Nicole Conn (born October 29, 1959) is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter most famous for her debut feature, the lesbian love story ''
Claire of the Moon
''Claire of the Moon'' is a 1992 lesbian-themed erotic drama film directed by Nicole Conn and starring Trisha Todd and Karen Trumbo.
Plot
''Claire of the Moon'' is set in the 1990s in the Pacific Northwest. Claire Jabrowski (Todd), a famous heter ...
'' (1992). Her screenplay for ''Claire of the Moon'' was also released as a novel the following year.
Career
Conn received a degree in business and began her filmmaking career with the goal of bringing non-mainstream screenplays to wider audiences. She is a co-founder of ''Preemie World'', a website created to help connect
NICU
A neonatal intensive care unit (NICU), also known as an intensive care nursery (ICN), is an intensive care unit (ICU) specializing in the care of ill or premature newborn infants. Neonatal refers to the first 28 days of life. Neonatal care, as kn ...
professionals and the parents of
premature babies
Preterm birth, also known as premature birth, is the birth of a baby at fewer than 37 weeks gestational age, as opposed to full-term delivery at approximately 40 weeks. Extreme preterm is less than 28 weeks, very early preterm birth is between 2 ...
with resources and tools.
Companies
* Demi-Monde Productions (1987)
* Little Man Nicholas, LLC (2002)
''little man''
Conn's 2005
documentary ''little man'' is about the extremely premature birth of her son, Nicholas. Born 100 days too early, Nicholas weighed only one pound. The film is the winner of many film festival awards from around the United States.
Personal life
Conn identifies as a lesbian.
She was in a relationship with
Marina Rice Bader
Marina Rice Bader is a writer, director, and film producer. She is known for the films '' Anatomy of a Love Seen'' (2014), ''Raven's Touch'' (2015), and '' Ava's Impossible Things'' (2016). She was executive producer for ''Elena Undone'' (2010) ...
.
Filmography
Bibliography
* ''The Wedding Dress''
* 1993: ''
Claire of the Moon
''Claire of the Moon'' is a 1992 lesbian-themed erotic drama film directed by Nicole Conn and starring Trisha Todd and Karen Trumbo.
Plot
''Claire of the Moon'' is set in the 1990s in the Pacific Northwest. Claire Jabrowski (Todd), a famous heter ...
''
* 1995: ''Passion's Shadow''
* 1997: ''Angel Wings''
* 2001: ''She Walks in Beauty''
See also
*
List of female film and television directors
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* Jennifer Abbott (Canada)
* Sarah Abbott (Canada
* Jenni ...
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List of lesbian filmmakers
This is a list of lesbian filmmakers. The names listed include directors, producers, and screenwriters of feature films, television movies, documentaries and short films; and have received coverage or been recognized in reliable, authoritative me ...
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List of LGBT-related films directed by women
This is a list of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender-related films that were directed by women. LGBT-themed films directed by women – especially, but not exclusively, lesbian-themed movies – are an important and distinct subset of the gen ...
References
External links
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Nicole Connat ''Reel Women's Network''
Interview with Director Nicole Conn ''
AfterEllen
AfterEllen (also known as AfterEllen.com) is an American culture website founded in 2002, with a focus on entertainment, interviews, reviews, and news of interest to the lesbian and bisexual women's community. The site covers pop culture and lifes ...
'' (July 24, 2020)
''Little Man''website (archive)
Preemie Worldwebsite
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1959 births
Living people
American women film directors
American lesbian artists
American lesbian writers
American LGBT film directors
Film directors from Arizona
Writers from Mesa, Arizona
21st-century American women writers