Dana Offenbach

American film producer

Dana Offenbach

Nationality| American
Occupation(s)| producer and director
Known for| founder of CinemaStreet Pictures

Dana Offenbach is American film and television producer and director. She is the founder of CinemaStreet Pictures, LLC. Her credits include feature films, TV, shorts, television commercials, awards show segments, public service announcements, interstitial programming, documentaries and music videos.[1][2]

Offenbach has produced in India, Brazil, Ireland, South Africa and London.

## Career

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Offenbach co-produced the indie hit Hav Plenty which was sold at the Toronto Film Festival to Miramax, and premiered at Sundance in 1998.[3]

In 1999, she produced her second independent feature titled Box Marley for writer/director Christopher Scott Cherot. Offenbach wrote, produced, and directed Love & Orgasms[4] which won World Premiere Honors at the 2003 Ft. Lauderdale International Film Festival, and screened in several festivals both domestically and internationally.[5]

In 2006, Offenbach spent 3 months in India producing The Memsahib, an 1850s period feature, released by Red Letter Pictures In India.[6]

Following that she independently produced and distributed in a partnership with AMC Theatres, Qasim Basir’s Mooz-lum, starring Danny Glover, Evan Ross, Nia Long, Roger Guenveur Smith, and Dorian Missick. She secured independent theatrical distribution in Canada, the UK, Dubai, and Kuwait, as well as DVD, television and digital distribution.[7][8]

### CinemaStreet Pictures

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In 2011, Offenbach opened her indie production company CinemaStreet Pictures, LLC in her hometown of New York City.[9][10] Her recent credits include Julius Onah’s The Girl Is in Trouble[11] which was executive produced by Spike Lee was released domestically on multi platforms (including theatrical) by E One Films on April 3, 2015 and Odin’s Eye Internationally.[12][13]

In 2017, Offenbach wrote, produced and directed "My Sun Sets to Rise Again" which was shot on location in Mumbai, India in 2016.[14] "My Sun Sets to Rise Again" wins the Honorable Mention in the 2nd Online Annual Shorts Festival in the Drama Category by New York Women in Film & Television and Go Indie TV.[15] My Sun Sets To Rise Again has been distributed internationally by ShortsTV and GoIndie TV.[16]

In 2019 Dana's production company launched a Women's Screenplay contest which is being managed by longtime New York Women in Film & Television Director Terry Lawler who retired from her post at Women in Film earlier in the year.[17]

In July 2019 Dana;s short film Before It Was True was nominated in multiple categories in the Los Angeles International Film Festival's Indie Short Fest and was one of the winners of the 2019 Moondance Film Festival.[18] The film was written by Brenda Kienan and stars Joan Juliet-Buck, Nicole Ansari-Cox and Lina Todd.[19][20]

In 2023 Dana produced To Live and Die and Live. On January 20, 2023, the movie had its premiere at the Sundance Film Festival.[21]

### Membership

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She is a member of the Producers Guild of America and New York Women in Film & Television.[22]

## Filmography

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### Producer

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* Hav Plenty (1997) (co-producer)
* Box Marley (2000) (producer)
* The Life (2002) (executive producer)
* Love & Orgasms (2003) (writer, director, producer)
* Andre Royo’s Big Scene (2004) (producer)
* Wait (2005) (line producer)
* The Memsahib (2006) (producer)
* Karma, Confessions and Holi (2009) (co-producer)
* Running America (2009) (supervising producer)
* Mooz-lum (2010) (producer)
* USA in ICU (2010) (director, producer)
* The Girl Is in Trouble (2015) (producer)
* ABFF Awards a Celebration of Hollywood (2016) (TV Special) (segment producer)
* Before It Was True (2019) (producer)
* Love & Orgasms (2020) (producer)
* My Sun Sets to Rise Again (2020) (Short) (executive producer) / (producer)
* 618 to Omaha (Short) (2020) (producer) (post-production)
* To Live and Die and Live (2023) (producer)

### Director

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* 618 to Omaha (Short) (post-production)
* Love & Orgasms (2020)
* My Sun Sets to Rise Again (Short) (2020)
* Before It Was True (Short) (2019)
* USA in ICU (Documentary) (2010)

### Writer

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* Love & Orgasms (2020) (writer)
* My Sun Sets to Rise Again (2020) (Short)

## References

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1. ^ "Producer Dana Offenbach on the business of raising money". NYWIFT. Retrieved 21 August 2017.
2. ^ "Ed Han Consulting and CinemaStreet Pictures Collaborate Again for New iRobot Roomba Vacuum Cleaner Spot". Shoot (advertising magazine). Retrieved 18 June 2017.
3. ^ Roman, Monica. "Cherot, Miramax ink for 'Plenty' of films". Variety. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
4. ^ Goldstein, Gregg. "Nehst Media is Meistrich's new outfit". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 21 August 2017.
5. ^ "Film Life's 8th Annual American Black Film Festival To Feature A Diverse Slate Of Independent Films Including 14 World Premieres". ABFF. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
6. ^ Koehler, Robert (1 August 2006). "Review: 'The Memsahib'". Variety. Retrieved 21 August 2017.
7. ^ Garcia, Tonya. "Indie Filmmakers Go Grassroots to Distribute 'Mooz-Lum'". Adweek. Retrieved 21 August 2017.
8. ^ "'Mooz-Lum': A Muslim-American Perspective In Film". Huffington Post. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
9. ^ Kilday, Gregg. "Producer, banker team for CinemaStreet". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 21 August 2017.
10. ^ "CinemaStreet Pictures' Dana Offenbach Directs PSA Commemorating Women's March on Washington". Shoot. Retrieved 21 August 2017.
11. ^ Catsoulis, Jeannette (2015). "The Girl is in Trouble". Movies & TV Dept. The New York Times. Archived from the original on 12 May 2015. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
12. ^ Scheck, Frank. "'The Girl is in Trouble': Film Review". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
13. ^ Kenigsberg, Ben. "Film Review: 'The Girl Is in Trouble'". Variety. Retrieved 16 March 2016.
14. ^ "CinemaStreet Director Dana Offenbach's Dramatic Short Set For L.A. Screening". Shoot (advertising magazine).
15. ^ "My Sun Sets to Rise Again". GITV.
16. ^ "ShortsTV brings the best of Indian short films". Indian Television Dot Com. 18 April 2020.
17. ^ "Enter the CinemaStreet Screenplay Contest, Deadline June 30". The New School. 26 April 2019.
18. ^ "2019-winners-finalists-semi-finalists". Moondance International Film Festival.
19. ^ "Before It Was True". INDIE SHORT FEST. 4 July 2019.
20. ^ "Leah Curney wins CinemaStreet's Short Screenplay Competition for women". SHOOTonline. 3 October 2019.
21. ^ Patten, Anthony D'Alessandro,Dominic; D'Alessandro, Anthony; Patten, Dominic (7 December 2022). "Sundance Film Festival Lineup Set With Ukraine War, Little Richard, Michael J. Fox, Judy Blume Docs; Pics With Anne Hathaway, Emilia Clarke, Jonathan Majors; More". Deadline.`{{cite web}}`: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
22. ^ "Ask Me Anything: Meet Producer, Dana Offenbach". New York Women in Film & Television. Retrieved 13 March 2016.

## External links

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* Dana Offenbach at IMDb
* CinemaStreet Productions