American film producer (born 1968/1969)
Andrea Sperling (born c. 1968/69) is an
independent
film producer based in
Los Angeles . The films she has produced include
Totally Fucked Up ,
But I'm a Cheerleader ,
D.E.B.S. and
Itty Bitty Titty Committee and the Sundance Top Prize-winning
Like Crazy .
Early life and education
Sperling attended the
University of California, Santa Barbara where she took classes under
Gregg Araki .
[1]
[2] While enrolled, she interned during the summers at Avenue Pictures.
[3] She graduated in 1990 with a B.A. in Film History, Theory and Criticism.
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Career
Upon graduation, Sperling's former professor, Gregg Araki, asked her to work with him on
The Living End .
[2] The duo would continue their partnership into Araki's next three movies —
Totally Fucked Up ,
The Doom Generation , and
Nowhere — which were collective dubbed the "Teen Apocalypse Trilogy".
[6] The trilogy has been characterized as "... teen alienation, hazy sexuality and aggression."
[7]
Sperling has been credited with helping to launch the
New Queer Cinema movement with her films dating as far back as the 1990s.
[8] In 2008, Sperling was introduced to her long-term producing partner,
Jonathan Schwartz of Crispy Films, following the recommendation of a sales agent with
Creative Artists Agency . Sperling joined Crispy Films, which was subsequently renamed Super Crispy Entertainment.
[9]
In 2014, Sperling branched into television, working on the
Golden Globe Award -winning series
Transparent .
[8] She was elevated to executive producer in 2015.
[10]
Awards and honors
She was inducted into the
Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in 2014.
[11] Sperling was named as a member of the 2008 and 2015 Out100 class by
Out .
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[12]
Personal life
Sperling is based in
Los Angeles ,
California .
[3]
[4] She is a lesbian and was previously married to colleague,
Jamie Babbit , with whom she has two children.
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[14]
Sperling has sat on the
board of directors of
non-profit organization and film production company
POWER UP and was with the organization from the beginning.
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Filmography
References
^ Taubin, Amy (September 7, 1999).
"Market Forces" .
The Village Voice .
New York City . Retrieved July 21, 2016 .
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a
b Faggioli, Claire (June 24, 2007).
"Andrea Sperling, powering up" . sf360.org . Archived from
the original on August 13, 2016. Retrieved July 21, 2016 .
^
a
b Bowen, Peter (September 1996).
"BRINGING UP INDIE" .
Artforum .
New York City . Archived from
the original on 2016-09-10. Retrieved July 21, 2016 – via
HighBeam Research .
^
a
b
c Wolfe, Kathy (May 2, 2007).
"Andrea Sperling Presented with the Wolfe Achievement Award" . MGLFF.com . Archived from
the original on May 9, 2007. Retrieved July 21, 2016 .
^
"NOBODY WALKS" .
Magnolia Pictures . Retrieved July 21, 2016 .
^ Hart, Kylo-Patrick R. (September 20, 2010). Images for a Generation Doomed: The Films and Career of Gregg Araki .
Lanham, Maryland :
Rowman & Littlefield .
ISBN
9780739139974 .
^ O'Connell, Ryan (January 31, 2011).
"The Work of Gregg Araki: Teenagers, Aliens and Shoegaze" . thoughtcatalog.com . Retrieved December 17, 2014 .
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a
b
c
d
"Out100: Andrea Sperling" .
Out . November 9, 2015. Retrieved July 21, 2016 .
^ Fernandez, Jay A.; Miller, Daniel (January 17, 2012).
"Producers to Know" .
The Hollywood Reporter . Retrieved February 10, 2021 .
^ Jarvey, Natalie (June 25, 2015).
"Amazon's 'Transparent' Scores Third Season, Creator Jill Soloway Signs Overall Deal (Exclusive)" .
The Hollywood Reporter .
Los Angeles . Retrieved July 21, 2016 .
^
"Meet the 2015-2016 Women at Sundance Fellows and Their Mentors" .
Sundance Institute . November 4, 2015. Retrieved July 21, 2016 .
^
"ACTRESS & PRODUCER CALPERNIA ADDAMS & ANDREA SPERLING" .
Out . Archived from
the original on September 18, 2010. Retrieved July 21, 2016 .
^ Bendix, Trish (July 18, 2014).
" "Transparent" is progressive storytelling at its very best" .
AfterEllen.com . Archived from
the original on August 25, 2016. Retrieved July 21, 2016 .
^ Piccoli, Dana (August 23, 2014).
"Natasha Lyonne and Jamie Babbit to team up again in "Fresno" " .
AfterEllen.com . Retrieved July 21, 2016 .
^
"Honorary Board of Directors" .
POWER UP . Archived from
the original on November 27, 2010. Retrieved July 21, 2016 .
^ Gomez, Enrique (April 4, 2007).
"Interview with Jamie Babbit and Lisa Thrasher" . Quirkee.com . Archived from
the original on September 2, 2007. Retrieved July 21, 2016 .
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