THE 2ND SEX &amp; THE 7TH ART: WOMEN DIRECTORS IN FILM

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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: 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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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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Bite-sized blog post: Kimberly Pierce

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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Bite-sized blog post: Amy Heckerling

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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