Giving Remarkable Unsung Women a Chance to Have Their Say
Reel Women Media
Filmmakers on
Film
The Award winning Reel Women 10 Disc Series has gone Archival!
Used in classrooms all over the globe since 1990. Ally Acker takes
us on a sweeping journey through the lives and achievements of the
pioneering female filmmakers who have transformed the way we see
movies today. This is a herstory left out of the history books.
10 - The Herstory
There were more women working in influential positions behind the scenes in film before 1920 than at any other time in history. Filmmaker, author, nationwide lecturer Ally Acker, takes us on an archival journey of the pioneering female filmmakers who have transformed the way we look at movies from 1896 to the present.
This compelling event has toured the country.
Features: Katharine Hepburn, Lillian Gish, Sherry Lansing, Rita Moreno, Euzhan Palcy, Margarethe von Trotta, Marcia Nasatir, Jay Presson Allen, Harriet Frank Jr. Lee Grant and Dede Allen.
Screenwriters on Screenwriting
01 - Screenwriters on Screenwriting
This documentary premiered at the Kennedy Center in Washington, DC.
Explore the challenging world of the screenwriter with renowned industry writers
Features: Jay Presson Allen, Harriet Frank Jr., Fay Kanin, Margarethe von Trotta and Euzhan Palcy
02 - Editors on Editing
Film editing initially began as a woman's art in France. As veteran film editor, Dede Allen, tell it,"They thought that women were good at little details, like sewing." Before editing became a craft, women were the earliest technicians. Today, the long tradition of women editors carries on.
Features: Dede Allen, Margaret Booth and Carol Littleton, Briane Murphy and Kevin Brownlow.
Actresses Turned
Producer/Director
03 - Actresses Turned Producer / Directors
From Mary Pickford to Barbra Streisand the successful actress turned producer/director is one of Hollywood's longest standing traditions.
Features: Lee Grant and Rita Moreno. Includes interview materials with Barbra Streisand
The Producer/Director
Relationship
04 - The Producer / Director Relationship
The Producer and the Director must function like two hands of the same heart. These two rare interviews take us fro the beginning to the end of one movie, "A Dry White Season."
Features: Award-Winning Martinique director, Euzhan Palcy, and Award Winning Hollywood producer, Paula Weinstein.
05 - Directors on Directing (Part 1)
This documentary features the most gifted young directors of the 80's and 90's, revealing the secrets of their success in their craft.
Features: Susan Seidelman and Amy Heckerling. Includes interview material with Barbra Streisand.
06 - Directors on Directing (Part 2)
This documentary features the most gifted young directors of the 80's and 90's, revealing the secrets of their success in their craft.
Features: Martha Coolidge, Donna Deitch. Includes interview material with Barbra Streisand.
Foreign Directors
on Directing
07 - Foreign Directors on Directing
Because of the difficulty of financing, very few American film directors establish a body of work. For American women directors, the problem is two-fold. But in Europe, Canada, and some countries of South America, filmmaking is often government subsidized, making it possible for filmmakers to become prolific in their craft.
Germany's Margarethe von Trotta, Canada's Rina Fraticelli, and Venezuelan's Fina Torres speak about the idiosyncrasies of filmmaking in their respective countries.
Early Directors
on Directing
08 - Early Directors on Directing
There were more women directors before 1920 than at any other time in history. The first director to put a narrative story on celluloid was, Alice Guy Blaché in 1896. Few know that Lillian Gish became a director in her own right in 1920. Ida Lupino directed over a hundred episodes of Have Gun, Will Travel, Thriller, Gunsmoke, and many independent features.
Features: A very rare interview with Lillian Gish in her role as director.Also, Mala Powers (a Lupino "discovery") speaks about Ida Lupino the director.
Producers on
Producing
09 - Producers on Producing
Who should direct the film? Who should write it? Who should edit the final product? With major Hollywood studios, these questions lie within the producer's domain.
Marcia Nasatir was the first female VP of a major studio. Sherry Lansing was the first woman to become president of a major studio.
Features: Sherry Lansing, Marcia Nasatir, Lauren Schuler-Donner, Lynda Obst, Debra Hill.Also includes interview materials with Jane Fonda, Sally Field, Kevin Brownlow and Molly Haskell.
There were more women working in influential positions behind the scenes in film before 1920 than at any other time in history. Filmmaker, author, nationwide lecturer Ally Acker, takes us on an archival journey of the pioneering female filmmakers who have transformed the way we look at movies from 1896 to the present. This compelling event has toured the country.
Ally Acker is the author of
REEL WOMEN: PIONEERS OF THE CINEMA THE FIRST HUNDRED YEARS
in
TWO Book Volume Set
Ally Acker is the director of the ten part archival DVD series, Filmmakers on Film
© 1996-2021 by Reel Women Media