Pamela B. Green

Pamela B. Green is an American film producer and director known for her work in feature film titles and motion graphics. She is the director, writer, editor and producer of the documentary Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché.[1]

Pamela Green
OccupationFilm director, film producer, motion graphics producer
Notable work
Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché

PIC

In 2005, Green co-founded PIC, an audiovisual communications studio focused on entertainment and motion design. PIC designs and produces content for motion pictures, television, and commercials, and has done main title sequences for over 100 feature films and for every major Hollywood studio. Since PIC's founding, Green has creative-directed and produced main titles and marketing campaigns for The Kingdom,[2] Twilight, The Cabin in the Woods, The Muppets, 42, and numerous others, as well as TV show packages for the Academy Awards, the Billboard Awards, the Critics’ Choice Awards, and the mini-documentary sequences for VH1ʼs Soul Divas: History of Soul Music.

The title sequence for The Kingdom was honored with a place on the Independent Film Channel's list “The 50 Greatest Opening Title Sequences of All Time”. PIC was also awarded a 2013 Key Art Award in Audio/Visual Technique for the titles of The Wolverine.[3]

On November 21, 2019, PIC won Silver for a Clio Award in the category best Audio Visual Technique in Motion Graphics.[4]

Be Natural

In 2012, Green began working on Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché, a feature-length documentary about the first female film director. Green is producing, directing, writing and editing the documentary with executive producer Robert Redford. In 2013, Green and her team raised over $200,000 via Kickstarter to further fund the documentary. .[5][6] The film premiered in the Official Selection of Cannes Classics 2018 and was then had its North American premiere at the Telluride Film Festival, followed by the Deauville American Film Festival, New York Film Festival, BFI London film Festival, and is now in consideration for the Academy Awards. It has been acquired by Zeitgeist Films in association with Kino Lorber and will be released in theaters early Spring 2019. The film was really well-received, with Deadline's Pete Hammond calling it "The Best Film In Cannes" and Katie Walsh for the LA Times calling it "Illuminating". Be Natural was nominated by the Critics Choice Documentary Awards for in the Best First Documentary Category. Be Natural was recently awarded Best Documentary at the 2020 Vancouver International Women in Film Festival.[7] On November 17, 2019, after a screening of the film at the Barrymore Film Center, the Fort Lee Film Commisssion awarded director Pamela B. Green with the Barrymore Film Center Alice Guy-Blaché Award and narrator Jodie Foster with the Barrymore Film Center Award.

Legwork Collective

In 2018, Green founded the Legwork Collective, which focuses on finding and obtaining rights to unusual and rarely seen footage, stills, audio, and artifacts for use in feature films, documentaries, TV series, commercials, and other industries outside of entertainment.

Filmmaker

Green directed the 2008 short Compact Only, which was nominated for Best Short at the Milan International Film Festival, for the Audience Award in the Fresno Film Festival, Best Short at the Beverly Hills Shorts Festival, and for the Best Short at The Int'l Fest of Cinema and Technology.[8] The film won Best Short at the Tallahassee Film Festival, Best Short at the Treasure Coast International Film Festival, Accolade Film Award Winner, Best Comedy Short at the Gone With the Film Festival, Winner Aloha Accolade Award Honolulu, and much more.

Green was a co-producer on the 2010 documentary Bhutto[9] about the 11th Prime Minister of Pakistan, Benazir Bhutto.

In 2011, Green directed the music video for The Click Five's song “Don’t Let Me Go”, which was created in partnership with MTV EXIT and featured a message to raise awareness about human trafficking.

In 2012, Green directed a commercial for Super-Max Razors which starred actor Gerard Butler.

In 2012, Bhutto was nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Continuing Coverage of a News Story – Long Form.[10]

In 2014, Green was included in Saul Bass's book Anatomy of Film Design, listing her as being part of a "wholly digitally trained generation of title designers."[11]

In 2014, Green was selected to serve as a juror for Excellence in Title Design category at the 2014 South by Southwest Film Festival.[12]

In 2016, Green was selected to serve as a judge for The Motion Awards for motionographer.com.[13]

Awards & Accolades
Year Award Category Role Result
2020 FOCAL International Film Festival Best Use of Footage in an Arts Production for Be Natural

Best Use of Footage in a Cinematic Feature for Be Natural

Best Use of Footage in a History Feature for Be Natural

 Director, Researcher Nominated
2020 Vancouver International Women in Film Festival Best Documentary for Be Natural Director, Producer Won
2020 Filmmor Film Festival Audience Award Best Documentary for Be Natural Director, Producer Nominated
2019 Clio Entertainment Award Silver Prize Best Audio-Visual Technique in Motion Graphics for Be Natural Director, Producer Won
2019 Critics' Choice Award Best First Documentary Feature for Be Natural Director, Producer Nominated
2018 Cannes Film Festival L'Oeil D'Or Documentary for Be Natural Director, Producer Nominated
2018 ADC Merit Award Motion / Film Craft for Be Natural Director, Producer Won
2013 Key Art Award Audio Visual Technique for the titles of The Wolverine Won
2012 Emmy Outstanding Continuing Coverage of a News Story for Bhutto Director, Producer Nominated
2009 Milano International Film Festival Awards Best Narrative Short for Compact Only Director, Producer Nominated
2009 Best of Fest Treasure Coast International Film Festival Best Editing for Compact Only Director, Producer, Editor Won

