Lauren Greenfield Nominated for 65th DGA's "Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary" Awards

The 65th Annual Directors Guild of America Awards' Documentary Nominations have been announced today, and we are honored and proud that Chelsea Pictures director Lauren Greenfieldhas been nominated for the DGA's "Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Documentary" Award for her film The Queen of Versailles!

For more info on the other fantastic directors nominated in this category, check out the Hollywood Reporter, here.

Lauren Greenfield's Documentary "Queen of Versailles" Nominated for Critics' Choice Awards

The Broadcast Films Critics Association (BFCA) has announced their nominees for the 18th Annual Critics' Choice Awards. Steven Spielberg's Lincoln leads the nominees with a record 13 noms.

But as impressive as that is, we're really extremely proud to announce that Chelsea Director Lauren Greenfield's popularly and critically acclaimed documentary The Queen of Versailles has been nominated in the Best Documentary Feature category. It is fair to say it has been one of the best years in recent memory for documentaries, a genre very much experiencing a popular renaissance, and the other nominees in the category are all fantastic films as well.

Image Courtesy of Lauren Greenfield / INSTITUTE

The other nominees include Bully, The Imposter, The Central Park Five, West of Memphis, and Searching for Sugarman. We are proud that Lauren Greenfield's film has been nominated alongside such an esteemed group of documentary films. Congratulations to all of the nominees, and good luck.

For more information and the full list of nominees, head on over to the Critics' Choice Awards Nominations page, here.

And for additional coverage on the documentary nominees, check out RealScreen, here.

Lauren Greenfield Talks "Queen of Versailles" on Last Call with Carson Daly

Lauren Greenfield's "Queen of Versailles" Opens Today in New York & LA!

Two movies about Billionaire's are opening today, and Indiewire calls The Queen of Versailles their Criticwire Pick this weekend!

Read the full review here, as well as The New York Times' Review, another critics' pick, here.

Our deepest condolences go out to all of those affected by the horrible event in Colorado.

Lauren Greenfield & Star of Her Forthcoming Doc "The Queen of Versailles," Jackie Siegel, Interviewed on the Today Show

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chelsea Director Lauren Greenfield and Jackie Siegel, star of Lauren's upcoming documentary The Queen of Versailles, interviewed on The Today Show this morning!

The Queen of Versailles opens nationwide this Friday, July 20th! Don't miss the trailer below:

Director Lauren Greenfield's Hotly Anticipated Documentary, "The Queen of Versailles" Gets an "A" from Entertainment Weekly

Entertainment Weekly's Owen Gleiberman gives Chelsea Director Lauren Greenfield's Hotly Anticipated Documentary The Queen of Versailles a glowing review, "A."

Click the excerpt below to read the original article at EW.com:

First Trailer for Lauren Greenfield's Award-winning Documentary, "The Queen of Versailles"

Opens Nationwide July 20th, 2012!
http://www.magpictures.com/thequeenofversailles/

https://www.facebook.com/QueenofVersailles

Lauren Greenfield's "The Queen of Versailles" to Show at First Ever Sundance London

Lauren Greenfield's new Feature Doc, The Queen of Versailles, which garnered her a Best Directing Award at this year's Sundance in Park City, has been chosen as one amongst a select 14 films to screen at the first ever Sundance London.

Trevor Groth, Sundance Director of Programming told Variety, "We wanted not only a mix of narrative and documentary films, feature and short films, but also films from a variety of sections of our festival in Utah -- Premieres, U.S. Competition and even our New Frontier experimental section."

John Cooper, Director of the Sundance Film Festival, said in the Guardian yesterday, "We're a mission-driven organisation, so we are always looking to extend the audience for American independent films. London is the perfect venue. We have a long history with UK films, and probably show more British titles than any other films from outside the US. So there's a natural affinity. But I'm also interested to explore the differences between UK and US independent cinema." He went on to say, "I've been working at Sundance since 1989 and we've obviously seen a lot of changes in that time. But the mission has always stayed the same. It's a festival for artists who are outside the mainstream. Despite all the changes in exhibition and distribution, there is still something great about just getting people together in one place. That's why festivals still matter. It has to happen on a bricks-and-mortar, person-to-person basis. That's where the fresh ideas take root."

The Inaugural Sundance London Film Festival runs from April 26-29 at O2 in London. The 4 day event will begin with appearances by Robert Redford himself, and renowned musician T Bone Burnet. The London iteration of the festival will place a particular emphasis on music as well as film.

Lauren Greenfield Wins Best Director, U.S. Documentary, at Sundance 2012 for "The Queen of Versailles"

Lauren Greenfield has won the award for Best Directing, U.S. Documentary at Sundance 2012 for her film, "The Queen of Versailles." We are all very proud of her achievement!

Lauren Greenfield’s Documentary, “The Queen of Versailles” Picked Up at Sundance By Magnolia for Theatrical Release

Lauren Greenfield’s Documentary “ The Queen of Versailles,” which premiered on Thursday night as the opening film at Sundance, has been picked up by Magnolia Pictures last Friday for theatrical release! Press for the film so far has been extremely favorable. "The Queen of Versailles" was only the second film picked up at the Festival, and is slated for a summer theatrical release. Magnolia president Eamonn Bowles said of the film in a recent statement, “’The Queen of Versailles’ brilliantly encapsulates the salient issues of the American economic downturn, while also being one of the most jaw-droppingly entertaining films I’ve seen in a very long time," and goes on to say of the director, “Lauren Greenfield is an exceptionally talented filmmaker with a wonderfully humanistic touch, and she has found a truly magnetic, charismatic star in Jackie Siegel." Lauren said in a statement Friday, “I am really excited to be working with Magnolia, who we huddled with late into last night… I feel like we have found a true kindred spirit, who cares as much about our film as we do. I am really looking forward to working with such a smart, impressive team.” We are very excited and proud of Lauren.

Sources: the Los Angeles Times and the Hollywood Reporter

Image Courtesy of Lauren Greenfield / INSTITUTE

Chelsea Director Lauren Greenfield’s Documentary, “The Queen of Versailles” Premieres Opening Night of Sundance to Rave Reviews

Last night, the 2012 Sundance Film Festival kicked off with the world premiere of Chelsea Director Lauren Greenfield’s new feature-length documentary, The Queen of Versailles, co-executive produced, in part, by Chelsea co-owners Allison Amon and Lisa Mehling.

We are delighted to note that reviews for Lauren’s documentary so far have been extremely positive. Keep an eye on the list below for links to reviews as they become available. Congratulations to Lauren Greenfield on her new film.

Reviews for Lauren Greenfield's The Queen of Versailles. 

http://www.variety.com/review/VE1117946861/

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/movies/2012/01/sundance-queen-of-versailles-rich-mansion-florida-film-siegel.html

http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/01/20/us-sundance-opening-idUSTRE80I23920120120

http://www.thedailybeast.com/articles/2012/01/20/lauren-greenfield-s-new-documentary-like-real-housewives-of-sundance.html

http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/sundance/53334595-177/sundance-film-greenfield-festival.html.csp

Image Courtesy of Lauren Greenfield / INSTITUTE