Formerly Known as Women Wednesday
Formerly known as
Women Wednesday was founded by Carly Kleinbart in 2018 to bring together industry members who are dedicated to finding, sharing, and empowering the voices of female filmmakers. What started as a weekly movie screening with a few friends has quickly evolved into an industry wide event and newsletter that is shared with thousands of executives, agents, coordinators, and assistants across the business. To broaden the community, Lizzie Frieder joined Carly in creating a New York Branch.
As a group, Women Wednesday holds ourselves accountable to educating ourselves on the work of talented female filmmakers to ensure that they are getting a proper shot when we are developing projects. As this group grows, we continue to look for new female voices to discover, share, and elevate in our weekly screening and newsletter.
about carly
Carly Kleinbart is the Vice President of Production and Development at Hidden Pictures Media. Previously, she was a Director of Development for feature films at Mandeville. Prior to Mandeville, Carly began her career at WME in the Motion Picture Literary and Business Affairs Department before moving into development and production at Pascal Pictures. She founded Women Wednesdays and ran the LA branch. She co-founded and ran the inaugural BIPOC Next Gen Mentorship program with Lizzie and the Steering Committee. Carly is also a member of the inaugural class of Times Up: Who’s In The Room, a program geared towards empowering the next generation of producers and executives. A Princeton, New Jersey native, Carly received her B.A. in Film/Radio/Television and Business from Northwestern University.
about lizzie
Lizzie Frieder is a Director of Development at Irony Point. She previously worked at Tina Fey's production company Little Stranger and at United Talent Agency in the Motion Picture Talent department. She is based in New York City. She created the NY branch of Women Wednesday and co-founded our inaugural BIPOC Next Gen Mentorship program with Carly and the Steering Committee. A Princeton, New Jersey native, Lizzie received her B.A. in Film/Radio/Television and Business from Northwestern University.
