Sentences with phrase «as a female filmmaker»

During this 1 - on - 1 phone interview with Collider, actress and filmmaker Heather Graham talked about wanting to make a movie celebrating women and friendship, the biggest challenges in getting this film going, having her voice heard, as a female filmmaker, what she most enjoyed about playing Honey, putting together this cast, funny moments on set, what she enjoyed about the experience of directing, her hope to do it again, juggling three different writing projects, and doing the British TV series Bliss, from David Cross.

As a female filmmaker myself, I can certainly see the need for more women role models in the film industry.

As a female filmmaker myself, I can certainly see the need for more women role models in the...

«I am a beneficiary of what is unique about them, not only as female filmmakers or filmmakers of color, but Mira Nair specifically, Ava DuVernay specifically, Amma Asante specifically.

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In a new documentary, filmmaker Lexi Marsh ponders how beards can act as a «membership card» into the scientific club, allowing men to bypass the many issues female paleontologists face daily, from fighting for recognition to feeling responsible for «representing» their gender.

For the second time in as many years, a French female filmmaker has upended a horror sub-genre, flipping it upside down and injecting fresh blood with such force that it might never be the same.

But when female filmmakers try to simply tell stories they want to tell, they get pigeonholed as «niche» or «special interest.»

The Archer School for Girls hosted its seventh annual Archer Film Festival, empowering female filmmakers and featuring award - winning actress Laura Dern as the keynote speaker.

I'm not saying that some of those characters that have been referred to as that don't deserve it; I think sometimes filmmakers have not used their imagination in imbuing their female characters with real life.

In a striking rally, 82 women — the same number of female filmmakers to ever be selected to Cannes competition lineup — stood on the Palais red - carpet steps, as Cate Blanchett said, «a symbol of our determination to change and progress.»

The filmmakers dish out guts - and - glory archetypes, meanwhile, every female character is portrayed as a midcentury stereotype.

Though the data tells us that women are interested in genres favored by Hollywood, female filmmakers encounter significant obstacles as they attempt to move from independent to more commercial filmmaking, and face deep - rooted presumptions from the film industry about their creative qualifications, sensibilities, tendencies, and ambitions.

Susan Wloszczyna: As an ardent admirer of Chilean filmmaker Sebastian Lelio's Gloria, about a mousy 50 - ish divorcee and office worker who yearns for romance but only on her own terms, it was no surprise that his A Fantastic Woman similarly managed to take my breath away while viewing the world through female eyes.

That group compliments American directors such as Steven Soderbergh, Bill Condon, Cary Fukunaga, Tim Miller, Marc Webb, Nate Parker, female filmmakers Patty Jenkins, Ondi Timoner and Lesli Linka Glatter and budding VR director Chris Milk.

The filmmakers embrace the «moment» women are currently enjoying in pop culture: Thanks to female - centric works such as last year's «Bridesmaids» and this year's HBO series «Girls,» female characters can be seen confronting intimacy issues in sometimes startling ways and unconventional protagonists are getting screen time.

Although the «Manic Pixie Dream Girl,» or MPDG, has been classified as a deeply distorted version of a modern female, forward - thinking filmmakers and writers are reevaluating the MPDG stereotype, and finding ways to humanize this cinematic dream girl.

Perhaps you've seen them at a movie screening or on Instagram: plain white T - shirts spelling out the names of prominent female filmmakers or actors such as Andrea Arnold or Isabelle Huppert in black capital letters.

More crucially, and the thing that truly reminded us of her talent, was Ry Russo - Young «s «Nobody Walks,» in which Thirlby gives one of the more undervalued female performances of the year as an aspiring filmmaker staying with an L.A. family (John Krasinski and Rosemarie DeWitt) who up - ends their lives.

The revolution has become especially prevalent in Hollywood, as actresses and female filmmakers continue to strive to protect their advancements and achievements in movies.

He infamously disputed being used as an example of white male privilege, but it seems safe to say that a female filmmaker making something as misguided as this Lovely Bones-esque mess would not be afforded the chance to rebound with a canon Star Wars episode.

Also, as pointed out by The Playlist, the THR piece also mentions that a trio of female filmmakers are being mentioned for the «Black Widow» spinoff.

This, combined with the women's march last week in which the female members of the jury were joined on the red carpet to recognize that only 82 women have ever walked the red carpet as directors of an in competition film compared to 1,645 men, underlined that while two of the three female directors in competition (out of 21) won prizes but the Palme still eludes a solo win by a woman filmmaker.

Professor Marston and the Wonder Women (Angela Robinson, 2017) Possible to analytically compare with Jenkin's grand epic, fellow female filmmaker Angela Robinson's narrative tells the story behind Wonder Woman as a cartoon character and becomes a refreshing and bold story of polyamorous love between the visual and narrative creator of Wonder Woman and his two leading ladies (his wife, and his open - minded female student).

As part of the Envelope Roundtable for supporting actresses, Nicole Kidman, Holly Hunter and Laurie Metcalf described their experiences working with female filmmakers, and how that can lead to a different atmosphere on - set.

