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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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2013 Cannes News- Part 1

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Some news coming out of Cannes
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  • By Melissa Silverstein
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  • May 16, 2013 12:00 PM
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More: Scarlett Johansson, Cate Blanchett, Anne Hathaway, Cannes Film Festival, Abigail Breslin, Nicole Kidman, Lynne Ramsay, Naomi Kawase

Details Emerge on Lynne Ramsay's Exit

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We've been talking a lot about Lynne Ramsay here at Women and Hollywood since her departure from Jane Got a Gun last week. Confirmed details are still scarce, but rumors and commentary have surrounded Ramsay's exit.
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  • By Kerensa Cadenas
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  • March 27, 2013 10:00 AM
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More: Lynne Ramsay, Natalie Portman, Women Directors

More Lynne Ramsay News

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As expected, the initial reports of the Lynne Ramsay departure from Jane Got a Gun were very sketchy.  More details are coming out, among them the important detail that Ramsay did not just NOT show up for work, she had actually quit over the weekend when terms and budgets and schedules were not agreed to.  
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  • By Melissa Silverstein
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  • March 22, 2013 12:36 PM
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More: Lynne Ramsay, Natalie Portman, Women Directors, Sexism

Director Lynne Ramsay Leaves Jane Got a Gun Just As Production Was to Begin

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Deadline reported yesterday that director Lynne Ramsay had quit Jane Got a Gun which is to star Natalie Portman the morning production was to have begun -- Tuesday in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
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  • By Melissa Silverstein
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  • March 20, 2013 11:00 AM
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More: Lynne Ramsay, Natalie Portman, Women Directors

What Are the Greatest Movies Directed by Women?

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Fueled by the anger of another best of list sorely lacking in women, I would like to put forward the following films (which came from people all over the world through twitter and facebook) for the distinction of the best or greatest films directed by women. 
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  • By Melissa Silverstein
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  • August 3, 2012 12:00 PM
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  • 88 Comments
More: Women Directors, Lina Wertmuller, Agnès Varda, Julie Taymor, Barbra Streisand, Lynne Ramsay, Céline Sciamma, Sally Potter, Ida Lupino, Kasi Lemmons, Amy Heckerling, Jane Campion

Gender Matters: The Sight and Sound Top 50 Films Of All Time List

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Yesterday, the twittersphere went a bit wiggy with the once a decade Sight and Sound Top 50 Films of All Time List.  Thie list has been published every 10 years year since 1962 and Citizen Kane made number 1 five time. 
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  • By Melissa Silverstein
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  • August 2, 2012 1:26 PM
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More: Women Directors, Agnès Varda, Lynne Ramsay, Jane Campion

Natalie Portman to Team Up with Lynne Ramsay for Western

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  • By Melissa Silverstein
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  • May 23, 2012 10:57 AM
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More: Natalie Portman, Lynne Ramsay, Patty Jenkins, Women Directors

Hey Nina Jacobson - How About Picking a Woman for Catching Fire!

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According to reports in EW, the Playlist and the Hollywood Reporter, the search for a director for Catching Fire is down to two dudes -- Bennett Miller and Francis Lawrence.  Now I think that Miller is a great director.  I loved Moneyball and Capote.  But to pick him to direct Catching Fire when he has NO experience with something of this magnitude is ridiculous.  And Lawrence who has experience with CGI and action films is a name not on the tip of anyone's tongue and also doesn't seem right having directed I am Legend and Like Water for Elephants. 
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  • By Melissa Silverstein
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  • April 19, 2012 11:00 AM
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  • 6 Comments
More: Nina Jacobson, Kathryn Bigelow, Catherine Hardwicke, Patty Jenkins, Mimi Leder, Lynne Ramsay, Niki Caro, Mary Harron, Kasi Lemmons, The Hunger Games: Catching Fire

Happy International Women's Day: Women in Film and TV (UK) Releases 2012 Power List

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  • By Melissa Silverstein
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  • March 8, 2012 12:22 PM
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More: Abi Morgan, Jane Goldman, Moira Buffini, Keira Knightley, Kate Winslet, Tilda Swinton, Carey Mulligan, Lynne Ramsay, Phyllida Lloyd

Lynne Ramsay Scores BAFTA Directing Nomination

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In a year when we will probably not see a female director nominated for any major awards here in the US, the Brits have been smart enough to recognize the Lynne Ramsay did do one of the best directing jobs of the year and nominated her for best director and We Need to Talk About Kevin for Best British Film.
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  • By Melissa Silverstein
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  • January 17, 2012 11:07 AM
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More: Lynne Ramsay, Abi Morgan, Annie Mumolo, Kristen Wiig, Meryl Streep, Tilda Swinton, Michelle Williams, Bridget O'Connor (screenplay), Sarah Smith

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