Shari Roman is an American artist,

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, screenwriter and

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Biography

Originally commissioned by John Pierson for his Independent Film Channel (USA) program
Split Screen
Roman's first short film
Lars from 1-10
about Danish Dogme film maker

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won a slot at the Sundance Film Festival in 1999 and went on to screen at Edinburgh, London, Los Angeles, Tokyo, NYC's Museum of Modern Art, on television and in cinemas worldwide. She has directed a series of shorts, pop promos and additional docs on filmmakers, including British director

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and cinematographer

Anthony Dod Mantle Anthony Dod Mantle, (born 14 April 1955) is a British cinematographer and still photographer. He won the Academy Award for Best Cinematography, Academy Award and BAFTA Award for Best Cinematography, BAFTA Award for Best Cinematography for ''Slum ...

. Along with the four original Dogme films; "Celebration," "The Idiots," "Mifune" and "The King is Alive," two of her short films were selected for 2005's official Dogme' 95 DVD collection, celebrating the 10th anniversary of von Trier's filmmaking manifesto. She was named one of the "Top 25 New Faces In Independent Film" by

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. Her book on approaches to new cinema, ''Digital Babylon: Hollywood, Indiewood and Dogme '95'' was published in 2001 by Lone Eagle Publishing, and reissued by HCD/

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in 2003 and 2007. Her essay on von Trier, ''The Man Who Would Be Dogme'', was published in the 2003 collection
Lars von Trier: Interviews
by the

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, as part of their

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. Her fiction has appeared in Veneer Magazine, writings on cinema, music and art have been seen in numerous publications, including British Vogue, Mojo, The Guardian, The Independent and Time Out London. For the cover of Filmmaker Magazine (USA) she wrote ''The Genius of the System'', a profile of multi-media artist

Matthew Barney Matthew Barney (born March 25, 1967) is an American contemporary artist and film director who works in the fields of sculpture, film, photography and drawing. His works explore connections among geography, biology, geology and mythology as well ...

under a

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(NEA) grant.

Miscellaneous

She 'sings' on Greg Weeks's 2008 solo album.

Death

On October 4, 2009,

reported that Shari Roman had died on September 9, 2009 at Mt. Sinai Hospital in New York after a brief illness.

References

External links

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Sundance Film Festival/Lars from 1-10 - John PiersonGus Van Sant retrospective - Filmkrönikan TV interview, StockholmThe Valerie ProjectDogme '95The Cremaster Cycle - Matthew Barney The British Film Institute The Danish Film InstituteThe Swedish Film Institute
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Miscellaneous

Death

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