Beth Tanenhaus Winsten is an American filmmaker, screenwriter, visual artist, and creator of the digital genre tinyBigPictureshows with channels on YouTube and Vimeo. Her work has been broadcast on the

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affiliates among others. The

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in Washington, D.C. and the

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have showcased her work. Daughter of political scientist Joseph Tanenhaus and classics scholar Gussie Hecht Tanenhaus, her siblings are psycholinguist, author, and lecturer Michael Tanenhaus; author, historian, and ''

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and legal historian, writer and editor David S. Tanenhaus. After attending the

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in Sibford Ferris, England and becoming the first American accepted as a member of The

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in London, England, Tanenhaus Winsten briefly attended

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before graduating with a B.A. in English from

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. She received an M.A. in 1995 in film from the

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where she has taught screenwriting. As a graduate student, Tanenhaus Winsten won the 1995 Major Drama

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for her screenplay ''The Black Corset Affair'' and a 1995 public affairs

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for her thesis film ''Body & Soul''. Tanenhaus Winsten’s script ''Rock Garden'' won the 1999 National Festival of New Works Competition which led to a rewrite under the supervision of Academy Award-winning screenwriter Kurt Leudtke (''

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''). Filmmaker/screenwriter Dan T. Green directed an

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production of a staged reading of ''Rock Garden'' at the Trueblood Theater in 1999. Before founding btwfilms in Ann Arbor, Michigan in 2009 with associate, Mike Smith, she was a featured film critic and writer on popular culture at ''

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'' and the ''

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''. Filmmaking awards: include 3

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Golden Eagles; 4 regional

s; Blue Ribbon, 1st Place at American Film and Video Festival; 3 Golden ITVAS (International Television Awards of Excellence) as well as several TELLYS. Screenwriting awards include: the Major Drama Avery

. The 1999 National Festival of New Works selected "Rock Garden", for its showcase series, judged by playwrights

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'') and

Michael Weller Michael Weller (born September 26, 1942) is a Brooklyn-based playwright and screen writer. His plays include ''Moonchildren'', ''Loose Ends'', ''Spoils of War'' and ''Fifty Words''. His screenplays include ''Ragtime'', for which he was nominate ...

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'', '' Loose Ends'').

Films

*''Body & Soul'' (1995) *''The Journey of the Chandler/Pohrt Collection'' (1992) *''It's Magic'' (1991) *''KidSpace'' (1990) *''Encore on Woodward: Detroit’s Fox Theater'' (1989)

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*''The Perfect Metaphor for Poetry'' (2009) *''A Perfect Funeral'' (2009) *''Homage to David Lynch'' (2009) *''Motown's Oldest Music School'' (2009) *''Undertakings'' (2009) *''BEC'' (2010) *''Strawberry Jam'' (2010) *"Having a Wonderful Time" (2011) *"Future Based Agile Thinking (FBAT)" (2011) *"SPARK Series" (2011–12)

Screenplays

*''The Black Corset Affair'' (1995) *''Rock Garden'' (1999)

Bibliography

*Farrow, Moira. "A Visit with Beth Winsten: Sharp Focus", The Ann Arbor News, Ann Arbor, 1 August 1995. * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Winsten, Beth Tanenhaus American filmmakers Living people Indiana University alumni Wayne State University alumni University of Michigan alumni Place of birth missing (living people) Year of birth missing (living people) People educated at Sibford School National Youth Theatre members