Fair warning; this infographic about women directors from Women and Hollywood is totally fucking depressing. This is not a happy unicorn rainbow cake with a puppy post. » 6/23/14 10:59pm 6/23/14 10:59pm

On its face, Martin Scorsese's open letter to his 14-year-old daughter Francesca is a sweet, if random one. He wants his daughter to derive joy from cinema just like he did, and maybe, even make a career of it. Too bad that when he lists the directors that are shaping cinema today, he neglects to mention a single… » 1/07/14 4:30pm 1/07/14 4:30pm

Ms. in the Biz put together a list of ten lady filmmakers making scary-ass films after Marcy Boyle and Rachel Holzman of Nobody Can Cool wrote to her with these intriguing (and very spooky!) (okay, not really) points: » 10/31/13 10:30pm 10/31/13 10:30pm

Despite the fact that women only directed fifteen-percent of the shows on TV last season — and were also cursed with debilitating cases of non-dickus-havus — they still received half of the Emmy nods for directing. Way to overcome, ladies.
» 8/12/13 9:30am 8/12/13 9:30am

It's called Susan Cooper, and since it's from the funny feminist* co-creator of Freaks and Geeks and director of Bridesmaids, it'll probably be hilarious.
» 6/20/13 9:30pm 6/20/13 9:30pm

Sundance Film Festival is underway, meaning lots of fresh, ground breaking indie narrative and documentary films — ones that might not normally get tons of buzz otherwise — are thrust into the spotlight. Along with the movie madness, a new study examining the gender disparity female directors face in the film industry… » 1/22/13 10:30am 1/22/13 10:30am

"Actresses nabbed only 29.9% of the 4,379 speaking parts in the 100 top-grossing films of 2007...83% of all directors, writers, and producers on those films were male." In women-directed films, "the number of female characters grew dramatically." [LAT] » 2/24/10 9:20am 2/24/10 9:20am

The New York Times' Michael Cieply scanned the big studio schedules and reports that "Hollywood directors are pretty much what they have always been." White. And male. Women & Hollywood's Melissa Silverstein says: "No shit, Sherlock." » 8/24/09 2:20pm 8/24/09 2:20pm

The director, producer and writer responsible for hugely popular movies like National Lampoon's Vacation, Ferris Bueller's Day Off, Weird Science, The Breakfast Club, Sixteen Candles and Pretty in Pink died today in New York. More to come. [TMZ, Wikipedia] » 8/06/09 5:20pm 8/06/09 5:20pm

• Christie Glissmeyer has set a new record for tallest waterfall kayaked. On Sunday, she beat the record of 78-feet by kayaking over the 82-foot Metlako Falls. • » 5/13/09 6:30pm 5/13/09 6:30pm