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Tribeca 2018 Women Directors: Meet Susanna Nicchiarelli — “Nico, 1988”
Susanna Nicchiarelli has written and directed many short films, documentaries, and two features: “Cosmonaut,” winner of the Controcampo award at the Venice Film Festival, and “Discovery at...
UK Labour Party Pushes for Inclusion Riders on Films and TV Claiming Tax Relief
The focus on inclusion riders — that is, contract clauses that ensure projects have diverse casts and crews — has made its way across the pond. Deadline reports that the Labour Party,...
Tribeca 2018 Women Directors: Meet Susanna White — “Woman Walks Ahead”
Susanna White is a BAFTA award winning director who began her career making documentaries such as “Tell Me the Truth About Love.” She made her feature narrative debut with “Nanny McPhee...
Tribeca 2018 Women Directors: Meet Madeleine Sackler— “It’s a Hard Truth Ain’t It”
Madeleine Sackler is an Emmy-winning director and producer whose credits include “The Lottery,” “Dangerous Acts Starring the Unstable Elements of Belarus,” and a second upcoming Tribeca...
Tribeca 2018 Women Directors: Meet Kate Davis — “Say Her Name: The Life and Death of Sandra Bland”
Kate Davis is an Emmy and Peabody-award winning filmmaker whose film “Southern Comfort” won the Grand Jury Prize at Sundance and First Prize at Hot Docs. Her other credits include “The...
Tribeca 2018 Women Directors: Meet Melissa Miller Costanzo — “All These Small Moments”
Filmmaker Melissa Miller Costanzo’s films have been featured in IFP Film Week and the American Black Film Festival. She previously directed the short film “The Busker,” produced projects such...
Tribeca 2018 Women Directors: Meet Melissa Haizlip— “Mr. SOUL!”
Melissa Haizlip is an award-winning filmmaker whose credits include the short film “You’re Dead to Me,” which she produced, and her directorial feature-length debut, “Mr. SOUL!” The latter...
Tribeca 2018 Women Directors: Meet Mitzi Peirone — “Braid”
A model, actress, and director, Mitzi Peirone’s directorial debut premiered at Art Basel in 2015. Her directing credits include the short films “Chaosmos” and “Vesperlings.” “Braid” is...
Hannah Fidell’s “The Long Dumb Road’ Acquired by Universal Pics Group
Hannah Fidell’s latest film has found a home. Universal Pictures Home Entertainment Content Group snagged the North American rights to “The Long Dumb Road,” Deadline reports. The road trip...
Abi Morgan Planning a Cleopatra TV series with All-Female Writing Team
Two-time Emmy winner Abi Morgan is taking on another iconic historical figure. The scribe behind Margaret Thatcher biopic “The Iron Lady” is in early development on a series about Cleopatra,...
Tribeca 2018 Women Directors: Meet Emma Forrest — “Untogether”
Emma Forrest is a columnist, novelist, screenwriter, and director. Her novels include “Namedropper,” “Thin Skin,” and “Cherries in the Snow,” and she penned the acclaimed memoir “Your...
Sharon Horgan’s “Motherland” Comedy Series Coming to the U.S.
”Motherland” is already two seasons into its run on BBC in the UK, but it won’t be long before Sharon Horgan’s BAFTA-nominated series is available for U.S. viewers. Deadline reports that the...
Romola Garai to Make Feature Directorial Debut with “Outside”
Romola Garai is stepping behind the camera again. Best known for her roles in period dramas such as “Suffragette,” “The Hour,” and “Emma,” the actress is set to make her feature...
Mary Shelley Named Protagonist of “Genius” Season 3
Albert Einstein and Pablo Picasso will be succeeded by legendary writer Mary Shelley on National Geographic’s “Genius.” Deadline confirms that the “Frankenstein” author has been named the...
Tribeca 2018 Women Directors: Meet Marilyn Ness — “Charm City”
Marilyn Ness is a two-time Emmy, Peabody, and DuPont winning filmmaker who has produced and directed documentary film and television for over 15 years. A member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts...
Sundance Film Fest: London 2018’s Feature Lineup Is 58 Percent Women-Directed
Some of the biggest hits out of Park City are heading to the UK. The program for Sundance Film Festival: London 2018 has been announced, and those who didn’t make it out to Utah in January will be...
NYC Mayor’s Office Reveals Details of $5M Fund for Women in Film and Theater
The New York City Mayor’s Office and the Mayor’s Office of Media and Entertainment (MOME) have disclosed the details for their $5 million MOME Women’s Fund, a grant program for filmmakers,...
