Skye Borgman

Skye Borgman is an American director and cinematographer.[1][2][3] She is best known for her work on the documentary film Abducted in Plain Sight.[4]

Skye Borgman
Born
Klamath Falls, Oregon, USA
OccupationDirector, Cinematographer and Professor
Known forDocumentary films

Life and career

Skye was born in Klamath Falls, Oregon. She was graduated from the Cornish College of the Arts and University of Southern California.[5] She is a professor at the University of Southern California.[6]

Skye's debut documentary film Junk Dreams, won the Best Documentary Award at the Bare Bones International Film Festival and Accolade Award of Excellence.[7][8] Her most recent documentary film is Abducted in Plain Sight, also known as Forever B produced by Top Knot Films. The film premiered at the Mammoth Lakes Film Festival and was later released by Netflix in 2019.[9][10] It also won the award for Best Documentary film at the Newport Beach Film Festival and Phoenix Film Festival.[11][12]

Filmography
Year Film Director Producer Notes
2005 Pebbles Y N Short film
2010 Junk Dreams Y Y Documentary
2015 Axe to Grind N Y Feature film
2017 Abducted in Plain Sight Y Y Documentary

As cinematographer
  • 2003 - Unsyncables at Any Age
  • 2007 - Schooled
  • 2007 - The Cellar Door
  • 2007 - Underbelly
  • 2008 - Raices torcidas
  • 2008 - Fear House
  • 2008 - Outrighteous
  • 2010 - Junk Dreams
  • 2010 - The Pathetically Cheap Adventures of Xtra-Man
  • 2012 - Nothing Like Chocolate
  • 2013 - The Resurrection of Malchus
  • 2014 - Quiet Riot
  • 2015 - Kevin Memorie
  • 2015 - How Randy Rhoads Met Ozzy
  • 2015 - Bondage
  • 2017 - Abducted in Plain Sight
  • 2018 - We Are Galapagos

Awards and nominations
Year Award Category Work Result
2017 Tallgrass Film Festival Outstanding Female Filmmaker Abducted in Plain Sight Won
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References
  1. "Abducted In Plain Sight Director Skye Borgman Wants To Make A Sequel". ladbible.com. Retrieved 2019-02-16.
  2. "TTVFF 2018 : Skye Borgman's True Crime Documentary ABDUCTED IN PLAIN SIGHT". farsightedblog.com. Retrieved 2019-02-16.
  3. "Abducted in Plain Sight director answers the burning questions you have about the documentary". joe.ie. Retrieved 2019-02-16.
  4. "Abducted in Plain Sight: Even More Shocking Details About Jan Broberg's Kidnapping". vanityfair.com. Retrieved 2019-02-16.
  5. "True Crime, Teaching, and Top Knots". cinema.usc.edu. Retrieved 2019-02-16.
  6. "Skye B. Borgman". cinema.usc.edu. Retrieved 2019-02-16.
  7. "Bare Bones film festival award list". muskogeephoenix.com. Retrieved 2019-02-16.
  8. "Winners Archive Aug 2008". accoladecompetition.org. Retrieved 2019-02-16.
  9. "'Abducted in Plain Sight,' 'Eight' & More To Premiere At 2017 Mammoth Lakes Film Festival". latfusa.com. Retrieved 2019-02-16.
  10. "Girl in shocking Netflix abduction documentary has stark message about child abuse". news.com.au. Retrieved 2019-02-16.
  11. "19TH ANNUAL NEWPORT BEACH FILM FESTIVAL PRESENTED BY PACIFIC SALES ANNOUNCES AWARD WINNERS". newportbeachfilmfest.com. Retrieved 2019-02-16.
  12. "2018 Award Winners Announced". phoenixfilmfestival.com. Retrieved 2019-02-16.
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