Producers seeking talented women directors need look no further than this handy new directory, full of 220 female filmmakers who are ready, willing, and able. They are all alumnae of Women in the Director’s Chair (Widc), a professional development program based in Vancouver, Canada. This intensive, hands-on mentorship program for mid-career Canadian women filmmakers has been around since 1997, and is releasing the directory to mark its 20th anniversary. And to provide a handy answer the next time someone asks, “Where are all the women directors?”
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“The Widc alumnae directory is a gold mine that will benefit producers in the new funding paradigm that is opening up in our industry,” said Widc’s Carol Whiteman. “The directory includes short filmmakers, showrunners, series creators, and feature filmmakers who directed 60% of the women-directed feature films funded by...
Read More: Every Studio Film Directed By Female Filmmakers Coming Out Over the Next Two Years
“The Widc alumnae directory is a gold mine that will benefit producers in the new funding paradigm that is opening up in our industry,” said Widc’s Carol Whiteman. “The directory includes short filmmakers, showrunners, series creators, and feature filmmakers who directed 60% of the women-directed feature films funded by...
- 5/23/2017
- by Jude Dry
- Indiewire
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