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The film depicts the true stories of three SOE agents, Vera Atkins (Stana Katic), Noor Inayat Khan (Radhika Apte), and Virginia Hall (Sarah Megan Thomas) in their quest to undermine the Nazis under Churchill’s plan to set France ablaze. </p> <p class="bodytext"> Also released in 2020 is the independent feature, <em>Radium Girls</em>, based on the true story of the 1925 factory watch dial painters in New Jersey. The film stars Joey King and Abby Quinn, and is co-directed by Pilcher and Ginny Mohler, with executive producer, Lily Tomlin.</p> <p class="bodytext"> Pilcher has produced over 40 feature films, including eleven films in a longstanding relationship with internationally acclaimed director Mira Nair. Most recently in 2020, they completed a six hour miniseries for BBC/Netflix, <em>A Suitable Boy</em>, based on the acclaimed novel by Vikram Seth. Before this they made the feature, <em>Queen of Katwe</em>, for The Walt Disney Company, starring Lupita Nyong'o and David Oyelowo, filmed in Uganda and South Africa. </p> <p class="bodytext"> In 2017, HBO Films premiered, the Cine Mosaic production of <em>The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks</em>, based on the NY Times best-selling book by Rebecca Skloot, starring Oprah Winfrey and Rose Byrne, directed by George C. Wolfe. </p> <!-- <p class="bodytext"> In 2017, HBO Films premiered, the Cine Mosaic production of <em>The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks</em>, based on the NY Times best-selling book by Rebecca Skloot, starring Oprah Winfrey and Rose Byrne, directed by George C. Wolfe. Recently completed is the independent feature, <em>"Radium Girls,"</em> based on the true story of the 1925 factory watch dial painters in New Jersey. The film stars Joey King and Abby Quinn, and is co-directed by Pilcher and Ginny Mohler. </p> --> <p class="bodytext"> A two time Emmy Award winner and nominated in 2014 for an Academy Award for <em>Cutie & The Boxer</em> (Radius-TWC), directed by Zachary Heinzerling (winner of 2013 Sundance Directing Award), Pilcher has produced for many celebrated directors including Kathryn Bigelow, Wes Anderson, Wayne Wang, Gina Prince Bythewood, Alison Maclean, Ritesh Batra, George Wolfe, and Jane Anderson. </p> <p class="bodytext"> In 2014 Sony Pictures Classics released the Cine Mosaic production of <em>The Lunchbox,</em> directed by Ritesh Batra (winner of 2013 Critics Week Viewers Choice Award at Cannes). Cine Mosaic was the US partner in this Indian-French-German co-production. </p> <p class="bodytext"> Pilcher was nominated for Emmy, Golden Globe, and PGA Awards for producing HBO Films' <em>You Don't Know Jack,</em> directed by Barry Levinson and starring Al Pacino, who won Emmy and Golden Globe Best Actor Awards for his role as Jack Kevorkian. Prior to that, she was nominated in for a Golden Globe Award for the HBO feature film, <em>Iron Jawed Angels</em> directed by Katja von Garnier, with Hilary Swank and Anjelica Huston, and Normal, directed by Jane Anderson with Tom Wilkinson and Jessica Lange. </p> <p class="bodytext"><a href="bios/pilcher.html">More</a></p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td> </td> <td> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td valign="top"> </td> <td valign="top" background="images/films/swirl.png"> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td align="right" valign="top"><img src="images/bios/nandhi.jpg" alt="Nandhi" width="144" height="144" class="posteroutline" style="margin-top:18px;"></td> <td valign="top"><p class="filmheader">Nandhi Honwana, Research & Development Associate</p> <p class="bodytext"> Nandhi is a graduate of Bard College, where she developed a deep understanding of the power of narrative storytelling. She is inspired by the way storytelling activates social movements, advances cultural change, and allows misrepresented communities --particularly people of color and women-- to reclaim their narratives. She has also explored visual storytelling with a focus on experimental techniques in film and other digital media production. </p> <p class="bodytext"> In 2016, Nandhi worked at Mirabai Films based in New York, the international production company of acclaimed filmmaker, Mira Nair. She assisted the director during the post-production of <em>Queen of Katwe</em> (2016) starring Lupita Nyong’o and David Oyelowo