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Formerly Known as Women Wednesday
Biweekly Newsletters
Each email newsletter features a feature filmmaker, a short form filmmaker, and a crew member from below the line - all women or non-binary folks! We also include a timely headline with women-centric industry news.
Read sections from past newsletters below.
Zöe McIntosh (THE WORLD IN YOUR WINDOW)
Zöe McIntosh Graduating from Ilam School of Fine Arts, Zöe entered the industry with her international acclaimed feature length...
Emily Hagins (FIRST KISS)
Emily Hagins Emily Hagins has written and directed five feature films by the age of 25. Her most notable projects include Pathogen...
Lucy Luscombe (PAGANS)
Lucy Luscombe (Credit: Gabby Shepard) Lucy got a taste for filmmaking after helping out on a video for her friend, the artist, Lightspeed...
Abi Corbin (THE SUITCASE)
Abi Corbin Corbin is a writer/director/producer. She entered the New England Conservatory and University of Massachusetts at age...
Kirsten Lepore (BOTTLE)
Kirsten Lepore (Flagging Credit: Mette Norkjaer). Lepore is an LA-based director and animator, and alumna of CalArts. Her recent viral...
Amy Barham (DON'T MESS WITH JULIE WHITFIELD)
Amy Barham (Flagging Credit: Mette Norkjaer) Amy is a writer and director whose work is winning her a ton of fans. Her last short, DON'T...
Sarah Gross (Boléro)
Sarah Gross (Credit: Perry Weitzner) Sarah is a Los Angeles based creator who has directed, written, and produced commercials and short...
Kristen Lester (PURL)
Kristen Lester (Flagging Credit: Christina Poray) Kristen is an animator at Pixar and through their recently debuted nascent animation...
Savanah Leaf (THE AYES HAVE IT)
Savanah Leaf (Credit: Ariane Ackerberg) Savanah is a director, photographer, writer and creative. Leaf has published and/or screened in...
Melina Matsoukas (Master of None, "Thanksgiving")
Melina Matsoukas Melina is a music video, film, commercial and television director. In just a few short years, Matsoukas has made an...
Thembi Banks (SUITABLE)
Thembi Banks Thembi is a Harlem, NY native and a graduate of LaGuardia High School, where she majored in drama. She received her MFA...
Tiffany J. Johnson (MARABOU)
Tiffany J. Johnson Hailing straight out of Compton, Tiffany Johnson is a filmmaker and storyteller. Since graduating from film school,...
A.V. ROCKWELL (FEATHERS)
A.V. ROCKWELL Rockwell is an award-winning screenwriter and director from Queens, New York. Hailed as a “rising indie filmmaker” by...
Lara Pana-Izadi (CHLOE)
Lara Pana-Izadi (Flagging Credit: Kaveh Veyssi) Lara grew up in Paris, France. She moved to the U.S. at 17 to study Mathematics &...
Julie Bousquet, Estelle Hocquet, Catherine Manesse (CALDEIRA)
Julie Bousquet, Estelle Hocquet, Catherine Manesse (Flagging Credit: Hannah Dickson): 'Caldeira' is an animated short film by Julie,...
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