Diane Bell (director)

Diane Bell is a Scottish-born filmmaker and writer who works and resides in Los Angeles.

Diane Bell
Born
Dumfries, Scotland UK
Alma materUniversity of Edinburgh
OccupationFilmmaker, Screenwriter, Director
Known forObselidia

Early life and education

Bell grew up in Japan, Australia and Germany. She graduated with a master's degree in mental philosophy from the University of Edinburgh. She practices Ashtanga yoga, and taught yoga in Barcelona, Spain.[1]

Career

Her first film as writer/director, Obselidia, premiered at the Sundance Film Festival 2010 in Dramatic Narrative Competition and won two awards, the Alfred P. Sloan Award[2] and Excellence in Cinematography.[3] It was singled out by Todd McCarthy in Variety as the only film in dramatic competition that "is so far off the grid of what is expected of an independent film that it can truly be said to rebel."[4] It won Best Feature at the Ashland Independent Film Festival,[5] was selected for Best of Fest at the Edinburgh International Film Festival[6] and went on to be nominated for two Independent Spirit Awards 2011,[7] the John Cassavetes Award and Best First Screenplay.

She was selected for Sundance Screenwriting Lab 2011,[8] with STEM, for which she was awarded the Sloan Development Fund at the Tribeca Film Institute.[9]

Her second film, Bleeding Heart, premiered at the Tribeca Film Festival in April 2015.[10] It stars Jessica Biel and Zosia Mamet.

Filmography
Year Film Director Writer Note
2010 Obselidia Yes Yes
2015 Bleeding Heart Yes Yes
2016 Of Dust and Bones Yes Yes

References
  1. "Diane Bell". Tribeca Film Institute.
  2. MacClintock, Pamela. "Obselidia Wins Sundance Sloan Prize". Variety. Variety.
  3. "Obselidia - Sundance Archives". Sundance Institute.
  4. McCarthy, Todd. "Sundance 2010: To Rebel or Not to Rebel?". Variety.
  5. Varble, Bill. "AIFF picks winners". Mail Tribune.
  6. Knegt, Peter. "Edinburgh Fest Sets 2010 Slate". Indiewire.
  7. "Obselidia". New York Times.
  8. McNary, Dave. "Sundance Institute Enrols Scribes in Lab". Variety. Variety.
  9. "Diane Bell". Sloan Science & Film.
  10. "'Bleeding Heart': Tribeca Review". The Hollywood Reporter. 17 April 2015. Retrieved 9 May 2015.
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