The studio behind the Sundance documentary film,STILL: A Michael J.
Fox Movie,Concordia Studiohas named four new filmmakers to the 2023 class of TheConcordia Fellowship.
Fellowship candidates are eligible for consideration by direct invitation and private nomination only.
Nominators for the 2023 Fellowship class included industry vets from the Sundance Institute and DOCNYC.
Eiselt returned to Sundance this year with another Concordia-supported film, the short documentaryUnder G-D.
Biographies for the full list of fellows and alumni can be found below.
Jarrods directorial work includes Good White People(2016 True/False,Camden Award for Best Short Doc).
Jarrod lives and works in Los Angeles as a creative director and editor while developing his debut feature documentary.
Over time, Tracy has expanded her work from news to documentary series and features for global streamers.
She currently directing her debut feature film.
CINQUE NORTHERNCinque Northern is a director, editor, and fourth-generation artist.
Cinque directed and edited the critically acclaimedAngola Do You Hear Us?
(MTV Documentary Films), which was shortlisted for an Academy Award.
Her films includeThe Unafraid(PBS) about D.A.C.A.
She is currently in development on a new feature documentary.
Giselle was awarded The Concordia Fellowship in 2022.
ALICE GUAlice Gu began her career as a photographer, cinematographer, and commercial director.
As a film director, Alice creates remarkable stories spanning Asian history in diaspora and American popular culture.
Her magical realist scriptSecret Life Of La Mariposa, about climate change and immigration, is in development.
Maria was awarded The Concordia Fellowship in 2021.
Shalini was awarded The Concordia Fellowship in 2022.
Jon was awarded The Concordia Fellowship in 2019.
Elizabeth was awarded The Concordia Fellowship in 2020.
Her recent films includeSt.
She created and executive producedIndian Matchmaking, a Primetime Emmy-nominated documentary series currently streaming on Netflix.
Smriti was awarded The Concordia Fellowship in 2021.
He has worked on nonfiction features and limited series withOne Story Up, Concordia Studio, and Tremolo Productions.
Brent was awarded The Concordia Fellowship in 2020.
She directed an episode ofThe 1619 Project(2023) for Hulu.
Christine was awarded The Concordia Fellowship in 2022.
JEFF UNAYJeff Unay is a director, cinematographer and visual artist.
He previously helmed the direct-to-fan feature documentaryFree To Playwhich received 5.5 million views in its opening weekend release.
Jeff was a 2017 IFP Filmmaker To Watch and was awarded The Concordia Fellowship in 2020.
ALUMNI
JOSHUA ALTMANJoshua Altman is a director, producer, DP, and premier editor in the documentary landscape.
He was recently a producer onWildcat(Amazon) and directed the latest season ofCouples Therapy(Showtime).
Joshua was awarded The Concordia Fellowship in 2018.
Garrett was awarded The Concordia Fellowship in 2018.
Isabel was awarded The Concordia Fellowship in 2018.
Ben directs films about contemporary life and popular culture in Indian Country.
He is a 2018 Concordia Fellow, a Firelight Fellow, and a Sundance Producing Fellow.
PAULA EISELTPaula Eiselt directs and produces feature films about unforgettable characters thriving in unbelievable circumstances.
Her previous feature93queenwas released theatrically and broadcast worldwide starting with PBSs POV, now on HBO Max.
She is a 2019 Concordia Fellow.
NADIA HALLGRENNadia Hallgren is an award-winning Black and Puerto Rican director and cinematographer from the Bronx, New York.
Her short films includeAfter Maria(2019 Oscar shortlist, Netflix), andOmnipresence(The New Yorker).
She won Emmy and Peabody awards for her series A Chefs LifeandSomewhere South(PBS).
(HBO Max).
She is in production on a new series for HBO.
Cynthia was awarded The Concordia Fellowship in 2019.
BING LIUBing Liu began his documentary career making skate videos as a teenager before joining the International Cinematographers Guild.
He co-directedAll These Sons, which won the award for Best Cinematography at the 2021 Tribeca Film Festival.
Bing is in development on fiction and nonfiction features.
Bing was awarded The Concordia Fellowship in 2018.
EDWIN MARTINEZEdwin Martinez is a Puerto Rican filmmaker born and raised in the Bronx.
Edwin was awarded The Concordia Fellowship in 2018.
OMAR MULLICKOmar Mullick is a director and cinematographer driven by the idea of film as an act of prayer.
She recently premiered Fancy Dance at 2023 Sundance.
Heather was awarded The Concordia Fellowship in 2018.
Previously she worked on the six-part seriesSurviving R. Kelly(Lifetime), which won a 2019 Peabody Award.
Dominique was awarded The Concordia Fellowship in 2019.