for Disney; and the development of <em>Monsoon Wedding</em> (2017) the musical stage performance, based on Nair’s award-winning movie. Recently, Nandhi assisted Nair on <em>Amri</em>, the upcoming film on the trailblazing modern Indian painter, Amrita Sher-Gil; and <em>Locked Down Life</em>, a short film produced for Apple India’s marketing campaign for the iPhone 12. </p> <p class="bodytext"> Other professional experience includes Social Impact facilitation, having worked as a Project Coordinator at Create Forward, a Digital Organizer at the Arab American Association of New York, and assisting in Marketing and Programs departments at the New York Women's Foundation, from 2017-2019. By assisting various NY-based facilitators, organizers, and activists through workshops, fundraisers, and protests, Nandhi has used empathy as a tool to facilitate systemic change. But most importantly, she learned to rely on stories as tools for healing and justice. </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td valign="top"> </td> <td valign="top" background="images/films/swirl.png"> </td> </tr> <!-- <tr> <td> </td> <td align="right" valign="top"><img src="images/bios/samudrika.jpg" alt="samudrika" width="144" height="144" class="posteroutline" style="margin-top:18px;"></td> <td valign="top"><p class="filmheader">Samudrika Arora, Associate Producer</p> <p class="bodytext"> Samudrika Arora comes from a background in Production Design, having worked on several films such as Clint Eastwood's <em>Hereafter</em>, five Woody Allen films including the Academy Award winning <em>Midnight in Paris</em> and <em>Blue Jasmine</em>, Kathryn Bigelow's <em>Zero Dark Thirty</em> and Ang Lee's <em>Life of Pi</em>. </p> <p class="bodytext"> She is a graduate of the prestigious art school, Ècole Boulle in Paris where she studied Space and Performance Design. During her time in Europe, she began to realize the power of design with regards to storytelling and how the visual image could transcend the spoken word. She was first mentored by veteran French production designer, Anne Seibel, under whose tutelage she developed a very strong work ethic and a passion for staying true to the essence of a story. Her bi-cultural exposure and tri-lingual hold over English, Hindi and French has led her to gain a lot of experience on major international co-productions across Europe, India and the US. </p> <p class="bodytext"> Samudrika has been inspired by the magic of films since childhood, in part by stories of her grand uncle, legendary Indian film director Raj Khosla. She believes that films are a powerful medium of global storytelling and has her heart set on bringing important and engaging content to life! </p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td valign="top"> </td> <td valign="top" background="images/films/swirl.png"> </td> </tr> --> <!-- <tr> <td> </td> <td align="right" valign="top"><img src="images/bios/ursula.jpg" alt="ursula" width="144" height="144" class="posteroutline" style="margin-top:18px;"></td> <td valign="top"><p class="filmheader">Ursula Ellis, Development Consultant</p> <p class="bodytext"> Born to Army officer parents, Ursula grew up in two countries and six different states before graduating high school. She received her B.Sc. in 2012 in Radio/Television/Film and European and British History from Northwestern University, where she received numerous highly competitive grants from the school, as well as various student-run production companies, to write and direct four short films and one music video, all of which screened at various film festivals across the US. </p> <p class="bodytext"> In 2013, she began studying at Columbia University for towards an MFA in screenwriting, during which time she has thus far written and directed four more shorts (two currently in post-production), as well as completed two feature scripts, one of which, entitled <em>Anomalies</em>, was a 2015 quarterfinalist for the Nicholls Fellowship, CineStory Feature Retreat & Fellowship Competition, and Scriptapalooza International Screenwriting Competition. Her thesis MFA short film, <em>Crick in the Holler</em>, just received a 2016 Alfred P. Sloan Foundation Short Film Production Grant and is slated to shoot in her family home of West Virginia in December 2016. </p> <p class="bodytext"> Professionally, she has worked primarily as a freelance editor in the Chicago and New York City areas, last working for YouTube phenomenon “The Gregory Brothers,” known primarily for Songify the News. She also recently served as a teaching assistant for the Columbia 1st year MFA course, “Elements of Dramatic Narrative,” taught by screenwriter Andy Bienen (<em>Boys Don't Cry</em>).