This book is directed both at film buffs and/or film scholars. There is a large section on women directors, including actresses who directed, such as mary Pickford and Ida Lupino, as well as chapters on women cinematographers, screenwriters, animators, editors and producers. Includes fascinating but little-known information, such as the fact that Helen Keller owned one of the first film companies and produced and starred in a 1918 film about her life. There is a also a special section entitled "Behind Every Great Man..." which explains mis-credited contributions made by wives and girlfriends of famous filmmakers. The author is a filmmaker and writer with an MFA in directing and screenwriting from Columbia University. She has won several film awards and personally interviewed many of the women featured in the book. Also included are an alphabetical index; several dozen high-quality black and white photos; a large collection of notes; select sources; photo credits. The back cover contains half a dozen positive reviews from notable women, including Gloria Steinem. ISBN 0826404995
Slide uses primary research sources, including interviews and trade papers, to profile women directors working at Universal and Vitagraph film studios during the silent film era. It includes an overview of women in the silent film industry, a bibliography, an index and two appendices; one contains an essay by Alice Guy Glache and the other is a description of the film directing excerpted from a 1920 edition of Careers for Women (removed from subsequent editions). It has about a dozen high-quality black and white pictures of female film directors. Slide is co-writer, co-producer and co-director of the 1993 documentary The Silent Feminists: America's First Directors and was once described by Lillian Gish as the "preeminent historian of the Silent Era." ISBN 0810830531.
This resource is a collection of essays by and interviews with influential women in film, both in front of and behind the camera. There are seven sections: (I) Feminist Perspectives: (II) Actresses, which includes Greta Garbo and Louise Brooks; (III) Women In American Production, containing interviews with Ida Lupino, Dorothy Arzner and Alice Guy Blache, among others; (IV)Experimentalists and Independents profiles women filmmakers outside the mainstream, such as Yoko Ono; (V) Women and Political Films; (VI) Polemics, which includes an essay by Blache titled "Women's Place in Photoplay Production"; and (VII) Feminist Film Theory.It also has an appendix with selected filmographies, a general bibliography, and an index. Most of the essays contain one or two small black adn white photos. Some sections, such as the feminist perspectives and independent filmmakers, could be updated but the historical information is top-rate.
A reference book which includes many women who are not in any other film dictionary or encyclcopedia. Includes information on early women directors; African-American directors;lesbian directors; international directors. Each entry is alphabetized and includes biographical information, criticism, analysis of important films, a filmography and a bibliography. Also included are an introduction, and index, and photographs. Audrey, a film studies professor at the University of Nebraska, has authored nine other books, over thirty papers and articles and won a dozen awards and scholarships. She has also produced several movies and written screenplays.
Contains eighteen chapters detailing Lupino's life and times: her theatrical childhood in England; her three failed marriages; her career as a talented, beautiful Hollywood actress; and her pioneering work as a feature film and television producer and director. Donati draws upon interviews with Lupino's contemporaries and the woman herself. The book is well-written if not complex or overly insightful and give a good feel for Old Hollywood. Included is a detailed appendix of Lupino's acting and directing work, an alphabetical appendix, notes, table of contents, credits, a prologue and two dozen beautiful black and white photos of the star. Hardcover.
Divided into three parts. Part One, "The Cinderella Girl At The Movies", traces Arzner's career. Part Two, "Films For Women Made By Woman" examines selected movies. Part Three, "Girl Director Sets New Standards of Beauty" discusses Arzner's image viewed toeday and by her contemporaries. The overwhelming majority of the book analyzes Arzner's work in the context of a patriarchal Hollywood. Detailed analyses of lighting, costumes and camera shots abound. Her personal life (Arzner was often thought to be a lesbian) is mentioned but not dwelled upon. Includes the following: of contents; acknowledgments; intrduction and conclusion; notes; detailed filmography; alphabetical index; over forty black and white pictures, many from period newspapers. Mayne is a professor of Women's Studies at Ohio State University and has authored four other books on women and cinema.
A comprehensive encyclopedia of women involved in film; covers related subjects such as various film movements and D.W. Griffith, who worked with Lillian Gish and Mary Pickford. Includes a preface, acknowledgments, hundreds of cross-references, a general index and a index of films "directed, written or produced by women." First entry: "Aboroginal Film and Video"; last entry; "Mai Zetterling",a Swedish actress. Other entries: "dumb blonde"; "mise-en-scene"; "femme fatale". Sprinkled with fascinating trivia questions (answers appear in back of book) and black and white photographs of varying quality. Concise yet informative writing style. Highly recommended for film buffs, scholars and filmmakers. Both editors are film study professors who have authored and/or edited other cinematic works.
The Reel Women Foundation was created by Ally Acker, author of "Reel Women: Pioneers of the Cinema." It describes itself as an "Austin, Texas, non-profit organization that provides a support system for women at all levels of experience in the film and video industries." It is divided into the following sections: About Us, Membership Calendar, Contact, Links, Information, Education, Networking, Community.