Deanna Kamiel (July 6, 1946 – June 14, 2018) was a Canadian-born director, documentary film/public TV[1] writer/producer [2] with a career in public broadcasting at the CBC in Toronto and PBS in Minneapolis [3][4] and professor of film development at SUNY Purchase College and then at The New School, Manhattan, New York City, US.[5] She worked for 26 years (1992–2018) as Head of The New School's Documentary Studies program, Director of Graduate Certificate in Doc Studies Program, and Assistant Professor of Media Studies - School of Media Studies, Manhattan, New York, U.S.[6][7][8] Kamiel's documentaries were based on live interviews of the person(s) the film was about.[9][10] As a student at The University of Toronto in the 1960s, she wrote for The Varsity in Toronto,[11] and The Ubyssey in Vancouver.[12]

Deanna Kamiel
Born(1946-07-06)July 6, 1946
DiedJune 14, 2018(2018-06-14) (aged 71)
Resting placePardes Chaim cemetery, Vaughan, Ontario, Canada
NationalityCanadian
Occupation(s)Documentary film writer/producer, and a Professor of Film Development
SpouseHoward White (1972–1975)

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The Lace Ghetto[16]

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  • Visions of Cinema[17] (Interviews with Joseph L. Mankiewicz, Jonathan Demme, and Jean Luc Godard)[18]
  • Visions of Home [18]
  • Jean-Luc Godard[19][20]
  • Boys with bats: an American romance[21]
  • Milgrom's Obsession[22]
  • Maggie and the Men of Minnesota, 1972[23][24]
  • Dean and Me: Roadshow of an American Primary[25][26]
  • Ruth [24]
  • Adoption [24]
  • Nuclear Outpost [27][28]
  • Mickey's Diner[29]
  • Nuclear Outpost[30][31][32]
  • Nighttime at the Diner [32]
  • Lessons from an American Primary[33]

