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Want to Write a Guest Post for Women and ...Happy 100th Birthday Universal Pictures
So here's what I got back.
Important fact 1- Lois Weber - she became the highest paid director at Universal in 1916 earning $5,000 a week and in just that year she directed 10 movies. I find everything about her fascinating.
Important Fact 2 - Amy Heckerling's Fast Times at Ridgemont High was released by Universal in 1982. This was at a time when virtually no women were directing. This year is the film's 30th anniversary. Check out my recent interview with Heckerling. This film's success opened doors for other women.
And in a world where there are still very few women directing at the studio level, these women have directed films released by Universal:
Sharon Maguire – Bridget Jones’s Diary
Phyllida Lloyd – Mamma Mia!
Nancy Meyers – It’s Complicated
Sofia Coppola – Lost in Translation (released by Focus - a division of Universal) - Sofia was nominated for best director for this film
Here are the women centric facts in the 100 fun facts:
- Neither Michelle Rodriguez nor Jordana Brewster had drivers’ licenses or even learners’ permits before production of the film in Fast and the Furious.
- Carole Lombard in My Man Godfrey was the first actress at Universal to receive a nomination for “Best Actress” at the Academy Awards.
- In the infamous shower scene in Psycho, the sound of the knife-stabbing actress Janet Leigh was made by plunging a knife into a melon.
- The hair-washing scene in Out of Africa was shot very close to a live, territorial hippopotamus. Meryl Streep was extremely nervous during its filming.
- The cake in the movie Sixteen Candles is made of cardboard.
- Elizabeth Taylor made her feature film debut in Universal’s 1942 film, There’s One Born Every Minute.
Happy birthday Universal. Hire more women!
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david glassman | May 4, 2012 2:28 PM
"I get a ton of press releases. Most of them I don't even read."
Sorry, this sounds incredibly spoiled. Who knows what you're missing out on.
This actually makes a lot of sense though and accounts for the major holes in what you ARE covering. This site has taken a huge downturn in the last year, the focus is no longer as tight, editorially.