April Mullen (partial data)

Countries: Canada / United States

Films directed by April Mullen

Below Her Mouth (2016) (also known as: "Bajo su boca", "Sous ses lèvres")
Badsville (2017)
Wander (2020) (also known as: "Conspiración Wander")

Quotes by April Mullen

"My individual truth comes from (re)discovering my culture and embracing identity. For several generations, my Indigenous ancestry, as so many of ours, was clouded in mystery due to concerns of safety under the colonial state. As I have arrived in a place of intergenerational healing, it is with humility, great pride and openness. This healing journey has changed everything in my and our family's life. We are Anishinaabe of the Algonquin Nation, part of the Thunderbird Clan. I could not be more humbled and honored."
-- April Mullen (source)

"What is the female gaze? And why is it that I don't like differentiating myself as a woman? Could it be that over the years I have been told time and time again in convoluted ways that I needed to 'fit in' and suppress my female essence while on set with more than 200 men? Have I been cutting myself and my female voice short in order to succeed in this very male-dominated industry? For the first time I will openly admit, I believe for many years I have been dimming my female qualities while financing, writing, shooting, editing and even releasing films, because I wanted to keep making movies and thought being female might be seen as a weakness. I now, however, see it as a strength. This might have come with experience and age, but it might have also come with all the support I feel around the current celebration of women in film. [...] The female gaze offers a unique perspective on human beings. Women see the world differently than men. How exciting is that?"
-- April Mullen (source)

For QUOTES about a specific film by April Mullen, please see: Below Her Mouth Wander

Notes about April Mullen

Director, actor, and producer.
Grew up in Niagara Falls, Ontario.
Studied theatre acting at Ryerson University (in Toronto).
Moved to Los Angeles.

(sources)

Bibliography for April Mullen

Section 1: Publications by April Mullen

Mullen, April. "This is what happens when you hire an entirely female crew for your film." CBC, February 7, 2017.
Mullen, April. "How being called a 'female filmmaker' helped me understand the future of cinema: The director of the forthcoming Below Her Mouth on how the press' recent focus on her gender made her newly consider the female gaze." Talkhouse, April 26, 2017.
Mullen, April. "How filmmaker April Mullen incorporated her Indigenous tradition and roots on the set of 'Wander' (guest blog)." The Wrap, December 21, 2020.

Section 2: Publications about April Mullen

Web Sites

"April Mullen." https://aprilmullen.com/. [official site]

Section 3: Publications about the Films of April Mullen

Below Her Mouth (2016) (also known as: "Bajo su boca", "Sous ses lèvres")

Articles from Newspapers, Magazines, or News Websites

Barnard, Linda. "A few good women; All-female crew a natural fit for provocative indie drama that offers 'honest, simple' perspective of two Toronto women who fall in love." Interview with April Mullen, Melissa Coghlan. Toronto Star, December 10, 2015.
Barnard, Linda. "That night in the alley: Actresses Natalie Krill and Erika Linder recall shooting a sexy key scene for relationship drama 'Below Her Mouth'." Interview with Natalie Krill, Erika Linder. Toronto Star, September 10, 2016.
Co, Cherileigh. "All-female film crew and Ryerson alumna director premiere Below Her Mouth." Interview with April Mullen. Ryersonian, February 13, 2017.
Cole, Susan G. "Below Her Mouth underestimates dykes smarts." Review of Below Her Mouth. Now (Toronto), February 8, 2017.
Houpt, Simon. "Bringing the female gaze to Canadian film." Interview with Stephanie Fabrizi. Globe and Mail, September 10, 2016.
Houpt, Simon. "Canadian drama Below Her Mouth may be first film with all-female crew." Globe and Mail, November 6, 2015.
Kompanek, Christopher. "'Below Her Mouth': Electricity happens when bodies do the talking." Review of Below Her Mouth. Washington Post, April 27, 2017.
Lodge, Guy. "Film Review: 'Below Her Mouth'; Model Erika Linder announces herself as a promising screen presence in Canadian director April Mullen's unremarkable lesbian romance." Review of Below Her Mouth. Variety, April 27, 2017.
Mullen, April. "This is what happens when you hire an entirely female crew for your film." CBC, February 7, 2017.
Szklarski, Cassandra. "Lesbian love story 'Below Her Mouth' meant to 'empower,' not exploit: filmmakers." Interview with Stephanie Fabrizi, Melissa Coghlan. Ottawa Citizen, September 7, 2016.
Taylor, Kate. "Fifty Shades Darker and Below Her Mouth try and fail to spice up the big screen; Just in time for Valentine's Day, two new films arrive with the hope of sexing up the erotica genre—but both are far more limp than limber." Review of Below Her Mouth. Globe and Mail, February 10, 2017.

Wander (2020) (also known as: "Conspiración Wander")

Articles from Newspapers, Magazines, or News Websites

Harvey, Dennis. "'Wander' review: An energized Aaron Eckhart goes down a murky conspiracy wormhole; Director April Mullen and writer Tim Doiron's latest collaboration is a paranoid thriller too twisty for its own good." Review of Wander. Variety, December 4, 2020.
Mintzer, Jordan. "'Wander': film review." Review of Wander. Hollywood Reporter, September 17, 2020.
Mullen, April. "How filmmaker April Mullen incorporated her Indigenous tradition and roots on the set of 'Wander' (guest blog)." The Wrap, December 21, 2020.
Roeper, Richard. "'Wander': Aaron Eckhart makes a great conspiracy theorist, and he isn't acting alone; Tommy Lee Jones is a hoot as his trust-no-one sidekick in the bonkers paranoia thriller." Review of Wander. Chicago Sun-Times, December 2, 2020.