About ME:
Paula Froehle is a FILM DIRECTOR, VISUAL ARTIST, EDUCATOR and ENTREPRENEUR with over 30 years experience in film and education.
As a FILMMAKER she has directed 14 films and over 20 media projects. Her directing credits include her 2nd feature-length documentary, “The Faraway Nearby,” which premier at DocVille Belgium and has screened at numerous festivals.
As a VISUAL ARTIST she explores new approaches to traditional mediums. Most recently blending portraits and stitching to create "floating drawings".
As an ENTREPRENEUR she has been involved in the founding of several successful startups, including Opal Pictures design & film production company (2004-pres); Tribeca Flashpoint Media Arts Academy media arts college (as Founding Academic Dean, 2007-2014), and Chicago Media Project (2014-pres), a member-based nonprofit dedicated to supporting impact documentary work and presenting the DOC10 Film Festival each year.
She is also co-founder & co-fund manager of CMP Invest/Impact (CMP I/I) one of only two equity funds in the US to invest in documentary films as a "pay it forward" approach in supporting documentary work.
As an EDUCATOR she was Founding Academic Dean of Tribeca Flashpoint Media Arts Academy, where she developed an intensive, immersive degree program in Film & Broadcast Media, Recording Arts, Game Design & Interactive Media, VFX & Animation and Design & Visual Communication.In addition Froehle has developed MA curriculum in Social Impact Media for Saybrook University, Oakland, CA.
MOVIES THAT HAVE INSPIRED ME:
Un Chien Andalou by Bunuel + Dali
Meshes of the Afternoon by Maya Deren
La Jetee by Chris Marker
Man on Wire by James Marsh
Anything by the Quay Brothers
ICARUS by Bryan Fogel
306 Hollywood by Elan & Jonathan Bogarin
so many others...
FAVORITE PLACES
Sardinia
The coast of Maine
Cadaques, Spain
Santa Fe
Joshua Tree
My home
“It's all in what you choose to put a frame around in the world.”
My first film. A found footage loop, optically printed. My first love.
THE HUMAN CANNONBALL
Watch - at 1:14 something extraordinary happens.
DAD @ 80 + new technology = just speeding along.