Deborah Kampmeier is an American film director, producer, screenwriter
and acting teacher best known for her films "Split," (2016) Hounddog
(2007) and Virgin. (2003). Deborah began her career in theater as an
actress after training at the National Shakespeare Conservatory from
1983â€"85, and has taught acting in NYC for the past 20 years at such
institutions as NYU, Stella Adler Studios, Michael Howard Studios,
Playwrights Horizons and The National Shakespeare Conservatory. She
currently teaches a Master Acting Class in New York City.Kampmeier
made her first feature film Virgin starring Elisabeth Moss and Robin
Wright Penn for $65,000 in 2003. The film picked up awards at the
Hamptons Film Festival, Sedona Film Festival, Santa Fe Film Festival,
Female Eye Film Festival in Toronto. The film was nominated for two
Independent Spirit Awards, the John Cassevetes Award and a best
actress award for Moss.Kampmeier's film Hounddog debuted at the
Sundance Film Festival in January 2007 in the dramatic category, where
it was nominated for the Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury Prize. It
also met with a significant amount of controversy over its content.
The film features a 12-year-old girl named Lewellen played by Dakota
Fanning, who lives with her "abusive father and alcoholic
grandmother". The inclusion of a non-graphic rape scene caused
Christian film critics and activists to negatively comment on the
film, with it being called "child abuse" and Bill Donohue calling for
a federal investigation against Kampmeier. Donohue stated that the
film was breaking anti-pornography laws and that Dakota Fanning was
being exploited.
and acting teacher best known for her films "Split," (2016) Hounddog
(2007) and Virgin. (2003). Deborah began her career in theater as an
actress after training at the National Shakespeare Conservatory from
1983â€"85, and has taught acting in NYC for the past 20 years at such
institutions as NYU, Stella Adler Studios, Michael Howard Studios,
Playwrights Horizons and The National Shakespeare Conservatory. She
currently teaches a Master Acting Class in New York City.Kampmeier
made her first feature film Virgin starring Elisabeth Moss and Robin
Wright Penn for $65,000 in 2003. The film picked up awards at the
Hamptons Film Festival, Sedona Film Festival, Santa Fe Film Festival,
Female Eye Film Festival in Toronto. The film was nominated for two
Independent Spirit Awards, the John Cassevetes Award and a best
actress award for Moss.Kampmeier's film Hounddog debuted at the
Sundance Film Festival in January 2007 in the dramatic category, where
it was nominated for the Sundance Film Festival Grand Jury Prize. It
also met with a significant amount of controversy over its content.
The film features a 12-year-old girl named Lewellen played by Dakota
Fanning, who lives with her "abusive father and alcoholic
grandmother". The inclusion of a non-graphic rape scene caused
Christian film critics and activists to negatively comment on the
film, with it being called "child abuse" and Bill Donohue calling for
a federal investigation against Kampmeier. Donohue stated that the
film was breaking anti-pornography laws and that Dakota Fanning was
being exploited.
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