Cindy Kleine is an American film director, producer and video artist. She grew up on Long Island. In 2000, she married actor and filmmaker Andre Gregory. Kleine's 2013 documentary '' Andre Gregory: Before and After Dinner'' is about him. It was funded through

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. Kleine studied film at

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and the

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Film/Video Section, studying with

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. She received a Bachelor of Fine Arts from

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and the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in 1983 and a Master's of Fine Arts from

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in 1996. Kleine's films have been shown at many film festivals, including Telluride, Seattle, San Francisco, Vancouver, the Boston Independent Film Festival, at the It’s All True International Documentary Festival in Brazil, the DOK Leipzig International Festival, and the Santa Fe International Film Festival. Her film ''Doug and Mike, Mike and Doug'' (1989), about artists Doug and Mike Starn- Starn Twins, was broadcast on

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's POV Film Series. Kleine's film ''Phyllis and Harold'' (2008) is about her parents' 59-year marriage. The film won Best Feature Length Documentary at the 2009 World Jewish Film Festival, in Ashkelon, Israel, and the Orson Welles Award for Innovative Filmmaking at the 2008 Iowa Independent Film Festival. Kleine's other films include ''Inside Out'' (2004), ''Til Death Do Us Part'' (1998), ''Secrets of Cindy'' (1983), ''Passage'' (1991) and ''Holy Matter'' (1996). Kleine has worked at

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(1985–98),

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(1990–91),

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(1996–97) and

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(1996-98).

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Cindy Kleine on FacebookInterview on New England Film.com November 1, 2008
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