March 20, 2016 by JENDEAN

Bite-sized blog post: Rebecca Thomas

REBECCA THOMAS’ first short Ivan Sings (2009) premiered at Sundance before she went to Columbia University for her MFA in filmmaking.

Thomas directed her first feature Electrick Children (2012) while still a student at Columbia. The television pilot she directed Little Darlings has recently been picked up and she is slated to direct the live-action film of The Little Mermaid and the movie of John Green’s novel Looking for Alaska.

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Bite-sized blog post: Sam Taylor-Johnson

SAM TAYLOR-JOHNSON is a fine-artist and filmmaker from England who infiltrated Hollywood to direct Fifty Shades of Grey (2015) for Universal.

Her first feature film Nowhere Boy (2009) was about the childhood of Beatles icon John Lennon.

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Bite-sized blog post: Tamara Jenkins

After working as a performance artist TAMARA JENKINS attended NYU for an MFA in filmmmaking.

The script for her first feature film Slums of Beverly Hills (1998) was developed as part of the Sundance Institute.

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Bite-sized blog post: Joyce Wu

JOYCE WU grew up in Detroit and directed theatre before heading to NYU for her MFA in film.

Her recent feature film She Lights Up Well (2014) reveals autobiographical elements focusing on an Asian American filmmaker who hails from Detroit. It is distributed via iTunes and Verizon on demand.

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Bite-sized blog post: Kathleen Collins

KATHLEEN COLLINS has been recognized as the first African American woman to write and direct a feature length film.

Losing Ground (1982) was Collins’ second film and first feature (The Cruz Brothers and Miss Malloy was less than an hour so not quite a feature). Unfortunately, it was also her last. She died of cancer at 46.

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Bite-sized blog post: Nora Ephron

Famous for her romantic comedies NORA EPHRON began as a writer and was nominated for three Academy Awards for Best Writer.

She directed iconic films including Sleepless in Seattle (1993) and You Got Mail (1998).

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Bite-sized blog post: Stacy Title

STACY TITLE began as an investigative journalist before directing her first short film Down on the Waterfront (1993) which played at Sundance and was nominated for an Academy Award.

Her first feature film The Last Supper (1995) starred Cameron Diaz and Courtney B. Vance. Her upcoming feature The Bye Bye Man written by her husband Jonathan Penner is a thriller co-produced by Los Angeles Media Fund.

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Bite-sized blog post: Desiree Akhavan

DESIREE AKHAVAN produced a television series The Slope after attending NYU for an MFA.

She then went on to make the feature film Appropriate Behavior (2014) which premiered at Sundance and garnered Akhavan a nomination for best debut script at the Independent Spirit Awards.

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Bite-sized blog post: Jill Soloway

Emmy Award winning director of the Amazon show Transparent JILL SOLOWAY began her career as a writer and only recently took on the role of director when she told her husband she wanted to invest in a feature film and take it to Sundance.

In 2013 her feature directorial debut Afternoon Delight debuted at Sundance.

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Bite-sized blog post: Patty Jenkins

PATTY JENKINS attended AFI and then made her first feature film Monster (2003) starring Charlize Theron – who won an Oscar for her portrayal of serial killer Aileen Wuornos.

Jenkins then was signed to direct Marvel superhero movie Thor 2 before disagreements with the studio led to her being let go (much to star Nathalie Portman’s disapproval). She is now set to direct Wonder Woman.

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