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Irene Taylor Brodsky
Taylor Brodsky at the 68th Annual Peabody Awards
BornJune 15, 1970
St. Louis, Missouri
EducationNew York University, Columbia University Graduate School Of Journalism
Alma materNYU (BA)
Columbia University (MA)
Occupation(s)Film director
Film producer
Writer
Cinematographer
editor
Years active2004 – present
Taylor Brodsky filming Homeless: The Soundtrack.

Irene Taylor Brodsky (born June 15, 1970) is an American filmmaker best known for her documentaries that delve deep into the human experience.

For her debut feature film, Hear and Now, Irene won a Peabody Award and the 2007 Audience Award at the Sundance Film Festival. She was nominated for an Academy Award for her next film, The Final Inch, which also garnered multiple Emmy nominations and the International Documentary Association's Pare Lorentz Award. Her short film, One Last Hug, about a grief camp for children, won the 2014 Prime Time Emmy for Best Children's Programming.

Irene's other award winning films include Moonlight Sonata: Deafness in Three Movements (2019), Homeless the Soundtrack (2018), Beware the Slenderman (2017), Open Your Eyes (2015), Saving Pelican 895 (2012)

Irene founded Vermilion Films in 2006, and The Treehouse Project, a non-profit expanding accessibility to independent filmmaking.

Background

Brodsky is a CODA (Child of Deaf Adults). Brodsky graduated from New York University and Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism.

Career

Brodsky's documentaries have appeared on HBO, CBS, A&E, Fox, and the History Channel.

Brodsky has expanded into film production. She is the founder of Vermilion Films.[1]

Filmography

Awards and Nominations

Brodsky's documentaries have appeared on HBO, CBS, A&E, Fox, and the History Channel. Special recognition for her work has included:

Select works

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  • 1997 – Buddhas in Disguise: Deaf People of Nepal?. San Diego, California: DawnSignPress. ISBN 978-0-915-03559-5; OCLC 36364073; the book's stories and photographs shed light on the Deaf culture and community in Nepal.
  • 1999 – I Witness: Polygamy. Amazon Prime Video. Main videographer and a producer of a 5 part x 24 minutes series on Alex Joseph's polygamist family just before Alex died of liver cancer.

See also

Notes

  1. ^ Vermilion Films
  2. ^ Vermilion> Work> Filmography
  3. ^ "Rochester Native Brings Her Famous Film Home to Benefit Deaf Students,"[permanent dead link] NTID News (National Technical Institute for the Deaf), March 15, 2008.
  4. ^ "Hear and Now Released on DVD." NTID News. October 21, 2009.
  5. ^ White, Thomas. "Meet the Academy Award Nominees: Irene Taylor Brodsky – The Final Inch," International Documentary Association, February 2009.
  6. ^ Moonlight Sonata: Deafness in Three Movements, retrieved January 20, 2020

References

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