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.Email Melissa
Recent Comments
Man of Steel was indeed terrible...yet it'll still rake in $1 billion. THAT'S why there
"So many things piss me off about this, but most especially, how easy it is just delete a whole
It's truly ridiculous. So much so, coming up right after the sequel announcements, it had to be
No, I think we need a Wonder Woman movie. I sat through british superman and it was terrible!
Where is the WGA in all this? They have never stood up for their female members who are paid less