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 Directors News: Amy Berg's Every Secret Thing and Kelly Reichardt's Night Moves

News

As we had previously reported, director Amy Berg, whose documentary West of Memphis screened at TIFF, is directing her first narrative feature Every Secret Thing starring Diane Lane with a script adapted by Nicole Holofcener. Over the weekend it was announced that Berg’s new film will be financed by Merced Media Partners, Palmstar Media Capital and Hyde Park Entertainment. Elizabeth Banks will co-star alongside Diane Lane with the rest of the cast to be announced. Anthony Bregman and Frances McDormand (yes, the actress) will produce.

By Kerensa Cadenas
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September 11, 2012 10:15 AM
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News

Nicole Holofcener’s untitled new project began principal photography on Monday in Los Angeles. The film will be distributed by Fox Searchlight.

By Melissa Silverstein and Kerensa Cadenas
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August 7, 2012 2:31 PM
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News

Two exciting new women-directed projects were announced this week.

By Kerensa Cadenas
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August 2, 2012 12:38 PM
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Blogs

Some news on two of the top tier female directors-

By Melissa Silverstein
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May 7, 2012 10:20 AM
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Blogs

Apparently Columbia University's film school doesn't think so. They are holding a panel at their 25th anniversary film festival on May 9 entitled: What Glass Ceiling? The Remarkable Success of Columbia’s Women Filmmakers.

By Melissa Silverstein
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March 29, 2012 9:52 AM
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Nanette Burstein to Direct Nicole Holofcener Script

The news from the Hollywood Reporter is that Nanette Burstein (Going the Distance) will direct Unforgiving World a remake of a French film with a script written by writer/director Nicole Holofcener for Focus Features.

By Melissa Silverstein
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April 22, 2011 3:26 AM
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Post-Award Thoughts

As I watched the Oscars and the Independent Spirit Awards this weekend you could see one clear difference between the two events (aside from the formal dresses and the hosts) -- the presence of female winners. The Oscars followed the usual path and having male winner after male winner, especially in the creative and the high profile awards.

By Melissa Silverstein
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February 28, 2011 4:30 AM
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Please Give Written and Directed by Nicole Holofcener

To me a new film from writer/director Nicole Holofcener is a reason to rejoice. One reason is because she unapologetically tells stories from a female perspective. But one would be remiss and quite frankly an idiot to paint her work with the chick flick brush just because her film's are told from a female point of view.

By Melissa Silverstein
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March 30, 2010 9:40 AM
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