Credits

 NARRATIVE FEATURE FILMS

Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile 
Directed by Joe Berlinger. Stars Zac Efron, Lily Collins, John Malkovich, Jim Parsons. Netflix. Songs.

Lost In Florence
Directed by Evan Oppenheimer. Stars Brett Dalton, Alessandra Mastronardi, Stana Katic, Alessandro Preziosii. Blackstone also produced this film.

House of Teeth
Directed and written by Susanna Styron.

Love Walked In
Directed by Juan Campanella (Secret in Their Eyes), starring Terence Stamp, Denis Leary. Columbia Tri Star.

New Jersey Drive
Executive Producer, Spike Lee. Director, Nick Gomez. Gramercy/Universal Pictures.

Dear Diary
Directed & written by David Frankel. DREAMWORKS. Executive Producers, Steven Spielberg, Jeffrey Katzenberg.. Producer, Barry Jossen. Stars Bebe Neuwirth. Academy Award Winner.

The Dutch Master
Directed by Susan Seidelman. Produced Jonathan Brett. Stars Mira Sorvino and Aida Tuturro. Co-produced by German television and Miramax. Academy Award nomination, Best Live Action Short.

Only You
Director, Betty Thomas. Stars Helen Hunt, Andrew McCarthy.

Blowback
Director, Marc Levin. Blowback Productions. Bruce McCarthy.

The Boy Who Cried Bitch
Director, Juan Jose Campanella. Stars Karen Young, Harley Cross.

Three Sisters in Ten Minutes
Directed by John Sanborn and Mary Perillo. Written by Tom Fontana.

Rescuing Desire
Director, Adam Rogers. Executive Producer Catherine M.

Hallelujah
Directed by Charles Lane. Stars James Earl Jones, Dennis Haysbert, Phyllicia Rashad.

Backroads
Produced by Ezra Swerdlow. Blowback Productions.

King James Version
Directed and produced by Robert Gardner.

Five A.M.
Directed by Nick Tanis. Produced by Nick Tanis Company.

Emma & Elvis 
Directed by Julia Reichert. Producer, Brenda Goodman.

Assassination of a Long Distance Runner
Directed by Miguel Chacour.

NARRATIVE TELEVISION

For The People
Executive Producers: Ian Sander, Kim Moses. Season Pilot & series. LIFETIME.

Profiler
Executive Producers: Ian Sander, Kim Moses. Season Pilot & series, NBC. 20 episodes. Stars Robert Davi, Allie Walker.

New York News
Executive Producers,: Ian Sander, Michelle Ashford and Kim Moses. Directed by Michael Apted. WARNER BROS. CBS. Pilot, title theme, 13 episodes.

Maybe It’s Me 
Executive Producers, Jay Daniel, Suzanne Martin, Jeff Martin. WARNER BROS Series (22 episodes). Stars Fred Willard, Julia Pat Sweeney.

Sixteen 
Produced by Liz Garbus, Rory Kennedy. Co-produced and directed by Alison Ellwood. Oxygen.

ATF 
Directed by Dean Parisot. Sony/Tri-Star. Stars Amy Brenneman.

Chameleon
Directed by Stewart Cooper. Paramount Television.

The Uninvited 
Executive Producer, Thomas Carter. Directed by Eric Laneauville. Stars Beau Bridges, Sharon Lawrence. CBS.

Chasing the Dragon
Executive Producers, Ian Sander and Kim Moses. Directed by Ian Sander. ABC.

The Calvin Mire Story
Directed by Juan Jose Campanella. Produced by The Entertainment Group. Executive Producer, Sheila Nevins. EMMY AWARD WINNER.

Someone She Knows 
Executive Producers, Thomas Carter, Ian Sander. Directed by Eric Laneauville. NBC.

Philly Heat
Executive Producer Tom Fontana .Directed by John Coles. ABC.

Dead Drunk 
Directed by Juan Jose Campanella. Stars Sam Rockwell. Produced by The Entertainment Group. EMMY AWARD WINNER. HBO.

Love Off Limits 
Directed by Steve Guttenberg. Stars John Savage, Anne Meara, Steve Guttenberg. Produced by The Entertainment Group. CBS.

No Visible Bruises
Directed by Juan Jose Campanella. Produced by The Entertainment Group. Sheila Nevins, Exec. Producer. HBO. EMMY AWARD WINNER.

The Becky Bell Story
Directed by Juan Campanella. Produced by The Entertainment Group. Sheila Nevins, Executive Producer. HBO. EMMY AWARD WINNER.

New Year 
Executive Producers, Tom Fontana, John Tinker. Stars Stacey Keach, Jane Alexander. ABC.