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  1. ^ Monday. Sept. 18, 2017, Video Slowly Emerges at the Flaherty Seminar: Deirdre Boyle, Patricia Zimmermann, Chicago Film Festival
  2. ^ Variety, Pictures, Wednesday, January 26, 1983, p. 28 University of Toronto archives, AFI Women's Directing Workshop is Set for '83; Name Lindfors, Helmond,
  3. ^ International Documentary Association, Profile: The Documentary Media Studies Graduate Certificate Program at The New School, by Wanda Bershen, JUNE 30, 2014
  4. ^ Subject to Change: Guerrilla Television Revisted,by Deirdre Boyle, Prof of History New York University, publ. by Oxford Univ. Press, USA 1996, ISBN 0-19-504334-0, p. ix.
  5. ^ "Remembering Deanna Kamiel". smscommons.newschool.edu. Jun 20, 2018. Retrieved Mar 19, 2020.
  6. ^ Deanna Kamiel 1946-2018, written on June 19, 2018 by Louis Galdieri in News
  7. ^ Watson, Mary; Nikolic, Vladan (2018-06-20). "Remembering Deanna Kamiel". The New School. Retrieved 2018-06-28.
  8. ^ "Home". immediacy.newschool.edu.
  9. ^ The Minneapolis Star, Sept. 24, 1981, Variety/TV Tonight – Critic's Choice, p. 32, John Carman
  10. ^ An Interview with Hanif Kureishi, The Black Album with My Son the Fanatic: A Novel and a Short Story, by Hanif Kureishi, Simon & Schuster, Inc., New York, 1995, ISBN 978-1-4391-3109-1
  11. ^ The Varsity, Sept. 20, 1965 to March 18, 1966 "Reception idea proves success"
  12. ^ Rat Blasted Into Space, The Ubyssey, Vancouver, B.C., Vol. XLVII, No. 35, Thurs., Jan. 14, 1965, p. 2
  13. ^ "4 From State Among Winners of Guggenheim Fellowships". Star Tribune. 17 April 1984. p. 26. Retrieved 28 June 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
  14. ^ a b c d e f Faculty Film Helps Launch New Media Lounge at MoMa, The New School News, Feb 23, 2012
  15. ^ a b c d LibAnswers <archivist@newschool.libanswers.com, retrieved July 2, 2018
  16. ^ Maxine Nunes, Deanna White, Publ. by New Press, 1972 ISBN 0887700756 ISBN 9780887700750
  17. ^ "Deanna Kamiel". IMDb. Retrieved Mar 19, 2020.
  18. ^ a b Minneapolis: Intermedia Arts MN, ©1988
  19. ^ 1988, written and directed by D. Kamiel, TV short
  20. ^ "A YouTube Godard interview with documentary writer, producer for PBS, Deanna Kamiel (1980) is not that enlightening as to his purpose, but there are a few phrases here and there which express his attitude to film." Breaking The Glass Armour: Neoformalist Film Analysis, page 263, chapter 10, Godard's Unknown Country: Sauve qui peut (la vie), by Kirstin Thompson, 1988 (Review by Slarek of Region 2 AI DVD)
  21. ^ Twin Cities Public Television, Inc., 1985, KTCA-TV, Saint Paul, MN
  22. ^ Miami Herald, Miami woman tracks her Jewish roots through 22 generations, by Ana Veciana-Suarez, produced by D. Kamiel, Jan. 3, 2014
  23. ^ Minneapolis Star and Tribune, Tues., Sept. 4, 1984, "COLEMAN: Steinman tells Maggie women set standards too high, by Erma Bombeck, pages 1C and 6C
  24. ^ a b c "Movies". Star Tribune. 18 January 1985. p. 40. Retrieved 28 June 2018 – via Newspapers.com.
  25. ^ A 2008 documentary film about Howard Dean and his 2004 Presidential campaign, directed by Heath Eiden, starring Howard Dean, Release date 2008, United States
  26. ^ Twin Cities Daily Planet, unravelme1, "U.S. Premier", written by D. Kamiel, directed by Heath Eiden, April 14, 2008
  27. ^ Nuclear Outpost, 1984, color, KCTV Channel 19, Santa Barbara, CA
  28. ^ Journal of Film & Video, Vol. 36, No. 4, "Documentary Film Making" (Fall 1984), pp. 62-80, Publ. by University of Illinois Press, on behalf of the University Film & Video Association
  29. ^ The Post-Star, Glens Falls, New York, June 11, 1988, p. 14, "Video Series Continues" a ref for "Mickey's Diner", portrait of a vintage diner at St. Paul's Minnesota, and the people who work there"
  30. ^ Jan 23 Port Washington Public Library, Port Washington, NY: Maggie and the Men of Minnesota; Nuclear Outposts; Boys with Bats; and selected shorter pieces, Film and Video Makers Travel Sheet, 1986
  31. ^ a b Contemporary Critical Perspectives, Hanif Kureishi, edited by Susan A Fischer, Bloomsbury Publishing, Aug. 13, 2015
  32. ^ a b The Documentary Today: A Symposium Film in the Cities, St. Paul, MN 55114, Nov. 10-12, 1983, Conference Programs 1983-1984, Journal of Film & Video, XXXVI, Fall, 1984 p. 62
  33. ^ "Lessons from an American Primary". Vimeo. Retrieved Mar 19, 2020.
  34. ^ Hanif Kureishi's 'better philosophy', chapter 5, and his screenplay Venus (2006), chapter 2. "Hanif Kureishi ed. by Susan Alice Fischer: A Review of International English Literature, vol. 49 no. 1, 2018, pp. 157-160. Project MUSE
  35. ^ Hanif Kureishi: Contemporary Critical Perspectives, ed by Susan Alice Fischer, Bloomsbury, Interview: "An Extraordinary Encounter", Stephen Frears, in conversation with Susan Alice Fischer and Deanna Kamiel

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