Jill Sprecher

After graduating from the University of Wisconsin with a degree in philosophy and literature, she moved to NewYork to study film and has since made Manhattan her home. She has worked as a coordinator, production manager and line producer on both studio and independent features. She studied film directing with 'Robert Wise' (qv) and, prior to making her directorial debut with _Clockwatchers (1997)_ (qv), she studied improvisational technique in Manhattan. For five years she served as a judge for cable television ACE 'Awards' (qv). _Clockwatchers(1997)_ debuted at the Sundance Film Festival and went on to screen at over a dozen international festivals. It won a Best Film prize at the Torino International Festival of Young Cinema of 1997.::alberto.farina@iol.it