Blink of Paradise 
Directed by Karen Young. Stars Martha Plimpton.

The Adventures of Kitty Hoy
Directed and Produced by John Sanborn, Mike Kaplan. Executive producer, Mike Nesmith. Pacific Video Arts.

Pride and Joy
Directed by John Sanborn, Mary Perillo and Bill Davis. Produced by Rebo Studios and NHK, Japan.

Infinite Escher
Directed by John Sanborn, Mary Perillo. Stars Sean Lennon.

DOCUMENTARY FILM & TELEVISION

Let the Canary Sing 
Directed by Alison Ellwood. Producers Trevor Birney, Alison Ellwood, Andrew Tulley, Eimhear O'Neil. Sony Music Entertainment, Fine Point Films.

Pelosi in the House 
Directed and Produced by Alexandra Pelosi. Executive Producers Nancy Abraham, Lisa Heller. HBO.

Crime Scene 
Directed and Produced by Joe Berlinger. Executive Producers Ron Howard, Brian Grazer, Ryan Miller, Joe Berlinger. Imagine Entertainment, Radical Media. NETFLIX SERIES, Season One.

9 to 5 : The Story of a Movement 
Directors, Producers Julia Reichert, Steve Bognar. Peabody Award Nominee.

Desert One 
Directed by Barbara Kopple. Editor, Writer Francisco Bello. Producer. David Cassidy.

Ai Weiwei, Yours Truly 
Director, Cheryl Haines. Co- Director, Editor Gina Leibrecht. Producers, Christy McGill, Cassandra Jabola. Creative Producers, Sharon Wood.

Breslin and Hamill: Deadline Artists
Directors, Steve McCarthy, John Block and Jonathan Alter. Executive Producer, Nancy Abraham. Editors, Geof Bartz, Co Angela Gandini. HBO. Emmy Award.

Women of Troy
Directed by Alison Ellwood. Executive Producer, B. Simmons, P. Nelson, Rick Bernstein. Produced by Gary Cohen. HBO.

Walking Thunder: Ode to the African Elephant
Executive Producers Lori Cheatle, Cyril Christo. and Wendy Blackstone. Directors Marie Wilkinson, Cyril Christo. Producers, Marie Wilkinson, Wendy Blackstone, Cyril Christo. Editors David Aubrey, Nancy Kennedy, Sara Booth. Consultant, Alison Ellwood. Writing Consultant, Sharon Wood.

Locked In: The Victoria Arlen Story
Directed by Alison Ellwood. Produced by Gary Cohen, Alison Ellwood, Nicky Usbay. Edited by Alison Ellwood. ESPN.

Warning: This Drug May Kill You
Executive Producer, Sheila Nevins. Director Perri Peltz, S. Producer Sara Bernstein. Editor Geof Bartz, Co editor Angela Gandini,. Producer Sascha Weiss, Larissa Bills. HBO.

I Am Evidence
Directed by Trish Adlesic, Geeta Ghandbhir. Produced by Mariska Hargitay, Supervising Producer, Nancy Abraham, Executive Producer, Sheila Nevins. HBO. Emmy Award Best Documentary.

Out of My Head
Directed and written by Susanna Styron. Produced by Jacki Ochs and Susanna Styron. Edited by Francisco Bello.

American Jihad
Directed and written by Alison Ellwood. Exec Producer Alex Gibney, Jigsaw Productions, Produced by Sarah Dowland.. Showtime.

Where has the Play Gone?
Directed and Produced by Kirk Simon, Simon + films. Edited by Emily Williams.

The Girl in the River
Directed by Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy, Exec Producer Sheila Nevins, edited by Geof Bartz. Nominated for Emmy for Original Music. Academy Award win.

100 Years of Pulitzer
Directed and Produced by Kirk Simon, Produced by Simon+ Films. Edited by Emily Williams.

Tony Robbins : I am Not Your Guru
Directed and Produced by Joe Berlinger. Radical Media. Prod, Linda Gray, Edit, Cy Christensen.

Mr. Deng Goes to Washington
Directed by Hongxing Fu. Independent Chinese Film Group.

Larry Kramer: In Love and Anger
Executive Producer, Sheila Nevins. Director Jean Carlomusto. Editor, Geof Bartz. Emmy Nominations

Whitey: United States of America vs James J. Bulger 
Directed by Joe Berlinger. CNN, Radical Media. Sundance.

Crisis Hotline: Veterans Press One
Director Ellen Goosenberg Kent. Producers, Dana H. Perry, E. Goosenberg Kent. Executive Producer, Sheila Nevins. Editor, Geof Bartz. Academy Award Best Documentary Feature. Emmy nomination.

