femalefilmmakereveryday – Gillian Fritzsche

“The Family Jewels” was Episode 3 of The Thing, a live Zoom series created by Phil Odgen and co-produced by Linzmarie Schultz, that I had the honour of directing in […]

Producing

Short Film — “Carrol Lynn”

I was delighted to be a key producer the short film “Carrol Lynn” — a first time short for director James Cernero, who also wrote. This short film was nominated […]

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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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 […]

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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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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

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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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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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 […]