Heather Quinlan | |
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| Born | Heather Elizabeth Quinlan October 12, 1974 Bronx, New York, U.S. |
| Alma mater | Ithaca College |
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| Years active | 1997–present |
| Spouse | Adam McGovern
(m. 2020) |
Heather Quinlan is an American writer and filmmaker whose first film, a 2010 short called, ‘’O Brooklyn! My Brooklyn!’’ was called "Charming" by J. David Goodman of The New York Times.[1] Her 2013 feature-length documentary ‘’If These Knishes Could Talk: The Story of the NY Accent,’’ starred Pete Hamill, James McBride, Penny Marshall, Amy Heckerling, and Joe Franklin, screened at film festivals across the country as well as the Library of Congress, and was covered in The New Yorker's "Talk of the Town.”[2]
Quinlan followed "Knishes" up with ‘’SPOKE: A Short Film About NYC Bikes’’ that was partially filmed on Google Glass and screened at the Williamsburg International Film Festival.
In addition to her work as director, Quinlan also served as producer for the documentary "For the Love of their Brother" which aired on PBS, production manager for "American River" which premiered at the Montclair Film Festival and aired on WNET, and worked in Locations for Woody Allen's Café Society and A Rainy Day in New York; FX's The Americans; HBO's Paterno; and CBS's FBI: Most Wanted.
Her current work-in-progress is “American Graveyard” about a paved-over African-American cemetery on Staten Island. "American Graveyard" has been featured in NowThis and NPR's All Things Considered.
Quinlan began her career as an Acquisitions Editor for Sterling Publishing, and her first book, Plagues, Pandemics & Viruses: From the Plague of Athens to Covid-19, for Visible Ink Press was named named 2021 Outstanding Reference Source by the American Library Association. Quinlan also hosts the podcasts "Cold Storage: The Life and Death of Tom Carvel" and "86'd: A Podcast About the '86 Mets Film that Didn't Get Made."
Filmography
editDocumentary
edit| Year | Title | Director | Producer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2009 | Dinner with Wise Guys | Yes | Yes |
| 2010 | O Brooklyn! My Brooklyn! | Yes | Yes |
| 2013 | If These Knishes Could Talk: The Story of the NY Accent | Yes | Yes |
| 2014 | SPOKE: A Short Film About NYC Bikes | Yes | Yes |
| 2016 | For the Love of Their Brother | No | Yes |
| TBA | American Graveyard | Yes | Yes |
Published works
edit- Quinlan, Heather (2020). Plagues, Pandemics & Viruses: From the Plague of Athens to Covid-19. Visible Ink Press. ISBN 978-1-578-59704-8.
References
edit- ^ Goodman, J. David. Mash-Ups, Dirty Couches and Rotten Lungs. The New York Times https://archive.nytimes.com/cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2010/03/24/mash-ups-dirty-couches-and-rotten-lungs/. Retrieved December 6, 2024.
{{cite web}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ Wiedeman, Reeves. "Talk To Me". The New Yorker. Condé Nast. Retrieved December 6, 2024.