*This blog originally appeared on Film Independent. Runoff is Kimberly Levin’s narrative feature debut, which opened theatrically in New York City this summer and has so far played sixteen engagements across the U.S. and is now available on demand. RogerEbert’s Matt Zoller Seitz compared it “to the first time I saw ’Stormy Monday,’ ‘Blood Simple,’ ’Sex, Lies and Videotape’ and ‘She’s Gotta Have It.’” Zoller Seitz said, “If you want to say you were there when a great American’s filmmaker’s career kicked off, you need to see Runoff.” https://vimeo.com/ondemand/runoff#t=2s Based on the success of the film, we asked Levin for her thoughts…
Author: Kimberly Levin
Kimberly Levin
KIMBERLY LEVIN is a filmmaker and former biochemist. Her narrative feature Runoff was lauded as “Riveting…Inexorably powerful” (Variety), “Tense, moody…an Impressive directorial debut” (The New York Times), and “As an experience, it’s amazing.” (RogerEbert.com). Levin is also an award-winning playwright and director who has worked On and Off Broadway. She has developed projects with Johnny Depp’s Infinitum Nihil, The Weinstein Company and Tribeca Films. Currently, Levin is one of twenty directors selected for Fox Studio’s Global Directors Initiative. She is also an Independent Filmmaker Project (IFP) fellow and a USinProgress fellow. Her original scientific research on small peptide chains known as phytochelatins is published in a widely used chemistry textbook.