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Anne Flournoy
Anne Flournoy (born April 28, 1952) is an American writer, producer and film director, best known for the webseries The Louise Log.[1] CareerAnne Flournoy's first short film, Louise Smells a Rat, was made in 1982[2] by recutting snippets of other peoples' films and borrowing a song. The total budget, just over $1,000,[3] went on lab fees.[1] Louise Smells a Rat is "an elliptical spy story, set to a driving merengue by Johnny Ventura. It was made from twenty-four hours of discarded 16mm prints, distilled down to four and a half minutes."[4] Louise Smells a Rat premiered at the New York Film Festival.[1] The film can be seen on YouTube.[5] In 1985 Louise Smells a Rat was shown at the 29th London Film Festival[6] The short film Nadja Yet was made in 1983. It is a story of obsessive teen love, adapted from Turgenev, and starred Jenny Wright.[7] The feature film How To Be Louise[8] is a "coming-of-age story about an insecure young woman who has a lousy job, great expectations and a confused idea of what it means to be a woman".[9] It had its US premiere in 1990 in competition at the Sundance Film Festival,[10] its European premiere in the Panorama at the Berlin International Film Festival, and was awarded a three star rating by the New York Post.[4] The webseries The Louise Log is a comedy dealing with "the confessions of a New York City wife and mother hell-bent on getting it right in spite of ... her over-active inner voice."[11] The series was launched on the last day of 2007, in a desperate bid to break out of a cycle of delays.[12] Christine Cook[13] played Louise in the first two series—Morgan Hallett took over in the third--"a woman dealing with her husband, kids, an elaborate ensemble of notable characters, and her ... humorously overactive inner voice".[14] The series has completed 44 episodes to date, with more in the pipeline.[15] The Independent included Flournoy on their list of 10 Filmmakers To Watch in 2012.[16] Awards and honorsFlournoy was awarded a Guggenheim Fellowship in 1991.[1][17] Filmography
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