
Person
Jill Godmilow
Directing · Born 1943-11-23 · Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA
Biography
Born outside Philadelphia in 1943, majored in Russian literature at the University of Wisconsin. An independent filmmaker, primarily of non-fiction works, since 1967. Only one dramatic feature film, WAITING FOR THE MOON, which won 1st prize at the Sundance Film Festival in 1987. Since 1992, a professor at the Univeristy of Notre Dame in the Film, Television and Theatre Department, teaching film production courses and other things. Recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship, 2 Rockefeller Foundation Fellowships, and others.
Known for

American Playhouse
Director

Waiting for the Moon
Director

SCUM Manifesto
Director

Calling the Shots
Self

Antonia: A Portrait of the Woman
Director
What Farocki Taught
Director

Roy Cohn/Jack Smith
Director
Far from Poland
Director

The Odyssey Tapes
Director
With Jerzy Grotowski, Nienadowka 1980
Director
Filmography
- 2023Notes and Images From the Vietnam WarDirector
- 2017SCUM ManifestoDirector
- 2001Mabou Mines' Lear '87 Archive (Condensed)Director
- 1998What Farocki TaughtDirector
- 1995Roy Cohn/Jack SmithDirector
- 1988Calling the ShotsSelf
- 1988The Odyssey TapesDirector
- 1987Waiting for the MoonDirector
- 1984Far from PolandDirector
- 1982American PlayhouseDirector
- 1980With Jerzy Grotowski, Nienadowka 1980Director
- 1977The Popovich Brothers of South ChicagoDirector
- 1977Nevelson In ProcessDirector
- 1974Antonia: A Portrait of the WomanDirector
- 1971TalesDirector
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