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Sarah Schenck on Exploring How to Harness the Power of Our Microbes in “The Invisible Extinction”
Sarah Schenck is a writer, director, and producer who is deeply passionate about using filmmaking to advance public health goals for diverse audiences. She makes shorts for nonprofit organizations...
Athena Film Fest Announces 2022 Recipient of the Alfred P. Sloan Athena List Development Grant
The Athena Film Festival at Barnard College (AFF) has announced Jennifer Vanderbes as the third winner of the annual Alfred P. Sloan Athena List Development Grant for her Athena List-winning script...
Doc from Saelyx Finna, Mia Imani, & Laurie Polisky Wins Gamechanger-Sandbox Accelerator Award
Director-producers Saelyx Finna, Mia Imani, and Laurie Polisky will make a documentary about dream technology and surveillance with the backing of Gamechanger Films and Sandbox Films. According to a...
Pick of the Day: “Fire of Love”
A love letter to intrepid scientists and their shared passion, “Fire of Love” burns bright. When Katia and Maurice Krafft died in a volcano eruption, the French couple left behind...
Trailer Watch: “Ada Twist, Scientist” Promises Fun Science Shenanigans for Curious Kids
New kids on the block, Ada Twist and friends, are set to make their way to children’s screens this fall. A new trailer has just dropped for “Ava Twist, Scientist,” Netflix’s...
Limited Series About Nobel-Winning Scientist Jennifer Doudna in the Works
Jennifer Doudna and her breakthroughs in gene editing could be coming to the small screen. Mark Gordon Pictures has optioned the rights to Walter Isaacson’s bestseller “The Code Breaker:...
Join W&H at Virtual Reading of Cherien Dabis’ Athena List Dev Grant Winner “What the Eyes Don’t See”
You’re invited to a virtual reading of Cherien Dabis’ Alfred P. Sloan Athena List Development Grant-winning script. The story of Iraqi American pediatrician and Flint water crisis...
Exclusive: Emily Levine Uses Physics & Comedy to Make Sense of Life in “Emily @ The Edge of Chaos” Trailer
A major meltdown leads Emily Levine towards a paradigm shift in “Emily @ The Edge of Chaos.” “I’ve been going through a personal transformation,” the late...
DOC NYC 2020 Women Directors: Meet Lauren DeFilippo and Katherine Gorringe – “Red Heaven”
Katherine Gorringe is a documentary director and editor whose work has been featured at numerous festivals including SXSW, CPH:DOX, and Lunafest. Her most recent editing work includes the...
Melissa Leo Will Topline Fox Crime Drama “Blood Relative”
Melissa Leo is set to track down serial killers in her latest project. The “I’m Dying Up Here” alumna has played characters on both sides of the law, including her Oscar-nominated...
DOC NYC 2019 Women Directors: Meet Monica Long Ross – “We Believe In Dinosaurs”
Monica Long Ross is a filmmaker and playwright, and a co-founder of 137 Films, a Chicago-based documentary production company. Ross co-directed and co-produced the award-winning documentaries “The...
Trailer Watch: A Plant Breeder Gets in Over Her Head in “Little Joe”
A plant breeder must reckon with her dangerous creation in a new trailer for Jessica Hausner’s “Little Joe.” Alice (Emily Beecham, “Daphne”) has admirable aims —...
Jane Goodall Doc in the Works at National Geographic
National Geographic has another Jane Goodall documentary on the way. The project comes on the heels of 2017’s “Jane,” National Geographic Documentary Films’ Emmy-winning and...
Ann Curry & Kim Bondy’s Nonfiction Medical Series “Chasing the Cure” Gets Premiere Date
Ann Curry will be taking on medical mysteries at her new gig. WarnerMedia Entertainment announced via press release that the journalist and TV anchor’s latest project, “Chasing the...
“Quantico” Star Yasmine Al Massri to Topline and Produce “Juliet”
Yasmine Al Massri is taking on producing duties for her next project. The “Quantico” and “Miral” actress is set to star in and produce “Juliet,” a feature drama...
