Timoner is also currently directing ''All God's Children'', which follows Rabbi Rachel Timoner, a reform rabbi and political activist, and Reverend Dr. Robert Waterman, a black baptist reverend and community leader, for several years as they bring their respective congregations, Congregation Beth Elohim and Antioch Baptist Church, together in an ambitious attempt to combat the entrenched racism and anti-semitism that plagues their communities in Brooklyn.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.jewishstorypartners.org/project/all-gods-children | title=All God's Children }}</ref>
=== Feature film ===
*''[[Dig!]]'' (2004)
*''Join Us'' (2007)
*''[[We Live in Public]]'' (2009)
*''[[Cool It (film)|Cool It]]'' (2010)
*''[[Brand: A Second Coming]]'' (2015)
*''[[Mapplethorpe (film)|Mapplethorpe]]'' (2018)
*''Coming Clean'' (2020)
*''Mapplethorpe: The Director's Cut'' (2021)
*''Last Flight Home'' (2022)
*''The New Americans: Gaming a Revolution'' (2023)


=== Short film ===
==Personal life==
* ''Recycle'' (2004)
Timoner is the daughter of [[Eli Timoner]], founder of [[Air Florida]]. She has two siblings.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Morfoot|first=Addie|date=2022-01-24|title=Ondi Timoner Is Ready to Take "Flight" at Sundance With Her Most Personal Doc Yet (Exclusive Clip)|url=https://variety.com/2022/film/features/ondi-timoner-last-flight-home-sundance-documentary-1235160409/|access-date=2022-02-04|website=Variety|language=en-US}}</ref> Timoner has one son, born in 2003. She married composer, [[Morgan Doctor]], at the Telluride Film Festival in 2022.
* ''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)


==Select awards and recognition==
==Select awards and recognition==
In 1999, Ondi was [[Grammy Award|Grammy]]-nominated for [[Grammy Award for Best Music Film|Best Long Form Music Video]] for an EPK she directed about the band Fastball.<ref name=":0">{{cite web |title=Fastball Finds Compromise on "The Way" to Grammy Nomination |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1428890/fastball-finds-compromise-on-the-way-to-grammy-nomination/ |work=MTV News}}</ref>
In 1999, Ondi was [[Grammy Award|Grammy]]-nominated for [[Grammy Award for Best Music Film|Best Long Form Music Video]] for an EPK she directed about the band Fastball.<ref name=":0">{{cite web |title=Fastball Finds Compromise on "The Way" to Grammy Nomination |url=http://www.mtv.com/news/1428890/fastball-finds-compromise-on-the-way-to-grammy-nomination/ |work=MTV News}}{{dead link|date=June 2024|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref>


