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This document provides biographical information about documentary filmmaker Sarah Price. It details her film credits and education. Price grew up moving frequently as a child before settling in Milwaukee for 10 years, where she co-produced the cult classic film "American Movie." She is now leaving Milwaukee to co-produce a documentary about musician Youssou N'Dour in Senegal and New York. Price says she may return to Milwaukee in the future but for now will be based in New York while working on other film projects.
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- 3. 6 March 10, 2005 www.mkeonline.com in the know news people money culture Age 35 Education Bachelors degree in 鍖lm and English from University of Iowa, masters degree in 鍖lm from UW-Milwaukee. Film credits The Ice Cream Social (co-director),The Yes Men (co-director, co-producer),American Movie (co-director, co-producer, editor, sound),American Job (co-editor),The Big One (sound), Oracle of Omaha (director of photography). Kicks back Plays drums (she used to play for the now-defunct Com- petitorr andThe Horn Band),goes camping,hangs out with friends. Future goals To get her pilots license and get recerti鍖ed for scuba driving. Number of DVDs Three.Blue Crush,The Deer Hunter and Amadeus. (She admits with embarrassment that her limited VHS collection includes Ghost.) QWhen did you 鍖rst fall in love with 鍖lm? AWhen I moved to New York, I was actually going there to get into acting. But I was completely na誰ve, was working two jobs at 18, and just didnt like what I was seeing. (College is) where I really started taking 鍖lm classes and learned about approaching it from a different way, and approaching it from an artists perspective as opposed to an industry perspective. Shermans March was sort of a pinnacle for me, and watching that just changed every- thing in my life. Its by Ross McElwee. Its a personal documentary. He got a lot of money to document General Sher- mans march to the sea during the Civil War. Then he and his girlfriend broke up right before he was supposed to shoot this 鍖lm, so it turns into a personal 鍖lm documenting how hes feeling about this while hes sort of retracing Shermans march to the sea. But instead of 鍖lm- ing all the historical stuff hes supposed to, he starts 鍖lming all the women hes meeting. Its hilarious. It changed the way I saw documentary and what I saw 鍖lmmaking was. QHow has Wisconsin shaped you as a 鍖lmmaker? AThe ability to live here fairly cheaply enables me to do this. If I had to live in L.A. or New York or Chicago, theres no way I couldve done what Ive done for the last 10 years. Its a place that affords you a lot of creative and mental freedom. If you dont have to worry about traf鍖c, and you dont have to worry about dealing with the logistics of everyday life, you have a lot more time to work on your craft. QIt seems like a lot of talented people feel like they have to leave Milwaukee to do bigger and better things. Do you think thats true? ANo, I dont think so, because we did our big thing from Milwaukee. The important thing is that our contacts are made; theyre in New York and L.A. And that was important to establish. If your job is to create something and have something at the end of it, you just need someone who can help you get it out into the world. If you have that in place, you can go anywhere. QAny wishes for Milwaukee anything you hope will have changed or not changed by the time you get back? AThe parking situation has to change (laughs). And I hope they lower their property taxes. And just to recog- nize the charm of this place and to pro- tect that because I could easily see things 鍖ipping into another Starbucks-land or just Gap-itization thats happening in so many cities where its just ruining the landscape or any sort of individualistic charm, and Milwaukee has it and needs to maintain it. Documentary filmmaker bids Milwaukee farewell for now bio STORY BY NICOLE SWEENEY PHOTO BY C. TAYLOR they say Sarah has her mission and she has to follow that and shes one of those unique people thats actually interested in her own work and pursues it. Instead of just talking about it, she does it, and thats a rare breed. Mark Borchardt, local filmmaker and star of American Movie A H F ilmmaker Sarah Price grew up as a city-hopping girl on the go who spun through a blur of hometowns before she had even graduated from high school. But it was Milwaukee not London or Germany or Kenya or D.C. that 鍖nally hooked Price. It was during her decade here that she grew into a critically acclaimed documentary 鍖lmmaker. And it was here that she co-produced, with fellow Milwaukeean Chris Smith, the cult classic American Movie, a documentary that brought international attention to the city she loved. Now shes on the move again. She leaves this month, 鍖rst to Senegal and then to New York, to co-produce a documentary on musician Youssou NDour. And she expects to make New York her home base while she wraps up other un鍖nished projects (documenta- ries on Afghanistan, summer camp and a Minnesota lambing farm). Theres a real ebb and 鍖ow with all of these projects and thats what I love and what I want to keep having in my life, said Price. I never want anything to be constant or consistent. That would be boring. To do only 鍖lm every day would be tremendously boring to me. Price said she hasnt ruled out re- turning to Milwaukee eventually. Who knows what this is, she said. It might be just a hiatus. mkes Nicole Sweeney caught up with Price before she left town. more To read more about 鍖lmmaker Sarah Price, visit mkeonline. com. A
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