June 7, 2016 by JENDEAN

Bite-sized blog post: Cherien Dabis

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CHERIEN DABIS is a Palestinian-American filmmaker who graduated from Columbia with an MFA before making her first Amreeka (2009).

She began her life in politics and has said that she felt she could “reach more people through fiction than politics.”

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Where to watch her films:

AMAZON

NETFLIX

VIMEO

Bite-sized blog post: Anna Mastro

ANNA MASTRO’s short film Bench Seat (2011) is a musical with a screenplay written by Neil LaBute. Mastro moved from Seattle to Los Angeles to start her career in directing.

She has gone on to direct feature films and television including for Finding Carter and Jane the Virgin.

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Where to watch her films:

AMAZON

VIMEO

Bite-sized blog post: Diablo Cody

Diablo Cody is best known for her work as a screenwriter, having won an Academy Award for Juno (2007) and has written for TV and film before directing her first (and based on her experiences apparently) directorial endeavor Paradise (2013).

She continues to write for film and television!

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Where to watch her films:

AMAZON

YOU TUBE

Bite-sized blog post: Bronwen Hughes

BRONWEN HUGHES is best known for directing for television including for the popular Breaking Bad series.

She also directed the feature film Forces of Nature (1999) starring Ben Affleck and Sandra Bullock.

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Where to watch her films:

HULU

AMAZON

Bite-sized blog post: Valerie Breiman

VALERIE BREIMAN’s film Love & Sex (2000) was based on her relationship with Adam Rifkin, who also wrote a script on the subject of their relationship that didn’t make it to the screen.

Breiman began her career as an actress and started directing with her first feature Going Overboard (1989), an Adam Sandler film.

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Where to watch her films:

AMAZON

iTUNES

Bite-sized blog post: Marcy Boyle & Rachel Holzman

MARCY BOYLE and RACHEL HOLZMAN met while students at Barnard College in New York. They collaborated on scripts and both had written bigger budget fair that wasn’t getting produced so they decided to collaborate on a project they could do themselves. Nobody Can Cool (2015), a neo-noir-horror thriller was born!

They are now collaborating on a documentary about Hollywood producer Debra Hill who after successfully producing the Halloween movies as well as critically acclaimed movies such as The Fisher King (1991) and many others died at age 55 of cancer.

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Where to watch her films:

AMAZON

Bite-sized blog post: Shira Piven

SHIRA PIVEN taught acting in prison through the Actors Gang prison project before directing films. Her most recent feature Welcome to Me (2014) stars Kristen Wiig and is available on Netflix.

She has been slated to direct for Transparent.

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Where to watch her films:

AMAZON

NETFLIX

Bite-sized blog post: Angelina Jolie

ANGELINA JOLIE is of course best known as an actress but after establishing herself in that arena she has gone on to direct. Her first film was a documentary A Place in Time where around the world several filmmakers participated in filming at the same moment.

Her next film, the narrative feature In the Land of Blood and Honey (2011) was a passion project that led her to directing subsequent projects – most recently a film in Cambodia where she previously worked as an actor and from where she adopted one of her children.

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Where to watch her films:

AMAZON

Bite-sized blog post: Barbra Streisand

BARBRA STREISAND is a musical theater and actress powerhouse who made her directorial debut with Yentl (1983) which she fought to get made and opened the door for future directing and producing opportunities.

Much like Mary Pickford in the early days of the industry Streisand insists on shaping her own career. She was the Oscar presenter for the monumental moment when Kathryn Bigelow became the first woman to win an Academy Award for Best Director.

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Where to watch her films:

AMAZON (DVDs/BluRays for PURCHASE)

HULU

Bite-sized blog post: Dorothy Davenport

DOROTHY DAVENPORT was one of the women of Early Hollywood. She was an actress, author, producer and all-around filmmaker as many women were in the early days of the industry.

She directed several films but was first officially credited on the film Linda (1929).

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AMAZON (Streaming)

AMAZON (DVDs/BluRays for PURCHASE)

FANDOR

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