About Film Fatale
Through the mediums of feature and short form film, television, and public performance, Film Fatale is focusing on developing social justice projects related to various forms of violence, which have been previously unrecognized or under examined. The intention of these creative works is to participate in the eradication of these destructive forces and to inspire audiences to personal, institutional, governmental and cultural change through the transformative powers of empathy, love and faith.About Maggie
Maggie Hadleigh-West is an internationally recognized independent filmmaker, activist and an inspirational public speaker. She has been writing, directing and producing in film, television and for corporations since 1991.Her work is often considered to be controversial, provocative, radical and irreverent.
Maggie is particularly adept at creating original programming for television and the Internet, which is content laden and character driven. Her independent films, employ arresting cinematic styles and social justice messages. As a Producer for television, her work has included researching, writing and producing original segments for Dateline NBC, Life Time Television, Independent Film Channel and more.Maggie's films and presentations have been used around the world in theaters, the Internet, broadcast television, cable outlets, nonprofit organizations, conferences, corporations, colleges and government agencies, including the Departments of Defense, Justice and State.
Maggie has appeared on numerous national and international television and radio programs including 20/20, The Today Show, CBS News, The Oprah Show, Lifetime Live, Oxygen Media, BBC, NPR, and CNN. Articles on Hadleigh-West have been published in USA Today, New York Times,San Francisco Examiner, NY Observer, Chicago Tribune, Village Voice, New York Daily News, Ms. Magazine, Glamour Magazine, London Times, South African Elle, the Swedish papers Aftonbladet and Dagens Nyheter and Australia's Exposure magazine.
In 2009, 2006 and 2005 Maggie was an Alcyon Grantee, a 2004 New York State Council on the Arts Grantee, 2001 University of Louisville Distinguished Professor Nominee, 2000 Rockefeller Fellow Nominee, 2000 Tiny Tony Award Winner and nominee of the 1998 Caligari Prize at the Berlin Film Festival in Germany. She received a Bachelor of Arts degree with Honors in Visual Communications from George Washington University. She also holds a Master of Fine Arts with a Merit Award from the School of Visual Arts in New York City.
About Our Services
- Short Films: We create comedic, dramatic, and documentary style short films. Add a bang to your website with a creative, fun, short film. Give customers a reason to bookmark your site.
- Public Service Announcements: We have a background in socially conscious filmmaking, which gives us the unique ability to make PSA's that are effective and thought provoking. Add to it our big budget experience, and your companies PSA will be visually compelling as well effective in its message.
- Commercial & Corporate Videos: Advertise a new product or service with a bold, beautiful video. Speak directly to your customer with a downloadable how-to video. Share your passion with your consumers through a weekly news program about what's going on in your company. Create video portraits of your officers for use internally or publicly.
- Webisodes: Film Fatale creates both scripted and documentary video programs, generally 2-4 minutes per episode. These shows entertain and educate, utilizing compelling characters while addressing issues that face individuals, a company and/or society.
- New Media: Consumer attention is rapidly shifting towards the web. With entertainment merging more and more with branding, we create engaging short films and webisodes in line with your corporate brand, ideology or special cause. Feature branded entertainment at an event, on your website, throughout online communities, downloaded to digital devices, in an email blast or on your customers web and blog sites. Let our videos deliver your message to a wider audience and help your company inform and entertain new and existing customers.
- Producing and Directing: Maggie Hadleigh-West is available to work on independent films, television/cable productions not generated by Film Fatale. In this capacity, she brings twenty-years of experience to a production, as well as a tenacity unparalleled in the independent film world.