FERRERA FILMS
THE FEELING OF BEING THERE
ANTONIO FERRERA FILMOGRAPHY
Director,Producer,Cinematographer,Editor Albert
Maysles Filmmaker Award-2004 -Dallas Video Festival
2008 Peabody Award for The Gates Contact : antonioferrera@gmail.com
NYU-BA-1991
2020-24
Rise Up!-14 Short Films About Alliance For Positive Change 111minutes
Director,Camera,Editor,Co-Producer
This cinema verité Feature documentary film tells the story Alliance for Positive Change and their work to help people living with chronic diseases such as HIV Aids since the late 1980's. Our film recounts the early days through the people who survived, and we see the work of the organization through its PREP (PEER Recovery Education Program) that helps people use their life experiences to help others in their recovery and in the process helping themselves. We follow the 30th year of this PREP class firsthand and hear stories and testimonials from past graduates of the program and finally we see the same graduates from our class pay it forward to help others. Our film is a history of HIV/Aids and the work of this organization to end the epidemic
and focuses on the stories of LGBTQI+ and African American and Latino women. The film is an optimistic story of people finding agency amidst unfair effects of the social determinants of health to help themselves and others to Be Better-Do Better and Live Better.
2020 Erin Durant Live at Proctors Theater Multicamera Performance film of singer songwriter Erin Durant streaming on Open Stage Media and for Wexner Center for the Arts 2014-2016 Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s
The Floating Piers for Lake Iseo ,Italy
In 2014 Christo proposed a project to Lake Iseo , Italy for a series of Floating Walkways that would connect the mainland to two islands on lake Iseo . Director/Camera/Producer
2010-2016–Christo and Jeanne-Claude’s Over The River/Mastaba/Big Air Package/Wrapped VolkwagonSince 2010 I have filmed the continuing exploits of Christo and his efforts to realize Over The River for Colorado, The Mastaba Abu Dhabi, Berlin, Basel, Oberhausen,New York .Director,Producer,Cinematographer,Editor
2014-CHRISTO WRAPS BILD NEWSPAPER Short film shown in Germany before the National News on ADR. Director/Camera/Editor/Producer
2013-Marti Kheel- Ethos of Care- Found Film about the life ,work and philosophy of eco-feminist philosopher/activist.Director/Camera/Editor/Producer
2011-The Secret Home Movies of Vincent Van Gogh- A portrait of Vincent Van Gogh via the landscapes of Provence shot on 16
mm film in the place where Van Gogh spent his final year of life and produced one painting a day.
2011- Labor of Love- Documentary film about the life work of legend labor mediator / visionary/Conflict Resolution Master Theodore W. Kheel
2010 Nomad of Art-Montage found Material film for the Artist JeanneClaude made for Metropolitan Museum of Art http://christojeanneclaude.net/video_nomad_medium.shtml Director/Camera/Editor/Producer
2009 Schenectady As Seen By- A film made by with the city of Schenectady NY where Ferrera grew up and the local public access station.
2003-2009-THE GATES(2008 Peabody Award for Antonio
Director,Producer,Cinematographer,Editor Ferrera and Albert Maysles) :CoDirector with Albert Maysles/Producer/co-Director of Photography with Albert Maysles/Editor.
The art project of Christo and Jeanne-Claude, February 2005: 2500 gateways gracing the walkways of Central Park, New York City for 16 days of beauty and celebration. 98 min
Screenings: Tribeca Film Festival Closing Gala 2007,SilverDocs 2007,RomeFestadel Cinema 2007,Hebron Film Festival,DokLeipzig,IDFA Amsterdam,Festa del Popolo Firenze,Dok Helsinki2008,BigSky-Montana2008,Ashland International2008,DokT el Aviv2008,DocMunich2008,ArtecinemaNaples2008,FifaMontr eal2008,CinemaVerite- Tehran 2008Forum des Images Paris2009,Sarasota International Film Festival2009
TVUSA -Home Box Office 2008-2010, Canada-IFC and TVOntario,Sweeden-SVT ,Holland-
NPS,Finland-YLE,Australia-SBS,France/Germany Arte Museums:
2008-National Gallery Washington,LACMA,Modern Art Fort Worth,Minnesota Museum of American Art,Boston Fine Arts,Art Institute Chicago,Salt Lake City Film Center,George Eastman House,Wexner Center,Akron Art Museum,The
Butler Institute of American Art,Henry Art gallery,Cleveland Museum of Art,Des Moines Art center,Birmingham Museum of Art,Toledo Museum of Art,Detroit Institute of Art
Special Screenings: Gracie Mansion, Aspen Ideas Festval 20082008 -
Schenectady As Seen By work in Progress Shown to the people of Schenectady at Electric City Film Festival2008 -As Seen By #2 A 3 hour video projection to the neighborhood where I grew up.
2003-2004 –IT’S AN ADVENTURE
:Director,Producer,Camera.,Supervising Editor. A direct cinema portrait of Bill Murray working with Wes Anderson on The Life Aquatic at Cinecitta’. 51 min .On Criterion DVD
2004- Vote For Change :Director, Producer, Camera, Supervising Editor. A co- production with Pennebaker – Hegedus . Vote For Change followed the caravan of bands that included REM, Bruce Springsteen, Dave Mathews Band, John Melloncamp, Dixie Chicks across the country on the road as they sang to get people out there and vote for change. 3 four min segments. Sundance
2004-MASADA: LIVE AT TONIC 1999:Director,
Producer,Camera,Supervising ,Editor"Masada Live at Tonic” was recorded on a steamy September night in 1999. 65min Available on Tzadik records DVD
2002-BEFORE I LEAVE... Producer, Co-director with Albert Maysles, Sound, Supervising Editor: Segment produced for Bill Moyers’s NOW program for national PBS. Ten minutes.
2001-THE NEIGHBORHOOD Camera: Seven-minute short film directed by Martin Scorsese about his neighborhood in Little Italy. The short was produced for the Twin Towers Relief Fund Concert at Madison Square Garden.
2000-2002-WITH THE FILMMAKER... Producer, Co- Directorwith Albert Maysles, Camera, Sound, Supervising Editor : Four Direct- Cinema portraits of filmmakers made for The Independent Film Channel featuring Martin Scorsese, Jane Campion, Wes Anderson, and Robert Duvall. Four segments 23-30 each.
1998-VOICES OF CABRINI Co-director with Ronit Bezalel, Camera: 30-minute film about the redevelopment and displacement of and African-American community in Chicago.30 min.