015 - Severine Reisp

Severine Reisp is a filmmaker based in New York City. Her short films have won awards such as Best Romance Film at Los Angeles Film Awards, Best Women Filmmaker at Atman Film Festival, and the Cinematic Award at Cyprus Film Festival. Severine grew up in Germany with a background as a ballet dancer and later moved to NY where attended Sarah Lawrence College, and went on to pursue her MFA in Film from the City College of New York.  Since then, she has directed multiple award-winning short films and music videos.

She recently directed and produced a 17 min short film, “Deceive,” starring Dandara Veiga, principal with Ballet Hispanico, and shot by Emmy award-winning Wolfgang Held where it played at a number of film festivals.

We discussed two of her favorite film scenes from LA LA LAND (2016), and THE FABLEMAN'S (2022).

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