Tag / women in film

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Bite-sized blog post: Lake Bell

Lake Bell

LAKE BELL studied drama in England at Rose Bruford College of Theatre and Performance and came back to the United States to start a successful career as an actress. She directed her first short film Worst Enemy (2010) shown at Sundance. Her feature In a World... (2013) also premiered at Sundance.

In an interview she said about her directing experience: “The first day I thought, ‘My god, I feel so at home. What a great comradery This quenches my thirst for something creative in a way I never knew was possible.’ I sort of loved the bustle of a thousand questions. Women are inherently kind of multitaskers.”

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AMAZON (PRIME STREAMING)

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ONLINE
Find her on Facebook
Find her on Twitter
Lake Bell on chicken parm, Sundance, and her crush on Axl Rose
Lake Bell interview: The Man Up actress explains how she juggles acting, writing, directing, producing and directing
Lake Bell enjoys juggling titles of actress and director
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2012-2015Childrens Hospital (TV Series) (6 episodes)

– The 27 Club (2015)
– Just Like Cyrano de Bergerac (2015)
– Spoiler Alert: Owen Gets a Perm (2013)
– Triangles (2013)
– A Kid Walks in to a Hospital (2012)
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 2012El Tonto (Short)
 2010Worst Enemy (Short)
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Bite-sized blog post: Sarah Pirozek

Sarah Pirozek

SARAH PIROZEK comes from a fine arts background – studying at the Whitney Museum’s Independent Study Program early in her career, then going on to study at the Actors Studio and screenwriting at the New School.

Her first feature documentary Free Tibet (1998) documents the 1997 two day concert to benefit Tibet. Many prominent rock artists of the time took part – Smashing Pumpkins, De La Soul, Fugees among others. Pirozek has gone on to direct numerous music videos and commercials.

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Where to watch her films:

DVD on Netflix

BARNES & NOBLE DVD to PURCHASE

AMAZON (DVDs/BluRays for PURCHASE)

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Find her on Facebook
Sarah Pirozek’s company website DAME WORK
Austin Film Festival

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2007What You Missed (Video short)
 2006Crafty (TV Movie)
 2003World’s Apart (TV Series documentary)
 2001MTV Fake ID Club (TV Series)
 2001EGG, the Arts Show (TV Series) (1 episode)
– Unnatural Science (2001)
 2000Sonic Cinema (TV Series)
 2000Sade (TV Movie)
 1998Free Tibet (Documentary)
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Bite-sized blog post: Barbara Loden

Barbara Loden

BARBARA LODEN, inspired by John Cassavetes and other independent filmmakers of the time, wrote, produced and directed her feature film Wanda (1970).

As the wife of famed director Elia Kazan Loden was able to get Wanda made but the financiers expected to use the film as a write off assuming it would be a financial failure and were less than pleased by its critical acclaim and modest earnings which did not allow them to take that loss. Loden died of cancer at a young age and was never able to direct another feature.

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Where to watch her films:

YOUTUBE

AMAZON (DVDs/BluRays for PURCHASE)

Read more about her:

ONLINE
Driven by Fierce Visions of Independence
Senses of Cinema
Obituary
Book about Barbara Loden
Daily Herald Obituary
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 1970Wanda
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Bite-sized blog post: Nancy Meyers

Nancy Meyers

NANCY MEYERS’ first job in Hollywood was as a production assistant on The Price is Right. She then started working as a story editor and wrote her first screenplay Private Benjamin (1980), starring Goldie Hawn.

The first film she wrote and directed was The Parent Trap (1998) – a remake of the 1961 film and she has gone on to make several Hollywood box office hits.

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AMAZON (PRIME STREAMING)

AMAZON (DVDs/BluRays for PURCHASE)

HULU

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ONLINE
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New York Magazine
‘The Intern’s Nancy Meyers On The State Of Screenwriting And “Telling Stories About Human Beings”
Nancy Meyers: ‘I don’t see a lot of movies about complicated women … I think it’s gotten worse’
Nancy Meyers on the Importance of Confidence and Why She’s a Writer At Heart
‘Intern’ director Nancy Meyers reflects on changes for working women and in Hollywood
NPR
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

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Bite-sized blog post: Sofia Coppola

 

Sofia Coppola

SOFIA COPPOLA began her career as a still photographer and actress in her famous father’s films, playing an infant in a christening scene in The Godfather (1972).  She learned all about making movies first hand by growing up in the industry and after directing a few shorts made her first feature film The Virgin Suicides (1999) which premiered at Sundance.

She was the third woman to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Director with her film Lost in Translation (2003) for which she won an Oscar for Best Original Screenplay.

