Interviews, Women Directors, Women Writers
Anna Rose Holmer was listed as one of Filmmaker Magazine’s “25 New Faces of Independent Film 2015.” She recently produced Jody Lee Lipes’ “Ballet 422” and Mike Plunkett’s “Salero.”...
News
Consider Iranian actress Taraneh Alidoosti our hero of the week. At a press conference on Monday for the movie “The Salesman,” photographers captured what appears to be a tattoo of the “woman...
Festivals, Interviews, Women Directors
Eve Marson is a Harvard graduate, born and raised in New York City. She was the lead producer on the feature documentary “Fed Up,” an exposé of the food industry with journalist Katie Couric...
Features, News
Amber Heard: GabboT/Creative Commons Hey, tabloids, I get it. It probably seems almost irresistible when a rising starlet and her superstar husband break up. You probably pray daily to the divorce...
Interviews, News
You’d have to have been living under a rock for the past year to not know about the whole Effie Brown, Matt Damon, “Project Greenlight,” “Did he really say that? Oh god he did,” debacle....
Awards, News
Don’t be surprised to hear Rachel Weisz’s name mentioned when speculation about the 2017 Oscar nominees heats up. “Denial,” the British actress’s upcoming courtroom drama, has been given...
Films, Interviews, Women Directors
Alicia Slimmer has worked on many independent films as an actor, assistant director, set dresser, and producer. “Creedmoria” is her debut feature film. It took home the juried prize of Best...
Tracy Wares has made documentaries on five continents. She’s worked on projects such as “Bomb It,” “Gay Republicans,” and “Smokin’ Fish.” Wares’ work has aired on ABC, PBS,...
News, Television
Netflix has announced that Mary Poppins herself Julie Andrews will star in “Julie’s Greenroom,” a new preschool show with puppets from The Jim Henson Company that will feature “an all-new...
It’s bad enough when women aren’t even considered for roles that typically go to men, but when a film like “Sicario,” which was notable for having a female lead in an action-thriller, omits...
Alexi Pappas completed her thesis in poetry at Dartmouth College where she graduated magna cum laude before running off to compete in the 2012 Olympic Track & Field Trials. Alexi then joined the...
Women and Hollywood is looking for two interns for the remainder of 2016. The positions will begin on July 1 and end on December 31. Applicants must be willing to commit to six months for 15 hours...
Comedy, Films, News
Carol Danvers/Captain Marvel: Marvel.com Rumor has it we’re getting another Oscar-winning superhero. As Variety reports, Brie Larson, who won Best Actress this year for her performance in...
Interviews, News, Women Directors
Heidi Saman was named one of Filmmaker Magazine’s 25 New Faces to Watch in 2014. Her short film, “The Maid (Il Shaghala),” premiered as an official selection of the Cannes Film Festival in...
Interviews, News, Women Writers
Author Jojo Moyes penned the screenplay for the upcoming film “Me Before You,” which opens June 3, a love story about two very different characters who should have never met, but do due to very...
Festivals, Interviews, News
Amber Tamblyn is a writer, director, and actress from Los Angeles. She has received an Emmy, Golden Globe, and Independent Spirit Award nomination for her work in television and film. Her acting...
Features, News, Television
“UnREAL”: Lifetime The new season of Lifetime’s caustic reality-TV satire “UnREAL” (premiering June 6 at 10 p.m.) kicks everything — and everyone — up a notch. Rachel (Shiri...
Features, Films, Women Directors
“The Fits” by Eboni Boykin and Diana Martinez The women-centric, directed, and written films hitting theaters this month will make you laugh, cry, and cringe. There is plenty to choose from,...
Festivals, News
The 2017 Athena Film Festival, co-founded by Women and Hollywood’s Melissa Silverstein, and Kathryn Kolbert of the Athena Center for Leadership Studies at Barnard College, is now accepting...
Chanya Button made her start in the industry at an early age, working as an Assistant Director on the “Harry Potter” feature-film franchise. Button has since worked extensively across both the...
News, Women Directors
Well this would be a first. According to The Guardian, “The Night Manager” director Susanne Bier is on a shortlist of directors being eyed for the next James Bond film. The Guardian nabbed the...
“Orange is the New Black” creator and showrunner Jenji Kohan is on board for a fun new series for Netflix. The streaming network has green lit “G.L.O.W.” Variety has reported. Kohan will...
Maria Govan is a self-taught filmmaker from the island of New Providence in the Bahamas. After working on sets in Hollywood, she returned home and began making small guerilla-style local...
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