Bite-sized blog post: Karen Arthur

Karen Arthur

KAREN ARTHUR was the first women to direct a mini-series for American television with Crossings (1986).

She won an Emmy for directing Cagney & Lacey and has gone on to direct numerous television movies and for series.

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FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2008Moonlight & Mistletoe (TV Movie)
 2005The Christmas Blessing (TV Movie)

 2003Judging Amy (TV Series) (1 episode)

 20037th Heaven (TV Series) (1 episode)

 2002The Locket (TV Movie)
 2001The Song of the Lark (TV Movie)
 2001Passion and Prejudice (TV Movie)
 2000The Lost Child (TV Movie)

 1998A Will of Their Own (TV Mini-Series) (1 episode)

Episode #1.1 (1998)
 1998Labor of Love (TV Movie)
 1998The Staircase (TV Movie)
 1997True Women (TV Movie)
 1997Journey of the Heart (TV Movie)

 1995Dead by Sunset (TV Mini-Series) (2 episodes)

Episode #1.2 (1995)
Episode #1.1 (1995)
 1995New York News (TV Series)
 1992The Secret (TV Movie)
 1991Shadow of a Doubt (TV Movie)
 1991Bump in the Night (TV Movie)
 1990Project: Tinman (TV Movie)
 1990Fall from Grace (TV Movie)
 1990Blue Bayou (TV Movie)
 1989Bridge to Silence (TV Movie)
 1988Evil in Clear River (TV Movie)
 1987Cracked Up (TV Movie)

 1986Crossings (TV Mini-Series) (1 episode)

Episode #1.1 (1986)
 1985The Rape of Richard Beck (TV Movie)
 1985A Bunny’s Tale (TV Movie)

 1984Cagney & Lacey (TV Series) (8 episodes)

Out of Control (1984)
Hooked (1984)
Taxicab Murders (1984)
Heat (1984)

 1981-1984Hart to Hart (TV Series) (6 episodes)

Max’s Waltz (1984)
Year of the Dog (1983)
Long Lost Love (1983)
Hartstruck (1983)
To Coin a Hart (1982)

 1983-1984Remington Steele (TV Series) (2 episodes)

Steele Threads (1983)

 1984Emerald Point N.A.S. (TV Series) (1 episode)

Hide and Seek (1984)

 1983Boone (TV Series) (1 episode)

The Last Dance (1983)

 1983Return to Eden (TV Mini-Series) (3 episodes)

Part 3 (1983)
Part 2 (1983)
Part 1 (1983)
 1979Charleston (TV Movie)

 1976Rich Man, Poor Man – Book II (TV Series) (1 episode)

Chapter X (1976)
 1975Legacy

Bite-sized blog post: Mary Lambert

Mary Lambert

MARY LAMBERT graduated from the prestigious Rhode Island School of Design before beginning her career as a director working on music videos for well-known artists at the height of the MTV craze.

She has gone on to direct numerous television movies and for many series and to specialize in the horror genre.

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NETFLIX

VIMEO

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Her Website
Maui Film Festival Interview
Interview
Video Interview
NYU
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2016The Blacklist (TV Series) (1 episode)

 2014Presumed Dead in Paradise (TV Movie)
 2012/IIPearl (Short)
 2012VH1 Divas 2012 (TV Movie) (archive footage)
 2011Miss South Pacific: Beauty and the Sea (Documentary short)
 2011Mega Python vs. Gatoroid (TV Movie)

 2007-2010On the Road in America (TV Series) (2 episodes)

 2009Madonna: Celebration – The Video Collection (Video) (videos “Borderline”, “Like a Virgin”, “Material Girl”, “La Isla Bonita”, “Like a Prayer”)

 2008The Dark Path Chronicles (TV Series) (7 episodes)

Trapped (2008)
 2007The Attic (Video)
 200714 Women (Documentary)
 2006Best of Chris Isaak (Video) (music video “Dancin'”)
 2003The Lionel Richie Collection (Video documentary) (video “My Destiny”)

 2001Strange Frequency (TV Series) (2 episodes)