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Where to watch her films:

NETFLIX

AMAZON (PRIME-STREAMING)

AMAZON (DVDs/BluRays for PURCHASE)

HULU

Read more about her:

ONLINE
Fan blog
Sofia Coppola and Brian Reitzell – The filmmaker and her longtime music supervisor on the neon-bright music to new film The Bling Ring, including details on Kanye West’s integral involvement.
Interview
Sofia Coppola – You either love her or hate her. Here’s why.
DGA article by Carrie Rickey
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2010Somewhere
 2005VOID (Video Overview in Deceleration) (Video) (segment “This Here Giraffe”)
 1998Lick the Star (Short)
 1996Bed, Bath and Beyond (Short)
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Bite-sized blog post: Jan Eliasberg

Jan Eliasberg

After receiving an MFA from Yale’s drama program and directing for prominent theatre companies JAN ELIASBERG was well-equipped to direct character driven television shows with an emphasis on performance and started out directing for shows such as Cagney & Lacey and LA Law after attending the AFI Directing Workshop for Women.

She was then chosen by Michael Mann to be the first woman to direct an episode of  the action packed TV series Miami Vice which allowed her to segue into directing action. She ended up directing three episodes for the series and then used those action skills to direct her feature film Past Midnight (1991).

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Where to watch her films:

HULU

AMAZON (PRIME-STREAMING)

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VIMEO

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ONLINE
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Jan Eliasberg Website
HBIC: An interview with kick-ass female director Jan Eliasberg
Jan Eliasberg Expands Career From Stage To Film : A Director Broadens Her Horizons
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

The Magicians (TV Series) (1 episode)
– The Strangled Heart (2016)
 2015Nashville (TV Series) (2 episodes)
– Stop the World (And Let Me Off) (2015)
– I’m Not That Good at Goodbye (2015)
 2014Reckless (TV Series) (1 episode)
– And So It Begins (2014)
 2014Unforgettable (TV Series) (1 episode)
– Til Death (2014)
 2011NCIS: Los Angeles (TV Series) (2 episodes)
– Greed (2011)
– Lockup (2011)
 2011In Plain Sight (TV Series) (1 episode)
– Meet the Shannons (2011)
 2011Blue Bloods (TV Series) (1 episode)
– Dedication (2011)
 2010Criminal Minds (TV Series) (1 episode)
– What Happens at Home… (2010)
 2010Supernatural (TV Series) (1 episode)
– You Can’t Handle the Truth (2010)
 2010Parenthood (TV Series) (1 episode)
– Seven Names (2010)
 2010Ghost Whisperer (TV Series) (1 episode)
– Blessings in Disguise (2010)
 2002-2004Strong Medicine (TV Series) (4 episodes)
– Code (2004)
– Love and Let Die (2003)
– Intensive Care (2003)
– Poison (2002)
 1998-2001Any Day Now (TV Series) (5 episodes)
– Everyone Deserves to Be Loved (2001)
– The Toolshed Behind the Church (2000)
– You Promise? I Promise (1999)
– Chapter One (1999)
– It’s Who You Sleep With (1998)
 2001Nash Bridges (TV Series) (1 episode)
– Bear Trap (2001)
 2000Dawson’s Creek (TV Series) (1 episode)
– Barefoot at Capefest (2000)
 1997-1999Party of Five (TV Series) (3 episodes)
– Haunted (1999)
– Go Away (1998)
– S’Wunnerful Life (1997)
 1997Early Edition (TV Series) (1 episode)
– Phantom at the Opera (1997)
 1991-1995Sisters (TV Series) (8 episodes)
– Matters of the Heart (1995)
– No Pain, No Gain (1995)
– Second Thoughts (1993)
– The Things We Do for Love (1993)
– The Whole Truth (1993)
– The First Time (1992)
– The Kindness of Stranglers (1991)
– Devoted Husband, Loving Father (1991)
 1991Past Midnight
 1990WIOU (TV Series) (1 episode)
– Diamond Dogs (1990)
 1988-1990Wiseguy (TV Series) (3 episodes)
– Fruit of the Poisonous Tree: Part 2 (1990)
– Fruit of the Poisonous Tree: Part 1 (1990)
– Aria for Don Aiuppo (1988)
 1990Brewster Place (TV Series) (1 episode)
– The Poet (1990)
 1990Booker (TV Series) (2 episodes)
– Father’s Day (1990)
– Reunion (1990)
 1990The Outsiders (TV Series) (1 episode)
– The Stork Club (1990)
 199021 Jump Street (TV Series) (1 episode)
– Change of Heart (1990)
 1986-1989L.A. Law (TV Series) (2 episodes)
– The Accidental Jurist (1989)
– Raiders of the Lost Bark (1986)
 1989TV 101 (TV Series) (1 episode)
– The Last Temptation of Checker: Part 2 (1989)
 1988Dirty Dancing (TV Series) (1 episode)
– Save the Last Dance for Me (1988)
 1988Lovers, Partners & Spies
 1988Crime Story (TV Series) (1 episode)
– Femme Fatale (1988)
 1986-1987Miami Vice (TV Series) (3 episodes)
– God’s Work (1987)
– Contempt of Court (1987)
– Forgive Us Our Debts (1986)
 1987Jack and Mike (TV Series) (1 episode)
– Till Death Do Us Part (1987)
 1986Cagney & Lacey (TV Series) (1 episode)
– Act of Conscience (1986)

