Gillian Fritzsche

4.5 Weeks Postpartum Confession

Note: So, while this website is mostly for my professional work, I wanted to share this note below, because I am working on a documentary about the postpartum season, and […]

Directing

Short Short — “Sonnet #42” for the New York Shakespeare Exchange

I adapted and directed another sonnet for Shakespeare Exchange‘s The […]

Directing

Short Short — “Sonnet #143” for the New York Shakespeare Exchange

I directed (adapted, shot, and edited) Sonnet 143 for Shakespeare Exchange‘s The Sonnet […]

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Leadership Sets The Culture On Set

There was a great letter from the ASC president Richard Crudo to the ASC members following the February death of Sarah Jones. You can read the whole thing here. What I […]

Directing

Short Play — “View from the Q”

I directed this short one-act play by Sharifa Williams called “The […]

Directing

Short Film — “Sonny”

Sonny is a short film that I wrote in 2009 and produced and directed in 2010. It premiered in LA in 2013. Sonny is about a homeless man who squats […]

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How To Write A Screenplay

A friend of mine asked me by email how one goes about writing a screenplay. I answered his question with this silly little list: Start with an idea. Often this […]

About

Writer, Director, Mother, Superhero?

Gillian Fritzsche is an award-winning director and producer with 15+ years of experience in narrative films, documentaries, and theatre across Canada and the US. Now based in NYC, she is […]

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Film Friends: Vessie Kazachka

My friend Vessie Kazachka was Second AC on the Oscar-winning film “The Artist” and I remember her telling us while it was being shot that she thought it was a good film and […]

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Write What You Don’t Know!

They like to say, “Write what you know.” And often they mean that literally. To wit: write about the kind of life with which you’re familiar. They think that’s honest […]

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Minimalist Filmmaking: On the making of my short film, Jerry & Diane

So I just wrapped production as a writer-producer-director on another […]

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Building Sustainability… On Location and In Education!

When we shot “The Rock ‘n’ Roll Dreams of Duncan […]

Producing

Microsoft Digital Spots

Here is a series of digital spots for Microsoft that I First AD’d. This was day 1: the Samsung Series 9 and delightfully kind and easy-to-work-with Robert Sudduth (39s). Day […]

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On Being A Better First AD

Back in May, I was the First AD on a series of commercials for Microsoft – specifically, for several computers that sport the new Windows 7 operating system. We shot […]

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Film Friends: Secret Millionaires on the Red Carpet

A few months ago I was in LA for work […]

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Netflix for Theaters: MoviePass

In this Gizmodo article we learn about a subscription program for movie theaters. Part of me is excited; part of me is nervous. Having worked in professional theater, I know what a […]

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Working Background

So my husband and I just moved to New York City and to help pay the bills while I work on writing screenplays and directing short films, we decided that […]

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On Directing Actors

The Hollywood Reporter has a delightfully short little piece on Tom Hooper and his recent accolades called “The 5 Secrets of Tom Hooper’s ‘King’s Speech’ Success.” In it Hooper says, “I […]

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Post-production!!

I’m currently working with Jack Maatman on Sonny, the short film I wrote and directed. Principal photography was in July and because my husband and I were moving across the […]

Producing

Secret Millionaires

This is a 4-episode comedy web series I DP’d in 2010 on which I also served as Consulting Producer. It was written by the hilarious and talented Dan Amos and stars […]

Producing

The Rock ‘n’ Roll Dreams of Duncan Christopher

First and most importantly, you can watch our feature comedy […]

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Sonny: Pete’s Blue Chip

Our second last location was Pete’s Blue Chip on Colorado Blvd in Eagle Rock, CA. They were such awesome people and very cool to work with! It’s an Eagle Rock institution, having been […]

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Sonny: Southern California Edison

If you’re a writer, and you’re writing a short film or a feature and you’re thinking you want to be able to shoot it “on the cheap” then my advice […]

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Comedy Lab LIVE!

Back in 2010, I was part of the Comedy Lab LIVE! ensemble of actors. And for a very short while I performed at the Andy Dick Experimental Theatre at iO West […]

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Principal Photography!

So I’ve been busy at work directing the short film I wrote called SONNY. Principal photography was last week – July 18 thru 23. It was an amazing experience. Quite […]

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Purple (a poem)

PURPLE Awake in the morning, on a crisp corner of a bright street. He made me a tea latte, a London Fog – nice and neat. Grey lounges readying grey. […]

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Producers’ Feeling (a poem)

PRODUCERS’ FEELING Grasping at straws, trying to fashion a house. Feeling large and in charge, but also small, like a mouse. Wonder what the next day-hour-minute will bring. Worry and […]

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Bum in chair, then what?

A little while ago, screenwriter Scott Myers, who runs the blog Go Into The Story, reposted a reader question about how to actually go about writing once you’re sitting in the chair […]

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Groundlings

Back in 2010, I began training at Groundlings in the Basic Level I class (which I think is now called Improv Workshop A). I *loved* these classes. I learned so […]

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New Film, New Way of Filmmaking

Here’s a great press release for our film, The Rock ‘n’ Roll Dreams of Duncan Christopher, written by the excellent Hearth Creative team in Tulsa, Oklahoma! New Film, New Way […]

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Good advice for both screenwriters and producers!

When I was in the Act One Producing Program, they […]

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The Signs of the Times

In 2008, I took an 8-month-long screenwriting course from the Act One Program. Every Saturday, I would drive up Beechwood Canyon toward the Act One offices at the base of […]

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