Elle Schneider
{{short description|American filmmaker, camera developer (born 1985)}}
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Elle Schneider (born November 11, 1985) is an American filmmaker and camera developer, best known as co-producer and director of photography on the 2014 documentary That Guy Dick Miller, and for her work creating the Digital Bolex cinema camera.
Brief biography
Schneider, originally from New York City, is a 2008 graduate of the University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts. She was a screenwriting major with a minor in the USC Interactive Media & Games Division. After graduation she worked as a game producer and user interface designer for online math and science games.{{cite book |last=Lancaster |first=Kurt |title=Cinema Raw: Shooting and Color Grading with the Ikonoskop, Digital Bolex, and Blackmagic Cinema Cameras |date=2014 |publisher=Focal Press |location=Burlington MA |isbn=978-0-415-81050-0 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6n38AgAAQBAJ&q=9780415810500 |chapter=Creating a New Paradigm: Behind the Scenes at Digital Bolex |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6n38AgAAQBAJ&dq=9780415810500&pg=PA8 |pages=8–9 |access-date=6 January 2025 |via=Google Books |url-access=limited}}
Digital Bolex
Schneider was originally hired to direct promotional material for the Digital Bolex cinema camera in summer of 2011.{{cite magazine |last=Murie |first=Michael |title=Interview with Digital Bolex Creative Director Elle Schneider |magazine=Filmmaker |date=30 September 2013 |url=https://filmmakermagazine.com/76408-digital-bolex-report-an-interview-with-creative-director-elle-schneider/ |access-date=20 September 2014}} During development of the camera, she became involved in the user interface design and physical attributes of the camera, including the digital crank.{{cite web |last=Ankenay |first=Jay |title=Icon, Inspiration, Innovation: Digital Bolex D16 Camera Becomes A Reality |website=c2meworld.com |publisher=NewBay Media |date=21 October 2013 |url=http://www.c2meworld.com/creation/icon-inspiration-innovation-digital-bolexs-d16-camera-becomes-a-reality/ |access-date=20 September 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140331100827/http://www.c2meworld.com/creation/icon-inspiration-innovation-digital-bolexs-d16-camera-becomes-a-reality/ |archive-date=31 March 2014 |url-status=dead}} After the launch of the camera at the 2012 SXSW Film Festival, she became the creative director (CCO) and co-owner of the company.{{cite web |title=Digital Bolex: About Us |publisher=Digital Bolex |url=http://www.digitalbolex.com/about |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130501130851/http://www.digitalbolex.com/about/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=May 1, 2013 |access-date=20 September 2014}} In 2012, Schneider was a speaker at Massachusetts Institute of Technology's #HackingArts Conference.{{closed access}}https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RxkGiq9OT08{{Password-protected}} Retrieved 20 September 2014 In 2013, she was cited by IndieWire on their lists of 40 Female Filmmakers to Follow on Twitter{{cite web |last=Bernstein |first=Paula |title=40 Female Filmmakers to Follow on Twitter: A Crowdsourced List |website=IndieWire |date=21 October 2013 |url=https://www.indiewire.com/features/craft/40-female-filmmakers-to-follow-on-twitter-a-crowdsourced-list-33781/ |access-date=20 September 2014}} and 100 Filmmakers to Follow on Twitter.{{cite web |last=Bernstein |first=Paula |title=100 Filmmakers to Follow on Twitter |website=IndieWire |date=30 October 2013 |url=https://www.indiewire.com/features/craft/100-filmmakers-to-follow-on-twitter-33434/ |access-date=20 September 2014}}
Career
Schneider has worked as a writer, director, and first and second unit cinematographer, mostly on short films and documentaries. She was one of several cinematographers on Jeffrey Schwarz's documentary feature I Am Divine, which premiered at the 2013 SXSW Film Festival. She was co-producer and director of photographer of 2014 film That Guy Dick Miller, which also premiered at SXSW. Schneider also shot segments of Return to Nuke 'Em High Volume 1.
