Archive for February, 2010
Risk, Jerks and Self-Promotion
According to The Center for Study of Women in TV and Film, Women comprised 9% of all directors working on the top 250 films of 2008. Ninety percent (90%) of the films had no female directors and overall, in 2008, women comprised just 16% of all directors, executive producers, producers, writers, cinematographers, and editors working on the top 250 domestic grossing films. This represents a decline of 3 percentage points from 2001.What's the problem?New Media professor at NYU, Clay Shirky ...
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Sundance: 4 out of 16. Not bad? Or Not Good?
Here’s a snapshot of my time at the Sundance Film Festival a few weeks ago: I’m sitting on a bus heading to another theatre when I realize I’m sitting next to Diane Bell, the director of the film Obselidia. I tell her how much I enjoyed her film and she is excited that I program films made by women for the Citizen Jane Film Festival. She says, “You know, there are only 4 of us!” And I ...
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Will a female finally win the Oscar for Best Director?
The nominations for this year's Academy Awards are in and as expected Director Katherine Bigelow has been nominated for The Hurt Locker. Competing for the Oscar against four other men, including her ex-husband James Cameron, Bigelow has what many believe is the best shot ever at becoming the first female director to win the Oscar in its 82 year history. Stay tuned, Sunday, March 7th to see women make history.
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