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Michael Gibson digital visual effects designer/director
Viki King creativity consultant; author: "How To Write A Movie In 21 Days - The Inner Movie Method"
Lela Lee cartoonist, filmmaker - creator of "Angry Little Asian Girl" strip
Anne Meredith screenwriter: "Bastard Out of Carolina"; "Losing Chase"
Andrew Niccol writer/director: "Gattaca"
Dempsey Rice documentary filmmaker: "Daughter of Suicide"
Elisa Rothstein: creator, producer of TV series "Women: Stories of Passion"
Susan Sarandon "Earlier films were telling good stories, and were less seduced by special effects."
Linda Seger For her book "When Women Call the Shots..." Linda Seger interviewed more than 200 women, finding a wide range of passionate and creative writers, producers and other professionals wanting to use film and television to tell stories.
Leslie Smith commercials director
Julie Taymor on making "Titus" and her work as a stage & film director
Caroline Thompson: on directing "Buddy"
Caroline Thompson on making "Snow White: The Fairest of Them All"
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A Few More Good Women "Women have been making significant technical and creative contributions
to film and television production since the beginning.Art and being heard "You need to create your own projects and let your voice be heard." [Filmmaker Valerie Red-Horse] -- Many artists use their creativity to articulate and support social issues or deal with personal concerns.
Women and Violence On Screen by Douglas Eby A number of actors have found some of their juiciest and most pleasurable roles in playing the bad guy or tough guy, or someone willing to use a weapon to protect or avenge. In more and more films and TV projects those actors are women... Lucy Lawless summed up what a number of these dynamic actresses feel about using weapons as part of their acting roles: "I personally do not derive any great joy from violence inflicted upon other human beings. But the show sure is fun, isn't it?"
Women in Film: Identity and Power by Douglas Eby
Women on the Verge by Linda Seger - women executives in the motion picture industry "In recent years, there has been a movement afoot in Hollywood. Women actors, tired of playing the wimpy roles as girlfriend or wife and equally tired of being paid a pittance in comparison with the megamillions their male counterparts were making, have begun to demand--and get--juicier roles and more money."
sites:
ABC New Talent Development
"is proud to provide a variety of programs to help aspiring individuals in the fields of acting, writing, directing, and production. We are searching to discover new creative voices and to employ culturally and ethnically diverse talent."Caryn.com - Eye On The Industry: Filmmaking, Acting & Screenwriting Resources
Global Film School
"..online university dedicated solely to the art of filmmaking. GFS offers a wide range of courses, seminars and events that cover the creative, production and distribution of film. Founded by three preeminent educational institutions -- the UCLA School of Theater, Film, and Television, The Australian Film Television and Radio School, and the National Film and Television School ."
MadCat Women's International Film Festival "evocative films and videos from around the world. MadCat is committed to showcasing women film and videomakers who challenge the use of sound and image and modes of visual story telling."The Moondance International Film Festival "objective is to promote and encourage women screenwriters, playwrights, short-story writers and women who make independent films, and the best work by women, in any genre, including feature films, animation, documentaries, short films, stage plays & short stories."
Movies Directed By Women
".. includes information on historical women directors, statistics on women directors, and also includes Director interviews."POWERup Professional Organization of Women in Entertainment Reaching UP
"The organization for gay women in entertainment, arts, and all media. The mission of this 'girls club' is to promote,
encourage, and support the visibility and integration of gay women in the entertainment industry through career-building
resources including a resume bank, networking events, roundtables, seminars, mentors, and grants for filmmaking."Reel Women / Reel Women Productions [filmmaker/writer Ally Acker] - "...documentaries on great women pioneers..."
Reel Women "a non-profit organization formed for the purposes of developing a permanent support system for women at all levels of experience in the film and video industries."
TriggerStreet.com
".. filmmaker and screenwriter's community.. for the purpose of discovering and showcasing new and unique talent. Based on the principles of creative excellence, it provides industry access and exposure to help build the careers of notable new filmmakers and screenwriters of our day."// also see excerpts from interview with site founder Kevin Spacey on: screenwriting / playwriting : page 1
Womenact "a collaboration of creative artists-directors, actors, writers, producers-who through artistic works are committed to resonating women's voices, journeys, visions by ensuring that women's presence in the creative world is no longer an alternative, but a norm."Womenfilms.com "This site will prove to women that we can support and create our own work, and in the process, educate both men and women on how wonderful it is to diversify the films that are available to American audiences and audiences worldwide."
