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 storyteller with a strong creative voice and is a true visual storyteller. Her short, The Foot Shooting Party (Leonardo DiCaprio, Katzenberg/Touchstone) launched her directing career. Her 2023 feature, Daughter of the Bride (Marcia Gay Harden, MarVista) opened theatrically before a FOX Broadcast release. She’s credited with discovering Angelina Jolie on her feature debut, Foxfire. Spielberg hired her for her first TV episode, SeaQuest.
Annette has a remarkable track record for casting A-list actors (Julie Harris, Ron Silver, Chiwetel Ejiofor, Sam Shepard), and -- with an early career in camera -- delivering beautifully crafted shows. She’s directed 4 movies, 2 TV episodes, a 30-min short and shadowed directors on The Rookie (Tara Miele) and Homeland (Alex Graves, Lesli Glatter). She's a produced screenwriter and script doctor, student of acting coach, Joan Darling, script supervisor on over 24 movies (A-list directors and producers), and was selected as a participant in the inaugural group of the DGA Womens Steering Committee's SQUAD. She loves teaching, recently mentoring a first-time director on a short film selected for Cannes’ 2026 American Pavilion Emerging Filmmaker Showcase, and teaching directing part-time at Cal State Long Beach.
Annette is the writer-director-producer on a transgender family film starring trans-actor Hari Nef, "Best Picture" Oscar winner Bruce Cohen consulting producer, and is writing a book slated for 2027 publication. Member of DGA and WGA since 1994. Former member of IATSE. 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