Disco Inferno (2001)
 2001Saturday Night Live Primetime Extra 2 (TV Short) (opening sequence)
 2001Strange Frequency (TV Movie)
 2000The Pretenders: Greatest Hits (Video documentary) (video “Sense of Purpose”)
 1999Clubland
 1997My Stepson, My Lover (TV Movie)
 1996Janet Jackson: Design of a Decade 1986/1996 (Video documentary) (videos “Nasty”, “Control”)
 1996Face of Evil (TV Movie)
 1995Geffen Vintage 80s Vol. 1 (Video) (music video “Lone Justice – Ways To Be Wicked”)
 1994The Best of Sting: Fields of Gold 1984-1994 (Video) (video “We’ll Be Together”)
 1994Dragstrip Girl (TV Movie)

 1994Rebel Highway (TV Series) (1 episode)

Dragstrip Girl (1994)
 1993Double Switch (Video Game)

 1992Red Shoe Diaries (TV Series) (1 episode)

Accidents Happen (1992) … (as Alan Smithee)
 1991Eurythmics: Greatest Hits (Video documentary) (video “Would I Lie to You?”)
 1990Madonna: The Immaculate Collection (Video) (videos “Borderline”, “Like a Virgin”, “Material Girl”, “La Isla Bonita”, “Like a Prayer”)
 1989Bobby Brown His Prerogative (Video documentary)

 1989Tales from the Crypt (TV Series) (1 episode)

 1989Madonna: Like a Prayer (Video short) (uncredited)
 1987Siesta
 1984Madonna (Video short) (videos “Borderline”, “Like a Virgin”)
 1984The Go-Go’s: Wild at the Greek (TV Special documentary) (co-director)
 1977Rapid Eye Movements (Short)

Bite-sized blog post: Jennifer Westfeldt

Jennifer Westfeldt

JENNIFER WESTFELDT is an actor who wrote and directed the feature film Friends with Kids (2011).

She won an Independent Spirit Award for her first feature script Kissing Jessica Stein (2001).

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NETFLIX (DVD)

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52 Weeks of Directors
Interview
Her Website
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

2011 Friends with Kids

Bite-sized blog post: Anita W. Addison

Anita W. Addison

One of the first African American women to hold a senior producer position at a major television network ANITA W. ADDISON directed television for major television shows in the eighties and nineties.

Before taking on the network career she took film classes at NYU and attended UCLA at night in order to get her Masters – after she obtained a Masters in journalism from Columbia and analyzed data for Nielsen ratings for a small independent station. Her short film Savannah was nominated for an Academy Award in 1984.

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NETFLIX

AMAZON (PRIME-STREAMING)

AMAZON (DVDs/BluRays for PURCHASE)

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PRINT
L.A. Rebellion: Creating a New Black Cinema by Allyson Field

Encyclopedia of Film and Television Directors by JerryRoberts

ONLINE

Variety
Encyclopedia.com
Los Angeles Times obituary
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2004Copshop (TV Movie) (segment “Blind Date”)
 2000Judging Amy (TV Series) (1 episode)
Zero to Sixty (2000) … (as Anita Addison)
 1999Deep in My Heart (TV Movie)
 1997EZ Streets (TV Series) (1 episode)
One Acquainted with the Night (1997)
 1995The Great Defender (TV Series) (1 episode)
Camille (1995)
 1995ER (TV Series) (1 episode)
 1993Sirens (TV Series)
 1991-1992Quantum Leap (TV Series) (2 episodes)
Ghost Ship – August 13, 1956 (1992) … (as Anita Addison)
Dreams – February 28, 1979 (1991) … (as Anita Addison)
 1992Homefront (TV Series) (1 episode)
That’s the Way the Cookie Crumbles (1992) … (as Anita Addison)
 1991Sisters (TV Series) (1 episode)
Some Tuesday in July (1991) … (as Anita Addison)
 1990-1991Knots Landing (TV Series) (2 episodes)
My Bullet (1990)
 1990Freddy’s Nightmares (TV Series) (1 episode)
Life Sentence (1990) … (as Anita Addison)

Bite-sized blog post: Nnegest Likké

Nnegest Likké

NNEGEST LIKKE grew up in Oakland California. Her first film Phat Girlz featured Mo’Nique and was a box-office success.

