NYWIFT ON MOVING FORWARD: Focus on TV Directors
Recently, the Directors Guild of America (DGA) made a call to action to hire more new women and minority TV directors in an effort to level the playing field within the industry. This call subsequently came weeks after the DGA revealed their latest Six-Year Study which showed 82% out of 611 new TV directors were...
READ MOREWEEKLY ROUNDUP: WATCH #52FILMS & NIX FREE LABOR
Photo via WomenInFilm.org In a viewing slump? Pledge to watch #52FilmsByWomen. That should tide you over. Winona Ryder’s looks almost kept her from being cast in Heathers. The horror! A+E CEO Nancy Dubuc discusses the lack of new television creators. (VIDEO) CBS is bringing back our favorite female sleuths (that aren’t Jessica Fletcher). A short piece on why...
READ MORETerry’s Picks: Sara Bareilles, Male Privilege, Julie Schumacher
Sing it: The Sara Bareilles musical Waitress, based on the 2007 Adrienne Shelly indie film, will open on Broadway April 24th. NYWIFT partners with the Adrienne Shelly Foundation on grants for women filmmakers. It features the gorgeous and heartbreaking song “She Used to Be Mine”– give it a listen! Living proof: Yet another man with zero directing experience is helming a big...
READ MOREWEEKLY ROUNDUP: THAT BIRTHDAY SONG, NEW EVENTS & HANGING WITH LUPITA.
Photo via Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times Jennifer Nelson just gave other filmmakers the best on screen birthday present since 1935. The MacArthur Genius Grant winners are diverse and deserving. Produced By: New York a conference “by Producers for Producers” is 10/24. (NYWIFT members received an email for a 40% discount) Job hunting? The #HashtagToHired seminar explores how...
READ MORETerry’s Picks: Women Rule the Emmys, The Golden Age…Again, Reed Morano
Go, ladies!: Congratulations to Jill Soloway and Lisa Cholodenko, who won Emmy Awards for directing a Comedy Series and a Limited Series respectively! Despite being grossly outnumbered in nominations, exceptional women are still taking home top trophies. History Lesson: Nell Scovell wrote about another golden age for women in TV – 1990 – in The...
READ MORECine Qua Non Lab – Creative Paradise for Screenwriters
Imagine two full weeks where creativity is your only priority. Then, picture yourself in a majestic location, surrounded by writers from around the world, where you are supported by a generous staff and brilliant mentors to help you tell the best version of your story possible. And… you’re eating epically delicious food. The view from...
READ MOREWEEKLY ROUNDUP: EMMY RECAP, CAREER ADVICE & MISSING: FEMALE DPs
Photo via Filmmagic Viola, Uzo, Julia, Jill, Allison, Amy, Bessie, Olive–the Emmy’s were a blast! Fortune released the 2015 list of Most Powerful Women. ((Applause)) ladies. Why following your “passion” may not be the best career option. If it is… consider finding a mentor. An Amazon is the perfect place to find projects from strong, talented...
READ MORETerry’s Picks: Uzo Aduba, Smart Girls, Wielding Your Media Power
Congrats, Uzo: Uzo Aduba, one of the presenters at this year’s NYWIFT Designing Women Awards, won Best Supporting Actress in a Drama the Emmy Awards this weekend. She thanked all those in her life who, she said, “let me be me.” Thanks, Amy: Amy Poehler’s Smart Girls asked thoughtful, hard-hitting questions on the Emmy’s red...
READ MOREWEEKLY ROUNDUP: BEE MAKES A BUZZ & BEWARE THE GLASS CLIFF!
Photo via @iamsambee Samantha Bee responds perfectly to that Vanity Fair cover and we agree with Trevor Noah, women ARE ruling comedy now! “Yes, Charlie!” Elizabeth Banks may direct those “Angels.” Have women broken through the glass ceiling only to fall off the glass cliff? R.I.P. May Boss, Stuntwoman extraordinaire.
