Shlain has an unusually long lens on our current state of. Tiffany shlain is the founder of the webby awards and a cofounder of the international academy of digital arts and sciences. She also created a series on aol that was nominated for an emmy in 2014. This form needs javascript to display, which your browser doesnt support. Leonard shlain, md battles brain cancer and she confronts a highrisk pregnancy, her very understanding of connection is challenged.
In this funny, eyeopening, and inspiring film, director tiffany shlain takes audiences on an exhilarating rollercoaster ride to discover what it means to be connected in the 21st century. Her many films include the featurelength connected. An autoblogography about love, death and technology directed by tiffany shlain incredibly engaging. Connected is a feature length documentary that premiered at sundance film festival directed by his daughter tiffany shlain. Tiffany shlain s connected is a documentary essay and personal memoir that examines the social topology of the digital era and the evolutionary origins of human civilization.
Webby awards founder tiffany shlains new film connected. Wmc shesource is an online database of mediaexperienced women experts who we connect to journalists, bookers and producers. From neurons to networks, and the featurelength documentary connected. Yet 15 years later, she like many of us is ambivalent about the technology that allows people to connect to the web 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. After downloading it and watching it, i immediately ordered a copy to send to my. An autoblogography about love, death and technology. Filmmaker and early internet adopter tiffany shlain is addicted to tweeting. But in her new sundanceapproved film connected, opening tonight, local filmmaker tiffany shlain asks. Tiffany shlain born april 8, 1970 is an american filmmaker, author, and public speaker. Tiffany shlain incorporated her father into her documentary connected after he was diagnosed with brain cancer. The film explores leonard shlain s ideas and writing of his last book, leonardos brain. Watching this reminds me of reading social media feeds.
Emmynominated filmmaker, speaker, and webby awards founder tiffany shlain has received over 80 awards and distinctions for her films and work, including inclusion in the albert einstein foundations upcoming book genius. Connected the film and tiffany shlain online therapy. With wonderful heart and an impressive sense of scale, tiffany shlain s vibrant and insightful documentary, connected, explores the visible and invisible connections linking major issues of our timethe environment, consumption, population growth, technology, human rights, the global economywhile searching for her place in the world during a transformative time in her life. The cleverest image in helmer tiffany shlain s connected is also the most concise. In her feature directorial debut, connected, internet pioneer and webby award founder tiffany shlain s lovehate relationship with technology serves as the springboard for a thrilling exploration. Connected, a film by tiffany shlain leonard shlain. In this funny, eyeopening, and inspiring film, director tiffany shlain takes. But in the process, have we stopped seeing the forest for the trees, or the root system that connects them all. But it would be a shame to miss tiffany shlains meditations on modern life and technology. Regarded as an internet pioneer, shlain is the founder of the webby awards and the cofounder of the international academy of digital arts and sciences.
Her many films include the feature length connected. Each seems to demand all our attention and effort, until the next one comes along also calling for all our attention and effort. Tiffany shlain growing up the internet the on being project. With wonderful heart and an impressive sense of scale, tiffany shlain s vibrant and insightful documentary, connected, explores the visible and invisible connections linking major. Indeed, shlain s film does go wide its like a rubber band stretching in multiple directions while not breaking. Vociferous and prolific, tiffany shlain, filmmaker and cofounder of the. Tiffany shlain, filmmaker, on her new documentary connected.
An autobiography about love, death and technology has some cogent insights. From founding the webby awards to being a passionate advocate for the national day of unplugging, her lovehate relationship with technology serves as the. Reflecting shlain s brilliance, connected is a multilayered film, and one of those layers is a makingof the film. Filmmaker tiffany shlain is feeling connected jewish. Director tiffany shlain on connected filmmaker magazine. Hey, tiffany does great, thoughtful documentary work like the tribe, which i like a lot. The film unfolds during a year in which technology and science literally become a matter of life and death for the director.
Tiffany shlain growing up the internet the on being. The focus shifts from issues of interest to the shlain family, to issues of global scale and back again several times. Or become so overwhelmed that you just unplugged from it all. Director tiffany shlain takes audiences on an exhilarating rollercoaster ride to discover what it means to be connected in the 21st century. Tiffany shlain s new film connected begins with a familiar scene. Throughout the film shlain is building, supporting, and clarifying her vision of a positive human evolution, a vision of a world saved. Yet when shlain first started making connected, she did not intend for it to be about her life and family. Tiffany s films and work have received over 80 awards and distinctions. A friend on facebook posted a link to webby awards founder and filmmaker tiffany shlain see video below. Cbs this morning cohost tony dokoupil talked to the tiffany artisans and silversmiths who craft this shiny, sevenpound metal prize and the. It had a theatrical release, won 17 awards, and was an official selection by the us state department for their american film showcase. An autobiography about love, death, and technology, was screened worldwide as part of the american film showcase initiative in 2012. Director tiffany shlain takes audiences on an exhilarating rollercoaster ride to. Tiffanys films and work have received over 80 awards and distinctions.