America By the Numbers
Director Executive Producer, Maria Hinojosa. Documentary series. Series Producers, Marty Spanninger, Charlotte Mangin.

Dangerous Acts : Starring the Unstable Elements of Belarus.
Directed and produced by Madeleine Sackler. Executive Producer, Andrea Meditch. Emmy Award winner.

No Limits 
Directed by Alison Ellwood. Executive Producer, Jane Rosenthal. Producer Gary Cohen. ESPN.

Cast the First Stone
Directed by Jonathan Stack and Nicolas Cuellar.

Weight of the Nation 
Executive Producer, Sheila Nevins. John Hoffman, Producer. Supervising editor, Paola Heredia. HBO 4-part series. Emmy nomination.

Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory
Directed by Joe Berlinger & Bruce Sinofsky. Produced by Joe Berlinger. Radical Media, HBO. Executive Producer, Sheila Nevins. ACADEMY AWARD Nominee.

Strangers No More
Directors, Producers Karen Goodman, Kirk Simon. Executive Producer. Sheila Nevins. Co-Producer, editor, Nancy Baker. Academy Award Winner.

The Harvest
Directed and Produced by Robin Romano. Shine Global.

Miracles of Science: Alzheimers Project 
Executive Producer., Sheila Nevins, Maria Shriver. Producers, Jon Hoffman, Susanne Froemke. Editor, Paula Heredia. HBO. 2 part special. Emmy winner.

Crude
Produced & directed by Joe Berlinger. Co-producer, Mike Bonfilgio. Radical Media.

Master Class, Seasons 1 and 2 
Director Producers, Karen Goodman, Kirk Simon. Executive Producer, Sheila Nevins. Simon & Goodman Pictures. Twelve episodes. HBO. Emmy win.

To Be Heard
Director, Producers: Ed Martinez, Deborah Shaffer. Roland Le Giardi- Laura, Amy Sultan. DOC NYC audience award.

The Lord is Not on Trial Here Today
Director, J. Rosenstein. Emmy Nomination, Best Score.

Locks Of Love
Director, Producers, Karen Goodman, Kirk Simon. Co-Producer, editor Nancy Baker. Executive Producer, Sheila Nevins. HBO.

ALIVE DAY: Memories From Iraq 
Executive produced by James Gandolfini and Sheila Nevins. Produced and Directed by Ellen Goosenberg, John Alpert. HBO. Emmy nomination.

Secrets of the Code 
Directed by Jonathan Stack. Produced by Donald Zuckerman. Based on the best seller by Dan Bernstein, Dan Brown’s Da Vinci Code.

Ten Days That Shook the World.
Directed by Joe Berlinger. Series producer Sidney Beaumont. Produced by Rachel Dawson, Michael Bonfiglio. Emmy Award.

Snoop Dogg’s Youth Authority
Executive Producer, Jonathan Stack and Snoop Dogg. Directed by Gabriel London.

Human Behavior Experiments
Directed by Alex Gibney. Written by Alex Gibney. Executive Produced by Magnolia Films. Produced by Alex Gibney, Eva Orner and Alison Ellwood. Sundance Channel.

9/12 : Chaos To Community
Directed by Susanna Styron. Produced by Jacki Ochs. Eleventh Hour Films.

Gray Matter
Directed by Joe Berlinger. Produced by Sidney Beaumont, Rachel Dawson, Michael Bonfiglio. Executive Producer, Sheila Nevins. HBO.

Arrow of Time
Directed and Produced by Dana Berry and Eric Chaisson.

Virtual Corpse
Directed by Joe Berlinger. Producer, Sidney Beaumont. Executive Producer, Sheila Nevins. HBO.

The Execution of Wanda Jean
Directed by Liz Garbus. Produced by Rory Kennedy. Executive Producer, Sheila Nevins, HBO.

Army of God
Directed by Marc Levin. Produced by Daphne Pinkerson. Executive Producer, Sheila Nevins. HBO.

900 Women 
Produced by Jonathan Stack. Executive Produced by Gabriel Films.

Into The Volcano
Executive Producer David Royle. NGTV. Produced by David Meyer.

Shadow of a Doubt
Produced by Jonathan Stack, Gabriel Films. Sequel to Academy Award nominated film “The Farm”.

Life Beyond Earth
Written by Timothy Ferris. Co-Produced by Linda Feferman and Timothy Ferris. Two hour special.

No Dreams Deferred
Executive Produced by Camille Cosby. COC productions. Directed and produced by Elisabeth Benjamin.

