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Two Woman Directors Eligible for Next Year’s Animation Oscar
Among the 19 animated features submitted for the Oscar consideration yesterday, two were directed or co-directed by women. Both Nancy Savard, who helmed the Canadian production The Legend of...
Swedish Cinemas Push Hard for Gender Equity
What is it about Sweden? What’s in the water? On the heels of my recent piece about what the Swedish government is doing to combat the gender disparity in the directing ranks, now comes news that...
Indie Director Ava DuVernay on Dressing for Success
Clothes make the director. That’s the lesson filmmaker Ava DuVernay imparted in her keynote speech at the LA Film Independent Forum last week. In her 45-minute speech, the 2012 winner of the...
Welcome Inkoo Kang to the Women and Hollywood Family
After 18 months, Kerensa Cadenas has moved on to a new position, and I am happy to welcome Inkoo Kang as the news editor for Women and Hollywood. Inkoo comes to Women and Hollywood with lots of...
The Square Directed by Jehane Noujaim Partners with Netflix and Participant Media
In another indication of just how much things are changing in the business, award winning documentarian Jehane Noujaim whose film The Square is now in an Oscar qualifying run has decided to forgo...
My Latest Forbes Piece: The Evolving Conversation About Women Directors
Last week I attended the first conference ever held in Israel to discuss the status of women working in the film and television industries. They had brilliant academics, high level executives in TV,...
Diana — A Dystopian Love Story
People prefer gossip, conspiracy, or drama over truthbecause we’re cynical. The recent release Dianaabout the final years of Diana Spencer, Princess of Wales, is a controversialattempt at...
Final Trailer for Hunger Games Catching Fire
The tracking for this film is huge. Predictions have it opening at $150 million. The first film in the series opened in March and grossed $152 million on its opening weekend. It is the largest...
SNL Addresses the Lack of African American Women Straight On
Over the last couple of weeks there has been an ongoing controversy over the lack of African American women on Saturday Night Live. Honestly, it’s probably something we all should have been...
NYWIFT Announces 33rd Annual Muse Awardees
New York Women in Film and TV has announced the awardees for the 33rd annual Muse Awards. The honorees include: actors Ellen Barkin, Connie Britton, and Robin Wright; Sesame Street actor and writer...
Weekly Update for November 1: Women Centric, Directed and Written Films Playing Near You
Films About Women Opening This Weekend Running from Crazy — Directed by Barbara Kopple (doc) Running from Crazy is a documentary examining the personal journey of model and actress Mariel...
Ellie Kemper to Headline Tina Fey Written Comedy
We’ve been following all news about the multiple television projects that Tina Fey has in the works. And one of those projects just got a straight to series order at NBC along with a star for...
November Film Preview
After an Oscar buzzy October with Sandra Bullock’s turn in Gravity and the tremendous performances of the controversial Blue is the Warmest Color, we move into a more mainstream November. November...
The Big O: Oscar Could be Swayed by Leto’s Feminine Mystique
Ifsomeone said a year ago that Jared Leto is expected to be a likely Oscarnominee for his next film, most people who recognize his name would have saidone of three things: Youmean that cute guy...