Her most recent feature Ben & Ara recently screened at the Nevada Women’s Film Festival.

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Ben & Ara Website
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NPR: ‘Phat Girlz’ Triggers Debate in Black Community
Nnegest Likke – “Phat Girlz” writer – hits it big!
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Bite-sized blog post: Anne Fletcher

Anne Fletcher

After a successful career as a choreography ANNE FLETCHER directed romantic comedy hits including 27 Dresses (2008) and The Proposal (2009).

Thanks to The Proposal  Fletcher is one of only a handful of women to have directed a movie that grossed more than $100 million.

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DGA
Tribute
‘Hot Pursuit’ Director Anne Fletcher on Bad Reviews, Gender Equality in Hollywood: ‘I Don’t Expect Anything From Anybody’
From Dancer to Director
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FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2010The 82nd Annual Academy Awards (TV Special) (segment director)
 2009/IThe Proposal
 2006Step Up

Bite-sized blog post: Rachel Feldman

Rachel Feldman

RACHEL FELDMAN directed numerous television episodes and movies after moving to LA from NYC where she got her MFA at NYU and was a chair of the DGA Women’s Steering Committee.

She is currently in development on a bio pic about Lilly Ledbetter the woman who is the namesake for the Lilly Ledbetter Fair Pay Act demanding equal pay for equal work!

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HULU

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DGA
Women Directors in Hollywood article: Me and My Shadow
Lilly Ledbetter, Equal Pay Champion, Agrees to Biopic by Rachel Feldman
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2006-2007Beyond the Break (TV Series) (4 episodes)
The Sweaty Party (2007)
Oceans Eleven (2007)
The Big Hit (2006)
Vin, Lose, or Draw (2006)
 2003Lizzie McGuire (TV Series) (1 episode)
The Greatest Crush of All (2003)

1999-2002Beyond Belief: Fact or Fiction (TV Series) (11 episodes)
 2001She’s No Angel (TV Movie)
 1999The Jersey (TV Series)
 1997Silk Stalkings (TV Series) (1 episode)
Dirty Little Secrets (1997)
 1994-1996Sisters (TV Series) (4 episodes)
The Best Man (1996)
One Fine Day (1995)
Twilight Time (1994)
 1995University Hospital (TV Series) (1 episode)
You Can Run… (1995)
 1994Picket Fences (TV Series) (1 episode)
Elective Conduct (1994)
 1994Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman (TV Series) (1 episode)
The Man in the Moon (1994)
 1993The Commish (TV Series) (4 episodes)
Dying Affection (1993)
Rising Sun (1993)
Stoned (1993)
 1993Post Modern Romance (TV Movie)
 1992Doogie Howser, M.D. (TV Series) (1 episode)
 1991Witchcraft III: The Kiss of Death (Video) (as R.L. Tillmans)
 1985True Confessions (TV Series)

Bite-sized blog post: Lynne Littman

Lynne Littman

LYNNE LITTMAN began her career as an investigative journalist and then won an Oscar for her short documentary Number Our Days (1976).

She then went on to direct the feature narrative Testament (1983) which was screened at Sundance and premiered at Telluride Film Festival. Her advocacy for women directors along with five other women and the DGA helped change the landscape for female filmmakers in Hollywood in the eighties and nineties.

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Interview about Testament
Film Directors Site
Lynne Littman Elected to Academy Board of Govs for Docu, Replaces Michael Apted
DGA
The Academy
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2003Testament at 20 (Video documentary short)
 1999Freak City (TV Movie)
 1998Rescuers: Stories of Courage: Two Couples (TV Movie) (episode “Marie Taquet”)
 1993Oscar’s Tribute to Women in Movies (TV Movie documentary)
 1985In Her Own Time (Documentary)
 1983Testament
 1976Number Our Days (Documentary short)

Bite-sized blog post: Julie Taymor

CAPTION: Julie Taymor, photographed in New York, NY on Wednesday, April 17, 2013. (PHOTOGRAPH BY MARCUS YAM) All rights reserved. Photograph may not be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without prior written permission of MARCUS YAM Photography. Please call +1.716.400.9363 or email CONTACT@MARCUSYAM.COM to inquire about any reproduction of this image.

