There Will Be No Women Directors on the Next Season of Game of Thrones (Again)
The directors for Season 7 of Game of Thrones have been announced, and there are more men behind the camera than naked boobs in front of it.
Roman Polanski Will Face a New Extradition Attempt
Poland said that it will challenge a 2014 court decision not to extradite the 82-year-old filmmaker Roman Polanski to the United States. Reuters reports that Poland’s Justice Minister Zbigniew Ziobro said in an interview on Tuesday that he will appeal the court’s decision and seek Polanski’s extradition.
After Years in Film, Chloe Sevigny Has 'Total Disdain for Directors'
In a provocative profile from The Guardian, actress and Love & Friendship star Chloe Sevigny reflects on her past work with controversial figures like photographer Terry Richardson—who has been accused of sexual assault—Larry Clark, and Lars von Trier. Cumulatively, her experiences have left her with “total disdain…
Feds Are Investigating Gender Discrimination in Hollywood
The U.S. EEOC and the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs are currently in the midst of investigating possible instances of unfair gender-based hiring practices in Hollywood. Not sure what they think they’ll find.
This Infographic on Women Directors in Hollywood Is Totally Depressing
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.
Today's Best Directors Are Men, According to Martin Scorsese
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…
Spook Yourself Silly With These Lady-Directed Horror Films
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:
Women Directors Nominated for More Emmys Than Ever Before
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.
Paul Feig, Honorary Woman, Is Making a Lady James Bond Comedy
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.
Lake Bell Is Optimistic About Gender Equality in Hollywood
Lake Bell, one of the triumvirs starring in the new cabin-in-the-woods thriller Black Rock, had an interesting take on the difficulties female filmmakers face when trying to break into the Hollywood mainstream. Though the gender disparity in the ranks of Hollywood scribes and directors is pretty glaring, Bell is…
There's Only 1 Female Film Director For Every 15.24 Male Ones, and Things Aren't Getting Any Better
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…
In Other News, Sky Blue
"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]
“You Write Dialogue For A Guy And Then Change The Name.”
The lengthy profile of James Cameron in the latest New Yorker confirms a long-held and heretofore unjustified suspicion that James Cameron is, in fact, a complete and total ass.
Breaking: Hollywood Dominated By White Male Directors
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."
John Hughes 1950 — 2009
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]
Woman Kayaks Down 82-Foot Waterfall • Drew Peterson May Make Bail
• 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. •
