Trish Adlesic Explained

Trish Adlesic
Birth Name:Patricia Adlesic
Birth Place:Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Education:Hunter College
Years Active:1990–present

Patricia "Trish" Adlesic[1] is an American documentary film director and producer. She has been nominated for two Academy Awards.

Early life

Adlesic was born in Pittsburgh, the youngest of six children of Mary and Joseph Adlesic;[2] [3] her mother was a nurse and her father worked in education.[4] She is of Irish and Slovenian descent.[5] She graduated from Shaler Area High School and attended Hunter College, majoring in communications and psychology with a minor in music theory.[6]

Career

She worked as a location manager on , where she met actress Mariska Hargitay. When Hargitay wanted to make a documentary about the American rape kit backlog, she asked Adlesic to co-direct. The documentary, titled I Am Evidence, was released in 2017.[7] The following year, Adlesic had been visiting her father in Pittsburgh when the Pittsburgh synagogue shooting occurred.[8] After the shooting, she moved back to Pittsburgh and spent the next three years directing and co-producing .[9] In 2025, she collaborated once again with Mariska Hargitay, producing Hargitay's feature directorial debut film My Mom Jayne, which premiered at the 78th Cannes Film Festival.[10] [11]

Filmography

As director and producer

YearTitleDirectorProducerNotes
2010Gasland[12]
2013Gasland Part II
2017I Am Evidence[13]
2022[14]
Pay or Die[15]
2023The ABCs of Book BanningShort film[16]
2025My Mom Jayne[17]
Nuns vs. The Vatican

Other credits

Film

YearTitleNotes
1993Household SaintsPost-production supervisor[18]
1995The Basketball DiariesAssistant location manager
1996Night Falls on ManhattanAssistant location manager[19]
1997Gold in the StreetsLocation manager
As Good as It GetsAssistant location manager
1998Black DogLocation manager
My Husband's Secret LifeLocation manager
Meet Joe BlackAssistant location manager[20]
1999The InsiderLocation manager
2000Finding ForresterLocation manager
Looking for an EchoProduction supervisor
2002In AmericaProduction supervisor
2005Get Rich or Die Tryin'Production supervisor
2007Dinosaurs Alive!Unit production manager

Television

YearTitleNotes
1990–1993Law & OrderLocation coordinator
1994–1995The Cosby MysteriesLocation manager
1999–2014Location manager

Awards and nominations

AwardYearCategoryNominated workResult
Academy Awards2011Best Documentary Feature FilmGasland[21]
2024Best Documentary Short FilmThe ABCs of Book Banning[22]
Cinema Eye Honors2019Outstanding Achievement in a Nonfiction Film for BroadcastI Am Evidence[23]
Cleveland International Film Festival2018ReelWomenDirect Award for Excellence in Directing by a Woman
Local Heroes Competition
Hamptons International Film Festival2017Victor Rabinowitz and Joanne Grant Award for Social Justice[24]
News and Documentary Emmy Awards2014Outstanding Individual Achievement in a Craft: ResearchGasland Part II
2019Best DocumentaryI Am Evidence
Outstanding Investigative Documentary
Primetime Emmy Awards2011Exceptional Merit in Documentary FilmmakingGasland[25]
Producers Guild of America Awards2026Outstanding Producer of Documentary Theatrical Motion PicturesMy Mom Jayne[26]
Provincetown International Film Festival2017Audience Award for Best DocumentaryI Am Evidence[27]
Traverse City Film Festival2017Best Documentary Film
Windsor International Film Festival2017Women of WIFF