* 2004 — Grand Jury Prize at [[Sundance Film Festival]] for ''Dig!''
* 2004 — Grand Jury Prize at [[Sundance Film Festival]] for ''Dig!''
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* 2007 — Special Jury Prize at the [[Sidewalk Film Festival]] for ''Join Us''
* 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''
* 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''
* 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 — 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''
* 2015 — Dramatic Storytelling Award at the [[Sarasota Film Festival]] for ''Brand: A Second Coming''
* 2012 — Ashland Independent Film Festival's Rogue Award<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ashlandfilm.org/Page.asp?NavID=730|title=2012 AIFF Juried and Special Award Winners|website=Ashland Independent Film Festival|language=en|access-date=2019-12-09}}</ref>
* 2012 — Ashland Independent Film Festival's Rogue Award<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.ashlandfilm.org/Page.asp?NavID=730|title=2012 AIFF Juried and Special Award Winners|website=Ashland Independent Film Festival|language=en|access-date=2019-12-09}}</ref>
* 2014 — Sheffield Short Doc Award at the [[Sheffield Doc/Fest|Sheffield International Documentary Festival]] for ''Amanda F---ing Palmer on the Rocks''
* 2014 — Sheffield Short Doc Award at the [[Sheffield DocFest]] for ''Amanda F---ing Palmer on the Rocks''
* 2017 — Kodak Auteur Award <ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.kodak.com/en/company/press-release/inaugural-auteur-awards | title=Kodak's Inaugural Auteur Awards }}</ref>
* 2017 — Kodak Auteur Award<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.kodak.com/en/company/press-release/inaugural-auteur-awards | title=Kodak's Inaugural Auteur Awards }}</ref>
* 2018 — Audience Awards at [[Sidewalk Film Festival]] for ''Mapplethorpe''
* 2018 — Audience Awards at [[Sidewalk Film Festival]] for ''Mapplethorpe''
* 2018 — Audience Awards at [[Tribeca Film Festival]] for ''Mapplethorpe''
* 2018 — Audience Awards at Tribeca Festival for ''Mapplethorpe''
* 2018 — Best Director at [[Long Beach International Film Festival]] for ''Mapplethorpe''
* 2018 — Best Director at [[Long Beach International Film Festival]] for ''Mapplethorpe''
* 2020 — Impact Award at the [https://artisnaples.org/naples-international-film-festival/2020/awards Naples International Film Festival] 2020 for Coming Clean
* 2020 — Impact Award at the [https://artisnaples.org/naples-international-film-festival/2020/awards Naples International Film Festival] 2020 for Coming Clean
* 2020 — Special Jury Prize for Editing at [[Sidewalk 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]]
* 2022 — Special Screenings selection at Sundance Film Festival
* 2022 — Robert and Anne Drew Award for Documentary Excellence at DOC NYC for ''Last Flight Home''
* 2022 — Robert and Anne Drew Award for Documentary Excellence at DOC NYC for ''Last Flight Home''
* 2022 — Best Feature Documentary Award at [[Dallas International Film Festival]] for ''Last Flight Home''
* 2022 — Best Feature Documentary Award at [[Dallas International Film Festival]] for ''Last Flight Home''
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* 2023 — [[Oscars]] Shortlist for Best Documentary Feature for ''Last Flight Home''
* 2023 — [[Oscars]] Shortlist for Best Documentary Feature for ''Last Flight Home''
* 2023 — [[Emmy]] Nomination: Exceptional Merit for ''Last Flight Home''
* 2023 — [[Emmy]] Nomination: Exceptional Merit for ''Last Flight Home''

==Personal life==
Timoner is the daughter of [[Eli Timoner]], founder of [[Air Florida]]. She has two siblings.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Morfoot|first=Addie|date=2022-01-24|title=Ondi Timoner Is Ready to Take "Flight" at Sundance With Her Most Personal Doc Yet (Exclusive Clip)|url=https://variety.com/2022/film/features/ondi-timoner-last-flight-home-sundance-documentary-1235160409/|access-date=2022-02-04|website=Variety|language=en-US}}</ref> Timoner has one son, born in 2003. She married composer, [[Morgan Doctor]], at the Telluride Film Festival in 2022.

== See also ==
* [[List of female film and television directors]]
* [[List of LGBT-related films directed by women]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}