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Bite-sized blog post: Claudia Weill

Claudia Weill

Stanley Kubrick praised CLAUDIA WEILL’s first feature film Girlfriends (1978) as one of the most interesting American films of its time, comparable in quality to European films (high praise from Kubrick).

Weill most recently directed for the popular television series Girls.

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Where to watch her films:

HULU

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ONLINE
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52 Weeks of Directors – Claudia Weill
Girls on Film: Girlfriends, the most influential film about female friendship you’ve never heard of
Columbia University
Roger Ebert Interview
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2013Girls (TV Series) (1 episode)
– Boys (2013)
 1999-2001Once and Again (TV Series) (6 episodes)
– Thieves Like Us (2001)
– Feast or Famine (2000)
– Cat-in-Hat (2000)
– Sneaky Feelings (2000)
– Thanksgiving (1999)
– The Past Is Prologue (1999)
 1999Caroline in the City (TV Series) (1 episode)
– Caroline and the 2000th Strip (1999)
 1998Giving Up the Ghost (TV Movie)
 1997Nothing Sacred (TV Series) (1 episode)
– Parents and Children (1997)
 1996Critical Choices (TV Movie)
 1995Chicago Hope (TV Series) (1 episode)
– Great White Hope (1995)
 1994My So-Called Life (TV Series) (1 episode)
– Other People’s Mothers (1994)
 1994Birdland (TV Series) (1 episode)
– The Man in the Window (1994)
 1992A Child Lost Forever: The Jerry Sherwood Story (TV Movie)
 1991Face of a Stranger (TV Movie)
 1990WIOU (TV Series) (1 episode)
– Pilot (1990)
 1987-1989Thirtysomething (TV Series) (3 episodes)
– Politics (1989)
– Business as Usual (1988)
– Nice Work If You Can Get It (1987)
 1987Once a Hero (TV Series) (1 episode)
– Pilot (1987)
 1987Cagney & Lacey (TV Series) (1 episode)
– Waste Deep (1987)
 1986Johnny Bull (TV Movie)
 1986Fast Times (TV Series) (1 episode)
– Secret Romance (1986)
 1986The Twilight Zone (TV Series) (1 episode)
– Monsters!/A Small Talent for War/A Matter of Minutes (1986) … (segment “A Small Talent for War”)
 1984ABC Afterschool Specials (TV Series) (1 episode)
– The Great Love Experiment (1984)
 1980It’s My Turn
 1978Girlfriends
 1975The Other Half of the Sky: A China Memoir (Documentary)
 1973Big Town (Short)

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Bite-sized blog post: Gillian Robespierre

Gillian Robespierre

GILLIAN ROBESPIERRE co-wrote and directed the Independent Spirit Award nominated film Obvious Child (2014) based on the short she created of the same name after graduating from the School of Visual Arts in New York City.

The film was funded in part by a crowdfunding via a Kickstarter campaign and premiered at South by Southwest.

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AMAZON (PRIME-STREAMING)

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VIMEO

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ONLINE
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The 20 Best Breakthrough Directors Of 2014
NPR: The Women Behind ‘Obvious Child’ Talk Farts, Abortion And Stage Fright
Kickstarter page for Obvious Child
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb): 

2014Obvious Child
 2009Obvious Child (Short)
 2008Beach (Video short) (collaborating director)

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Bite-sized blog post: Gurinder Chadha

Gurinder Chadha

GURINDER CHADA was a BBC news reporter who made award winning documentaries in England before her fiction feature film Bend It Like Beckham (2002) became a US (and international) success.

She continues to direct for the screen and has recently turned Bend It Like Beckham into a stage musical.