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Patricia Adlesic . . 19 May 2025.
  2. Web site: White . Dana . This Local Oscar-Nominated Filmmaker Works as a Force for Good . . 18 May 2025 . 13 November 2018.
  3. News: Vancheri . Barbara . Pittsburgh native up for doc Oscar . subscription . 18 May 2025 . . 84 . 181 . 28 January 2011 . E-5 . Newspapers.com.
  4. Web site: Ruiz . Tony . Trish Adlesic ('The ABCs of Book Banning'): Oscar-nominated doc reveals 'the underbelly of suppression and hate' [Exclusive Video Interview] ]. . 19 May 2025 . 12 February 2024.
  5. Web site: Trish Adlesic . Irish America . 18 May 2025.
  6. Web site: Owen . Rob . TV Talk: Shaler grad directs 'A Tree of Life' documentary for HBO . . 19 May 2025 . 24 October 2022.
  7. Web site: Bentley . Jean . Mariska Hargitay and 'I Am Evidence' Want to Eliminate the Rape Kit Backlog . . 18 May 2025 . 29 November 2017.
  8. Web site: Bahr . Lindsey . Tree of Life shooting survivors' stories told in documentary . . 19 May 2025 . 19 November 2022.
  9. Web site: O'Driscoll . Bill . New documentary digs deeper into the lives, legacies of Tree of Life shooting survivors, families . . 18 May 2025 . 24 October 2022.
  10. Web site: Porter . Rick . Mariska Hargitay Directing HBO Documentary About Her Mother, Jayne Mansfield . . 19 May 2025 . 8 April 2025.
  11. Web site: Lang . Brent . Mariska Hargitay Tears Up at Cannes Premiere of 'My Mom Jayne,' Shares Bombshell Secret About Real Biological Father . . 19 May 2025 . 17 May 2025.
  12. Web site: Bennett . Megan . Newsmakers: Trish Adlesic and Nazenet Habtezghi . . 18 May 2025 . 20 February 2024.
  13. Web site: Goldberg . Lesley . Mariska Hargitay to Produce Documentary on Rape Kit Backlog (Exclusive) . . 18 May 2025 . 10 March 2014.
  14. Web site: Tangcay . Jazz . Zee . Michaela . Panaligan . EJ . Reul . Katie . 'A Tree of Life: The Pittsburgh Synagogue Shooting' Sees Timely Trailer Release Amid Continued Anti-Semitism in Media – Film News in Brief . . 18 May 2025 . 12 October 2022.
  15. Web site: Carey . Matthew . SXSW First Look: Sky High Cost Of Insulin Threatens Lives In Competition Documentary 'Pay Or Die' . . 18 May 2025 . 9 March 2023.
  16. Web site: Galuppo . Mia . 'The ABCs of Book Banning' Depicts the Fiery Subject From a Child's "Insightful" Eye . . 19 May 2025 . 17 February 2024.
  17. Web site: Rice . Lynette . Mariska Hargitay-Helmed Doc 'My Mom Jayne' To Air On HBO This June . . 18 May 2025 . 8 April 2025.
  18. Web site: Household Saints Press Kit . . 19 May 2025 . pdf.
  19. News: Jackson . Vincent . 'Looking for an Echo' wraps up at Taj Mahal . subscription . 19 May 2025 . . XCVIII . 126 . 6 May 1998 . B8 . Newspapers.com.
  20. News: Rohde . David . Film Crews Are Generating The Magic and the Backlash . subscription . . 13-7 . 18 May 2025 . 6 July 1997.
  21. Web site: Finke . Nikki . 83rd Annual Academy Award Nominations: 'King's Speech' Leads With 12; 'True Grit' 10, 'Social Network' And 'Inception' 8 (But Nolan Blanked Again For Best Director) . . 19 May 2025 . 25 January 2011.
  22. Web site: Davis . Clayton . Final Oscar Predictions: Documentary Short – 'ABCs of Book Banning' Tackles Florida's Assault on LGBTQ and Racial Stories, and It Just Might Win . . 18 May 2025 . 5 March 2024.
  23. Web site: Kilday . Gregg . 'Hale County This Morning, This Evening' Earns Top Prize at Cinema Eye Honors . . 19 May 2025 . 11 January 2019.
  24. Web site: Nobil . Taryn . Hamptons International Film Festival Announces 2017 Audience Award Winners . . 19 May 2025 . 11 October 2017.
  25. Web site: Finke . Nikki . 63rd Primetime Emmy Nominations . . 19 May 2025 . 14 July 2011.
  26. Web site: Ford . Rebecca . 'One Battle After Another' Wins Again As Paramount-WB News Ripples Through Producers Guild Awards . . 1 March 2026 . 1 March 2026.
  27. Web site: Rooney . David . 'Little Pink House,' 'I Am Evidence' Win Provincetown Festival Audience Awards . . 19 May 2025 . 18 June 2017.

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