1991-92: Grace Blake, Board President
Screenplay Reading Workshops created by Viveca Lindfors and Dan Pollack Annual Christmas Luncheon honors Jodie Foster at the Waldorf-Astoria; Muse Awards are presented to producers Linda Gottlieb and Peggy Rajski. 1,040 guests in attendance Spring event: NY premiere of Penny Marshall’s A League of Their Own at the Ziegfeld Theatre, followed by an elegant barbecue supper and...
READ MORE1992-94: Beth Dembitzer, Board President
NYWIF changes the name of our annual fundraiser to the Gala Holiday Luncheon. For the first time, NYWIF honors all Luncheon honorees with the Muse Award for Outstanding Vision and Achievement. 1992 recipients include Linda Ellerbee, broadcast journalist; Nora Ephron, writer/director; Kay Koplovitz, president and C.E.O., USA networks; and Diane Sokolow, producer In January 1993,...
READ MORE1994-96: Harlene Freezer, Board President
NYWIFT, in association with the Museum of Modern Art and American Movie Classics founds the Women’s Film Preservation Fund — the first effort by women in our industry to raise funds to restore and preserve films in which women have played a significant creative role 1994 Muse Awards gala holiday luncheon and presentation at the...
READ MORE1996-98: Joy Pereths, Board President
1996 Muse Awards gala holiday luncheon and presentation to actor Mary Tyler Moore; actor/performer Rita Moreno; comedian/talk show host Rosie O’Donnell; casting director Juliet Taylor; and independent producer Christine Vachon. Again, comedian Elayne Boosler was the emcee. 1,500 guests attended at the New York Hilton and Towers NYWIFT hosts the 1997 Women in Film and...
READ MORE1998-2000: Ellen Geiger, Board President
1998 Muse Awards gala holiday luncheon and presentation to Candice Bergen, actor; Sheila Nevins, VP, documentary and family programming, HBO; Dyanna Taylor, cinematographer; and our first Special Lifetime Achievement Muse Award presented posthumously to Ida Lupino, accepted by Gena Rowlands on behalf of the Lupino estate. 1,500 guests attended at the New York Hilton and...
READ MORE2000-03: Marcie Setlow, Board President
2000 Muse Awards gala holiday luncheon and presentation to Annette Bening, actor; Carole Black, president and CEO. at the Lifetime Network; Madhur Jaffrey, actor/writer; and Rachel Portman, musical composer. 1,300 guests attended at The New York Hilton and Towers Designing Hollywood spring event honoring costume designers and makeup artists established 2000 Designing Hollywood spring event...
READ MORE2003-05: Linda Kahn, Board President
2003 Muse Awards gala holiday luncheon and presentation to actors Whoopi Goldberg and Emma Thompson; Bonnie Hammer, president of the Sci-Fi Channel; and Ellen Kuras, cinematographer. 1,400 guests attended at the New York Hilton and Towers 2004 Designing Hollywood spring event honors Aude Bronson-Howard, Margarita Delgado and Naomi Donne Marcie Setlow becomes Chair of Advisory...
READ MORE2005-07: Carey Graeber, Board President
2005 Muse Awards gala holiday luncheon and presentation to Tina Fey, writer/actor; Debra Lee, president/CEO, BET; Julianne Moore, actor; and Susan E. Morse, editor, at the New York Hilton and Towers 2006 Designing Hollywood spring event honors Nicki Ledermann, Ellen Lutter and Lyndell Quiyou Linda Kahn becomes chair of Advisory Committee NYWIFT represented by a...
READ MORE2007-10: Laverne Berry, Board President
2007 Muse Awards gala holiday luncheon and presentation to Terry Lawler, NYWIFT executive director; Jennifer Jason Leigh, actor; Suzana Peric, music editor; Julie Taymor, writer/director; and Lauren Zalaznick, president of Bravo Media. The Loreen Arbus award honoring Those Who Take Action & Effect Change went to producer Gale Ann Hurd NYWIFT represented by a delegation...
READ MORE2010-12: Alexandra Levi, Board President
Engaged in a Strategic Planning Process Conducted member survey Presented a successful series on unions and guilds Established Nancy Malone Grant for directing ($1000) Increased Loreen Arbus Disability Awareness Grant to $7,500 Presented a program of short experimental films that had been preserved by the WFPF at the 2011 Tribeca Film Festival Established social media...
READ MORE2012-17: Alexis Alexanian, Board President
Oprah Winfrey lends her support to The Writers Lab 2017, in addition to returning funder Meryl Streep. That year, participant Vigil Chime receives the Nicholl Fellowship in Screenwriting from The Academy. 2017 Designing Women Awards are presented to makeup artist Kyra Panchenko, hair stylist Melissa Forney and costume designer Melissa Toth. The Variety Ensemble Award...
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