Short films Schneider has directed have played at festivals including the HollyShorts Film Festival, the San Diego Film Festival, the San Antonio Film Festival, and the Short Film Corner at the Cannes Film Festival. She has also directed commercials promoting her own Digital Bolex company, and the music video for "Keep Talking" by Brooklyn band Gangstagrass, the song used as the theme song for the television series Justified; the video features Joelle Carter, a lead actress on Justified, and was shot on the set of the show.{{cite AV media |title=Gangstagrass - Keep Talking (Official Music Video) |date=28 March 2014 |medium=Music video |publisher=Gangstagrass |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JAFdB8X_SKs4 |access-date=20 September 2014 |via=YouTube}}
Schneider co-wrote the story, later adapted by writers at JumpStart Studios, for the first season of the web series Video Game High School.{{citation needed|date=January 2025|reason=Per credit at IMDb WP:ELCITE, but there is no mention whatsoever of Schneider's contribution at the Video Game High School en.wiki article.}} {{As of|2014}}, the series had earned more than 10 million views per episode.{{cite AV media |first1=Freddie |last1=Wong |author-link1=Freddie Wong |first2=Brandon |last2=Laatsch |author-link2=Brandon Laatsch |title=Video Game High School (VGHS) - S1: Ep. 1 |date=17 May 2012 |medium=Web series |publisher=RocketJump |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JqR3GVqib4 |access-date=20 September 2014 |via=YouTube}}
=Activism=
In 2012, Schneider identified a lack of opportunities for women cinematographers and directors in her press interviews about Digital Bolex;{{cite web |last=Nelson |first=Noah J |title=Digital Bolex: Back to the Future of Film |website=turnstylenews.com |date=6 April 2012 |url=http://turnstylenews.com/2012/04/06/digital-bolex-back-to-the-future-of-film/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121014084221/http://turnstylenews.com/2012/04/06/digital-bolex-back-to-the-future-of-film/ |url-status=usurped |archive-date=October 14, 2012 |access-date=20 September 2014}}{{cite news |last=Basso |first=Chiara |title=Grandi Film, Pochi Soldi |lang=it |url=http://edicoladigitale.ilsecoloxix.it/secoloxix/books/120817genova/#/37/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120819234038/http://edicoladigitale.ilsecoloxix.it/secoloxix/books/120817genova/#/37/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 19, 2012 |work=Il Secolo XIX |access-date=20 September 2014}} in 2014, she announced that Digital Bolex had created a loan program, for two of the company's cameras, for film productions using a female cinematographer.{{cite web |last=Luzi |first=Evan |title=Digital Bolex encouraging women cinematographers through grant program |website=theblackandblue.com |date=23 April 2014 |url=https://www.theblackandblue.com/2014/04/23/digital-bolex-grant/ |access-date=20 September 2014}} She further discussed discrimination of women cinematographers in the June 2014 issue of MovieMaker.{{cite magazine |last=Honeycutt |first=Heidi |title=The Myth of the Two Percent |magazine=MovieMaker |date=24 June 2014 |pages=56–57, 77 |url=http://www.moviemaker.com/archives/news/moviemakers-summer-2014-issue-hits-stands-today/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20140922001858/http://www.moviemaker.com/archives/news/moviemakers-summer-2014-issue-hits-stands-today/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=September 22, 2014 |access-date=20 September 2014}}
=Photography=
Schneider has been exhibited a number of times as a photographer, including a show in Los Angeles{{cite web |title=Elle Schneider |url=http://www.thehappeninggallery.com/Elle_Schneider.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160303233016/http://www.thehappeninggallery.com/Elle_Schneider.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 3, 2016 |website=thehappeninggallery.com |access-date=20 September 2014}} and one in Milan.{{cite magazine |author=Redazione |title=PhotoVogue a Plazzo Morando |lang=it |magazine=Vogue Italia |date=24 June 2011 |url=https://www.vogue.it/magazine/notizie-del-giorno/2011/05/photovogue-palazzo-morando |access-date=6 January 2025}} Schneider was the second unit cinematographer and promotional photographer for Geek & Sundry web series Caper, which premiered on Hulu in 2014; her cast photos appeared in the Los Angeles Times{{cite news |last=Clark |first=Noelene |title=Caper' trailer: Web series sends rogue superheroes on a heist |work=The Los Angeles Times |department=Hero Complex |url=http://herocomplex.latimes.com/tv/caper-trailer-web-series-sends-rogue-superheroes-on-a-heist/#/0 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140129130810/http://herocomplex.latimes.com/tv/caper-trailer-web-series-sends-rogue-superheroes-on-a-heist/#/0 |url-status=dead |archive-date=January 29, 2014 |url-access=subscription |access-date=20 September 2014}} and io9.{{cite web |last=Anders |first=Charlie Jane |title=Eureka's Amy Berg introduces Caper, a show about superheroes gone rogue |website=Gizmodo |date=6 December 2013 |url=https://gizmodo.com/eurekas-amy-berg-introduces-caper-a-show-about-superh-1478010720 |access-date=20 September 2014}}{{Failed verification|date=January 2025|reason=Schneider is not mentioned anywhere in the cited article - no confirmation that she took the cast photos used}}
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