Marie Curie-Inspired Projects About Young Female Scientists in the Works
MIT Press and Einhorn’s Epic Productions (EEP) are teaming up to inspire future Marie Curies. Deadline reports a YA graphic novel titled “The Curie Society,” about an international...
Gal Gadot to Portray Hedy Lamarr in Showtime Series from Sarah Treem
Gal Gadot may play a real-life Wonder Woman. The box office heroine is reportedly near a deal to topline and executive produce a Showtime series about Hedy Lamarr. Best known for acting in titles...
Trailer Watch: Meet the Women Who Should Have Been Space Race Astronauts in “Mercury 13”
“I would’ve liked to walk on the moon,” one of the subjects of “Mercury 13” confesses in a trailer for the documentary. “I could’ve walked on it, I could’ve kicked it out, I...
“Radium Girls” to Make Its World Premiere at Tribeca Film Festival
Tribeca Film Festival will host the world premiere of “Radium Girls,” a press release has announced. Set in the early 20th century, the drama follows two female employees of the U.S. Radium...
Diane Kruger to Topline and Produce Miniseries About Hedy Lamarr
Coming off of the North American premiere of her upcoming drama “In the Fade” at TIFF, Diane Kruger has just signed on to topline another project. Per The Hollywood Reporter, the “Inglourious...
Bonni Cohen on Why “An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power” Gives Viewers A Bucket of Hope
Bonni Cohen is an award-winning producer and director. She co-directed “Audrie & Daisy,” which premiered in competition at the 2016 Sundance Film Festival and was picked up as a Netflix...
Trailer Watch: A Little Girl Fights to Rescue Her GMO Friend in “Okja”
“We needed a miracle. And then we got one,” says Tilda Swinton in the first trailer for “Okja.” The Oscar-winning actress plays the CEO of a corporation that endeavors to revolutionize the...
Tribeca 2017 Women Directors: Meet Alexandra Dean — “Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story”
Alexandra Dean is an Emmy Award-winning journalist and producer. She produced news-magazine documentaries for PBS before becoming a series and documentary producer at Bloomberg television, producing...
Trailer Watch: Oprah Demands Justice in “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks”
“What you don’t understand is, we didn’t know nothin’ about nothin,” Deborah Lacks (Oprah Winfrey, “Lee Daniels’ The Butler”) says in a new trailer for “The Immortal Life of...
Kristen Stewart in Negotiations to Star in Survival Thriller “Underwater”
It’s looking like Kristen Stewart will topline a new blockbuster. After well-reviewed turns in indies like “Certain Women,” “Still Alice,” and “Clouds of Sils Maria,” the actress is in...
Teaser Watch: Oprah Searches for Answers in “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks”
“There isn’t a person alive who hasn’t benefited from your mother’s cells,” Deborah Lacks is told in the first teaser for “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks.” Deborah’s mother...
Anna Ziegler Developing Limited Series About Female Scientist for Sundance Channel
“Hidden Figures” has grossed over $132 million at the domestic box office. Hollywood has trouble learning the lesson that female-led projects do well with audiences, but hopefully the film’s...
“The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks” Gets Premiere Date from HBO
Mark your calendar. HBO has announced a premiere date for “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks.” The film, based on Rebecca Skloot’s book of the same name and starring Oprah Winfrey and Rose...
Niki Caro to Direct Film About DNA Scientist Rosalind Franklin
Writer-director Niki Caro has added yet another project to her packed slate. She’s inked a deal to develop and direct “Exposure,” a film centered on Rosalind Franklin, a trailblazing scientist...
Rose Byrne and Oprah to Star in HBO’s “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks”
Rose Byrne is set to join Oprah Winfrey in HBO’s “The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks.” The film is based on Rebecca Skloot’s 2010 best-selling nonfiction book of the same name. According...
Danica McKellar Appears on PBS NOVA Series “The Secret Life of Scientists and Engineers”
“The Wonder Years” star and expert mathematician Danica McKellar has joined PBS NOVA’s “The Secret Life of Scientists and Engineers” for an episode of its fifth season. McKellar, though...