As the first woman to win a Tony for Best Director for a musical with The Lion King it is no surprise that JULIE TAYMOR’s films are theatrical and visually elaborate.

Her first theatrical narrative feature film was an adaptation of Shakespeare’s Titus starring Anthony Hopkins

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Makers
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Variety
Julie Taymor’s A Midsummer Nights Dream
TED Talk
Julie Taymor on The Lion King and Her Creative Process
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2010/IThe Tempest
 2002Frida
 1999Titus

 1993Great Performances (TV Series) (1 episode)

Oedipus Rex (1993)
 1992Fool’s Fire (TV Movie)

Bite-sized blog post: Jamie Babbit

Director Jamie Babbit attends a screening of "Drop Dead Diva" at the 29th annual Gay & Lesbian Film Festival at Directors Guild Of America on July 17, 2011 in Los Angeles, California.

JAMIE BABBIT began her career working on the sets of influential directors such as Martin Scorcsese and David Fincher before directing her first feature film But I’m a Cheerleader (1999) which premiered at Sundance.

She has directed for numerous television shows.

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Interview
Gamechanger Films
‘Addicted to Fresno’ Director Jamie Babbit on Hiding Pregnancies and Embracing Diversity
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2016Supergirl (TV Series) (1 episode)
Childish Things (2016)
 2016Brothers in Atlanta (TV Movie)
 2015The Grinder (TV Series) (1 episode)
Giving Thanks, Getting Justice (2015)
 2014-2015Married (TV Series) (9 episodes)
1997 (2015)
The Cruise (2015)
Murder! (2015)
The Sandwich (2015)
Aftershocks (2015)
Thanksgiving (2015)
Invisible Man (2014)
The Playdate (2014)
Uncool (2014)
 2015Addicted to Fresno
 2014-2015Girls (TV Series) (2 episodes)
Tad & Loreen & Avi & Shanaz (2015)
Free Snacks (2014)
 2014-2015Looking (TV Series) (3 episodes)
Looking for Glory (2015)
Looking for Gordon Freeman (2015)
Looking for a Plus-One (2014)
 2015Brooklyn Nine-Nine (TV Series) (1 episode)
Defense Rests (2015)
 2014Playing House (TV Series) (1 episode)
Bird Bones (2014)
 2014Super Fun Night (TV Series) (1 episode)
Let the Games Begin (2014)
 2009-2013Drop Dead Diva (TV Series) (9 episodes)
The Kiss (2013)
Pick’s & Pakes (2012
Winning Ugly (2012)
Change of Heart (2011)
Prom (2011)
Hit and Run (2011)
Last Year’s Model (2010)
The Long Road to Napa (2010)
The Magic Bullet (2009)
 2012-2013Rizzoli & Isles (TV Series) (3 episodes)
Dance with the Devil (2013)
In Over Your Head (2013)
Throwing Down the Gauntlet (2012)
 2013Made in Cleveland (segment “Fucking Cleveland”)
 2013Golden Boy (TV Series) (1 episode)
Scapegoat (2013)
 2012-2013Go On (TV Series) (2 episodes)
Pass Interference (2013)
Bench-Clearing Bawl (2012)
 2012Emily Owens M.D. (TV Series) (1 episode)
Emily and… the Question of Faith (2012)
 2012Breaking the Girls
 2012Bunheads (TV Series) (1 episode)
Movie Truck (2012)
 2012Smash (TV Series) (1 episode)
Let’s Be Bad (2012)
 2012Revenge (TV Series) (1 episode)
Duress (2012)
