An article in Sunday’s New York Times January 13, 2013 announced that 9 percent of the top 250 movies at the domestic box office last year were directed by women, “a substantially higher number” than the 2011 figure of 5 percent. Funny, the 2012 report is not out yet. The NYT attributes this to San Diego State University (SDSU) professor Martha Lauzen whose annual “Celluloid Ceiling” report is usually announced the week of the Sundance...
I did not have to look any further during New York Women In Film & Television's Muse Award luncheon at the Hilton in New York City. It was first class and smooth sailing from the time the doors opened (even before that) with volunteers ready at the tables because everyone comes all at once– 11:30 a.m. this is after all a working lunch. Networking that is. The buzz was thunderous as was the popping corks of champagne (Freixenet USA and...
Fort Lee Film Commission presented the eighth annual Jersey Filmmakers of Tomorrow (JFOT), a Bergen County High School student film festival, with a finalists screening and awards ceremony on Saturday, November 10, 2012, at Media Mix Studio in Allendale, New Jersey. I have been involved with JFOT for several years and it’s great to see home grown talent in the Garden State. Keep an eye out for Shannen Siramarco, 17, of Paramus High School,...