With wonderful heart and an impressive sense of scale, tiffany shlain s vibrant and insightful documentary, connected, explores the visible and invisible connections linking major issues of our. Shlain is fascinating to me because shes one of the most connected people youll findshe created the webby awards, and she uses. Connected a film by tiffany shlain between texts and tweets, apps and microchips, weve become great at breaking the world down into bytesized bits. The social hour 29 connected filmmaker tiffany shlain. Looking to feast your eyes on connected on your tv or mobile device at home. Tiffany shlain s films have been shown at museums, conferences, and festivals, including sundance. The wall street journal in a film that mixes wildly creative animation with found and archival footage, she unpacks the interrelatedness of honeybees, history, and technology and explores the possibility of a potential shift from a.
Have you ever faked a restroom trip to check your email. An autoblogography about love, death, and technology, webby awards founder and filmmaker tiffany shlain sought to make a film that investigates our. The wall street journal in a film that mixes wildly creative animation with found and archival footage, she unpacks the interrelatedness of honeybees, history, and technology and explores the possibility of a potential shift from a leftbrain to a rightbrain culture. An autoblogography about love, death, and technology. We would like to show you a description here but the site wont allow us. To download connected, click on the vimeo icon bottom right of the video, then click. The elder shlain died of brain cancer in 2009 right before the birth of tiffany s second daughter, whose difficult conception also is chronicled in the film. We invite you to read, add to, and amend our show notes. Director tiffany shlain takes audiences on an exhilarating rollercoaster ride to discover what it means to be. Some films go deep, filmmaker tiffany shlain said at the sundance premiere of her documentary, connected mine goes wide. Marin filmmaker tiffany shlain returns to the tribe for. Searching for a streaming service to buy, rent, download, or view the tiffany shlain directed movie via subscription. The power of unplugging one day a week, by tiffany shlain call your mother unplugged sex with emily turning off to get turned on with tiffany shlain live above the noise tiffany shlain emmy. Tiffany shlains documentary connected releases today.
If i speak my truth, im going to speak to some universal truth tiffany shlain has won numerous accolades for her documentary films, but until her new film connected, she had never made one where her own life and her familys was the subject. New york jta filmmaker tiffany shlain is certainly no luddite. Like hightech terry gilliamso lively and so fun, i could not take my eyes off of it. Family is a priority for shlain, and themes of connection are predominant throughout her work. After downloading it and watching it, i immediately ordered a copy to send to my 84year. Tiffany shlain explores technology and interdependence video by robin wilkey.
Filmmaker tiffany shlain invented a word for her film that crosses genres between documentary and memoir and explores how technology alters our sense of relationship. We discovered tiffany shlain in early 2012 and we have been fans ever since. She has directed and cowritten 28 films, some with accompanying books, including the science of character, brain power. Brian solis talks with tiffany shlain, filmmaker and webby awards founder, about her latest film connected.
Led by tiffany shlain, founder of the webby awards and winner of a tribeca film. Design matters with debbie millman tiffany shlain the next billion seconds with mark pesce day of rest with tiffany shlain on being interview growing up the internet book nook 246. Webby awards founder, tiffany shlain, investigates the connections between the major. Had a great conversation with tiffany shlain, the force behind many short films including the new the science of character and connected. Honored by newsweek as one of the women shaping the 21st century, tiffany shlain is an emmynominated filmmaker, and founder of the webby awards.
Filmmaker tiffany shlain gives the closing talk at the first tedx women. New york filmmaker tiffany shlain is certainly no luddite. Im a total junkie, says the director of connected, a new documentary about technology, family, and the way the internet has changed how we think. The filmmaker tiffany shlain explores the ways tech is changing us, and the questions we should be asking about that. The film, which purports to show how interconnected humanity has become since the advent of the internet, was missing a sense of the personal. After downloading it and watching it, i immediately ordered a copy to send to my 84 year. Filmmaker tiffany shlain founder of the webby awards started out to make a documentary about the interconnectedness of our world, beginning with. Tiffany shlain was honored by newsweek as one of the women shaping the 21st century. Today, at the sundance film festival, she premieres connected, and heres what they say at sundance. She is a filmmaker, the founder of the webby awards celebrating the best of the internet, and cofounder of the international academy of digital arts and sciences.