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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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Writer, Director, Mother, Superhero?

As a writer, producer, and director — primarily in film/video — I am passionate about telling entertaining and meaningful stories that inspiring positive personal and social change. I have produced […]

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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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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 […]

Gillian Fritzsche

writer / director / producer

femalefilmmakers

Directing Reel 2018

Short Film — “Sonny”

Writer, Director, Mother, Superhero?

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

Building Sustainability… On Location and In Education!

On Being A Better First AD

Sonny: Pete’s Blue Chip