==Further reading==
==Further reading==
{{refbegin|30em}}
* 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''<nowiki/>']," at ''The Wall Street Journal'' (online): Arts & Entertainment, "Just Asking," April 4, 2009<ref name="wsj.com"/>
* Interview: Dina Gachman, 2013, "Are Entrepreneurs the Rock Stars of Today?", at ''ForbesWoman'', January 10, 2013.<ref name="GachmanForbes13">{{cite web |author=Dina Gachman |date=January 10, 2013 |title=Are Entrepreneurs the Rock Stars of Today? |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/dinagachman/2013/01/10/are-entrepreneurs-the-rock-stars-of-today/ |access-date=2015-02-16 |work=Forbes}}</ref>
*{{cite web |author=Dina Gachman |date=January 10, 2013 |title=Are Entrepreneurs the Rock Stars of Today? |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/dinagachman/2013/01/10/are-entrepreneurs-the-rock-stars-of-today/ |access-date=2015-02-16 |work=Forbes}}
* Interview: Kevin Ritchie, 2013, "Hot Docs '13: Ondi Timoner talks art and entrepreneurship [and the "A Total Disruption" endeavor]," at [[RealScreen]].<ref name="RitchieRealScr13">{{cite web |author=Kevin Ritchie |date=April 29, 2013 |title=Hot Docs '13: Ondi Timoner talks art and entrepreneurship |url=http://realscreen.com/2013/04/29/hot-docs-13-ondi-timoner-talks-art-and-entrepreneurship |access-date=2015-02-16 |website=Realscreen.com}}</ref>
*{{cite web |author=Kevin Ritchie |date=April 29, 2013 |title=Hot Docs '13: Ondi Timoner talks art and entrepreneurship |url=http://realscreen.com/2013/04/29/hot-docs-13-ondi-timoner-talks-art-and-entrepreneurship |access-date=2015-02-16 |website=Realscreen.com}}
* TED Talk: Ondi Timoner, 2014, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yv7c_RzPSn0 When genius and insanity hold hands]
* TED Talk: Ondi Timoner, 2014, [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yv7c_RzPSn0 When genius and insanity hold hands]
*Interview: Steve Appleford, 2014, [https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/la-xpm-2014-jan-18-la-et-mn-total-disruption-20140119-story.html LA TIMES: As technology explodes, A Total Disruption is there to record it].
*Interview: Steve Appleford, 2014, [https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/arts/la-xpm-2014-jan-18-la-et-mn-total-disruption-20140119-story.html LA TIMES: As technology explodes, A Total Disruption is there to record it].
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*Review: Gary Goldstein, 2019, [https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-mini-mapplethorpe-review-20190228-story.html The LA Times: Review: 'Mapplethorpe's' Matt Smith skillfully evokes the boundary-pushing photographer]
*Review: Gary Goldstein, 2019, [https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-mini-mapplethorpe-review-20190228-story.html The LA Times: Review: 'Mapplethorpe's' Matt Smith skillfully evokes the boundary-pushing photographer]
*Review: Elizabeth Weitzman, 2022, [https://www.thewrap.com/last-flight-home-film-review-documentary-ondi-timoner/ The Wrap "Last Flight Home" Film Review: Ondi Timoner's Beautiful Tribute to Her Father Documents His Last Days]
*Review: Elizabeth Weitzman, 2022, [https://www.thewrap.com/last-flight-home-film-review-documentary-ondi-timoner/ The Wrap "Last Flight Home" Film Review: Ondi Timoner's Beautiful Tribute to Her Father Documents His Last Days]
*Review: Ben Kenigsberg, 2022, [https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/06/movies/last-flight-home-review.html?campaign_id=62&emc=edit_ac_20221006&instance_id=0&nl=movie-review-alerts&regi_id=46403014&segment_id=109165&user_id=718603b36026f530aa2c0fd25fbf6ba3 ‘Last Flight Home’ Review: An Intimate Memorial]
*Article: Bret Lang, 2022, [https://variety.com/2022/film/news/mtv-documentary-films-last-flight-home-sundance-awards-1235190114/ Variety MTV Documentary Films Buys "Last Flight Home" Out of Sundance, Plans Awards Push (Exclusive)]
*Interview: Bianna Golodryga on CNN's Amanpour & Company, 2023, [https://www.cnn.com/videos/tv/2023/05/16/amanpour-ondi-timoner-medical-aid-in-dying.cnn Her father exercised his right to die. She filmed his final days. | CNN]
*Article: Addie Morfoot, 2022, [https://variety.com/2022/film/features/ondi-timoner-last-flight-home-sundance-documentary-1235160409/ Ondi Timoner Is Ready to Take "Flight" at Sundance With Her Most Personal Doc Yet (Exclusive Clip)]
*Review: Daniel Fienberg, 2023, [https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/the-new-americans-gaming-a-revolution-review-1235352710 ‘The New Americans: Gaming a Revolution’ Review: A Punchy Primer on the Intersection of the Internet, Finance and Extremism]
*Review: Ben Kenigsberg, 2022, [https://www.nytimes.com/2022/10/06/movies/last-flight-home-review.html?campaign_id=62&emc=edit_ac_20221006&instance_id=0&nl=movie-review-alerts&regi_id=46403014&segment_id=109165&user_id=718603b36026f530aa2c0fd25fbf6ba3]
*Review: Owen Gleiberman, 2023, [https://variety.com/2023/film/reviews/the-new-americans-gaming-a-revolution-review-ondi-timoner-1235560065 ‘The New Americans: Gaming a Revolution’ Review: A Heady Documentary Looks at How Stock Trading Turned Into a ‘Rebellious’ Addiction]
*Interview: Bianna Golodryga on CNN's Amanpour & Company, 2023, [https://www.cnn.com/videos/tv/2023/05/16/amanpour-ondi-timoner-medical-aid-in-dying.cnn]
*Review: Daniel Fienberg, 2023, [https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-reviews/the-new-americans-gaming-a-revolution-review-1235352710]
*Review: Damon Wise, 2023, [https://deadline.com/2023/03/the-new-americans-gaming-a-revolution-review-ondi-timoner-1235299928 ‘The New Americans: Gaming A Revolution’ Review: Ondi Timoner’s Provocative Doc Previews The World That Awaits Us – SXSW]
*Review: Owen Gleiberman, 2023, [https://variety.com/2023/film/reviews/the-new-americans-gaming-a-revolution-review-ondi-timoner-1235560065]
*Article: Akiva Gottlieb, 2023, [https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/awards/story/2023-06-19/last-flight-home-director-ondi-timoner Ondi Timoner documents her father's intentional final days in "Last Flight Home"]
*Guest Column: Ondi Timoner, 2023, [https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-features/last-flight-home-director-activism-fathers-final-moments-1235513791 Guest Column: ‘Last Flight Home’ Director on Becoming a “Death With Dignity” Activist After Father’s Final Moments]
*Review: Damon Wise, 2023, [https://deadline.com/2023/03/the-new-americans-gaming-a-revolution-review-ondi-timoner-1235299928]
{{refend}}
*Article: Akiva Gottlieb, 2023, [https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/awards/story/2023-06-19/last-flight-home-director-ondi-timoner]
*Guest Column: Ondi Timoner, 2023, [https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-features/last-flight-home-director-activism-fathers-final-moments-1235513791]