Cannes Adds Titles to Competition, Ratio of Women Directors Worsens
The 2018 Cannes Film Festival bungled its chance to make its Competition lineup a bit more women-friendly. Per Variety, the fest added three titles to the program, none of which are from female...
Gillian Flynn Lands Series Order at Amazon and Signs Overall Deal
“Gone Girl” screenwriter and author Gillian Flynn has another TV series on the way. Already an exec producer and writer on “Sharp Objects,” an HBO miniseries set to debut in 2018, the...
Tribeca 2018 Women Directors: Meet Cynthia Lowen — “Netizens”
Cynthia Lowen is an Emmy-nominated filmmaker and award-winning writer. She is the producer and writer of “Bully,” a 2011 feature documentary following five kids and families through “a year in...
Gabrielle Union Signs First Look Deal with Sony Pictures TV
Gabrielle Union is well on her way to becoming a mogul. According to Deadline, the “Being Mary Jane” star and producer has inked a first look deal with Sony Pictures TV. The two-year agreement...
Tribeca 2018 Women Directors: Meet Meredith Danluck — “State Like Sleep”
Meredith Danluck has exhibited at the Liverpool Biennial, Reina Sofia Museum, MoMA, PS1 Museum, and Venice Biennale. Her short films, feature documentaries, and experimental films have screened at a...
“Crazy Ex-Girlfriend’s” Aline Brosh McKenna and Sono Patel Have a New Show in the Works
“Crazy Ex-Girlfriend” co-creator and showrunner Aline Brosh McKenna has yet another TV project in the works. Deadline revealed that Pop TV has ordered a pilot from Brosh McKenna and “Crazy...
Angela Bassett and Patricia Arquette in Talks to Star in Cindy Chupack’s “Otherhood”
Angela Bassett and Patricia Arquette may be joining forces for Cindy Chupack’s feature directorial debut. The duo are in talks to topline “Otherhood,” a Netflix feature comedy about three...
Tribeca 2018 Women Directors: Meet Karen Gillan — “The Party’s Just Beginning”
Karen Gillan is a Scottish filmmaker and actress. Her directing credits include shorts “Coward,” which screened at Edinburgh Film Festival, and “Conventional.” “Jumanji: Welcome to the...
Nicole Kidman to Star in Adaptation of Meg Wolitzer’s “The Female Persuasion”
Another Meg Wolitzer adaptation is on the way, and this one is headed by Nicole Kidman. Entertainment Weekly reports that the Oscar winner’s production company, Blossom Films, is joining forces...
Cate Blanchett-Led Cannes Jury Adds Kristen Stewart, Ava DuVernay, and More
Cannes’ Competition lineup remains sorely lacking in women-directed films, but the Jury ruling over the fest’s most high-profile program is decidedly more inclusive. As previously announced,...
Victoria Mahoney Makes History as Second Unit Director on Next “Star Wars” Film
The “Star Wars” franchise is finally getting a bit more diverse behind the scenes. Deadline confirms that “Yelling to the Sky” director Victoria Mahoney will be the second unit director on...
Reese Witherspoon, Issa Rae, and Niki Caro Among This Year’s Gracie Award Winners
The Alliance for Women in Media Foundation (AWMF) has announced the winners of the 43rd annual Gracie Awards. Set to take place May 22 in Los Angeles, the event celebrates programming created by,...
Trailer Watch: NYT Contends with Trust and Trump in Liz Garbus’ “The Fourth Estate”
Since Donald Trump’s election in November 2016, much of the country has been feeling tense. This sense of dread is front and center in a new trailer for Liz Garbus’ Showtime docuseries “The...
Tribeca 2018 Women Directors: Meet Madeleine Sackler — “O.G.”
Madeleine Sackler is an Emmy-winning director and producer. Her films include 2010’s “The Lottery” and 2013’s “Dangerous Acts Starring the Unstable Elements of Belarus.” “O.G.” will...
Cannes 2018: Directors’ Fortnight Feature Lineup Falls to 25% Women-Directed
Cannes has announced its 2018 Directors’ Fortnight schedule and, unfortunately, the numbers have dipped quite a bit from last year. Five of the 20 features selected to screen in the...
Cathy Yan Eyed to Direct Margot Robbie Harley Quinn Movie
Cathy Yan is poised to make history. Deadline reports that the “Dead Pigs” director has been tapped to direct Warner Bro. and DC Entertainment’s upcoming Harley Quinn pic. Still untitled, the...
