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Beth Levison

Beth Levison is an Academy Award-nominated American independent documentary film producer and director based in New York City.[1][2] Following a career in unscripted television, she has been in the independent documentary filmmaking trenches for the last 15 years.

Beth Levison
Beth Levison at the Academy Awards, 2023
Born
Pittsfield, Massachusetts, U.S.
Occupation(s)Producer, director
Years active1993–present
SpouseHenry Sidel

Life and career edit

Levison was born in Pittsfield, Massachusetts and went to Middlebury College.[3][4]

Her most recently-completed producing effort, The Martha Mitchell Effect, about Watergate whistleblower and Republican cabinet wife Martha Mitchell, premiered at the 2022 Sundance Film Festival, launched on Netflix, and was nominated for a 2023 Academy Award (Best Documentary Short category). Her previous film, Storm Lake, which she directed alongside DP Jerry Risius and also produced, premiered at the Full Frame Documentary Film Festival, broadcast on PBS’s Independent Lens in 2022, and was nominated for a Peabody Award and a 2022 News and Documentary Emmy Award.[5] Her other producing credits include Women in Blue (Independent Lens, 2021), News and Documentary Emmy-nominated Made in Boise (Independent Lens, 2020), News and Documentary Emmy-nominated Personal Statement (PBS, 2018), and 32 Pills: My Sister’s Suicide (HBO, 2017).

Levison is the founder of Hazel Pictures and the co-founder of the Documentary Producers Alliance.[2] She is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences, was producing faculty with the School of Visual Arts’ Social Documentary Film Program from 2014-2020, and currently teaches as guest faculty at Sarah Lawrence College.[6][2]

Selected filmography edit

YearTitleContributionNote
2022The Martha Mitchell EffectProducerDocumentary
2021Storm LakeDirector and producerDocumentary
2021Women in BlueProducerDocumentary
2021Charm CircleConsulting producerDocumentary
2019Made in BoiseProducerDocumentary
2019The Boxers of BruleConsulting producerDocumentary
2019Cooked: Survival by Zip CodeConsulting producerDocumentary
2018In the Land of PomegranatesConsulting producerDocumentary
2018Personal StatementCo-producerDocumentary
201732 Pills: My Sister's SuicideProducerDocumentary
2015The Trials of SpringProducerDocumentary
2012Marina Abramovic: The Artist Is PresentConsulting producerDocumentary
2011LemonDirector and producerDocumentary

Awards and nominations edit

YearResultAwardCategoryWorkRef.
2023NominatedAcademy AwardsBest Documentary Short FilmThe Martha Mitchell Effect
2021WonAFI Docs FestivalAudience AwardStorm Lake[7]
WonProvincetown International Film FestivalNYWIFT Award[8]
WonWoodstock Film FestivalBest Documentary Feature[9]
2012WonOaxaca FilmFestBest Documentary FeatureLemon
NominatedMiami Film FestivalBest Documentary Feature[10]
2011WonZurich Film FestivalInternational Documentary Film[11]
NominatedDoc NYCSpecial Jury Prize[12]
WonPrimetime Emmy AwardsOutstanding Children's ProgramA Child's Garden of Poetry[13]
2006NominatedClassical Baby
2005Won

References edit

  1. ^ "Storm Lake: Screening and Q&A with Director Beth Levison". wamc.org. Retrieved 2022-07-21.
  2. ^ a b c "Beth Levison". sarahlawrence.edu. Retrieved 2022-07-21.
  3. ^ "BIFF THINKS GLOBALLY, PRESENTS LOCALLY". ruralintelligence.com. Retrieved 2022-07-21.
  4. ^ "BIFF THINKS GLOBALLY, PRESENTS LOCALLY". ruralintelligence.com. Retrieved 2022-07-21.
  5. ^ "Peabody Nominations Include 'Summer Of Soul', 'Reservation Dogs', 'Colin In Black & White', 'Dopesick', 'Hacks'". deadline.com. 13 April 2022. Retrieved 2022-07-21.
  6. ^ "GLOBAL MEMBERSHIP AT A GLANCE". app.oscars.org. Retrieved 2022-07-21.
  7. ^ "AFI DOCS Announces 2021 Award Winners". afi.com. 2 February 2022. Retrieved 2022-07-21.
  8. ^ "PROVINCETOWN INTERNATIONAL FILM FESTIVAL ANNOUNCES 2021 WINNERS". provincetownfilm.org. 28 June 2021. Retrieved 2022-07-21.
  9. ^ "22ND ANNUAL WOODSTOCK FILM FESTIVAL". woodstockfilmfestival.org. Retrieved 2022-07-21.
  10. ^ "Official Lineup of 29th Annual Miami International Film Festival of Miami Dade College to Include Star-Studded Premieres, Parties and Major Industry Events". miamifilmfestival.com. Retrieved 2022-07-21.
  11. ^ "COMPETITION WINNERS HAVE BEEN ANNOUNCED". zff.com. Retrieved 2022-07-21.
  12. ^ "AND THE WINNER IS…". docnyc.net. 9 November 2011. Retrieved 2022-07-21.
  13. ^ "Beth Levison". emmys.com. Retrieved 2022-07-21.

External links edit

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