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Terry’s Picks: Spark Diversity, Rachel Feldman, Sundance Women

Spark Diversity: Crowdfunding and distribution platform Seed & Spark announced the #100DaysOfDiversity initiative, a movement joining creators, audiences, brands, festivals and organizations to actively increase representation in entertainment in 100 days. Rachel Feldman: Deadline has a wonderful interview with Rachel Feldman about her fight to get Fair Fight, about the Lily Ledbetter Fair Pay Act,...

Terry’s Picks: No Progress, 2017 Resolution, Tax Credit

No Progress: The 2016 Celluloid Ceiling Report by Dr. Martha M. Lauzen at the Center for Women in Television & Film is a bummer. It shows that, despite the recent buzz around women’s equality in entertainment, the number of women behind the camera on the top 250 domestic grossing films in 2016 actually declined. 2017...

Terry’s Picks: 2017 Preview, Women Animators, Melina Matsoukas

2017 Preview: Onward and upward! Women and Hollywood and Film School Rejects have both compiled great lists of films by and about women to look for in 2017. (It’s worth noting that the top movies of the last four years star women!) Women Animators: In response to The Hollywood Reporter’s all male – and all...

Terry’s Picks: Carrie Fisher, Star Wars, BBC America

Carrie Fisher: I was saddened by the loss of icon Carrie Fisher (and her mother Debbie Reynolds) last week. This piece in Indiewire sums up what so many of us are feeling: “In both the stories she told about her life and the stories she represented as a fictional icon, Carrie Fisher taught us that...

Terry’s Picks: Emmy Rossum, Union Workers, Girls Revolt

Emmy Rossum: Good for Emmy Rossum, who would not sign on for the next season of Shameless (and subsequently delayed the show’s renewal!) until she was guaranteed a higher salary. Union Workers: The New York Times ran a great feature on some of the crew women in TV & film production who fought to join...

Terry’s Picks: Nina Jacobson, Ryan Murphy, Reel Film

Nina Jacobson: The New York Times ran a great profile on producer Nina Jacobson, who talks about her career-long battle with Hollywood’s “old boys’ network.” Ryan Murphy: Kudos to Ryan Murphy, whose TV directors are now more than 50% female. Reel Film: Kodak has introduced a website and app called Reel Film, which helps users...

Terry’s Picks: Women in Animation, Win Prizes, Sunday Morning

Women in Animation: I’m thrilled to hear Women in Animation will be working with IATSE 839 (the animation guild) on the 50-50 by 2025 initiative, which aims to see an equal split of jobs for men and women on animation productions by 2025. NYWIFT looks forward to partnering with WIA’s New York chapter at next...

Terry’s Picks: Giving Tuesday, Legendary Lily, Series Competition

Giving Tuesday: Today is Giving Tuesday! Please consider supporting one of NYWIFT’s programs during this season of gift-giving. Legendary Lily: Here is a great look back on past Muse honoree Lily Tomlin’s five-decade career and how she continues to defy expectiations. Series Competition: Bravo to the Mayor’s Office of Media & Entertainment, IFP and the...

Terry’s Picks: Mary-Louise Parker, Women’s EasyRig, Monumental Women

Mary-Louise Parker: We’re thrilled to be honoring Mary-Louise Parker at the Muse Awards on December 8th. Her extraordinary book, Dear Mr. You, is available now. Women’s EasyRig: NYWIFT member Aly MIgliori talked to our friends at KitSplit about her experiences with the Cinema Flex, the first EasyRig vest designed for women’s bodies. Monumental Women: Pam...

Terry’s Picks: Muse Awards, Kirsten Johnson, Funding Women

Muse Awards: We’re thrilled to announce the honorees for this year’s Muse Awards: Mary-Louise Parker (actor), Debi Mazar (actor), Martha Plimpton (actor), Marica Smith (President of Firelight Media) and Jacki Kelly (Chief Operating Officer of Bloomberg Media). The Loreen Arbus Changemaker Award will be presented to Amy Goodman (Democracy Now!, pictured above). Join us on...

Terry’s Picks: Meryl Streep, Mila Kunis, Inequality Below-the-Line

Meryl Streep: Congrats to Meryl Streep, longtime friend of NYWIFT and funder of The Writers Lab, who will receive the Cecil B. DeMille Award at the 2017 Golden Globes. Mila Kunis: When a male producer told Mila Kunis she “will never work in this town again” after she refused to pose semi-nude, she took action....

Terry’s Picks: Comedy Makers, Women Pioneers, DOC NYC

Comedy Makers: Join us at Carolines on Broadway this Thursday, November 3rd for our Made in NY: Comedy Makers panel. Now in it’s 4th year, our annual Women in Comedy panel has been named one of the Mayor’s Office of Media & Entertainment’s 50 for 50 programs, highlighting the best of the best of the...

Terry’s Picks: Every Episode, Equity Rules, Swim Team

Every Episode: Melissa Rosenberg, Executive Producer of the smash hit Netflix/Marvel series Jessica Jones, announced that every episode of season two will be directed by a woman. Bravo! Equity Rules: Congrats to the women-created feature film Equity, which will be adapted as a drama series for ABC! Swim Team: Check out this lovely interview with...

She Said, She Said: Denise Rogers, Cait Johnston and Sarah Elisabeth Brown

NYWIFT members Denise Rogers, Cait Johnston and Sarah Elisabeth Brown discuss the NYWIFT New Works Lab affinity group, which brings together actors, writers and directors to collaborate on readings throughout the year. Hear how they developed their stories, and how their involvement in NYWIFT helped them take those stories to the next level.

Terry’s Picks: Fall Drive, Show Runners, Power Wowen

Fall Drive: NYWIFT’s Fall Membership Drive begins this week – join now through December 1st and save 50% off the initiation fee and attend the Muse Awards at a discount. There’s no better time to join our community of women calling the shots! Show Runners: World Screen takes an in-depth look at the rise of...

Terry’s Picks: Pay Gap, Likeability Factor, Maya Angelou

Pay Gap: Newsweek spells out the startling pay gap between white and minority actors on television. Likeability Factor: Read this smart interview with Amy Landecker, who plays Sarah Pfefferman on Amazon’s Transparent. She talks about playing a “hot mess,” sexism, and how “fully formed humans” aren’t always 100% likeable. Maya Angelou: WIF LA member Rita...

Terry’s Picks: #FreeTheBid, Aging Out, Female Veterans

#FreeTheBid: As part of a new #FreeTheBid pledge, some of the major ad agencies have promised to include at least one woman director in every bid put forward for ad campaigns. Aging Out: A new California law will force IMDB to take down actor’s ages (on the actor’s request only). This is a great step...

Terry’s Picks: #HireaMs, 52 Films, Dana Offenbach

#HireaMs: Women in film should submit themselves to be listed on the Ms. in the Biz “Hire a Ms.” database, which features qualified women looking for work in a variety of industry positions. 52 Films: Our sister chapter WIF LA is continuing it’s #52FilmsByWomen initiative. If you didn’t pledge to watch 52 films by women...

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