Ellen Spiro Retrospective

"...Ellen Spiro Retrospective will present several excerpts from the documentaries..."

May 4, 2000 Movie Review by Marjorie Baumgarten

Spiro's Experiment

The Austin Film Society Documentary Tour: 10 Under 10 and Its First Five Years

"...10 Under 10, the brainchild of UT Radio-Television-Film professor Ellen Spiro, is celebrating its fifth anniversary on May 9..."

May 4, 2007 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

War Stories

Phil Donahue and Ellen Spiro collaborate to document one wounded soldier's transformation into 'anti-warrior'

"...Enter Ellen Spiro, a documentary filmmaker (Roam Sweet Home, Atomic Ed..."

March 14, 2008 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

The Redeemers

Ellen Spiro on 'Troop 1500,' the story of Girl Scouts and the inmate mothers who love them

"...hour from Austin in Gatesville. It's where Austin-based filmmaker Ellen Spiro of Mobilus Media (Atomic Ed and the Black..."

March 11, 2005 Screens Feature by Belinda Acosta

Roam Sweet Home

Filmmaker Ellen Spiro and the Texas Documentary Tour

"...photograph by Shannon McIntyre When I telephoned filmmaker Ellen Spiro to set up the interview for this article,..."

Nov. 7, 1997 Screens Feature by Jerry Johnson

Real Austin Stories

Austin's Exploding Documentary Scene

"...Clockwise from left: Ellen Spiro, Kyle Henry, Richard Lewis, Don Howard, Ramona Diaz,..."

March 13, 1998 Screens Feature by Jerry Johnson

Inside OUTsider

Queer filmmaking panel highlights Texas talent

"...That is probably why, when political activist and documentarian Ellen Spiro moved from New York to Austin in 1998,..."

Feb. 12, 2016 Screens Feature by Sean L. Malin

Short Cuts

UT filmmakers get Guggenheims, spots at Cannes, and more. Plus: SXSW is never over.

"...for University of Texas filmmakers, faculty and otherwise. Both Ellen Spiro and Mitko Panov of UT's College of Communication..."

April 30, 2004 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

Film News

The Top 10 things that had people talking in Austin film and TV this year

"...4) Spiro leads Austin's indie onslaught..."

Jan. 4, 2008 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

Stranded

Karen Bernstein's 'Are the Kids Alright?' examines the state of mental health care in Texas

"...all over the state, Bernstein and co-producer and -director Ellen Spiro (Atomic Ed & The Black Hole, 2003) were..."

July 9, 2004 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Getting Creative With Constraints

AFS Documentary Tour presents the 10 Under 10 shorts program

"...10 program, an annual documentary shorts compilation organized by Ellen Spiro, University of Texas professor, filmmaker (Body of War,..."

May 8, 2009 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

Off the Record

The sound of music at the 2008 SXSW Film Conference, Barack Obama boogies back to Texas with Ray Benson and Asleep at the Wheel, and Bubble Recording sports a diamond

"...James, and special guests. Co-directed and co-written by Austin's Ellen Spiro, Body of War is a painfully intimate portrait..."

Feb. 29, 2008 Music Column by Austin Powell

Film News

Local production heats up, and a UT professor makes it to the Oscar doc short list

"...Ellen Spiro's Body of War has made the short list..."

Nov. 30, 2007 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

Shorts on a Shoestring

The Texas Documentary Tour presents 10 Under 10

"...produced by documentary filmmaker (Troop 1500) and associate professor Ellen Spiro, are simple: a budget under $10 (oomph) to..."

May 6, 2005 Screens Feature by Anne S. Lewis

SXSW Short “Come & Take It” and the Story Behind #CocksNotGlocks

Documentary about controversial UT protests plays Texas Shorts Competition

"...Co-directed by Austin filmmakers PJ Raval and Ellen Spiro, "Come & Take It" follows Jin, the UT..."

