Women Executives
Shelby Stone to Run Common’s Production Company Freedom Road
Freedom Road Productions, the company run by rapper-musician Common and his manager and partner Derek Dudley, have hired Shelby Stone as President of Production, Deadline has reported. Stone is the...
Maria Grasso Named President of “UnReal” Co-Creator Marti Noxon’s Production Banner Tiny Pyro
Maria Grasso has been named President of Tiny Pyro, “UnReal” co-creator Marti Noxon’s production banner, Deadline has reported. Grasso is a veteran TV producer who has developed and overseen...
Stacey Snider to Replace Jim Gianopulos As Head of Fox
There’s a lot of movement going on at Fox, where Chief Executive Jim Gianopulos will step down from his post next year, replaced by Stacey Snider, who was brought on less than two years ago as...
Gabrielle Carteris Elected President of SAG-AFTRA, Union’s Top 3 Officers Now All Female
Andrea Zuckerman may not have been the most popular person at West Beverly Hills High School, but the “Beverly Hills, 90210” actress who played her, Gabrielle Carteris, just landed a big...
Lake Bell To Write, Direct, Produce and Star in ‘What’s the Point?’
In a world… where female filmmakers can thrive, Lake Bell will emerge victorious. Bell will write, direct, produce and star in “What’s the Point? (And Other Fair Questions About Marriage).”...
Women Dominate Inaugural Industry Academy International
The Film Society of Lincoln Center and the Locarno International Film Festival have announced the participants the inaugural Industry Academy International U.S. and the group includes eight women out...
Shonda Rhimes Explains Her Year of Yes in Inspirational TED Talk
Before writer and showrunner extraordinaire Shonda Rhimes decided to spend a year saying yes to everything, public speaking was not her bag. Luckily for us, her “year of yes” — which became...
New ABC Chief Channing Dungey Becomes First African-American Broadcast Network Head
Channing Dungey made history yesterday by becoming the first African-Amerian head of a major broadcast network. Dungey will take over managing ABC from diversity champion Paul Lee. She was...
Which Studios Have the Most Women in Decision-Making Roles?
In the midst of ongoing pressure on the film industry to embrace gender and racial inclusion, particularly at the studio level, The Hollywood Reporter has published a “diversity scorecard” for...
The Sony Hack, Amy Pascal, and Gender and Power in Hollywood
It hasn’t been a good couple of weeks for Amy Pascal and the folks at Sony. I would even venture to say that these last couple of weeks have been the shittiest of Ms. Pascal’s 30-year career in...
Stacey Snider to Be Named Co-Chair of 20th Century Fox
Another female executive is about to join the uppermost echelons of the film industry. Sources have confirmed that Stacey Snider will be named the co-chair of 20th Century Fox. That will make her...
Terry Press Takes Over As Sole Head of CBS Films
Terry Press became the latest (sole) female head of a studio after a shake-up at CBS FIlms led to the ousting of her co-president Wolfgang Hammer. Press and Hammer were both hired in April 2012....
Anne Morrison Appointed BAFTA Head
Former BBC exec Anne Morrison will become the second-ever female chief of the British Academy of Film and Television Arts. Morrison, who began her career as a TV producer and director, will occupy...
Anne Sweeney: Leaning in by Leaning Out
Yesterday, Anne Sweeney — the Co-Chair of Disney Media Networks, President of Disney/ABC Television Group, Bob Iger’s Number Two, and the most powerful woman in Hollywood according to The...
Kathleen Kennedy Moves to Disney
Back in June we reported that Kathleen Kennedy had been named co-chair of LucasFilms. Word came last week that LucasFilm has now been bought by Disney for over $4 billion dollars, and Kennedy will...
What Do the New Changes at Sony Mean for Amy Pascal?
Yesterday, the news broke that Michael Lynton who is now co-chairman of Sony Pictures Entertainment along with Amy Pascal will be promoted to running all of Sony’s entertainment operations in the...
A Studio Run By Women
Elizabeth Gabler just renewed her contract as the President of Fox 2000. This is the studio which is under the main Fox studio focuses on films targeted at the female audience. Its nickname is...
The End of An Era: Judy McGrath Exits as MTV CEO
Judy McGrath has been with MTV practically since its inception, and yesterday, after 30 years she abruptly resigned as the chairwoman and chief executive of MTV Networks. I can’t remember a time...
Debbie Liebling Pushed Out at Universal After Fast Five Opens at $86 Million
Timing is everything. This Monday, Universal’s President of Production, Debbie Liebling, lost her job the day after Universal’s Fast Five had the biggest opening of the year. She was on the job...
San Francisco International Film Festival: The Women
The San Francisco International Film Festival takes place April 21 — May 5. There are a bunch of women directed films on the docket. They are listed below. Ticket are on sale now here. Producer...