'ReFrame' Launched to Create Sustainable Gender Equity in Film and Television
by Caryn Robbins
- Feb 23, 2017
Fifty Hollywood leaders and influencers, including studio heads, agency partners, senior network executives, talent and guild representatives brought together by Women In Film and Sundance Institute today announce the launch of ReFrame, a formal action plan to further gender parity in the media industry.
Film Industry Unites for Inaugural Horizon Award for Women in Film
by Caryn Robbins
- Sep 30, 2014
The disparity between the numbers of female to male directors is well established. According to a study published in 2012 by Women In Film and Sundance Institute, females made up only 9% of directors in the top 250 domestic highest grossing films of that year.
JoAnne Sellar, Sue Kroll and Terry Press to Headline 15th Annual WOMEN IN FOCUS Conference
by Tyler Peterson
- Mar 28, 2014
Chapman University's Dodge College of Film and Media Arts, recognized as one of the premier film schools in the United States, will present its 15th Annual Women in Focus Conference Friday, April 11 featuring Sue Kroll, President, Worldwide Marketing and International Distribution, Warner Bros. Pictures (The Great Gatsby); Terry Press, Co-president, CBS Films (Last Vegas); and JoAnne Sellar, Producer (The Master).
Sundance Institute Examines Barriers & Opportunities for Women Filmmakers
by Caryn Robbins
- Jan 20, 2014
Today at a gathering of filmmakers, producers and members of the film distribution industry, at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival announced significant growth of a collaborative initiative designed to achieve gender parity and sustainable careers for women working in filmed entertainment.
Diablo Cody Among Line-Up for Chapman's Women in Focus Conference
by Caryn Robbins
- Mar 22, 2013
Chapman University's Dodge College of Film and Media Arts, recognized as one of the premier film schools in the United States, proudly presents the 14th Annual Women in Focus Conference on Friday, April 12, 2013, where top female directors, producers, writers, executives and actors will participate in a discussion focused on the topic of comedy.
Sundance Institute and Women In Film Los Angeles Study Examines Gender Disparity in Independent Film
by Kelsey Denette
- Jan 21, 2013
Keri Putnam, Executive Director, Sundance Institute, and Cathy Schulman, President, Women In Film Los Angeles, announced today the results of a first-of-its-kind research study examining gender disparity in American independent film. The study is part of a collaboration between Sundance Institute and Women In Film Los Angeles to support independent female filmmakers. Results were shared at a gathering of film and industry leaders at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival in Park City, Utah.
Cinema for Peace to Honor Ben Affleck with '2013 Humanitarian Award'
by Tyler Peterson
- Dec 23, 2012
The Cinema for Peace Foundation announced today that Academy Award-winning actor, filmmaker and founder of the Eastern Congo Initiative, Ben Affleck, will be honored with the Cinema for Peace Humanitarian Award at the 2013 Gala for Humanity on January 11 at the Beverly Hills Hotel in Los Angeles, Calif. Each year since 2002, Cinema for Peace gives the Humanitarian Award to an individual and his or her organization who has demonstrated the foresight, courage and leadership required to take a stand against extreme injustice, intolerance and inequalities.
Billy Ray to Pen Martin Scorsese's SINATRA Film
by BWW News Desk
- Aug 13, 2012
According to Deadline.com, writer Billy Ray will pen the script for Universal Pictures' Sinatra, a film about the life of performer Frank Sinatra. The movie will be directed by Martin Scorsese and produced by Scott Rudin, Peter Guber and Cathy Schulman, Sikelia and Tina Sinatra.
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