 2011Mr. Sunshine (TV Series) (1 episode)
Cohen and Donovan (2011)
 2011Love Bites (TV Series) (1 episode)
Boys to Men (2011)
 2010-2011United States of Tara (TV Series) (4 episodes)
The Electrifying & Magnanimous Return of Beaverlamp (2011)
The Road to Hell Is Paved with Breast Intentions (2011)
Open House (2010)
The Family Portrait (2010)
 2010Gigantic (TV Series) (1 episode)
All In (2010)
 2010The Defenders (TV Series) (1 episode)
Nevada v. Rodgers (2010)
 2010The Middle (TV Series) (3 episodes)
Halloween (2010)
Signals (2010)
The Jeans (2010)
 2010Pretty Little Liars (TV Series) (1 episode)
The Perfect Storm (2010)
 2009Cougar Town (TV Series) (1 episode)
You Wreck Me (2009)
 200990210 (TV Series) (2 episodes)
Environmental Hazards (2009)
The Dionysian Debacle (2009)
 2009The Assistants (TV Series) (pilot episode)
 2009Reaper (TV Series) (1 episode)
To Sprong, with Love (2009)
 2009The Unusuals (TV Series) (1 episode)
One Man Band (2009)
 2009In the Motherhood (TV Series) (1 episode)
Practice What You Preach (2009)
 2009Castle (TV Series) (1 episode)
Always Buy Retail (2009)
 2007-2008Dirty Sexy Money (TV Series) (2 episodes)
The Summer House (2008)
The Wedding (2007)
 2008Eli Stone (TV Series) (1 episode)
Should I Stay or Should I Go? (2008)
 2008Swingtown (TV Series) (2 episodes)
Get Down Tonight (2008)
Cabin Fever (2008) 2007-2008The L Word (TV Series) (2 episodes)
Look Out, Here They Come! (2008)
Lexington and Concord (2007)
 2007Notes from the Underbelly (TV Series) (1 episode)
First Night Out (2007)
 2007Gossip Girl (TV Series) (1 episode)
Dare Devil (2007)
 2007The Riches (TV Series) (1 episode)
Waiting for Dogot (2007)
 2001-2007Gilmore Girls (TV Series) (18 episodes)
Farewell, My Pet (2007)
To Whom It May Concern (2007)
Driving Miss Gilmore (2006)
The Perfect Dress (2006)
Blame Booze and Melville (2005)
How Many Kropogs to Cape Cod? (2005)
So… Good Talk (2005)
Girls in Bikinis, Boys Doin’ the Twist (2004)
Ted Koppel’s Big Night Out (2003)
Those Are Strings, Pinocchio (2003)
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 2007Itty Bitty Titty Committee
 2006Ugly Betty (TV Series) (1 episode)
Trust, Lust and Must (2006)
2006Alias (TV Series) (1 episode)
I See Dead People (2006)
 2005Inconceivable (TV Series) (1 episode)
Balls in Your Court
 2005The Quiet
 2004A Memoir to My Former Self (Short)
 2004Wonderfalls (TV Series) (1 episode)
Barrel Bear (2004)
 2003-2004Nip/Tuck (TV Series) (3 episodes)
Mrs. Grubman (2004)
Christian Troy (2004)
Cara Fitzgerald (2003)
 2003Miss Match (TV Series) (1 episode)
Who’s Sari Now? (2003)
 2002-2003Malcolm in the Middle (TV Series) (3 episodes)<
Baby: Part 2 (2003)
Forbidden Girlfriend (2002)
Clip Show (2002
 2002The Bernie Mac Show (TV Series) (1 episode)
Carfool (2002)
 2002Ed (TV Series) (1 episode)
The Road (2002)

 2002Maybe It’s Me (TV Series) (1 episode)

 2001/IStuck (Short)

 1999-2001Popular (TV Series) (11 episodes)

Promblems (2001)
Coup (2001)
Timber! (2000)
Caged! (2000)

 1999Undressed (TV Series) (5 episodes)

Strip Poker (1999)
Er, Um, Love (1999)
 1999Sleeping Beauties (Short)
 1996Frog Crossing (Short)