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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‘Hot Pursuit’ Director Anne Fletcher on Bad Reviews, Gender Equality in Hollywood: ‘I Don’t Expect Anything From Anybody’
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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: 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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‘Addicted to Fresno’ Director Jamie Babbit on Hiding Pregnancies and Embracing Diversity
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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)

Bite-sized blog post: Hilari Scarl

Hilari Scarl

With a background in theatre director HILARI SCARL took on the directorial challenges of the reality show On the Lot (2007), a show which pitted film directors against one another.

She segued her success from the reality show into directing her first feature, the documentary See What I’m Saying: The Deaf Entertainers Documentary (2009) which she successfully self-distributed.

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Alliance of Women Directors
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FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2007Snips & Snails (Short)
 2007Ditto (Short)
 2006Paving the Way (TV Short)
 2006Worldplay (Video documentary)

Bite-sized blog post: Tamara Jenkins

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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NETFLIX

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FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 1998Slums of Beverly Hills
 1995Shooting Gallery (TV Series) (1 episode)
Killing & Death (1995)
 1993Family Remains (Short)
 1992Fugitive Love (Short)

Bite-sized blog post: Joyce Wu

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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Head First Into the Deep End: An Interview with Joyce Wu
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FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

2014-2015Mr. Right (TV Series) (6 episodes)

Episode #1.6 (2015)
Episode #1.5 (2014)
Episode #1.4 (2014)
Episode #1.3 (2014)
Episode #1.2 (2014)
 2013Screaming in Asian (Short)
 2011The Man Downstairs (Short)
 2011Withholding (Short)
 2010Havdalah (Documentary short)

Bite-sized blog post: Kathleen Collins

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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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PURCHASE FROM MILESTONE FILMS

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Release of Newly-Restored “Lost” Kathleen Collins 1982 Classic, ‘Losing Ground,’ Starting in February
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Bite-sized blog post: Jane Ainbinder

Jane Ainbinder

JANE AINBINDER got her MFA at USC before directing her first feature film Nail Polish (2006) which screened at the Mill Valley Film Festival among other prestigious festivals.

She currently produces and directs corporate videos with her company Back Talk Productions based in San Francisco.

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Bay Area Women in Film & Media
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FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

2006 Nail Polish

Bite-sized blog post: Desiree Akhavan

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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THE SLOPE ON VIMEO

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Desiree Akhavan on Appropriate Behaviour and not being the ‘Iranian bisexual Lena Dunham’
Vice Interview
Jezebel Interview
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FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2014Appropriate Behaviour
2010-2012The Slope (TV Series short) (16 episodes)
 2010Nose Job (Short)

Bite-sized blog post: Kimberly Pierce

Kimberly Peirce

KIMBERLY PEIRCE began working on her first feature Boys Don’t Cry (1999) while a graduate student at Columbia film school. She started by making a self-funded short catching the attention of  producer Christine Vachon who would help her turn it into a feature.

The remake of the Stephen King classic Carrie (2013) directed by Peirce was only one of two female helmed films to be in the top 100 grossing films of that year.

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TRANS TRANSLATED: BOYS DON’T CRYDIRECTOR KIMBERLY PEIRCE ON 20 YEARS OF QUEER CULTURE
Kimberly Peirce’s Remake of Carrie Struggled With Vagina-Phobic Execs Who Couldn’t Say “Vagina”
‘Carrie’ Is Back. So Is Kimberly Peirce.
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FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2015Manhattan (TV Series) (1 episode)
33 (2015)
2015Halt and Catch Fire (TV Series) (1 episode)
Play with Friends (2015)
 2015TURN: Washington’s Spies (TV Series) (1 episode)
Valley Forge (2015)
 2013Carrie
 2008Stop-Loss
 2006The L Word (TV Series) (1 episode)
Lifeline (2006)
 1999Boys Don’t Cry
 1995Boys Don’t Cry (Short)
 1994The Last Good Breath (Short)

Bite-sized blog post: Amy Heckerling

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AMY HECKERLING studied at NYU and then went on to get her MFA at AFI. Shedirected the now classic film Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982) and went on to direct the cult classic Clueless (1995).

She most recently directed for the Amazon series Red Oaks.

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NETFLIX

AMAZON (PRIME-STREAMING)

AMAZON (DVDs/BluRays for PURCHASE)

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Clueless Director on the Film at 20, Jane Austen and a Musical Adaptation
‘Clueless’ Director Reveals 10 Secrets You Didn’t Know
Women in Hollywood Interview
Interview
New York Times
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2015Red Oaks (TV Series) (2 episodes)
After Hours (2015)
Body Swap (2015)
 2014Rake (TV Series) (1 episode)
Three Strikes (2014)
 2014Suburgatory (TV Series) (1 episode)
Victor Ha (2014)
 2013-2014The Carrie Diaries (TV Series) (3 episodes)
Date Expectations (2014)
Express Yourself (2013)
Hush Hush (2013)
 2012Gossip Girl (TV Series) (2 episodes)
Monstrous Ball (2012)
Father and the Bride (2012)
 2012Vamps
 2007I Could Never Be Your Woman
 2005The Office (TV Series) (1 episode)
Hot Girl (2005)
 2000Loser
 1998A Night at the Roxbury (uncredited)
 1996Clueless (TV Series) (4 episodes)
I Got You Babe (1996)
Pilot (1996)
Do We with Bad Haircuts Not Feel? (1996)
As If a Girl’s Reach Should Exceed Her Grasp (1996)
 1995Clueless
 1990Look Who’s Talking Too
 1989Look Who’s Talking
 1986Fast Times (TV Series) (3 episodes)
What Is Life? (1986)
Pilot (1986)
The Last Laugh (1986)
 1985European Vacation
 1984Johnny Dangerously
 1982Fast Times at Ridgemont High
 1978Getting It Over with (Short)