Women and Hollywood

Melissa Silverstein is the founder and editor of Women and Hollywood, one of the most respected sites for issues related to women and film as well as other areas of pop culture. Women and Hollywood educates, advocates, and agitates for gender parity across the entertainment industry.

She is also the co-founder and Artistic Director of The Athena Film Festival. The 4th annual festival will take place from February 6-9, 2014 at Barnard College in NYC.

Melissa recently published the first book from Women and Hollywood, In Her Voice: Women Directors Talk Directing, which is a compilation of over 40 interviews that have appeared on the site.

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Women Written Pilots Roundup

News

As pilot season continues to pick up, we wanted to bring to your attention a couple of more women-written and women centric pilots that are getting some excellent talent attached to them.

By Kerensa Cadenas
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March 27, 2013 12:30 PM
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Video

By Melissa Silverstein
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March 15, 2012 2:20 PM
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Television

While I might write about Hollywood I live in NY. I really don't get to see the everyday machinations of the business. I like it that way. It keeps it more mysterious.

By Melissa Silverstein
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January 31, 2012 12:30 PM
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Trailer Watch: Katharine McPhee in Smash

Katharine McPhee gets the star treatment in this video from Smash (which is created by Theresa Rebeck.) Show will premiere on February 6. Check out all the other great stars in it. Debra Messing. Anjelica Huston. And did you notice a famous comedian in there?