Isidore Bethel
Isidore Bethel is a French-American filmmaker. His first feature film, Liam, premiered at the Boston LGBT Film Festival in 2018 and received the Jury Prize in the Documentary section of the Paris LGBTQ+ Film Festival.[1][2] He edited and associate produced Of Men and War, which premiered at the Cannes Film Festival,[3] won the VPRO Award for Best Feature-Length Documentary at the International Documentary Film Festival Amsterdam, was nominated for Best Documentary at the European Film Awards,[4] and screened at the Museum of Modern Art's Documentary Fortnight.[5] He also edited Grandir with director Dominique Cabrera,[6] edited and produced Juan Manuel Sepúlveda's La Balada del Oppenheimer Park, nominated for Best Documentary at the 59th Ariel Awards,[7] and has worked with Jean-Xavier de Lestrade.[8]
A graduate of Harvard University, the École Normale Supérieure,[9] and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago,[10] Bethel has received grants from the Institut Français,[11], France's Île-de-France region,[12] the Jean-Luc Lagardère Foundation,[13] and the Jack Kent Cooke Foundation[14] as well as support from Berlinale Talents,[15] IFP,[16] Film Independent,[17] and Eurodoc.[18] He has taught film at Sarah Lawrence College in Paris and at Parsons Paris.[19]
References
- "WORLD PREMIERE: Liam". Wicked Queer Boston LGBT Film Festival. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
- "Chéries-Chéris : Grand Prix pour « Les Moissonneurs » et deux films brésiliens au palmarès". Komitid. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
- "OF MEN AND WAR (DES HOMMES ET DE LA GUERRE)". Cannes Film Festival. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
- "European Film Awards Archive". European Film Awards. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
- "Film Screenings, Of Men and War Archive". Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
- "Grandir". Festival international du film de La Rochelle. Archived from the original on 23 June 2013. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
- "List of Selected Projects, Screenings 2015". Cinéma du Réel. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
- "The Staircase: Last Chance, Credits". Canadian Broadcasting Corporation. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
- "MANUEL SEPULVEDA". Riviera Maya Film Festival. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
- "Cooke Alumni Buzz". Jack Kent Cooke Foundation. Retrieved 6 April 2015.
- "HORS LES MURS : LAURÉATS 2016". Institut Français. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
- "AIDES À L'ÉCRITURE DE SCÉNARIO : 23 AUTEUR.TRICE.S SOUTENU.E.S". Film Paris Region. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
- "LAURÉAT DE LA BOURSE 2013". Jean-Luc Lagardère Foundation. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
- "JACK KENT COOKE FOUNDATION ANNOUNCES 2014 GRADUATE ARTS AWARDS RECIPIENTS". Jack Kent Cooke Foundation. Retrieved 25 October 2015.
- "ISIDORE BETHEL EDITOR, PRODUCER". Berlinale Talents. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
- "IFP Announces Documentary Projects For Its Annual IFP Labs". Independent Filmmaker Project. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
- "Shadow of His Wings: Doc Lab Fellows Level Up (and You Could be Next)". Film Independent. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
- "EURODOC Current Cycle Participants". Eurodoct. Retrieved 6 April 2018.
- "Cooke Alumni Buzz". Jack Kent Cooke Foundation. Retrieved 6 April 2018.