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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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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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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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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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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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)
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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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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2016Supergirl (TV Series) (1 episode)
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2016Brothers in Atlanta (TV Movie)
2015The Grinder (TV Series) (1 episode)
– Giving Thanks, Getting Justice (2015)
2014-2015Married (TV Series) (9 episodes)
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– Murder! (2015)
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– Invisible Man (2014)
– The Playdate (2014)
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2015Addicted to Fresno
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– 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)
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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)
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– 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)
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– 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)
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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)
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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)
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2002Ed (TV Series) (1 episode)
– The Road (2002)
2002Maybe It’s Me (TV Series) (1 episode)
1999-2001Popular (TV Series) (11 episodes)
1999Undressed (TV Series) (5 episodes)
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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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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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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