Danielle LessovitZ (US, 1982)
Residency period: October 2020 – January 2021
Within the framework of the ECAL Residency program at La Becque, Danielle Lessovitz was invited to teach in the Cinema department of ECAL for the fall semester 2020-2021. During her stay at the artist residency located in La Tour-de-Peilz, she simultaneously worked on future film projects.
Born in 1982, Danielle Lessovitz is a screenwriter and film director based in Brooklyn, New York). She studied documentary film at NorthwesternUniversity and fine arts at New York University Tisch School of the Arts. She currently works as a professor at Rutgers University.
Her practice varies between filmmaking and artistic or video installations. Her projects typically focus on marginalized communities and she often stars non-professional actors. She directed her first short film, Batteries, in 2009. In 2017, she co-wrote and co-produced the film Mobile Homes, which was showcased in Cannes at la “Quinzaine des Réalisateurs”. In 2019, she directed her first feature, Port Authority, which was executive-produced by Martin Scorsese and presented as a world premiere at Festival de Cannes as part of the “Un Certain Regard” official selection.