Switched At Birth
Produced by Rudy Bednar. Turning Point series. ABC.

Desperate Choices
Directed by Susan Froemke, Deborah Dickson. Sheila Nevins, Executive Producer. Produced by HBO, Maysles. EMMY AWARD WINNER.

My Mother’s Murder
Directed by Charles Stuart. Sheila Nevins, Executive Producer. HBO.

Farewell Good Brothers
Directed by Robert Stone. Produced by La Sept.

LA IS IT
Written by John Gregory Dunne. Produced by Kingfish Prods.

Christo in Paris
Directed Susan Froemke, Deborah Dickson. Produced by Albert Maysles.

Words on Fire
Directed by John Sanborn. Produced by John Schott. Special for Alive from Off Center.

Rituals: Three Portraits
Produced by DB Production Group. ABC.

Inside Gorbachev’s USSR
Executive producer, Martin Smith. WGBH Series.

Eyes on the Prize

Executive producer, Henry Hampton. Directors, Jim Debeni, Dave Lacy. Produced by Blackside Inc.

Teatro
Directed and produced by Pam Yates, Ruth Shapiro, and Ed Burke. Produced by Skylight Pictures.

Dance of Hope
Directed and produced by Deborah Shaffer. Grand Jury Nominee, Sundance.

Outrageous Taxi Stories
Directed and produced by Joe Berlinger and Bruce Sinofsky.

Metamorphosis
Directed by Lisa Leeman. Produced by True Stories, Inc., Claudia Hoover.

The Lodz Ghetto

Directed by Kate Taverna, Alan Adelson. Produced by Alan Adelson. Written by Janet Roach. Executive Producer, Steve Samuels. Sundance. Grand Jury nomination.

A Stitch for Time
Directed by Nigel Nobel. Produced by Cyril Christo and Barbara Herbich. ACADEMY AWARD NOMINEE, best feature documentary.

THEATER

Twilight: Los Angeles 1992

Directed and produced by George C. Wolfe. Written and performed by Anna Deavere Smith. Premiered at the Joseph Papp Public Theatre. Debuted on Broadway at the Cort Theatre. Two Tony Award nominations, Drama Critics Circle Award Winner, Obie Award Winner.

HIGHLIGHTS

2020 A Journey through the Museums of Italy; photographs by Massimo Pacifico.

2020 The End Of Polio for UNICEF. Photography by Pulitzer award winning photographer Sabastiao Salgado.

2019 DOC NYC premieres Barbara Kopple’s DESERT ONE.
2018 DOC NYC Panel on Film scoring, BRESLIN HAMMILL PREMIERES on HBO and at DOC NYC. Emmy nomination.
2017 Nominated for Emmy for the original music for Girl In The River.
2017 Premieres Lost In Florence, Produced and scored by Wendy.
2017 Panelist PNYA on Music and Sound.
2016 AMPAS membership.
2016 Love Walked in Finale Orchestral Performance Event in LA celebrating the top women film composers.
2016 Gives presentation of her work in Italian at NSJA culture center, Florence, Italy.
2014 Produces on location, filming of Lost In Florence
2013, Guest Panelist at multiple film festivals, NYWIFT and ASCAP SCL on Art of film scoring.
2013 Whitey Sundance Premiere
2013 Toronto Premiere of Dangerous Acts.
2012 Paradise Lost 3: Purgatory, Sundance
2012, Documentary started, Ms. Blackstone and her work, by Alessandra Chiappetti, photojournalist and documentarian.
2012, Interviewed and published in article for Voice of America on Best Original Score for Oscars, 2012 .
2011 Crude, Sundance
2008-2021 Guest Speaker Pratt Graduate Film Classes on film scoring.
2006, 2007, 2009.2011, 2012 to date. NYWIFT panels on Film Scoring.

2005 Signed to Gorfaine Schwartz Agency, Cheryl Tiano.
2004 JUROR at the TORINO International Film Festival.
1996-2001 Film Music Seminars on Film music at The Netherlands Maritz Binger Institute, Amsterdam.
1996 Recorded score for LOVE WALKED In in PRAGUE. Full orchestra plus sounds.
1992 Featured in the Book “The Cutting Edge of the 90’s”, by TANAKA, MASON AND KASTABI.
1992 Invited to create the Opening Music for UNICEF’s International ECO FEST in Rio, Brazil.
1997 Sundance Film Festival with Juan Jose Campanella and Love Walked In.
1990. Signed to CAA. First female film composer.

PODCAST

Sugarland

Written and directed by Tom Fontana. 8-Part Series for Audible. Coming April 2023