==Select filmography==

=== Feature film ===
*''[[Dig!]]'' (2004)
*''Join Us'' (2007)
*''[[We Live in Public]]'' (2009)
*''[[Cool It (film)|Cool It]]'' (2010)
*''[[Brand: A Second Coming]]'' (2015)
*''[[Mapplethorpe (film)|Mapplethorpe]]'' (2018)
*''Coming Clean'' (2020)
*''Mapplethorpe: The Director's Cut'' (2021)
*''Last Flight Home'' (2022)
*''The New Americans: Gaming a Revolution'' (2023)

=== 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 ==

* [[List of female film and television directors]]
* [[List of LGBT-related films directed by women]]

==References==
{{Reflist}}


==External links==
==External links==
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Ondi Timoner
Born
Andrea Doane Timoner

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

Ondi Doane Timoner is an American filmmaker and the founder and chief executive officer of Interloper Films, a 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 were acquired by New York's Museum of Modern Art for their permanent collection.[1] Her 2023 film, LAST FLIGHT HOME was nominated for an Emmy.

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

[edit]

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 works.

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, 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] 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

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Early Years

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Her debut feature documentary, titled THE NATURE OF THE BEAST (1994), explores the life and case of Bonnie Jean Foreshaw. Foreshaw was serving the longest prison sentence in the state of Connecticut for unintentionally causing the death of a pregnant woman, while defending herself against a man. The documentary aimed to shed light on issues of racism and systemic flaws within the justice system.[10]

During her career, Timoner contributed to PBS documentaries and gained experience through an internship with documentary filmmaker Helen Whitney.[5]

Timoner held roles such as Assistant Producer for NBC Media Services and Assistant Regional Coordinator for the Steven Spielberg Holocaust/Oral History Project in Miami, Florida.[5]

2000s

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

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 2004 Sundance Film Festival,[12] is now part of the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA) 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 person who makes a garden in downtown Los Angeles. The film premiered at the 2005 Sundance Film Festival and played the Cannes Film Festival. Her third feature documentary, JOIN US (2007),[17] follows families in their escape from a cult. It premiered at LA Film Festival, winning awards at the Sidewalk Film Festival and 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 at the 2009 Sundance Film Festival. The film focuses on Josh Harris, an American internet entrepreneur who founded Pseudo.com, a webcasting site that filed for bankruptcy in 1999.[19] WE LIVE IN PUBLIC won the Grand Jury Prize award in the Documentary category at the Sundance Film Festival[20] and a Special Jury Mention for 'Best Documentary Film Over 30 Minutes Long' at the 2009 Karlovy Vary International Film Festival.[21]

2010s

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Timoner was hired by Ralph Winter and Terry Botwick to make her fifth feature, COOL IT (2010), adapted from the 2007 book of the same name following controversial political scientist Bjørn Lomborg. The film premiered at Toronto International Film Festival and was distributed theatrically by Roadside Attractions.[22]

Her next film, LIBRARY OF DUST (2011), shines light on canisters of cremated remains found at the Oregon State Hospital.[23] Co-directed with Robert James, LIBRARY OF DUST 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 International Film Festival of Puerto Rico. THE LAST MILE (2015), made with Conde Nast, focuses on a tech incubator inside San Quentin State Prison.[24]

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 was later picked up by Showtime.[25] She was the sixth and final director to work on the film, Albert Maysles being one of the predecessors.[26]