But as a filmmaker, Bell again makes her case for consideration as one of our finest, funniest female voices with I Do... Until I Don't (R), an ensemble comedy of matrimonial errors.

She is an avid reader of box - office statistics and Hollywood history books; the two coolest experiences she has ever had as a film journalist has been to profile L.A. Rebellion filmmaker Charles Burnett and one of the first top female executives in Hollywood, Marcia Nasatir.

Like Sundance before it, female filmmakers are well represented at SXSW, and a quick glance at the lineup reveals such potential gems as Julia Hart's Fast Color starring Gugu Mbatha - Raw, Lynn Shelton's Outside In starring Jay Duplass, and Hannah Marks and Joey Power's Shotgun starring Maika Monroe.

Campion is also the first — and as of 2016, the only — female filmmaker in history to receive the Palme d'Or, the highest prize awarded at the Cannes Film Festival, which was also for «The Piano.»

On top of that, her brave and uncompromising voice in Hollywood speaking out on the issues that female filmmakers, actors, and frankly, anyone, in the filmmaking community faces as they attempt to create art and make a living in what can oftentimes be a brutal and unforgiving industry, has made her a leading light in the world of film.»

I therefore can't comment on the merits of the choice, but chalk it up as yet another milestone for female filmmakers in 2009.

As one of the most successful female filmmakers in Hollywood, Meyers makes movies as aggressively and unmistakably hers as more obvious counterparts such as Michael ManAs one of the most successful female filmmakers in Hollywood, Meyers makes movies as aggressively and unmistakably hers as more obvious counterparts such as Michael Manas aggressively and unmistakably hers as more obvious counterparts such as Michael Manas more obvious counterparts such as Michael Manas Michael Mann.

With Joanna Hogg's third film, Exhibition, confirming her as among our best new filmmakers, we look back at some of the greatest British films by female directors.

They showed a continued commitment to representation of female filmmakers, as well as some of the best in documentaries and foreign films.

That's better than the numbers for women behind the camera in film, as previously reported on this blog from the Sundance Institute and Women in Film Los Angeles» Female Filmmakers Initiative.

The opportunity to attend the intimate Women at Sundance Leadership Dinner, featuring top female filmmakers participating in the Festival as well as industry leaders.

In a positive sign for independent cinema at least, the Dramatic and World Cinema slate each feature five female filmmakers and the Documentary slate includes six (although «Holy Hell's» director is eye - poppingly listed as «undisclosed»).

But female directors remain a marginal presence on the whole in studio films released this year, as do LGBTQ filmmakers and filmmakers of color.

In many quarters, 2009 was dubbed «the year of the woman» as a string of successes for female filmmakers culminated in Kathryn Bigelow's history - making Oscar win.

Many expected DuVernay to make history as the first African American female filmmaker to be a DGA nominee.

«For us it was, on one hand, business as usual,» said Rosenthal, pointing to previous efforts Tribeca has made to promote female filmmakers, like its Nora Ephron Award.

As an ardent admirer of Chilean filmmaker Sebastian Lelio's Gloria, about a mousy 50 - ish divorcee and office worker who yearns for romance but only on her own terms, it was no surprise that his A Fantastic Woman similarly managed to take my breath away while viewing the world through female eyes.

Annual stats tracking women's work in the film industry consistently indicate that production gatekeepers are slow to welcome the work of female filmmakers, despite the recent successes of studio - backed femme - helmed and femme - centric blockbusters, and the ongoing inclusion initiatives of feminist groups such as the Alliance of Women Filmmakers and Filfilmmakers, despite the recent successes of studio - backed femme - helmed and femme - centric blockbusters, and the ongoing inclusion initiatives of feminist groups such as the Alliance of Women Filmmakers and FilFilmmakers and Film Fatales.

«I can think of a handful of films this year that have that, but there's not many,» Gerwig says, pointing to a lack of female filmmakers, who are also not honored as much as their male counterparts.

Oh how the global cinephile community has missed Ms. Martel, and oh how shamefully she was snubbed by fest organizers this summer, as noses were roundly snubbed toward female filmmakers.

It screens here as part of a series about female filmmakers during the New Hollywood era with Marguerite Paris's short All Women Are Equal (1972), which was among the first films to focus on a trans woman.

On June 5, 2018, Otis College will partner with the Hammer Museum to present Shirin Neshat's screening of a film within a film, «Looking for Oum Kulthum,» which depicts the plight of an Iranian woman artist / filmmaker living in exile as she embarks on capturing the life and art of the legendary female singer of the Arab world, Oum Kulthum.

Named by Indiewire as one of the six Avant - Garde Female Filmmakers Who Redefined Cinema, her work addresses the collision of identities, where the African immigrant located in the United States has a «triple consciousness.»

In 2015, she was named by Indiewire as one of 6 preeminent Avant - Garde Female Filmmakers Who Redefined Cinema.

«Looking for Oum Kulthum is the plight of an Iranian woman artist / filmmaker living in exile, as she embarks on capturing the life and art of the legendry female singer of the Arab world, Oum Kulthum.»

This clearly gendered, male space plays with and presents a counterpoint to Marcin's own beginnings as a female DIY filmmaker in her teens, as well as the role of women in the media industry.