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Picture Me "a model's diary"

A film By Ole Schell & Sara Ziff

HDCAM – 80 minutes – English – Color – Dolby

Contact: Ole Schell, Digital Bazooka 153 ½ Stanton St. 2R NYC 10002 646 246 3199 Pictureme@digitalbazooka.com

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Cast Sara Ziff

Giles Bensimon Nicole Miller Missy Rayder

Lisa Cant, Tanya D

Diana Dondoe Kevin Krier

Heather Marx Caitriona Balfe

Production Company

Digital Bazooka

Directed by Ole Schell and Sara Ziff

Produced by

David Hochschild Ole Schell, Sara Ziff & James Lefkowitz

Music by Jordan Galland and Morningwood

Director of Photography

Ole Schell

Camera Ole Schell, Sara Ziff, James Lefkowitz, Sam McCourt, Caitriona Balfe, Cameron

Russell, Sena Cech and Emina Cunmalaj

Animations and Titles The Boos

Edited by

Ole Schell, Sara Ziff, James Lefkowitz

Synopsis Filmmaker Ole Schell follows his girlfriend, model Sara Ziff, for several years documenting her rise from a fresh face to one that adorns billboards and magazines around the world. In the process, Ole and Sara go behind the scenes and chronicle the glitzy world of high fashion modeling, from photo shoots with celebrated photographers to runway shows in New York, Milan, and Paris. This intimate account features in-depth interviews with noted photographers and designers, but also relies on footage shot by the models themselves, giving voice to those who are often seen, but rarely heard. Director Statement Picture Me began with us shooting several years of home video footage of my girlfriend, Sara Ziff, who was beginning a successful career as model. We were initially shooting for fun but after several people responded well to the footage, we decided to frame the personal home footage with interviews of other fashion industry insiders and models and cut a film out of it. We traveled to the major fashion cities- Milan, London and Paris- and went to scores of shows and shoots and even had Sara interviewed by a prominent female sociologist, Arlie Hochschild, who specializes in modern day feminism.

Cast Bios Gilles Bensimon is one of the top fashion photographers in the world and the International Creative Director of ELLE magazine. He has also been the photographer on the reality television series America's Next Top Model. He has photographed many well-known models, including Christy Turlington, Claudia Schiffer, Lisa Snowdon, Cindy Crawford, Naomi Campbell, Tyra Banks, Rachel Williams, Honor Fraser and Beverly Peele. In 1985 he also met his second wife, Australian supermodel Elle Macpherson, but they divorced in 1989. In 1999, he became the director of the American ELLE. Nicole Miller is one of the most successful female designers in the United States. Nicole Miller’s first runway show, for the Spring 1991 season, was held in October of 1990. Since then the business has been expanded into numerous categories that today result in a lifestyle brand with annual retail sales exceeding USD$650 million. In addition to designer collection apparel, Miller designs women’s handbags, footwear, intimate apparel, coats, swimwear, scarves, cold weather accessories, eyewear, fashion jewelry, fine jewelry, dresses for girls sized 4-12, fragrance, cosmetics and products for the home. Angelina Jolie, Halle Berry, Beyonce, Lauren Hutton, Joss Stone, Felicity Huffman and Alicia Keys are among those who have recently worn her designs. Sara Ziff began modeling at 14 years old. In her decade in the industry she has done countless runway shows for Louis Vuitton, Gucci, Chanel, Marc Jacobs and many more. She has also appeared in magazines such as Vogue, W, Elle, Marie Claire, and Harper’s Bazaar while being the face of Tommy Hilfiger, Calvin Klein, Kenneth Cole, Stella McCartney, D&G and the GAP. Sara continues to model while studying as an undergraduate at Columbia University. Missy Rayder is one of the most successful models of the last decade. Rayder has done extensive runway show modeling of ready to wear apparrel since the late 1990’s. She has also appeared in numerous print ads for companies including Ann Taylor, Balenciaga, Barneys New York, Bulgari fragrance, Burberry, David Yurman, Escada, GAP, Jean Paul Gaultier, Kenneth Cole, Missoni, Moschino, Nordstrom, Prada, and Vera Wang. Rayder was one of the featured models (along with her sister Frankie and Linda Evangelista, Twiggy, Patti Hansen with daughters Alexandra and Theodora Richards, and Beverly Johnson) in the 50-model Ann Taylor 50th Anniversary ad campaign that was photographed by Annie Leibovitz in

2004. Lisa Cant one is one of the top Runway models of the last five years walking for BCBG Max Azria, Burberry, Byblos, Cacharel, Chanel, Christian Dior, Christian Lacroix, D&G, Dolce & Gabbana, Emilio Pucci, Etro, Christian Lacroix, Cividini, Diane von Furstenberg, Emanuel Ungaro, Habitual, Heatherette, J. Mendel and James Coviello among others. She has also had campaigns with Juicy Couture and van Cleef & Arpels. Photographer Steven Meisel was so taken with Cant that he put her on two consecutive Italian Vogue covers. Cameron Russell began her modeling career at the age of 16 and since has worked with numerous successful photographers including Steven Meisel, Craig McDean, and Nick Knight among others, in such magazines as Vogue, Paris Vogue, Vogue Italia, W, Self Service and Numéro. She has been featured in advertising campaigns for companies including Calvin Klein, Armani, Oscar de la Renta, and Yves Saint Laurent. Russell has been featured in runway fashion shows for designers including Chanel, Louis Vuitton, Prada, Dolce & Gabbana, Marc Jacobs, Versace, Vivienne Westwood, Ralph Lauren, and Diane von Fürstenberg.

Caitriona Balfe is perhaps the most successful model to come out of Ireland. Balfe has done runway shows for Chanel, Louis Vuitton and Marc Jacobs (among others) as well as campaigns for D&G, Moschino, Bally, DKNY and H&M. She has appeared in Vogue, W, Harpers Bazaar, Elle and Marie Claire magazines.

Filmmaker Bios Directors Ole Schell, an NYU film school graduate, directs films and commercials in New York City. In addition to “Picture Me,” Ole just finished a documentary on China’s social and economic growth called “Win In China” as well as a series on Chinese youth culture for Current TV in the United States. He has reported on the American election and politics for Channel 4 in Britain and MySpace Politics. He has also directed commercials for Virgin Mobile, Tumi, Miss Sixty, American Eagle, and others. He has been a contributor on Sky TV in the UK, TV-3 In New Zealand, Channel 9 in Australia and soon CNN.com in the United States. He and Sara Ziff are the recipients of the “Leonardo’s Horse Award” for best picture at the 2009 Milan International Film festival for Picture Me. Sara Ziff began modeling at 14 years old. In her decade in the industry she has done countless runway shows for Louis Vuitton, Gucci, Chanel, Marc Jacobs and many more. She has also appeared in magazines such as Vogue, W, Elle, Marie Claire, and Harper’s Bazaar while being the face of Tommy Hilfiger, Calvin Klein, Kenneth Cole, Stella McCartney, D&G and the GAP. Sara continues to model while studying as an undergraduate at Columbia University. Associate Producer Model Caitriona Balfe has done runway shows for Chanel, Louis Vuitton and Marc Jacobs (among others) as well as campaigns for D&G, Moschino, Bally, DKNY and H&M. She has appeared in Vogue, W, Harpers Bazaar, Elle and Marie Claire magazines. Producer Since graduating from NYU Film School, James Lefkowitz has worked with companies including E!, NHK Japanese TV, ZDF German TV, Current TV, New Line, PBS, Sony, Miramax and the Sci-Fi Channel. As a producer he won best feature at Slamdance in 2007.