Timoner was invited by real estate entrepreneur Jimmy Stice to visit his for-profit sustainability program, Kalu Yala, in the Panamaian Jungle.[27] Timoner filmed her next project around the business venture in 2016.[27][28] Spike Jonze picked up the project for Viceland and the footage was released as the ten-hour docu-series JUNGLETOWN (2017).[27]

Timoner debuted her narrative feature MAPPLETHORPE (2018), titled THE PERFECT MOMENT in pre-production,[7] at the 2018 Tribeca 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. It was later picked up by Samuel Goldwyn Films in July 2018 and had its theatrical release on March 1, 2019. The Director's Cut, which was selected to premiere at Sundance, but ultimately did not screen there, was released April 2, 2021.[29]

2020s

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In 2020, Ondi Timoner directed COMING CLEAN, a feature documentary about addiction through the eyes of recovering addicts and political leaders. The film premiered at the Bentonville Film Festival on August 6, 2020[30] and won the Impact Award at the 2020[31][32] and Special Jury Prize for Editing at Sidewalk Film Festival 2020.[33]

Timoner's 2022 feature, LAST FLIGHT HOME, tells the story of her father, Eli Timoner, who died during the film's production. The film premiered in the Special Screening category at Sundance Film Festival in 2022, and was purchased by MTV Documentary Films shortly after.[34] The film was shortlisted for the 2023 Academy Awards and received an Emmy nomination for Exceptional Merit In Documentary Filmmaking shortly after.[35][36] In 2023, Ondi completed her documentary about the disruption of finance, THE NEW AMERICANS: GAMING A REVOLUTION, which premiered at SXSW.[37]

Timoner has directed ALL GOD'S CHILDREN, which follows Rabbi Rachel Timoner, a reform rabbi and political activist, and Reverend Dr. Robert Waterman, a black baptist reverend and community leader, for several years as they bring their respective congregations, Congregation Beth Elohim and Antioch Baptist Church, together in an attempt to combat the racism and anti-semitism that affects their communities in Brooklyn.[38] She also directed THE INN BETWEEN, an intimate look into the only hospice and recuperative care facility for the homeless in the U.S. Here, the commitment is, no one will be put out on the street again and no one will die alone. We meet the unsheltered in an elevated community - in between the hospital and the street, and life and death.

Other work

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Timoner and Robert James directed LIBRARY OF DUST (2011), which won the SXSW Grand Jury Award. She also founded, directed and produced A TOTAL DISRUPTION (2012).[39] A TOTAL DISRUPTION is a web portal of 300 shorts and classes to share origin stories of Internet founders and artists using technology to innovate independence. Her short film OBEY THE ARTIST,[40] about graphic artist Shepard Fairey, premiered at the SXSW Film Festival in 2013.[41] Timoner's short film, AMANDA PALMER F---ING ROCKS,[42] about musician Amanda Palmer premiered in 2014[43] at the Tribeca Festival and played other festivals, winning the Sheffield Shorts Award at the Sheffield DocFest.[44]

Politics

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Compassion & Choices announced in May 2023 that it was partnering with Interloper Films, to help them get the right to die for terminally-ill people by screening LAST FLIGHT HOME, along with in-person Q&As, providing testimony from the Timoner family, political advocates and experts about the right to die.[45] Timoner and family were in Washington in early June 2023 to screen and discuss the film at an event presented by the U.S. Representative Brittany Pettersen, to advocate for the human right to bodily autonomy at the end of life, and specifically to support legislative efforts to reform the ban on federal funding for medical-aid-in-dying (ASFRA) to ensure equal access to the right in states where it is already legal.[46]

Select filmography

[edit]

Feature film

[edit]

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 Camera

Television

[edit]
  • The Nature of The Beast (TV, 1994)
  • Sound Affects (TV, 2000)
  • Jungletown (TV, 2017)

Select awards and recognition

[edit]

In 1999, Ondi was Grammy-nominated for Best Long Form Music Video for an EPK she directed about the band Fastball.[47]

Personal life

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Timoner is the daughter of Eli Timoner, founder of Air Florida. She has two siblings.[52] Timoner has one son, born in 2003. She married composer, Morgan Doctor, at the Telluride Film Festival in 2022.

See also

[edit]

References

[edit]
  1. ^ "Ondi Timoner | MoMA". The Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved December 9, 2019.
  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 "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. Archived 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.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  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. ^ 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.
  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.
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