The Women Who Run Hollywood
The first talkie was directed by Alice Guy; the first color film was produced by Lois Weber, who directed more than 300 films over 10 years. Frances Marion wrote screenplays for the Hollywood Star Mary Pickford and won two Oscars; Dorothy Arzner was the most powerful film director in Hollywood. And what do all of them have in common? They are all women and they have all been forgotten.
Incredibly, it also took until 2010 for the first woman, Kathryn Bigelow, to win the Oscar for Best Director. Even if underrepresented women have always played a big part in Hollywood and it is this part of the film history left untold that this documentary sets out to uncover.
Directors : Julia Kuperberg & Clara Kuperberg
Production: Wichita Films
Producers: Clara Kuperberg & Julia Kuperberg
Network: OCS
Year : 2015
Running Time : 52 minutes
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Casting
Paula Wagner
Film Producer, Mission Impossible
Ally Acker
Author of Reel Women, and Director of Reel Herstory with Jodie Foster
Cari Beauchamp
Biographer of Frances Marion
Robin Swicord
Screenwriter and Film Director
Lynda Obst
Film Producer
Lillian Gish (archive)
Actress
Sherry Lansing (archive)
Film Producer and Head of studio
Margaret Booth (archive)
Editor at the MGM
WINNER : Best Director at the Beverly Hills Film Festival 2017
WINNER : Best Documentary at the Vancouver Women Film Festival
Selected at the CANNES FILM FESTIVAL 2016 – Cannes Classics
Selected at the American Film Festival Deauville 2016
Selected at the Festival Lumière 2016
Selected at the Athena Film Festival New York 2017
Selected at the Jerusalem Film Festival 2017