Women in the Director's Chair (WIDC) "is a Chicago-based, international media arts /activist center which exhibits, promotes, and educates about media made by women that expresses a diversity of cultures, experiences, and issues. We strive to expand and create new audiences for this work and to advance the use of alternative media for social change. It is our mission to raise the visibility of women media makers and to support the production of alternative media that defies demeaning stereotypes perpetuated by mainstream media."
Women Make Movies "the largest distributor of women's media in North America, is a national non-profit feminist media arts organization whose multicultural programs provide resources for both users and producers of media by women. WMM was established in 1972 to address the under representation and misrepresentation of women in the media.
Women's Film & Art Foundation
"We're actively encouraging women and minorities to boldly go where too few have been before -- making films -- by fully exploiting all the opportunities today's film industry offers." founder Helena Lumme - author of Great Women of FilmWomen's Image Network
"producer of the WINFEMME FILM FESTIVAL and the WINFEMME MONTHLIES - accepts three distinct categories of films, videos and scripts, short, documentary and/or features. BOTH men and women filmmakers and/or screenwriters are encouraged to apply."Women Wise "..formed to encourage women to use and create new media with a female perspective."
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Flash 5.0 -- Macintosh
MovieWorks Deluxe 5.2
"With MovieWorks Deluxe, you can create Web movies, personal videos, dynamic slideshows, interactive multimedia presentations, and CD-ROM titles... Capture video from a DV or analog video camera, easily edit the duration and start time for an unlimited number of tracks, and arrange your clips in the Sequencer window. MovieWorks actually consists of five programs in one--a multitrack sequencing program, sound editor, animation editor, video editor, and paint/photo program. Its functionality is built around QuickTime-based architecture, so you can create particularly high-quality multimedia productions, including DVD-quality music, photos, and video."
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Stormed Hollywood, 1973-2000 - by Mollie Gregory We are indebted to Gregory for committing to history those who would underestimate their own gains. Storm Hollywood they did, and what permanent effect their cumulative efforts may have on the culture at large will not be measured by this temporal backlash alone. It will incubate in the young girls watching their stories on screen for the first time. This thought is expressed beautifully by producer Laura Ziskin at the end of the book: "Men have built the cities, made and defined the culture, interpreted the world. At no time in recorded history have women been culture-makers. Movies are arguably the most influential, important medium in the world. They have a tremendous cultural impact. Because women are now making movies, then women's ideas, philosophy, point of view will seep into that culture. And that's never happened in history. Ever, ever, ever. We can't even see the impact of that yet." Amen. Lynda Obst - from her review of the book [LA Times, Nov 17 2002] |
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*related articles:......
..............H'wood femme toppers club defies stereotypes by Linda Seger and Mollie Gregory..............Women in Film: Identity and Power by Douglas Eby
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Producer: A Memoir by David Wolper Publishers Weekly: Wolper is one of Hollywood's most successful film and television producers, with over half a century of career highlights that include winning multiple Emmys and an Oscar, and producing cult favorite Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory and the opening ceremonies of the 1984 Olympics. ...
After a quick recounting of his early career, Wolper gets right into the good stuff, beginning with a 1958 television program about the space race that jump-started his career as an independent television documentary producer; later, he introduced Jacques Cousteau to American audiences and created the first Biography series in 1965. ... As the shows start piling up, Wolper's chronology occasionally blurs, but the overwhelming array of celebrity anecdotes will easily distract readers from his occasional missteps.
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Movies of the 90s by Jürgen Müller [publisher review:] ...With a total of 140 movies covering the years 1991 to 2000, this guide takes you from The Silence of the Lambs to Shall We Dance? to Magnolia, covering a wide range of genres, budgets, and cultures, and revealing details from behind the scenes. ... full of photos and film stills.
Zhang Ziyi in "Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon" // related article: Warrior Women On Screen
Jed Dannenbaum et al [USC School of Cinema-Television]. Creative Filmmaking from the Inside Out: Five Keys to the Art of Making Inspired Movies and TelevisionViki King How To Write A Movie In 21 Days: The Inner Movie Method [publisher:] "Viki King is a writer,
script consultant, and lecturer. .. she has written for prime-time TV shows.. has wide clientele of screenwriters...
lectures at the University of California at Los Angeles .. conducts seminars nationally." [interview with Vicki King]Steven Soderbergh, Richard Lester. Getting Away With It
[Amazon.com summary:] "..a hilarious, insightful conversation between two visionary directors... about
the manifold joys and hardships of being a filmmaker."~ ~ ~
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