FOXFIRE, based on the novel by Joyce Carol Oats, follows a drifter (Angelina Jolie) and four high school girls (Hedy Burress, Jenny Shimizu, Jenny Lewis, Sarah Rosenberg) on a rebellious rampage against the system over a popular teacher and coach assaulting girls at their school.
When teen runaway, Legs (Angelina Jolie), gets four high school girls to think for themselves, they beat up a teacher, get expelled from high school, hunker down in an abandoned house and give themselves tattoos. Things go off the rails when Legs crashes the car of the school jokey (Dash Mihok), Goldie (Jenny Shimizu) OD's, Legs kidnaps her father (Chris Mulkey) and Rita (Jenny Lewis) accidentally shoots him, forcing Maddy (Hedy Burress in her first film) to stand up to Legs. Great supporting cast includes Peter Facinelli in his debut film role as Maddy's boyfriend and Cathy Moriarty as Maddy's mother. SOUNDTRACK includes Mazzy Star, The Cramps, Luscious Jackson, Patti Smith, Wild Strawberries, L7. Adapted from the novel, "Foxfire: Confessions of a Girl Gang", by Joyce Carol Oates.
Annette is a passionate, visual storyteller with a strong creative voice. Her short, THE FOOT SHOOTING PARTY (Leonardo DiCaprio / Jeffrey Katzenberg, Touchstone) launched her directing career. Her latest film (2023), DAUGHTER OF THE BRIDE (Marcia Gay Harden, Aiden Quinn / MarVista) opened theatrically before an NBC FOX Broadcast exclusive. She’s credited with discovering Angelina Jolie on her feature film debut, FOXFIRE. Spielberg hired her for her first TV episode, SEAQUEST (Amblin, NBC). All of Annette's films have maintained continuous distribution and are currently available on PRIME VIDEO.
A student of legendary acting coach, Joan Darling, Annette has a remarkable track record for casting A-list actors and, with an early career in camera, delivering cinematically beautiful films. In addition to directing four movies, two network TV episodes and a 30-min short, she shadowed directors on The Rookie (Tara Miele) and Homeland (Alex Graves, Lesli Glatter). She's a produced screenwriter and script doctor. Her career began with script supervising over 24 movies for A-list directors (Bruce Beresford, Hector Babenco, Gary Sinese) and producers (Joel Silver, Richard Zanuck, Saul Zaentz). She was selected for the inaugural group of the DGA Women's Steering Committee SQUAD. And recently she mentored a first-time director on a short film that was selected for the 2026 American Pavilion Emerging Filmmaker Showcase at Cannes.
Member of DGA and WGA since 1994, former member of IATSE, Annette is represented by attorney Jackie Eckhouse at Sloss, Eckhouse, Dasti, Haynes LawCo in New York.
Original release in numerous theaters across the country, 1996
The New Beverly (35mm film screening), Los Angeles, 2024
Nighthawk Cinema (35mm film screening), Brooklyn, NY, 2023
AFS Cinema (35mm film screening), Austin, TX, 2025
Vidiots, Los Angeles, 2025
Actor - Angelinia Jolie
Producer - Paige Simpson
Director of Photography - Thomas Newton Siegel
Production Designer - John Myhre
Casting Director - Mali Fin
