About the team
Hannah Fidell (Director, Writer, Producer) is a writer/director currently living in Los Angeles with roots in Brooklyn and Austin, TX. Her first feature film, A Teacher, premiered at Sundance 2013 in the NEXT section. She was awarded the Chicken & Egg female narrative directing award at SXSW 2013 and was recently named one of the 25 New Faces of Indie Film by Filmmaker Magazine. A Teacher is being distributed by Oscilloscope Labs and will have its theatrical and VOD premiere this fall.
Kim Sherman (Producer) is a Midwest based producer. Most recently, Sherman produced festival favorites Sun Don’t Shine (dir. Amy Seimetz, SXSW 2012), V/H/S (segment – dir. Adam Wingard, Sundance 2012), and the highly anticipated home-invasion thriller, You’re Next (dir. Adam Wingard, Toronto 2011). In 2012, Sherman participated in the Champs-Elysees Film Festival – U.S. In-Progress, with A Teacher (dir. Hannah Fidell) where the film was awarded Grand Prize. Sherman’s work in production has come with high recognition, including a fellowship with 2011 Sundance Institute Creative Producing Labs, and a spot on Filmmaker Magazine’s 25 New Faces List for 2012.