Interview with Producer Maria Carlota Vivas Munro
Maria, tell us a bit about yourself. How did you become a producer and what do you love most about the job? I was born… Read More »Interview with Producer Maria Carlota Vivas Munro
Hero Filmmakers
Rape in Film – A Female Filmmaker’s Perspective
I spent a lot of time researching the portrayal of rape in movies during the development and pre-production of my film ‘3 Lives’. I personally… Read More »Rape in Film – A Female Filmmaker’s Perspective
Lois Weber – Once the Highest Paid Director in all of Hollywood
You read that right, she wasn’t the highest paid female director, once she even outranked her male peers like D. W. Griffith and Cecil B.… Read More »Lois Weber – Once the Highest Paid Director in all of Hollywood
Greta Gerwig’s Ladybird vs. Rocky – Or: The Importance of the Female Perspective
photo: Saoirse Ronan (Lady Bird) and Greta Gerwig Last night my partner and I were looking for a film to watch. I wanted to watch… Read More »Greta Gerwig’s Ladybird vs. Rocky – Or: The Importance of the Female Perspective
Pam Grier – The Queen of Blaxploitation
Pam Grier is considered to be the first African-American female to headline an action film. In an industry where black women were usually portrayed as… Read More »Pam Grier – The Queen of Blaxploitation
Pearl White, Helen Holmes – Meet the Daredevil Serial Action Queens of the 1910s
Inspired by Michelle Muldoon’s interview about her western Last Stand to Nowhere, I decided to dig deeper into early female role models I’d like to… Read More »Pearl White, Helen Holmes – Meet the Daredevil Serial Action Queens of the 1910s
Last Stand to Nowhere – An All-Female Western – Interview with Director Michelle Muldoon
With this blog we’ve set up a discussion group on Facebook, and when I stumbled upon the post of Michelle Muldoon’s all-female western, I was… Read More »Last Stand to Nowhere – An All-Female Western – Interview with Director Michelle Muldoon
Germaine Dulac vs. Luis Buñuel & Salvador Dali – The Origin of Surrealist Cinema
Un Chien Andalou (1929) by Buñuel & Dali is considered to be the first surrealist film and – if you check the wikipedia entry –… Read More »Germaine Dulac vs. Luis Buñuel & Salvador Dali – The Origin of Surrealist Cinema
Tazuko Sakane & Kinuyo Tanaka – The First Two Female Directors in Japan
When I was thinking about my next blog post, a lot of western filmmakers came to mind. Actually, not a lot, but enough. In case… Read More »Tazuko Sakane & Kinuyo Tanaka – The First Two Female Directors in Japan
Lotte Reiniger – The Filmmaker Who Created the World’s Oldest Surviving Animated Feature Film
This week I want to talk about another little known female filmmaker. Who doesn’t know Walt Disney and his achievements? But did you know that… Read More »Lotte Reiniger – The Filmmaker Who Created the World’s Oldest Surviving Animated Feature Film
