Pepita Ferrari (1952 - 2018) was a Canadian filmmaker. In 1994 she began her long-standing relationship with the National Film Board of Canada, who produced seven of her films, five of which are available to stream online in both English and French.[1] Her directorial debut By Woman's Hand was a documentary about the Beaver Hall Group, a group of Canadian women painters, who were associated with the Group of Seven. Ferrari focused on the three most prominent artists from the group: Prudence Heward, Sarah Robertson and Anne Savage. Her 2010 documentary Capturing Reality: The Art of Documentary features well-known living documentary filmmakers such as Nick Broomfield, Werner Herzog, Kim Longinotto and Errol Morris watching their own films and discussing the technical and ethical choices that guided their work. The film sets out to answer the question - “What is documentary?” - by taking the viewer through the process of creating a documentary from initial idea to final edit.[2] Ferrari also wrote for Point of View, a Canadian magazine about documentary film and photography.[3]
Pepita Ferrari | |
|---|---|
| Born | 1952 |
| Died | December 30, 2018 Lac Brome, Quebec |
| Occupation | Filmmaker |
Pepita Ferrari passed away at her home in Lac Brome, Quebec on December 30, 2018.[4]
Filmography
edit| Year | Film | Director | Producer | Writer | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2011 | Source | Yes | Short | ||
| 2008 | Capturing Reality | Yes | Documentary | ||
| 2006 | Canticum Canticorum | Yes | |||
| 2004 | The Unsexing of Emma Edmonds | Yes | Yes | Yes | TV movie |
| 2001 | Dogs with Jobs: Willy & Rope | Yes | TV series documentary | ||
| 2001 | Dogs with Jobs: Kavic & Mas | Yes | Yes | TV series documentary | |
| 2001 | Dogs with Jobs: Petro & Mel | Yes | TV series documentary | ||
| 1997 | The Petticoat Expeditions | Yes | Yes | ||
| 1997 | The Petticoat Expeditions: Part One: Anna Jameson | Yes | Yes | Short | |
| 1997 | The Petticoat Expeditions: Part Two: Frances Hopkins | Yes | Yes | Short | |
| 1997 | The Petticoat Expeditions: Part Three: Countess of Aberdeen | Yes | Yes | Short | |
| 1994 | By Woman's Hand | Yes | Yes | Yes | Documentary about Beaver Hall Group |
References
edit- ^ "Explore films by director - A - NFB".
- ^ "Cineaste Magazine - Articles - Capturing Reality: The Art of Documentary". Archived from the original on 2012-04-01. Retrieved 2012-11-05.
- ^ "Articles by Pepita Ferrari – Point of View Magazine".
- ^ "Pepita Ferrari, 66, was hailed as a 'true champion of documentary cinema'". The Globe and Mail. 2019-01-29. Retrieved 2024-01-30.
External links
edit- Pepita Ferrari at IMDb
- Pepita Ferrari at Canada LinkedIn