Selected filmography
YearFilm/Television ShowRole
2020 Madame CJ Walker Title Design
2020 Don't Look Deeper Title Design
2020 Let's Scare Julie to Death Creative Director, Titles
2019 Black Lightning Title Design
2019 Live PD Wanted Title Design
2019 Animal ER Live Title Design
2019 The Buddy Games Creative Director/Producer, Titles
2018Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-BlachéDirector, co-writer, producer, editor
2018 Elseworlds: Supergirl Creative Director/Producer, Titles
2018 Elseworlds: The Flash Creative Director/Producer, Titles
2018 All American Title Design
2018 Saint Judy Creative Director/Producer, Titles
2018 I Feel Bad Title Design
2018 You Title Design
2018 God Friended Me Title Design
2018 Quantico Title Design
2018 Live PD Presents PD Cam Creative Director, Graphics
2018 Benji Creative Director, Title
2018 Blindspotting Title Design
2017 Geostorm Creative Director/Producer, Titles
2017 Rings Creative Director/Producer, Titles
2017 Crown Heights Title Design
2016 A Cinderella Story: If The Shoe Fits Creative Director, Titles
2016 Jason Bourne Creative Director, Titles
2016 The Crossroads of History Creative Director, Title Design
2015 Victor Frankenstein Titles, Graphics
2015 Soaked in Bleach Creative Director/Producer, Titles
2015 Hot Tub Time Machine 2 Creative Director/Producer, Titles
2014 The Oscars Red Carpet Live Creative Director/Producer
2014 Mozart in the Jungle Title Design
2014 Klondike Title Design
2013 Homefront Creative Director/Producer, Titles
2013 American Mustang Opening Sequence
2013Last VegasCreative Director/Producer, Titles
20132013 MTV Movie AwardsCreative Director, Trailblazer, Generation Award Package
201342Title Design
20122012 MTV Movie AwardsCreative Director/Producer, Generation Award Package
2012The Cabin in the WoodsCo-Creative Director, Titles
2012Safe HouseCo-Creative Director/Producer, Titles
2011The MuppetsCreative Director/Producer, Main/End Titles
2011The 2011 Billboard Music AwardsGraphics
2011Red Riding HoodCreative Director, Main/End Titles
2011The 83rd Annual Academy AwardsCreative Director/Producer, Show Graphics
2010Let Me InProducer, Titles
2010KillersCo-Creative Director, Titles
2010BhuttoCo-Producer
2009G.I. Joe: Rise of the CobraProducer, Main Titles/Visual Effects/Graphic Effects
2009PushProducer, Main Titles
2008TwilightProducer, Titles
2008Sex and the CityProducer, Main Titles
2007Lions for LambsProducer, Main/End Titles
2007The KingdomProducer, Main Titles
2006The IllusionistTitle Designer, Main Titles
2006Madea's Family ReunionProducer, Main Titles
2005SerenityProducer, Main Titles
2005The Perfect ManProducer, Main Titles
2004The Bourne SupremacyProducer, Main/End Titles
2004Under the Tuscan SunProducer, Main/End Titles

See also
  • Alice Guy-Blaché

References
  1. Murie, Michael. "Be Natural: Interview with documentary filmmakers Pamela Green and Jarik van Sluijs". Filmmaker. August 26, 2013. Web. Retrieved February 27, 2014.
  2. Seymour, Mike. "The Kingdom: the Agency, the Effects, the Titles" FX Guide. February 28, 2008. Web. Retrieved March 26, 2014.
  3. List of 2013 Key Art Award Winners Archived 2014-03-22 at the Wayback Machine, as published by the Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved February 27, 2014.
  4. "Clio Entertainment Winners". Clios. Retrieved 2019-11-13.
  5. Highfill, Samantha. “'Be Natural' reaches Kickstarter goal, tells story of first female director” Entertainment Weekly. August 26, 2013. Web. Retrieved February 27, 2014.
  6. Leopold, Todd. Trying to get first woman director her due CNN Entertainment. August 20, 2013. Web. Retrieved February 27, 2014.
  7. https://viwff.ca/features/. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  8. List of Awards and Nominations for Compact Only. IMDB. Retrieved March 25, 2014.
  9. Bhutto credits PBS. Retrieved March 26, 2014.
  10. List of Nominees for the 33rd Annual News & Documentary Emmy Awards Archived 2013-11-21 at the Wayback Machine, as published by the National Academy of Television Arts & Sciences. Retrieved February 27, 2014.
  11. https://books.google.com/books?id=WmnaBAAAQBAJ&pg=PT4. Missing or empty |title= (help)
  12. List of Jurors at the 2014 South by Southwest Film Festival Archived 2014-08-09 at the Wayback Machine, as published on the South by Southwest website. Retrieved February 27, 2014.
  13. http://motionawards.com/judge/pamela-green/
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