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| <br>These are actors, directors and producers of film who lived in Andover.
| | Andover resident Patricia Konjoian and her sister Gina Gallagher co-authored a book that has proven to be a survival guide for parents of special children who have disabilties like autism and bi polar. |
| == Laura Bernieri ==
| | *[http://andover.mvlc.org/opac/en-US/skin/default/xml/rdetail.xml?r=1253166&t=konjoian&tp=author&l=5&d=0&hc=2&rt=author ''Shut Up About Your Perfect Kid''] (2010) |
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| *[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0076904/ IMBD Laura Bernieri]
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| '''Next Stop Wonderland'''
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| *"Lights, Camera, Actions in Our Own Backyard (Next Stop Wonderland), ''Eagle Tribune'', December 26, 1999
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| '''Her Proper Places: 100 Years of Women in Andover'''
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| '''Delta Rising''' - A Blues Documentary
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| == Mark Grant ==
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| Mark Grant is a screenwriter and co-producer of television series including Perfect World and Empty Nest
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| *[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1157833/ IMBD Mark Grant]
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| '''Serial Intentions'''
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| *"Finishing Up Serial Intentions", Townsman, February 8, 2001
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| *"Grant Writing Leads to Independent Serial Intentions", Townsman, August 17, 2000
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| == Robin Hessman ==
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| Robin Hessman grew up in Andover and is a graduate of Brown University with a dual degree in Russian and film. She spent eight years in Russia at the All-Russian State Institute of Cinematography, as well as directing Ulitsa Sezam, the Russian-language Sesame Street.
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| *[http://www.pbs.org/pov/myperestroika/bio.php Robin's Biography] | |
| *[http://www.newday.com/filmmakers/Robin_Hessman.html Form New Day Films]
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| *[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1623464/ IMBD Robin Hessman]
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| '''Portrait of Boy with Dog''' - *Robin and her co-director James Longley won an Academy Award For "Portrait of Boy with Dog" when they were both students in 1994. | |
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| *"Film Wins Global Audience", ''Eagle Tribune'', July, 12, 1994
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| '''My Perestroika''' - This documentary premiered at the 2010 Sundance Film Festival as part of the US Documentary competition.
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| *"End of an Era Captured on Film: Andover Filmmaker Tells Stories of the Last Generation of Iron Curtain Kids", ''Townsman'', April 7, 2011, page 14
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| == Matt McDermott ==
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| An actor.
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| *[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1281979/ Matt McDermott IMBD]
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| *"Local Teen's Direction is Hollywood", Townsman, March 27, 2005
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| '''The Hollow'''
| | They also monitor a [http://www.shutupabout.com/ web site] |
| *"Matt McDermott wins award for excellence for the Hollow at Tambakos Film Festival and Video Competition" Town Crossings, April 20, 2001
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| '''Miracle Dogs'''
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| *a television Movie
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| == Melanie Perkins ==
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| Melanie Perkins is a director and writer of television documentaries.
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| *[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm3148803/ Melanie Perkins IMBD] | | *"An author among us: Andover woman co-writes book about parenting less-than-perfect children," ''Andover Townsman'', April 5, 2007, p. 9. |
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| | *"Shut up about... your award," ''Andover Townsman'', January 22, 2009. |
| '''Have You Seen Andy'''
| | *"Sisters, Writes Don't Shut Up About Their Kids," ''Townsman'', August 5, 2010, p. 4. |
| *"Andover Film Director Nominated for an Emmy", ''Townsman'', August 18, 2008 - a documentary about a lost Andover boy.
| | *[http://www.shutupabout.com/index.php?link=16 more articles] |
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| == Alex Perry ==
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| An Andover native and Bridgewater State College student Alex Perry is winning awards for filmmaking in Campus MovieFest
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| '''Scrabble, The Motion Picture'''
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| Alex Perry won northern regional finale of Campus MovieFest
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| *"Andover Native Makes Award-Winning Short Film", June 17, 2009
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| '''Grass Grow Green''' | |
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| *"Andover's Perry Takes Aim at National Recognition: Filmmaker Plans Hollywood Careers", ''Townsman'', June 3, 2010
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| *"Aspiring Film Maker on Target, ''Townsman'', June 3, 2010 | |
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| == Matt McDermott ==
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| An actor.
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| *[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1281979/ Matt McDermott IMBD]
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| *"Local Teen's Direction is Hollywood", Townsman, March 27, 2005
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| '''The Hollow'''
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| *"Matt McDermott wins award for excellence for the Hollow at Tambakos Film Festival and Video Competition" Town Crossings, April 20, 2001
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| '''Miracle Dogs'''
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| *a television Movie
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| == Jackson Quinn ==
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| A Filmmaker who won awards in the Homegrown Film Festival.
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| *"Lights, Camera Action in Our Own Backyard (Ravol's Van Wounded Bird and Spread the Love Around() won awards in Homegrown Movie Festival" Eagle Tribune, ''Eagle Tribune'', December 26, 1999
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| == Stephen Stapinski ==
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| Stephen Stapinski, a native of Andover, is an actor, director and producer who has appeared in 10 films. <br>
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| *[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1100320/ IMBD Stephen Stapinski]
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| '''Sporting Dog''' - A short film based on a mystery short story called "Child Support".
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| *"Dog Fetches Award for Andover Producer" Andover Townsman, September 30, 1999 | |
| *"Film Wins National and International Awards: Best Short Film in Festival (CMJ Independent Film Channel)", Eagle Tribune, July 12, 1994
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| *"Local Film Company Runs with the Big Dogs", ''Townsman'', September 30, 1999 - Stephen acted in and directed this film.
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| == Bruce Twickler ==
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| Bruce Twickler is a producer, director, and writer for documentaries and television movies.
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| *[http://www.imdb.com/name/nm2331164/ Bruce Twickler IMBD]
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| '''Damrell's Fire'''
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| *"Forgotten Fire-Stopper", ''Townsman'', July 13, 2006 - A Documentary about Boston's Chief John Damrell who applied hist technical understanding of fire fighting to the establishment of new building codes as a result of the Boston Fire of 1872 or [http://www.damrellsfire.com/Boston_1872_Fire_1.html Damrell's Fire]. | |
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| --[[User:Eleanor|Eleanor]] 10:15, September 23, 2011 (EDT)
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| | --[[User:Eleanor|Eleanor]] 16:14, November 28, 2011 (EST) |
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