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NETFLIX

AMAZON (PRIME-STREAMING)

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The Guardian Articles
British-Indian director Gurinder Chadha to make film on events leading to Partition
Telegraph interview
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

 2006Paris, je t’aime (segment “Quais de Seine”)
 1995Rich Deceiver (TV Movie)
 1994A Nice Arrangement (Short)
 1992Acting Our Age (Short)
 1992Pain, Passion and Profit (Video documentary)
 1990I’m British But… (TV Short documentary)
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Bite-sized blog post: Mimi Leder

Mimi Leder

MIMI LEDER was the first female graduate of the AFI program in 1973.

She directed the hit film Deep Impact (1998) and has a long list of credits despite having opportunities curtailed because of her gender.

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HULU

AMAZON (PRIME-STREAMING)

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ONLINE

DGA
Mimi Leder on the Struggles of Being a Female Director
Heroines of Cinema: Mimi Leder and the Impossible Standard for Women Directors in Hollywood
Lesli Linka Glatter & Mimi Leder Team With Indigenous Media For Made By Women Incubator
The Paley Center for Media biography
Wikipedia

FILMOGRAPHY (from imdb):

Dirty Rules (Short) (completed)
 2014-2015The Leftovers (TV Series) (7 episodes)
– I Live Here Now (2015)
– A Most Powerful Adversary (2015)
– A Matter of Geography (2015)
– Axis Mundi (2015)
– The Prodigal Son Returns (2014)
– Solace for Tired Feet (2014)
– Gladys (2014)
 2011-2015Shameless (TV Series) (6 episodes)
– Drugs Actually (2015)
– Hope Springs Paternal (2014)
– My Oldest Daughter (2014)
– A Long Way from Home (2013)
– A Great Cause (2012)
– Three Boys (2011)
 2014Almost Human (TV Series) (1 episode)
– Perception (2014)
 2013Full Circle (TV Series) (2 episodes)
– Celeste & Tim (2013)
– Stanley & Jace (2013)
 2012-2013Smash (TV Series) (2 episodes)
– The Dress Rehearsal (2013)
– The Workshop (2012)
 2012Nashville (TV Series) (1 episode)
– Lovesick Blues (2012)
 2012Luck (TV Series) (2 episodes)
 2011Heavenly (TV Movie)
 2010The Quinn-tuplets (TV Movie)
 2010Human Target (TV Series) (1 episode)
– The Wife’s Tale (2010)
 2009U.S. Attorney (TV Movie)
 1994-2009ER (TV Series) (11 episodes)
 2009/IThick as Thieves
 2006Vanished (TV Series) (4 episodes)
– The Velocity of Sara (2006)
– Resurrection (2006)
– The Tunnel (2006)
– Pilot (2006)
 2006The West Wing (TV Series) (1 episode)
– Election Day: Part 1 (2006)
 2005Related (TV Series) (1 episode)
– Pilot (2005)
 2005Jonny Zero (TV Series) (4 episodes)
– I Did It All for the Nooky (2005)
– Lost and Found (2005)
– Who’s Your Daddy (2005)
– Pilot (2005)
 2002-2003John Doe (TV Series) (6 episodes)
– The Rising (2003)
– Ashes to Ashes (2003)
– The Mourner (2002)
– Blood Lines (2002)
– Pilot (2002)
– Unaired Pilot
 2001The Beast (TV Series)
 1999Sentimental Journey (Short)
 1994The Innocent (TV Movie)
 1994Baby Brokers (TV Movie)
 1993House of Secrets (TV Movie)
 1993Rio Shannon (TV Movie)
 1993There Was a Little Boy (TV Movie)
 1993Marked for Murder (TV Movie)
 1992Woman with a Past (TV Movie)
 1991A Little Piece of Heaven (TV Movie)
 1988-1991China Beach (TV Series) (13 episodes)
– Through and Through (1991)
– Rewind (1991)
– 100 Klicks Out (1991)
– You, Babe (1990)
– She Sells More Than Sea Shells (1990)
– Phoenix (1990)
– The Thanks of a Grateful Nation (1990)
– Magic (1990)
– Independence Day (1989)
– Skin Deep (1989)
Show all 13 episodes
 1990Sisters (TV Movie)
 1989Nightingales (TV Series) (1 episode)
– Episode #1.2 (1989)
 1988Midnight Caller (TV Series) (1 episode)
– After It Happened (1988)
 1988Nightingales (TV Movie)
 1988The Bronx Zoo (TV Series) (1 episode)
– On the Land, on the Sea and in the Halls (1988)
 1988Crime Story (TV Series) (1 episode)
– The Hearings (1988)
 1988A Year in the Life (TV Series) (2 episodes)
– Glory Days (1988)
– The Little Disturbance of Man (1988)
 1987L.A. Law (TV Series) (2 episodes)