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{{Infobox company
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| company_name = Citizen Film
| company_name = Citizen Film
| company_logo = [[Image:CF Logo_Square_whitewblack|150px]]
| company_logo = [[File:Citizen Film Logo.jpg|thumb|Citizen Film |150px]]
| company_type = [[Nonprofit]]
| company_type = [[Nonprofit]]
| foundation = [[San Francisco]], [[California]] (2002)
| foundation = [[San Francisco]], [[California]] (2002)
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| key_people = [[Sam Ball]], [[Sophie Constantinou]], [[Kate Stilley Steiner]]
| key_people = [[Sam Ball]], [[Sophie Constantinou]], [[Kate Stilley Steiner]]
| industry = [[Documentary]], [[Film]], [[New Media]], [[Storytelling]]
| industry = [[Documentary]], [[Film]], [[New Media]], [[Storytelling]]
| homepage = [http://www.citizenfilm.org www.CitizenFilm.org]
| homepage = [http://www.citizenfilm.org www.citizenfilm.org]
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'''Citizen Film''' is a [[San Francisco]]-based documentary company founded in 2002 by [[Sam Ball]], [[Sophie Constantinou]] and [[Kate Stilley Steiner]].
'''Citizen Film''' is a [[San Francisco]]-based documentary company founded in 2002 by [[Sam Ball]], [[Sophie Constantinou]] and [[Kate Stilley Steiner]].

Revision as of 19:03, 14 December 2012

Citizen Film
Company typeNonprofit
IndustryDocumentary, Film, New Media, Storytelling
FoundedSan Francisco, California (2002)
HeadquartersSan Francisco, CA,
Key people
Sam Ball, Sophie Constantinou, Kate Stilley Steiner
Websitewww.citizenfilm.org

Citizen Film is a San Francisco-based documentary company founded in 2002 by Sam Ball, Sophie Constantinou and Kate Stilley Steiner.

Documentaries

They produce long-form documentary programs such as Joann Sfar Draws from Memory and Green Street (in progress), and they have produced more than 100 short films.[1] In addition, they provide key production and/or post-production services for independent producers such as Nancy Kates (Regarding Susan Sontag); Vicki Abeles (Race to Nowhere); Tiffany Shlain (The Tribe); and Jenni Olson (575 Castro St.).[2][3][4][5] They have produced several films with Academy Award winner Debra Chasnoff (A Foot in the Door and The Respect for All Project), promoting equity in education "at the earliest age possible and on an ongoing basis."[6][7][8]

New Media

Citizen Film also produces new media projects such as Lunch Love Community, co-directed by Constantinou and Helen DeMichiel; and Half-Remembered Stories, a collaboration with the San Francisco Jewish Film Festival.[9][10]

Clients

Clients include San Francisco Symphony, The National Center for Victims of Crime (Links in the Chain)[11], The National Yiddish Book Center[12] and the San Francisco Foundation. (Since 2002, Citizen Film as been producing videos about the foundation's grantees: healthcare providers like Dr. Washington Burns, artists like Anna Halprin, and economic development leaders such as Sylvia Rosales-Fike.)[13]

References

  1. ^ "Joann Sfar Draws from Memory - KQED Pressroom".
  2. ^ "Regarding Susan Sontag Team".
  3. ^ "Race to Nowhere - Team".
  4. ^ "The Tribe - Credits".
  5. ^ "575 Castro St. - Credits".
  6. ^ "A Foot in the Door - Filmmakers".
  7. ^ "Respect for All - Miami University Libraries".
  8. ^ "Respect for All - Quote".
  9. ^ "Lunch Love Community - KQED - Bay Area Bites".
  10. ^ "Half-Remembered Stories - San Francisco Bay Guardian".
  11. ^ "The National Center for Victims of Crime".
  12. ^ "The National Yiddish Book Center".
  13. ^ "The San Francisco Foundation's Community Leadership Awards".