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BelindaSchmid

  • Director
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While studying film in the 90s, Belinda Schmid spent a year in the directing programme at the prestigous American Film Institute. Back home in New Zealand, she worked behind the scenes on a range of productions, and in 2000 directed short film The Painted Lady. It was invited to multiple festivals and nominated for Best Short at the 2000 NZ Film Awards. Based these days in New York, Schmid and partner David Welch collaborated to make The Book of Conrad, a feature documentary on American poet CA Conrad.

Screenography

The Book of Conrad
2016 Co-Director, Co-Writer, Co-Producer, Cinematographer Film
The Lion Man
2004 - 2007 Post-Production Supervisor Series
Spin Doctors - Series Four, Final Episode
2003 Second Unit Director Television
Spin Doctors - Election Special
2002 Second Unit Director Television
Trespass
2002 Director, Writer Short film

Awards

2000 Nokia New Zealand Film Awards
Nominated for Best Short Film: The Painted Lady

1997 Martin Scorsese Post-Production Award (United States)
(shared with Marco Caruso, Sebastiano Mauri, and Anja Schmidt): for Outskirts: Vertical City

“I've always believed being a filmmaker means you have a responsibility to create something meaningful, something transformative, and above all to be as truthful as you can.”

— Belinda Schmid