Sierra Ditson "Crystal" Moselle (born August 1, 1980) is an American filmmaker. Her debut film was '' The Wolfpack'' (2015), a documentary on the Angulo brothers. She has also made '' That One Day'' (2016) and '' Skate Kitchen'' (2018).

Early life

Born Sierra Ditson Moselle, in

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, she attended Tamalpais High School in

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, graduating in 1998. She graduated from the

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Career

In 2010 Moselle was walking around

, where she worked and lived, when she was struck by six brothers with an unusual appearance. Introducing herself to them she began bonding over their shared love of movies. She began filming them and after a year learned that they had spent the majority of their lives stuck in a small four bedroom apartment due to their abusive father's paranoia of the outside world. Moselle completed her documentary on the brothers, entitled '' The Wolfpack'' in 2015. The film premiered at the 2015 Sundance Film Festival where it won the Documentary Grand Jury Prize. In 2016 Moselle was approached by Miu Miu to direct a short for their

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series in which female directors were given carte blanche to make short films as long as they featured Miu Miu clothing. Moselle, who had been collaborating with teenage skater girls she had met in a park, decided to film them for her short ''That One Day''. The short premiered at the 73rd Venice International Film Festival. Moselle used many of the same actors she filmed for That One Day in her 2018 film '' Skate Kitchen''. The film premiered at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. In 2020, Moselle served as writer, director, and executive producer of '' Betty'', an

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series based upon Skate Kitchen.

Filmography

*'' The Wolfpack'' (2015) *'' That One Day'' (2016) * '' Skate Kitchen'' (2018) * '' Betty'' (2020–2021) * '' My Robot Sophia'' (2022) * '' The Black Sea'' (2024)

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Moselle, Crystal 1980 births Living people American documentary film directors American women film directors American women screenwriters American women television writers Television writers from California Filmmakers from California People from Marin County, California Tamalpais High School alumni Film directors from California American women documentary filmmakers 21st-century American women Sundance Film Festival award winners