NEWSLETTERS | The Reel Champions

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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.

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Short Form

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...

Rom Com

Gina Prince-Bythewood (LOVE & BASKETBALL)

Gina Prince-Bythewood (Writer/Producer/Director) wrote and directed the widely-acclaimed feature film LOVE & BASKETBALL, which premiered...

Short Form

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...

Short Form

Tiffany J. Johnson (MARABOU)

Tiffany J. Johnson Hailing straight out of Compton, Tiffany Johnson is a filmmaker and storyteller. Since graduating from film school,...

Comedy

Rungano Nyoni (I AM NOT A WITCH)

Tonight's Movie: I AM NOT A WITCH written and directed by Rungano Nyoni. 8:30pm. Rungano Nyoni Rungano is a director/screenwriter born in...

Short Form

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...

Drama

Mimi Leder (ON THE BASIS OF SEX)

Tonight's Movie: ON THE BASIS OF SEX, directed by Mimi Leder. 8:30pm. Mimi Leder Mimi cut her creative teeth in television as an Emmy...

Short Form

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 &...

Short Form

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,...

Action

Karyn Kusama (DESTROYER)

Karyn Kusama Kusama is an American film and TV director. She made her feature film debut with the 2000 film GIRLFIGHT, which she wrote,...

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