Your vocation(s) (hold Control key to select multiple):
Film Director/Producer
Bio:
Director Stephanie Higgins’ extensive production experience from HD, editing, graphics and a host of roles in media production formed the technical motivation for directing and producing THE GAY MARRIAGE THING. Winner of the prestigious Emerson College 2000 EVVY Award for Best Graduate Project upon earning her Master’s Degree in Visual Media Arts, Higgins has continued her driving desire to learn by delving into a wealth of production, editing, graphics design, and media manipulation applications. This multitude of experience led Higgins to establish SassyMedia. THE GAY MARRIAGE THING marks Higgins’ directorial debut.
I'm Looking For: (hold Control key to select multiple):
Financing
Current Project (s) and What you're seeking (explain in more detail what "I'm Looking For"):
Currently seeking financing for narrative feature film slated for shooting Summer 2008. "Millies" tells the story of a troubled group of mill workers who returns from 1912 to convince a bankrupt mill owner that her future is the key to their past. Find out more at MilliesMovie.com.
THE GAY MARRIAGE THING - wrapped and in distribution with The Cinema Guild (www.cinemaguild.com). Home video copies available by contacting the distributor.
Currently writing several screenplays and putting together a narrative feature projected to begin shooting in 2008.
The Gay Marriage Thing presents the politics, the piety, and the people embroiled in and affected by the heated debate over same-sex marriage. With its refreshingly atypical style of cinematic storytelling, this scrapbook narrative boldly cracks open the headlines to explore humanity. Resonating with people on all sides of this issue from Virginia to Utah and Iowa to California, this quiet American story is a snapshot scrapbook of the social struggle of our time.
INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIALS:
Bose Corporation in theater show 2005
Candlewick Publishing AUTHORS OUT LOUD series 2006
AWARDS:
2000 EVVY for Best Graduate Video
TRAINING/SCHOOLING:
Master of Visual Arts, Emerson College 2000
Communications Major, University of New Hampshire 1998
SPECIAL SKILLS:
Experience with various HD formats
Mac tech
Appearance
Ethnic Appearance (may be different from Ethnicity):
 "MILLIES is a new feature film about a troubled group of mill girls returning from 1912 to guide a bankrupt, modern-day mill owner when her future threatens their past.")
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 "Before THE GAY MARRIAGE THING was complete, it was invited to screen as a work in progress at this reknowned film festival.")
