[44], Ziering has three daughters and resides in Brentwood.[45]. 15+. We were just product.. [9], The film's revelations have also been discussed in congressional hearings and spurred lawmakers to seek better safeguards for assault survivors. Graduated from Amherst College with a degree in English in 1984. [28] The documentary received the George Polk Award for Medical Reporting[29]one of only a few documentaries to receive the journalistic awardand was nominated for a Peabody Award[30] and the Grierson Award for Best Science Documentary. Do you think Oprah would have been happy?. Throughout On the Record, in addition to stories of survivors, there are clips of activists, lawyers and writers such as Tarana Burke, Kimberle Williams Crenshaw and Kierna Mayo talking about the devastating effects of sexual abuse for survivors in the Black community. I think with [Allen v. Farrow], having finished it in isolation Ive kind of been retriggered, she says. Ziering: When we initially went out pitching Invisible War in 2008, we heard: no one wants to see films about women. "[37] On Metacritic, the film has a weighted average score of 84 out of 100, based on 22 critic reviews, indicating "universal acclaim". Both fiction and nonfiction. Nobody wanted to talk about it. From 2013 to 2018, he starred as Fin Shepard in the Sharknado film series. Ian Ziering has reacted to Jessica Alba's claims that she was banned from making eye contact with the Beverly Hills, 90210 cast. Its also true that horrible and wonderful people make great art; and that what you know of their biographies can better enhance, enrich and inform your engagement with it. Ziering collaborated with Dick again on Outrage (2009), a documentary about the lives of closeted gay politicians who legislate against gay rights, as well as the mainstream media's reluctance to report on this subject. Her most recent projects directly impacted American politics and culture, resulting in real-world change. So its often very confusing for everyone in the family to understand how to negotiate and accurately interpret events. I'm OK. Please note that CBC does not endorse the opinions expressed in comments. By submitting a comment, you accept that CBC has the right to reproduce and publish that comment in whole or in part, in any manner CBC chooses. Were talking a big difference. Ian Ziering is an American actor, voice actor, producer, dancer, and writer who is best known for playing Steve Sanders/Ronnie Robertson in the teen drama series Beverly Hills, 90210, Vinnie (voice) in the animated sci-fi action series Biker Mice from Mars, Daniel Cassidy/Blue Devil in the superhero horror series Swamp Thing, and Fin Shepard in the Sharknado film series. If you or someone you know has been sexually assaulted, you can call the National Sexual Assault Telephone Hotline at 800-656-HOPE (4673) or visit online.rainn.org. So Kirby and I went on our own dimeKirby did camera, I did the interviews, with no crew and we made Invisible War and thats the truth. After listening to the persons stories, Ziering and Dick first wondered how this lack of regulation of these products was even possible, but after doing their own research, they confirmed what the person had told them. Ok, so who now wants to tell me about it? And there was silence. Amy Ziering (born 1962 in Massachusetts) is an American film producer and director. Dick credits this to Ziering, who conducts nearly all of their interviews. Throughout the summer of 2019, Marchant kept asking the filmmakers about their press strategy for the film, which no one had seen. In total, she speaks for about 40 seconds in the movie. Another complaint made by some of the survivors: the filmmakers never told them that the movie would be mostly about Dixons life. Allen has consistently denied all charges, and the case and accompanying court trials have played out in the media for years. The sad takeaway of the story is the subject of the movie the sexual abuse of African American women got lost, says Ann Walker Marchant, a publicist based in Washington D.C., who represented some of the survivors featured in the film. [42], Ziering and Dick directed Not So Pretty, a four-part series about the beauty industry and harmful chemicals in products, narrated by Keke Palmer. The site's critical consensus reads: "On the Record uses harrowing first-person accounts to powerfully and persuasively confront the entrenched sexism of an industry and its culture. The series follows twins Brandon and Brenda Walsh during their sophomore year in high school as they deal with everyday teenage issues such as rumors, peer pressure, shoplifting, sex, affirmative action, dysfunctional families . Within that span, Ziering has seen attitudes transform in real time. How The Hunting Ground Blurs the Truth,. Oh my God, when I went online, I felt like Id been snookered, Jones says. Zero. Marchant initially represented Dixon pro bono because of their relationship. Why am I being blindsided?. Were trying to preserve the reputation of these women and not have them be traumatized., Marchant suggested that, prior to Sundance, the filmmakers send the movie to credible influencers in the Black community who could view the film. I thought it was inappropriate, Jones says. (In a statement at the time, Dick stood by the films reporting: Every statistic in our film is accurate, including the statistics on repeat offenders, and nothing in this article proves otherwise, he said. [citation needed] Currently at 100% on Rotten Tomatoes[23] and a New York Times Critic's Pick of the Week,[24] the documentary, written and directed by Dick and produced by Ziering and Amy Herdy, is a deep dive into the $400 billion medical device industry,[25] where the filmmakers find shockingly lax regulations, corporate coverups and profit-driven incentives that put patients at risk daily. Ian Ziering has been married two times in his life. [2], Ziering was born in 1962. And so all of those things have made talking about incest very third rail. She says with the rise of Facebook and Twitter, there's a democracy of voices and the media is less homogenous. They married on February 3, 2010, and they share two children. So I think weve come a really long way, and we should be glad