Nanette Burstein

04/01/09 Nanette Burstein is rapidly expanding her portfolio.  |  The Hollywood Reporter

11/11/08 Although Nanette Burstein's riveting documentary American Teen failed to catch fire at the box office last summer, at least it got the director noticed.  |  Rotten Tomatoes

07/28/08 Reports of New York audiences breaking into applause at weekend shows of the debut documentary " Man on Wire ," about high-wire artist Philippe Petit and his walk on a wire between the rooftops of the World Trade Center, led to Magnolia Pictures execs cheering chart-topping, weekend box office figures.  |  indieWIRE

07/28/08 Moviefone One of the biggest word-of-mouth buzz hits of the 2008 Sundance Film Festival, Nanette Burstein's American Teen follows a handful of high school students in Indiana for 10 months; the resulting documentary somehow has the look and feel of a Hollywood-manufactured piece of teen fiction, with stylish and surreal animated sequences -- and still offers a touching, bold, you-are-there window into the state of adolescence in America.  |  Cinematical.com

07/25/08 Moviefone Nanette Burstein's documentary American Teen opens not far from John Hughes country, both geographically and artistically: we're introduced, in quick order, to four students at the high school in Warsaw, Indiana, on the first day of class.  |  Cinematical.com

07/23/08 Along with filmmaking partner Brett Morgen ( Chicago 10 ), documentary director Nanette Burstein likes to press the limits of what the form can do, most notably on their film The Kid Stays In The Picture , an unconventional adaptation/expansion of the notorious autobiography of producer Robert Evans.  |  The A.V. Club

06/23/08 The 13th Annual Nantucket Film Festival, which wrapped Sunday, honored screenwriters and filmmakers both established and green.  |  Variety