Women In Media https://womennmedia.com/ Connecting above and below the line women Tue, 25 Mar 2025 15:42:52 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9 https://womennmedia.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/08/favicon2-100x100.jpg Women In Media https://womennmedia.com/ 32 32 Developing Filmmaker Fellow Mentor & Cinematographer Alicia Robbins https://womennmedia.com/developing-filmmaker-fellow-mentor-cinematographer-alicia-robbins/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=developing-filmmaker-fellow-mentor-cinematographer-alicia-robbins Sun, 02 Mar 2025 22:08:19 +0000 https://womennmedia.com/?p=43046 In 2024, Director of Photography Alicia Robbins became a major contributor to the Developing Filmmaker Fellowship, serving as a mentor to budding cinematographer Emma Forthofer, who is eager to follow in Alicia’s footsteps. Alicia holds the record for being the first female cinematographer to become a full time DP on a Shondaland series. She lensed […]

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]]> Inspired By His Creative Mom, Ben Coccio Gives Back https://womennmedia.com/inspired-by-his-creativemom-ben-coccio-gives-back/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=inspired-by-his-creativemom-ben-coccio-gives-back Sun, 02 Mar 2025 21:57:55 +0000 https://womennmedia.com/?p=43044 Questions by Idit Dvir, Developing Filmmaker / Fellowship Program Administrator ID: Do you have any thoughts on the importance of working writers mentoring females aspiring to succeed in their field? BC: My mom was a great writer, and an amazing storyteller with a wonderful way with words. When she was a kid, she was at […]

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]]> Deborah Pratt Leaps Into Cross-Media Storytelling https://womennmedia.com/deborah-pratt-leaps-into-cross-media-storytelling/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=deborah-pratt-leaps-into-cross-media-storytelling Sun, 02 Mar 2025 21:49:11 +0000 https://womennmedia.com/?p=43042 Deborah Pratt is a Director, Writer, Producer, Actress, and Women in Media Advisory Board MemberQuestions by Sayla U’ilani Whalen SW: You started as a performer. What inspired the expansion to work behind the camera? DP: Coming from a background of high school plays, summer stock, and college conservatory theater, I had my professional career break […]

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]]> Developing Filmmaker Fellows DiscussThe Art of Finding Opportunity https://womennmedia.com/developing-filmmaker-fellows-discussthe-art-of-finding-opportunity/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=developing-filmmaker-fellows-discussthe-art-of-finding-opportunity Sun, 02 Mar 2025 21:41:03 +0000 https://womennmedia.com/?p=43039 Fellow Emma Forthofer is a native of Southwest Harbor Maine, whose love of nature led to her job at the National Park Service, documenting preservationists. She is working on translating her videography skills into a cinematography career in the narrative realm. Fellow Sayla U’ilani Whalen is from Livermore CA. She’s passionate about bringing portrayals of […]

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]]> The Art of Collaboration with Director/Writer Mary Lou Belli https://womennmedia.com/the-art-of-collaboration-with-director-writer-mary-lou-belli/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=the-art-of-collaboration-with-director-writer-mary-lou-belli Tue, 25 Feb 2025 20:18:59 +0000 https://womennmedia.com/?p=42799 Questions by: Emma Encinas, Women in Media volunteer and pre-entertainment law student. Emma has also written for Ms. Magazine and Water Inequity Network on Medium. Two time Emmy award-winning MARY LOU BELLI has been directing television for over 30 years. She was recently nominated for a Primetime Emmy for Comedy Directing as well as another […]

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]]> Ellen H. Schwartz https://womennmedia.com/ellen-h-schwartz/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ellen-h-schwartz Tue, 25 Feb 2025 19:51:59 +0000 https://womennmedia.com/?p=42783 Ellen H. Schwartz has produced and contributed to some of the highest-grossing and beloved films of the past few decades. Schwartz began her career as a DGA trainee working in New York – one of the few women assuming such a role at the time. The first feature film she worked on as a trainee […]

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]]> Jeannine Oppewall https://womennmedia.com/jeannine-oppewall/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=jeannine-oppewall Tue, 25 Feb 2025 19:34:11 +0000 https://womennmedia.com/?p=42776 Jeannine Oppewall grew up near Boston and moved to Los Angeles after college to work with the Office of Charles and Ray Eames; at that time the Eames Office was the pre-eminent design team of the United States, known for furniture, exhibitions and their many small personal films. Jeannine learned design at the feet of […]

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]]> Geneva Nash Morgan https://womennmedia.com/geneva-nash-morgan/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=geneva-nash-morgan Tue, 25 Feb 2025 18:54:13 +0000 https://womennmedia.com/?p=42756 A seasoned beauty makeup artist and prosthetics expert, Geneva Nash Morgan has worked on major feature films, TV shows, and live performances. With her cosmetology license and a BA in Technical Theater Design from California State University, Long Beach, she became an expert at wig-making, which was her way into the entertainment industry. Geneva was […]

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]]> Helena Jackson https://womennmedia.com/helena-jackson/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=helena-jackson Tue, 25 Feb 2025 17:57:00 +0000 https://womennmedia.com/?p=42748 An accomplished camera operator of 45 years with ten Emmy nominations and one win for Norman Lear and Jimmy Kimmel’s LIVE IN FRONT OF A STUDIO AUDIENCE: “Good Times” and “All in the Family” episodes. Helena’s many credits include the daytime dramas THE YOUNG AND THE RESTLESS, GENERAL HOSPITAL, and DAYS OF OUR LIVES and […]

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]]> Susan Lewis – The Real Deal: 2024 ICON Award Recipient https://womennmedia.com/susan-lewis-the-real-deal-2024-icon-award-recipient/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=susan-lewis-the-real-deal-2024-icon-award-recipient Sun, 07 Jul 2024 19:58:24 +0000 https://womennmedia.com/?p=38089 Written by Tema L. Staig What lead you to PR for the entertainment industry? The day after graduating UCLA in Communications Studies, I walked into the office of the only company I knew in the business, Cinema Products. I was hired as a secretary. I worked hard and learned about cameras, lenses, and all the […]

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