Bette Gordon

Bette Gordon (an haife ta a ranar 22 ga Yuni, 1950) ƙwararriyar mai shirya fina-finai ce 'yar Amurka kuma farfesa a Makarantar Fasaha ta Jami'ar Columbia .  An fi saninta da fina-finanta Variety (1983) da Handsome Harry (2009), waɗanda dukkansu suka sami yabo mai yawa a Arewacin Amurka da kuma ƙasashen waje. 

 Rayuwa ta sirri 
Gordon ya fara yin fina-finai a tsakiyar shekarun 1970 a yankin Midwestern Amurka, ciki har da Chicago, Illinois da Madison, Wisconsin. Waɗannan fina-finan gajeru ne na gwaji, suna magana ne game da motsi ta wuri, jima'i, al'ada, da tsari.  Ta ambaci Jean-Luc Godard, mai shirya fina-finan New Wave na Faransa a matsayin babban abin ƙarfafa mata gwiwa a matsayinta na mai zane da kuma mai shirya fina-finai, tana cewa, "Bayan na girma a cikin shekarun 1970, ban sami wanda ya fi dacewa da ni ba. Tsarinsa mai zurfi game da amfani da sauti da hoto ya taimaka mini wajen tsara ni kamar tambayoyin da ya tambayi mai kallo ya yi la'akari da su, mafi mahimmanci, dangantakar da ke tsakanin gaskiya da almara."  Ta kuma lissafa fina-finan Wong Kar Wai kamar In the Mood for Love, RW Fassbinder, John Cassavetes da fina-finai kamar The Last Picture Show da Midnight Cowboy a matsayin abin ƙarfafawa ga yadda suke nuna alaƙa da soyayya.  Ta ɗauki lokacin da ta yi a New York a farkon shekarun 1980 a matsayin abin ƙarfafawa ga aikinta saboda ta sami damar yin aiki tare da sabbin masu fasaha don ƙirƙirar fasaha maimakon samun kuɗi.  A wannan lokacin, ta kuma koma yin fina-finai masu tsayi.  Ita abokiyar jarumi Steve Buscemi ce kuma ta fito a fim ɗinta mai suna "Hoodsome Harry" saboda ta ji kamar wani fim ne da ya taɓa yi a da.  Gordon ya auri mai shirya fina-finai na Australiya Tim Burns kuma suna da 'ya mace ɗaya, Lili Burns.

A watan Disamba na 2023, tare da wasu masu shirya fina-finai 50, Gordon ya sanya hannu kan wata buɗaɗɗiyar wasiƙa da aka buga a mujallar Libération inda ya buƙaci a tsagaita wuta da kuma kawo ƙarshen kisan fararen hula a lokacin mamayar da Isra'ila ta yi wa zirin Gaza a shekarar 2023, da kuma kafa hanyar jin kai zuwa Gaza don agajin jin kai, da kuma sakin waɗanda aka yi garkuwa da su.

 Sana'a 
An ce Gordon "sanannen bincike ne game da jigogi da suka shafi jima'i, tashin hankali da iko."  Fim ɗinta mai suna Variety ya bincika alaƙar da ke tsakanin mata, batsa da kuma kallon batsa. Jarumin fim ɗin "yana juya alkibla ga maza"  ta hanyar sake tattaunawa kan dangantakar cin zarafi ta tarihi tsakanin maza da mata dangane da fina-finan batsa. Ta ce, "Fina-finana koyaushe suna mai da hankali kan ɓangarorin gani na bayar da labari. Na sha'awar labarai waɗanda launi, laushi da yanayi suke da mahimmanci ga labarin kamar hali da labari."  Duk da cewa yawancin aikinta ya mayar da hankali kan mata da ƙwarewar mata, wasu daga cikin ayyukanta na baya-bayan nan - musamman Kyakkyawan Harry - ya bincika ƙuntatawa ta zamantakewa da aka sanya wa maza da tashin hankali tsakanin namiji mai bambancin ra'ayi da luwaɗi.  A cikin fim ɗin, wanda aka bayyana a matsayin "mara tausayi"  ta wani bita a cikin The New York Times, babban jarumin yana fama da fuskantar raunin motsin rai da na jiki da shi da abokansa suka yi wa wani aboki ɗan luwaɗi a lokacin da yake cikin Rundunar Sojan Ruwa shekaru da yawa da suka gabata.

 Ilimi 
Gordon tana da digirin BA, MA, da MFA daga Jami'ar Wisconsin–Madison kuma yanzu tana cikin sashen fina-finai na Makarantar Fasaha ta Jami'ar Columbia.  Wasu daga cikin fina-finanta yanzu wani ɓangare ne na tarin dindindin a gidajen tarihi daban-daban ciki har da Gidan Tarihi na Fasaha na Zamani da Gidan Tarihi na Whitney na Fasaha ta Amurka . 

 Fim ɗin da aka zaɓa 

 1974: Titin Michigan (gajere)
 1974: I-94 (gajere)
 1975: Amurka (gajere; tare da James Benning )
 1976: Tsarin Aiki (gajere)
 1978: Musayar kuɗi (gajere)
 1980: Akwatuna babu komai (gajere)
 1981: Matar Kowa
 1983: Iri-iri
 1986: Kwadayi - Biya Don Yin Wasa (gajere)
 1998: Motsin Haske
 2003: Rayuwa a Layi (Fim ɗin Talabijin)
 2009: Harry Mai Kyau
 2016: Nutsewa
Rukuni:Haifaffun 1950
Rukuni:Rayayyun mutane