March 9, 2018 Screens Feature by Beth Sullivan

TV Eye: The Fix Is In

Making the world a better place with David Brancaccio

"...was palpable. He, along with director and UT prof Ellen Spiro, had just wrapped up a question-and-answer session following..."

Nov. 26, 2010 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

TV Eye: 'If Only' TV

What if Sarah Palin met The Walking Dead?

"...Barton Springs Pool (for kicks, I imagine). Austin-based filmmaker Ellen Spiro directed the pilot episode, and Austin musician Eliza..."

Nov. 19, 2010 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

Film News

Projects aplenty

"...penning a book about Demme… Congrats to doc makers Ellen Spiro and Karen Bernstein, who are back from New..."

June 29, 2007 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

Page Two

SXSW Presents – a new series on KLRU that features beginning, independent documentaries – is the latest development in the vibrant Austin film scene

"...Mobilus Media is the award-winning team of documentary filmmakers Ellen Spiro and Karen Bernstein, who will offer a sampling..."

Sept. 10, 2004 Column by Louis Black

Short Cuts

With Screaming Black Yak Day upon us, Marc Savlov kindly gives out some kudos and guidance.

"...in question -- coordinating producer Karen Bernstein and director Ellen Spiro ("Roam Sweet Home") -- are now among the..."

Dec. 26, 2003 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

TV Eye

Belinda Acosta is the only person on the planet who doesn't watch TLC's Trading Spaces.

"...HBO2 airs University of Texas film professor Ellen Spiro's documentary short "Atomic Ed & the Black Hole"..."

Aug. 22, 2003 Screens Column by Belinda Acosta

The Real Deal

The Texas Documentary Tour

"...Also lined up is Ellen Spiro's Roam Sweet Home, described in press materials as..."

Sept. 5, 1997 Screens Feature by Marc Savlov

Take 10

The annual 10 Under 10 showcase spotlights collegians with cameras

"...films made by University of Texas students. Radio-Television-Film professor Ellen Spiro hatched the idea back in 2002 with the..."

May 7, 2010 Screens Feature by Kimberley Jones

Film News

Festival huzzahs

"...consideration: Body of War, University of Texas film prof Ellen Spiro's Iraq war saga, was named best documentary by..."

Dec. 14, 2007 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

After a Fashion

Stephen goes to the Texas Film Hall of Fame and tells who was dripping in what

"...so important to him, but because I think director Ellen Spiro is a goddess, I watched it. I kept..."

March 17, 2006 Column by Stephen MacMillan Moser

Film News

'Sin City' set for small screen? Plus: Amber Heard, 'Cavite,' and an Austin finalist for the Nicholl Fellowship.

"...$30,000 fellowship. Cross your fingers... University of Texas prof Ellen Spiro and her co-director Karen Bernstein won a well-deserved..."

Nov. 4, 2005 Screens Column by Joe O'Connell

'SXSW Presents'

Mobilus Media Sampler

"...This week it's the Mobilus Media Sampler, including documentarian Ellen Spiro's "Roam Sweet Roam," Karen Bernstein's "PopACTION," and 9/11..."

Oct. 8, 2004 Screens Feature

Page Two

There is no other place in the country, outside of New York and L.A., with the same quality and quantity of filmmaking and filmmakers as Austin

"...easily one of the finest in the doc field). Ellen Spiro just received a Guggenheim; her last film, Atomic..."

March 12, 2004 Column by Louis Black

Get on the Ground!

Bett Williams navigates contemporary culture with a wicked pen and a wrestling mat, and she'll be at BookPeople on Friday.

"...the Real Sex documentary segment, directed by Austin filmmaker Ellen Spiro and aired on the HBO show in January..."

Jan. 16, 2004 Books Feature by Cindy Widner

Short Cuts

Tarantino and Rodriguez make beautiful music together, and Ellen Spiro keeps reaching for the stars.

"...short, "Bedhead"... Congratulations are in order for Austin director Ellen Spiro (Roam Sweet Home) and coordinating producer Karen Bernstein,..."

Nov. 28, 2003 Screens Column by Marc Savlov

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