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Catherine Tambini

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Catherine Tambini
Catherine Tambini, (director/producer) is an award-winning filmmaker. She directed and co-produced "Hate Rising with Jorge Ramos" for a co-production of HBO and Univision Story House winning Outstanding Documentary at the National Hispanic Media Coalition Impact Awards. She was nominated for an Emmy Award for "The State of Arizona" (CINE Golden Eagle winner, broadcast on PBS's Independent Lens), and won the Sundance Special Jury Award (among many other awards) for "Farmingville" (broadcast on PBS's POV) both directed and produced in partnership with Carlos Sandoval. She co-produced the Academy Award®-nominated "Suzanne Farrell: Elusive Muse" about George Balanchine's iconic ballerina that premiered at the New York Film Festival and aired on PBS's Great Performances/Dance in America. She produced and directed "Perfectly Normal For Me" about kids we first meet in an after-school dance program for LBP and "Art and Heart: The World of Isaiah Sheffer" that premiered at Lincoln Center at the NY Jewish Film Festival. She field produced and shot portions of MTV's "I'm From Rolling Stone" and TLC's "Pageant Perfect." In addition to her documentary work she has also assisted in the production design of many well-known Hollywood films including "The Hand that Rocks the Cradle", "Steel Magnolias," "True Colors," and "The Secret of My Success." Ms. Tambini is a Sundance Institute and a MacArthur Foundation fellow.
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    • 4 wins & 3 nominations

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Carlos Sandoval and Catherine  Tambini, winners of the "Special Jury Prize - Documentary" for "Farmingville"
Carlos Sandoval and Catherine  Tambini, winners of the "Special Jury Prize - Documentary" for "Farmingville"

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Farmingville (2004)
Farmingville
7.4
  • Producer
  • 2004
Julia Roberts, Sally Field, Daryl Hannah, Shirley MacLaine, Dolly Parton, and Olympia Dukakis in Steel Magnolias (1989)
Steel Magnolias
7.3
  • Art Department(to Mr. Pisoni)
  • 1989
Rebecca De Mornay, Annabella Sciorra, and Matt McCoy in The Hand That Rocks the Cradle (1992)
The Hand That Rocks the Cradle
6.7
  • Art Department
  • 1992
Michael J. Fox and Helen Slater in The Secret of My Success (1987)
The Secret of My Success
6.5
  • Art Department
  • 1987

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Producer

  • Waterproof (2019)
    Waterproof
    • producer
    • Short
    • 2019
  • Perfectly Normal for Me (2017)
    Perfectly Normal for Me
    • producer
    • 2017
  • Hate Rising (2016)
    Hate Rising
    • producer
    • 2016
  • Art and Heart, the World of Isaiah Sheffer
    • producer
    • 2016
  • Independent Lens (1999)
    Independent Lens
    • producer
    • TV Series
    • 2014
  • The State of Arizona (2014)
    The State of Arizona
    • producer
    • 2014
  • Varian & Putzi: A 20th Century Tale (2011)
    Varian & Putzi: A 20th Century Tale
    • producer
    • 2011
  • I'm from Rolling Stone (2006)
    I'm from Rolling Stone
    • field producer (2006)
    • TV Series
    • 2006
  • Farmingville (2004)
    Farmingville
    • producer
    • 2004
  • Suzanne Farrell: Elusive Muse (1996)
    Suzanne Farrell: Elusive Muse
    • producer
    • 1996

Art Department

  • Rebecca De Mornay, Annabella Sciorra, and Matt McCoy in The Hand That Rocks the Cradle (1992)
    The Hand That Rocks the Cradle
    • assistant art director
    • 1992
  • John Cusack and James Spader in True Colors (1991)
    True Colors
    • assistant art director
    • 1991
  • Queens Logic (1991)
    Queens Logic
    • assistant art director
    • 1991
  • Men of Respect (1990)
    Men of Respect
    • set dresser
    • 1990
  • Julia Roberts, Sally Field, Daryl Hannah, Shirley MacLaine, Dolly Parton, and Olympia Dukakis in Steel Magnolias (1989)
    Steel Magnolias
    • assistant: to Mr. Pisoni
    • 1989
  • Robert De Niro in Jacknife (1989)
    Jacknife
    • assistant art director
    • assistant to production designer: Connecticut
    • 1989
  • Shelley Long in Hello Again (1987)
    Hello Again
    • art department assistant
    • 1987
  • Michael J. Fox and Helen Slater in The Secret of My Success (1987)
    The Secret of My Success
    • production assistant to art department
    • 1987

Director

  • Perfectly Normal for Me (2017)
    Perfectly Normal for Me
    • Director
    • 2017
  • Hate Rising (2016)
    Hate Rising
    • Director
    • 2016
  • Art and Heart, the World of Isaiah Sheffer
    • Director
    • 2016
  • Independent Lens (1999)
    Independent Lens
    • Director
    • TV Series
    • 2014
  • The State of Arizona (2014)
    The State of Arizona
    • Director
    • 2014
  • Farmingville (2004)
    Farmingville
    • Director
    • 2004

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