</p> </p> </td> </tr> <tr> --> <!-- <tr> <td> </td> <td align="right" valign="top"><img src="images/bios/christine.jpg" alt="christine" width="144" height="144" class="posteroutline" style="margin-top:18px;"></td> <td valign="top"><p class="filmheader">Christine McKeever, Development Consultant</p> <p class="bodytext"> Christine McKeever attended Northwestern University where she participated in the highly selective Creative Writing for the Media Program and received the 2000 Bindley grant to write and direct a 16mm short film. She holds an MFA in Screenwriting from Boston University and was a finalist in BU's Ted Harbert pilot contest in 2005 for her comedy, "Protection." Christine has placed in several writing contests, including Finalist, Sundance Screenwriter's Lab in 2002 and again in 2009. She has been working for Cine Mosaic since 2007, earning a credit as script consultant on "Amelia," and currently writing the screenplay for "The Red Rose Crew."</td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td valign="top"> </td> <td valign="top" background="images/films/swirl.png"> </td> </tr> --> <!-- <tr> <td> </td> <td align="right" valign="top"><img src="images/bios/courtney.jpg" alt="courtney" width="144" height="144" class="posteroutline" style="margin-top:18px;"></td> <td valign="top"><p class="filmheader">Courtney Lee-Mitchell, Executive Producer</p> <p class="bodytext">Courtney Lee-Mitchell is an Executive Producer on Cine Mosaic's upcoming production, "The Sisterhood of Night." Until January 2012, Courtney Served as Director of Development at Cine Mosaic, which she joined in 2007. In 2005, she was one of the producers of the film,"Nail Polish," a low-budget indie feature starring Alexandra Lydon and Paz de la Huerta for Pigdog Films. The film screened at the 2006 Mill Valley and Starz Denver Film Festivals. Prior to working on that film, Courtney worked in short film distribution for Hypnotic in NYC, preceded by a stint managing entertainment and sports-related content acquisition for the San Francisco online syndicator, iSyndicate. She also worked for the Weitz Brothers on their feature film directing debut for Universal Studios, "American Pie," and practiced entertainment law at the firm of Kenoff & Machtinger in Century City, CA after having trained in the feature film literary department of United Talent Agency in Beverly Hills. Courtney is a graduate of UCLA School of Law and Bard College.</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td valign="top"> </td> <td valign="top" background="images/films/swirl.png"> </td> </tr> --> <!-- <tr> <td> </td> <td align="right" valign="top"><img src="images/bios/jessica.jpg" alt="jessica" width="144" height="144" class="posteroutline" style="margin-top:18px;"></td> <td valign="top"><p class="filmheader">Jessica Ahoubim, Creative Executive</p> <p class="bodytext"> Jessica Ahoubim received her B.A from New York University, where she concentrated in modern European and Middle Eastern history. In 2010, she received her Master's Degree in World History from New York University and wrote her thesis on the phenomenon of Iranian Francophilia in the Pahlavi period. Jessica is interested in the discursive power of film, its ability to serve as an agent for social, cultural and political change and how it can serve as both a medium for historical dialogue and a record of contemporary culture. She has worked as a script reader, and her first ventures into production include working on set as well as in the post-production of "The Reluctant Fundamentalist".</p> </td> </tr> <tr> <td> </td> <td valign="top"> </td> <td valign="top" background="images/films/swirl.png"> </td> </tr> --> </table> <br> </div> <p> <map name="biosMap2"> <area shape="rect" coords="5,16,207,89" href="index.html" alt="home2"> </map> <map name="filmsMap"> <area shape="rect" coords="58,23,146,82" href="index.html" alt="home"> </map> <map name="Map"> <area shape="rect" coords="7,23,207,84" href="index.html" alt="home2"> </map> <map name="filmsMap2"> <area shape="rect" coords="65,21,146,81" href="index.html" alt="films"> </map> </p> </body> </html>