READ MORETerry’s Picks: A Powerhouse Trio: Nancy Meyers, Meryl Streep, Sienna Miller
A legend: In an interview with Vulture, filmmaker Nancy Meyers talks working moms, the stigma of “chick flicks,” Instagram and working with the greats. Preach, Meryl!: Meryl Streep, who funded the Writers Lab for women over 40, spoke to the LA Times about her new role in Suffragette and her ongoing support for women in...
READ MOREWEEKLY ROUNDUP: SALLY’S HONORED, A SHOCKING OSCAR TRUTH & SHOULD YOU REROUTE YOUR CAREER MAP?
Photo via Gilbert Carrasquillo/Filmmagic The National Medals of Arts honors Sally Field and four other notable women. We’ve always loved Kim Dickens–we just didn’t know her name until now. “Is that true?” Lina Wertmuller, Oscar’s 1st female nominated for directing can’t believe only three women have been nominated since. Be sure your career map is leading you...
READ MORENYWIFT Success Story: Makeup Artist Jennifer Snowdon Masters the Art of Networking
By Katie Chambers During my first six months as Community Engagement Coordinator for New York Women in Film & Television, I have been struck by how warm, welcoming and nurturing our members are with one another. No one exemplifies this more than NYWIFT member Jennifer Snowdon. At NYWIFT events, it seems as though she knows...
READ MOREWEEKLY ROUNDUP: IT’S HAMMER’S TIME, SOME TRUTHS & THAT SCARE.
Photo | Mary Rozzi Bonnie Hammer turned 65 and so should every other women in Hollywood! Samantha Bee’s new late night show Full Frontal will certainly be ballsy. Here’s the real reason women don’t direct action movies. (VIDEO) “Ass plus chair” and other tips from screenwriter Aline Brosh McKenna. NBC correspondent Nancy Snyderman (finally) explains her actions...
READ MORETerry’s Picks: Equal Rights, Angelina Jolie and Blockbuster Women Directors
#ERAnow: Contact your Congress members and insist they support the Equal Rights Amendment, which would expressly prohibit discrimination against girls and women on the basis of sex. Kudos: Angelina Jolie’s By the Sea will be the first woman-directed film to open AFI Fest in at least a decade. No laughing matter: Directors Catherine Hardwicke, Nicole...
READ MOREBig Success on the Small Screen: Women Screenwriters Discuss Change and Opportunity at NYWIFT Panel Discussion
On the seventh floor of one of the busiest office buildings in New York City, the employees of the Writers’ Guild of America, East are usually wrapping up their day at 6 PM, sending last minute emails and shutting down their computers for the night. However, on the evening of June 18th, approximately one-hundred eager...
READ MOREWEEKLY ROUNDUP: MORE JOY, NAIVE MEN & ANIMATED WOMEN
Photo via @JoyVBehar Oh Joy! Before Oprah or a “view” there was Sally. Sally Jesse Raphael tells her story. Sanaa Lathan pushes boundaries of suspense & romance in The Perfect Guy. (VIDEO) New Star Wars director Colin Trevorrow is naive and should stay off social media. Film school is only one of many ways towards Hollywood success. (Whew!)...
READ MOREWEEKLY ROUNDUP: THE LIST, THE SCAMS & A RAVEN SPEAKS
Credit: Jordan Strauss/invision/ap Forbes lists the highest paid actresses. (VIDEO) Here’s the problem with the list. “You’ll be a star–for a small fee.” A list of three common actor scams. Martha Nelson joins Yahoo. The female power just keeps rolling in! She’s not a puppet, she’s not a brand. She’s Raven Simone and she’s got opinions,...
READ MORETerry’s Picks: Year of the Woman, CW Showrunners, Flip the Script
Finally: The groundbreaking 1973 documentary Year of the Woman, about the feminist movement, will be available for wide release after a 40-year disappearance. Thank you: At the TCA’s, eight of the CW’s 12 women showrunners discussed their effort to keep gratuitous sexual violence against women off the small screen. Flip the script: Funny or Die...
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