Terry’s Picks: Diana Means, Stacy Smith, Women Editors
Diana Means: When she’s not working her day job in production and creative services at Warner Bros., Diana Means has been running the L.A. Women’s International Film Festival for the past 13 years. Stacy Smith: Social scientist Stacy Smith gives a Ted Talk on how the media underrepresents and portrays women – and the potentially...
READ MORETerry’s Picks: Director Talks, Funny Girls, Gender Swapping
Director Talks: Check out filmmaker Pamela Romanowsky’s insightful look at being a female director, and all the pressures that come along with it. Funny Girls: Women’s E-News discusses how teen girls interested in comedy could use a confidence boost – and where they might find it. Gender Swapping: Is remaking male-driven classics with female leads...
READ MOREWEEKLY ROUNDUP: PAYCHECKS, STUNTWOMEN & PERSONAL CHOICES
Photo courtesy of MARVEL Scarlett Johansson’s Avengers: Age of Ultron paycheck matched her male counterparts. #Babysteps Sexism, culture, politics… Lena Dunham’s LennyLetter blog has it all! Based on this interview with Mollie Gregory, her book STUNTWOMEN: The Untold Hollywood Story is a “must-read!” Should you stay or should you go? Read this before quitting your...
READ MOREWEEKLY ROUNDUP: FUNNY BUSINESS, AGEISM & ACTION
Image via The Hollywood Reporter Even when discussing sexism, racism & death threats these women are still “effin” funny! Watching the 2015 Tony Nominees “In Performance” will put you in a great mood. (VIDEO) Freelancers Union founder Sara Horowitz has “commandments” to thrive in today’s new economy. This ageism chart supports what Maggie Gyllenhaal and thousands...
READ MORETerry’s Picks: Minorities Losing Ground in Hollywood, Maggie Smith & HBO’s Gloria Steinam
Still image of Maggie Smith in The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel Enough already! The recent WGA study shows that women and minorities are actually losing ground in terms of employment as writers in Hollywood. Loved: Maggie Smith in The Second Best Exotic Marigold Hotel. Her character is using her retirement to re-invent herself as a...
READ MOREWorld Premiere: Gender Equality PSA ‘Little Leading Ladies’
Hashtag created for Little Leading Ladies campaign. For the past week New York Women in Film & Television and Adorama Rentals have been sharing behind-the-scenes, interviews and insights into the making of the Little Leading Ladies PSA. Director and NYWIFT member Aubrey Smyth was quoted in the first post on her inspiration to make the short: “I have been...
READ MOREMaking of a PSA: Interviews with Production & Costume Designer Deborah Zawol Smyth and Makeup Artist Jennifer Snowdon
Taliyah Whitaker as the 1980s talk show host getting last-minute touchups from Makeup Artist Jennifer Snowdon on the set of Little Leading Ladies. Photo courtesy of Amanda Lin Costa/Instagram. This is the fourth installment of a five-part series co-presented by New York Women in Film & Television and Adorama Rentals. NYWIFT member Susan Modaress interviews...
READ MOREMaking of a PSA: Interviews with DP Bryant Fisher & Gaffer Jerred Sanusi
DP Bryant Fisher (behind camera) on set of Little Leading Ladies. Image courtesy of Adorama Rentals. This is the third installment of a five-part series co-presented by New York Women in Film & Television and Adorama Rentals. ARC Blog Editor Kelly M. La Rosa interviews Little Leading Ladies Director of Photography Bryant Fisher and Director of Operations at Adorama Rentals and Little...
READ MOREMaking of a PSA: Interview with Casting Director Jessica Daniels
Casting Director Jessica Daniels (right) and Casting Associate Candice Alustiza-Lee (left) at the Little Leading Ladies casting session. Image courtesy of Adorama Rentals. This is the second installment of a five-part series co-presented by New York Women in Film & Television and Adorama Rentals. NYWIFT member Amanda Lin Costa interviews Casting Director Jessica Daniels about her work casting the PSA Little...
READ MOREMaking of a PSA: Interview with Writer/Director Aubrey Smyth
Writer/Director Aubrey Smyth (center) works with the young actors on the set of Little Leading Ladies. Photo courtesy of Gingersnap. This is the first installment of a five-part series co-presented by New York Women in Film & Television and Adorama Rentals. Intro:When fellow NYWIFT member Aubrey Smyth shared her idea to create a PSA inspired by Sheryl Sandberg’s...
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