01 June 2007

Young Filmmaker – Annie Sundberg

Annie Sundberg

Working in the genres of reality TV, documentary, short, drama, and independent film, this writer, director, producer, and cinematographer has produced a number of award-winning films. Her 2006 film The Trials of Daryl Hunt, based on the true story about an African-American man who was wrongfully convicted and imprisoned for years, was nominated for both Independent Spirit and Sundance Grand Jury awards. The Devil Came on Horseback, based on a true account of atrocities in Darfur, is due out in 2007.

According to the Dartmouth (College) Alumni in Entertainment and Media Web site [alum.dartmouthentertainment.org/newsanddocs.html], Annie Sundberg “co-produced In My Corner, a feature documentary film on the world of amateur boxing and the lives of young men who train in the South Bronx, which premiered nationally as part of PBS’s award-winning P.O.V. [point of view] series (1999).

“Her television credits include [television network] A&E’s“Family Plots”—a documentary series about a family-run funeral parlor. As producer and director, she helped launch the series ‘Now Who’s Boss’ for New York Times Television. Ms. Sundberg’s producing credits also include the 1996 Academy Award and Emmy winning One Survivor Remembers, a co-production of HBO and the U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum, and the 1995 ten-part ‘History of American Cinema Project’ for PBS. Since starting her work in film as a reader for Miramax, she has worked extensively as a freelance writer and producer. After completing a National Outdoor Leadership School semester in Kenya, Ms. Sundberg taught English language skills through the World Food Programme in Nairobi. She is a graduate of Dartmouth College, where she earned a BA in English Literature.”

From the June 2007 edition of eJournal USA.