NYT and New Yorker Win Public Service Pulitzer for Reporting on Weinstein, Sexual Harassment
The 2018 Pulitzer Prizes were awarded yesterday and the journalists on the front lines of the Harvey Weinstein and sexual harassment stories took home the Public Service honor. The New York Times’...
Bruna Papandrea to Exec Produce Series Based on Allison Pearson’s “How Hard Can It Be?”
Bruna Papandrea has scored the rights to another buzzy novel with plans to bring it to the small screen. The “Big Little Lies” executive producer’s Made Up Stories optioned the rights to...
“On My Block” Renewed for Season 2
Netflix has given “On My Block” a sophomore season. Variety reports that the half-hour comedy co-created by Lauren Iungerich (“Awkward”) has been renewed. The series, which bowed in March,...
Tribeca 2018 Women Directors: Meet Laura Bispuri — “Daughter of Mine”
Laura Bispuri’s short film “Passing Time” was selected as one of the best international shorts by France’s Académie des César, and her next short, “Biondina,” was awarded Italy’s...
Tribeca 2018 Women Directors: Meet Ioana Uricaru — “Lemonade”
Ioana Uricaru was born and raised in Romania, where she studied biology before turning to filmmaking. She is an Alumna of Berlinale Talents, the Cannes Cinefondation Residence Programme, the...
Emma Thompson Co-Writing and Directing “Nanny McPhee” Stage Musical
Emma Thompson is stepping into the director’s chair. The Hollywood Reporter has confirmed that the Oscar winner will helm and co-write a stage musical adaptation of 2005’s “Nanny McPhee.”...
Cannes 2018: Critics’ Week Main Competition Is 57% Women-Directed
Cannes’ 2018 Critics’ Week lineup has been announced. Dedicated to directors’ first and second films, this year’s sidebar is much more female-friendly than the fest’s recently announced...
SAG-AFTRA Calls for Ban on Auditions In Hotel Rooms And Residences
SAG-AFTRA has announced the first expansion of the Code of Conduct it unveiled in February. Deadline reports that the union has called for a ban on auditions in hotel rooms and residences, locations...
Phoebe Waller-Bridge and Vicky Jones’ “Run” Gets Pilot Order from HBO
“Fleabag” creator and star Phoebe Waller-Bridge has yet another series in the works. Her newest show, BBC America’s “Killing Eve,” just received a second season pickup before a single...
“Broad City” to End With Season 5, Ilana Glazer and Abbi Jacobson Sign First-Look Deal with Viacom
Ilana and Abbi’s New York City adventures are coming to a close. “Broad City’s” previously announced fifth season on Comedy Central will be its last, The Hollywood Reporter confirms. It’s...
Jessica Jones Renewed for a Third Season
We haven’t seen the last of Jessica Jones. The sardonic heroine will be returning for a third run on Netflix. The streaming giant announced the news one month after “Jessica Jones’” second...
New Hotline Offers Help to Those Working in UK Film and TV
If you or someone you know works in UK film and television and is struggling, the Film & Television Charity is here to help. A press release has announced the launch of the Film & TV Support...
Trailer Watch: Sandra Bullock Plans a Heist at the Met Gala in “Ocean’s 8”
Sandra Bullock is an ex-con eyeing an epic comeback in “Ocean’s 8.” The Oscar winner plays Debbie Ocean, a woman who celebrates her release from prison by plotting a hugely ambitious heist. A...
Women in Animation Launches and Signs “ASAP” Anti-Harassment Pledge
Women in Animation (WIA) has followed through on president Margaret Dean’s promise to create and sign a pledge against sexual harassment in the animation industry. According to a press release,...
Apply Now: Firelight Media Documentary Lab Supporting Underrepresented Communities
A fellowship supporting filmmakers from racially and ethically underrepresented communities has announced a national open call for submissions. Firelight Media’s 18-month Documentary Lab program...
Isabel Coixet’s “The Bookshop” Acquired by Greenwich Entertainment, Emily Mortimer Stars
“The Bookshop” is making its way to the United States. Isabel Coixet’s award-winning drama has been acquired by Greenwich Entertainment, Deadline confirms. The Emily Mortimer-starrer screened...
Trailer Watch: Dawn Porter Documents RFK’s Life and Death in “Bobby Kennedy for President”
“What I think is quite clear is, there is division, there’s violence, and disenchantment with our society,” Robert Kennedy asserts, via archival footage, in the trailer for “Bobby Kennedy...
Cannes 2018: 25% of Shorts and 47% of Cinéfondation Films Directed by Women
Cannes Film Festival has unveiled its Short Film and Cinéfondation lineups for 2018. While the Cinéfondation selections are 47 percent women-directed — a slight increase from last year’s...