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| WEST CITY FILMS was founded by Steven Ascher and Jeanne Jordan. We make a wide range of media, including documentaries, dramas, commericals and interactives. Our work includes independent films and work commissioned by TV networks, corporations, non-profits and other institutions. | |||||||||||||||||
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STEVEN ASCHER is a director, producer, writer and Troublesome Creek: a Midwestern (co-directed with Jeanne Jordan) Ascher and Jordan's most recent feature documentary, So Much So Fast, premeried at Sundance, was released theatrically to critical acclaim, and He is author of The Filmmaker's Handbook: a Comprehensive Guide Ascher produced, wrote and directed the drama, Del & Alex, starring Thomas Derrah and Polly Corman (broadcast
on A&E and many European networks). He co-directed Life and Other Anxieties which was chosen He has written and directed TV spots and image, training and marketing pieces
for major corporations, government agencies and nonprofits He has produced and directed installations for museums and institutions around the
world including the Australian National Maritime Museum, He graduated from Harvard University
with highest honors, has taught filmmaking at Harvard and at MIT, and has lectured and held master Among his awards are the Prix Italia, a Peabody award, an International
Documentary Association Distinguished Achievement Award and he was nominated
for a Directors Guild of America Award. He has received grants from the
Artists Foundation, the LEF Foundation and numerous state humanities and arts councils.
His films have screened at festivals internationally, including the Sydney
Film Festival (Audience Award Ascher's writing on films and the film industry has appeared in publications Interviews and discussions can be found at The Washington Post, |
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