mayasfilmsandreviews:

So we just had our first day of shooting at the park! And it was good and also very very rough.

There was snow still EVERYWHERE and it was very slippery and our main actor just completely slipped and fell and got mud all over her self before we did a scene. I am pretty sure all of our feet froze…

Dunham, who graduated two years ago from Oberlin College with a degree in creative writing, says she was drawn to directing simply as a way to express herself, citing the same approach her mother, conceptual photographer Laurie Simmons, has to her art. “It’s not because she loves the feeling of the camera in her hand,” explains Dunham. “It’s just the medium we’ve found for telling the stories we want to tell.”

- Anthony Kaufman, Variety

Come to the Apollo Wednesday, October 6th, 7pm, for a free screening and Q&A of Tiny Furniture, written and directed by Lena Dunham ‘08. The comedy about life after college will soon be distributed nationally by IFC Films. Lena is currently directing and starring in a pilot for an HBO series produced by Judd Apatow.

On working at Pixar and Dreamworks Animation: “None of these events would have happened to me if it hadn’t been for Oberlin’s amazingly nurturing environment, fantastic camaraderie, and the best mentor a student could have.”