for that, you know? If all youre given is poison to drink, you dont recognize it as poison. "I don't know if i would have been able to have the strength to do what she did," Ziering said. The film chronicles the experiences of a young man who becomes involved in documenting the experiences of survivors of the Holocaust as his commitment turns into obsession and madness. This versatile master in the field is equally talented in the genres of comedy, action, and drama. I felt fooled. It follows a former music executive who grapples with whether to go public with her [17] It was released on Netflix in March 2016. And it taught me that thats what you do with your life and how you live, Ziering remembers of her dad. Thats how they were thinking of us. But on a much more positive note: The positive reception to Allen v. Farrow points to how much things have, in many ways, changed for the better. It was aggressive and uncomfortable., Eventually, Jones would sit down with the filmmakers. They upbraided the Pentagon in 2012s The Invisible War, their Emmy-winning expos about rape in the U.S. military, and assailed college administrations in 2015s The Hunting Ground. And someone whom you, in many ways, want to protect. "Allen v. Farrow" (2021), a seven-time Emmy nominated series that goes behind decades of sensational headlines to reveal the private story of one of Hollywood's most notorious and public scandals: the accusation of sexual abuse against Woody Allen involving Dylan, his then seven-year-old daughter with Mia Farrow. [Variety] implies that Drew Dixon a sexual assault survivor whose story is documented in the film was berated, scolded, triggered and otherwise mistreated by film producer Amy Ziering, Drooz, the filmmakers lawyer, says in a letter to Variety. Herdy wrote: We dont operate the same way as journalists this is a film project very much in the corner of advocacy for victims, so there would be no insensitive questions or the need to get the perpetrators side., When things started to unravel with On the Record, a high-profile sexual assault survivor told Jones about these articles. Ian Ziering: Esposa, Vida Amorosa, Familia & Amigos . The first season of Beverly Hills, 90210, an American teen drama television series aired from October 4, 1990, on Fox and concluded on May 9, 1991, after 22 episodes. On review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, the film holds an approval rating of 99% based on 71 reviews. So, on sexual abuse, at least in the U.S., Im feeling more optimistic. 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El 30-3-1964 Ian Ziering (apodo: Ian) naci en Newark, New Jersey, United States. She admits she was under-informed about sexual assault until Invisible War, which she says she went into naively. She was driven to make the film after reading a Salon article in the mid-aughts about some women who were assaulted and had no access to an impartial system of justice. It made her nuts. If anything, though, its only cemented the importance of her work. Ziering, Dick and Herdy have been making news recently with the release of their HBO docuseries Allen v. Farrow, about alleged childhood sexual abuse of Dylan Farrow by her father, Woody Allen. No one wants to see films about women being raped. "It is with a heavy heart that I tell you Erin and I are splitting up," he wrote. I never had a conversation with anyone at OWN, and I dont know Ava DuVernay. Left on her bed was a play her father had written about his experience in concentration camps during the Holocaust. The actor announced the couple's split on Thursday, October 31, 2019, and posted a statement on social media. with Children. Ziering, Dick and Herdy have been making news recently with the release of their HBO docuseries "Allen v. Farrow," about alleged childhood sexual abuse of Dylan Farrow by her father, Woody Allen.. When Jones asked if she could go, someone from the film told her that shed have to pay her own way, at a cost of thousands of dollars a night. Amy Ziering and Kirby Dick are locked in a battle of wills during a music session with a group of editors in early February. Ian Ziering's wife Erin filed for divorce in November, days after the BH90210 actor announced their split following nine years of marriage By Jen Juneau Published on January 8, 2020 01:00 PM. Its the idea that Ive been muzzled again. then nothing to worry about this. The documentary series Allen v. Farrow is a departure for the co-directing team of Ziering and Kirby Dick. So we began working on this project and immediately found ourselves grappling with the same forces that had kept this story silenced for so long. On the Record, which debuted on HBO Max last May, follows the life of Drew Dixon, a music executive at Def Jam Recordings, who was allegedly raped by her boss, Simmons, in the mid-1990s. Pseudonyms will no longer be permitted. She told me they made her feel very small, brushing her to the side and didnt know anything about her. In my opinion, there is more work to be done on the film to illuminate the full scope of what the victims endured, and it has become clear that the filmmakers and I are not aligned in that creative vision, Winfrey said in a statement at the time to The Hollywood Reporter. How Allen v. Farrow's co-director convinced Mia and Dylan to go on camera. On the Record premiered at the Sundance Film Festival in late January 2020, only three weeks after its directors Amy Ziering and Kirby Dick spoke to Jones for roughly two hours, pushing her to recount details of the alleged assault, she says, without caring about her as a person. Im wondering if you have thoughts on the separation or the lack thereof between the art and the artist. So its interesting and important for me to know about his history as I read his work. And anything that could suggest that a father could be committing these crimes and violating the sanctity of the family is very hard for people to believe or even begin to contemplate. It was something he never spoke about; Ziering was mystified. While her moves and teaching skills have earned her a spot in the final two on four separate occasions, there is one season that just didn't work out to well. 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