Alliance of Women Directors

Perspective is everything. Adjust accordingly. Thank you, Ava DuVernay, for this much needed reminder. #WednesdayWisdom #AllianceOfWomenDirectors #AWD #DirectedByWomen #WomenDirectors #FemaleFilmmakers #QOTD

Time for another great TCM Tea with AWD! #WomenMakeFilm TCM host of Women Make Film Alicia Malone is joined by Daisy von Scherler Mayer as they discuss her brilliant film PARTY GIRL (1995). AVAILABLE to Watch NOW!... Party girl Mary gets bailed out of jail by her librarian godmother. When she starts working at the library...(well, you'll just have to watch and find out!) Starring the incredible Parker Posey. #AWD Exec. Director AnnaLea Arnold introduces this dynamic duo. Watch now on @turnerclassicmovies YouTube’s channel. LINK IN BIO. Party Girl Airs: Oct. 28th 2AM ET #womenmakefilm #turnerclassicmovies #TCMTeaWithAWD #strongertogether #strengthinnumbers #investinwomen #empowerwomen #directedbywomen #femaledirectors #womencrushiteveryday #allianceofwomendirectors #AWD See more

For the week ahead let's engage - your storytelling has the power to unify! Thanks to AWD member, Iram Parveen Bilal, for the reminder. #MondayMotivation #AllianceOfWomenDirectors #AWD #DirectedByWomen #femalefilmmakers #femaleempowerment #empowered #powertothepeople #womeninfilm #womeninhollywood #feminism #womendirectors #QOTD

"Your work will speak for itself and you shouldn’t let other people’s misconceptions affect you. Find the people who believe in you and stick with them." - Natalie Erika James Natalie is a Japanese-Australian writer, director, and producer based in Melbourne, Australia. Her debut feature, RELIC, is a horror/drama starring Emily Mortimer, Bella Heathcote and Robyn Nevin. RELIC premiered at the 2020 Sundance Film Festival and was nominated for an AWGIE award for Best Feature Fi...lm at the 2019 Australian Writer’s Guild Awards. It was released in July 2020. Natalie is currently developing DRUM WAVE, a Japanese folk horror with development support from Screen Australia and Film Victoria. Drum Wave was one of 14 projects selected for the project market at the International Film Festival & Awards Macao, and won the Best Co-Production prize. Her 2018 proof-of-concept short for DRUM WAVE was nominated for Best Australian Short Film at the Sydney Film Festival and premiered internationally at Fantastic Fest. Her 2016 short, CRESWICK, premiered at the Melbourne International Film Festival, and won the 2017 AWGIE Award for Best Short Form screenplay by the Australian Writer’s Guild. Natalie is signed to WME and directs commercials and music videos through Melbourne production company, Fiction. She won Australian Music Video of the Year at the 2015 Triple J Awards for directing the music video MINE by artist Life is Better Blonde. That's why she's our Female Filmmaker Friday! #femalefilmmakerfriday #womeninfilm #womeninmedia #femaledirectors #womendirect #directors #filmmakers #film #empowerment #representation #representationmatters #loveourcommunity #strengthinnumbers #investinwomen #empowerwomen #awd #pavingtheway #heretostay #directedbywomen #womxn #japanesesirector #asiandirector #horror

Join AWD Atlanta on Tuesday, October 27th @ 7 pm ET for The Breakdown with writer/director, Dallas Jackson! We’ll be discussing his recent Universal Pictures action adventure film, Welcome to Sudden Death starring Michael Jai White, which released on Netflix September 29, 2020. RSVP NOW - https://www.allianceofwomendirectors.org//the-breakdown-w/ Dallas Jackson was born and raised in Denver, Co and is a graduate of East High School who’s other well known alumni include Pa...m Grier, Don Cheadle, and Hattie McDaniel. He’s also a graduate of Howard University's School of Communications. He is a Writer/Director/Producer and President of DJ Classicz, a production company focusing on edgy young adult driven film and television projects. In 2017 Dallas was the Executive Producer along with the iconic late film director John Singleton for 10 episodes of the crime drama REBEL on BET/Viacom networks. The duo also wrote the pilot script Straight Outta Heaven for the CW. Dallas directed and produced the teen slasher film THRILLER for Blumhouse Pictures/Universal Pictures which debuted on Netflix April 2019 and is currently popular on the streamer. The film was also co-written by Jackson and stars Mykelti Williamson, RZA, and Vanessa Bell Calloway. In addition Dallas is also writing and executive producing Twenty Four Seven for CBS All-Access which will star T.I. and is also executive produced by 50 Cent. #TheBreakdown #strongertogether #loveourcommunity #strengthinnumbers #unstackthedeck #pavingtheway #filmdirector #independentfilmmaker #indiefilmmaker #AWD #allianceofwomendirectors #filmmakers #ATL #AWDTheBreakDown

The stakes are high and representation matters, now more than ever! Thank you to Kerry Washington for her powerful words and to all of the allies who stand with us. #WednesdayWisdom #AllianceOfWomenDirectors #AWD #DirectedByWomen #WomenDirectors #FemaleFilmmakers #QOTD

Time for another Ah!-mazing TCM Tea with AWD! Check out this incredible panel with TCM co-host of Women Make Film Jacqueline Stewart, Kimberly Peirce (Dir. Stop Loss) and Nina Collins (daughter of Kathleen Collins Dir. Losing Ground). Lagueria Davis, AWD Executive Board Member introduces this dynamic conversation covering the persistence and passion it takes to bring a project to life. Watch now on TCM YouTube’s channel!... https://youtu.be/okVhHDIgU4o

Seed & Spark Presents: THE DISTRIBUTION DOWN LOW Learn the tools for creative independence. Led by Seed&Spark's head of education, Christina Raia, we'll break down the current landscape of distribution for independent film and TV, including the economics of different avenues to take, the right questions to ask potential partners, and other information to arm yourself with as you enter negotiations. The Distribution Down Low online workshop brought to you by N Studios, NFFTY,... Alliance of Women Directors and Columbia College Hollywood. Date And Time: Mon, October 26, 2020 9:00 AM 11:00 AM PDT https://www.eventbrite.com/e/the-distribution-down-low-tick

Heroes please suit up for the week ahead - your love and compassion are requested! Thanks for the reminder, Patty Jenkins. #MondayMotivation #AllianceOfWomenDirectors #AWD #DirectedByWomen #femalefilmmakers #femaleempowerment #empowered #powertothepeople #womeninfilm #womeninhollywood #feminism #womendirectors #QOTD

One of the reasons I love horror so much is when it’s done well you can keep peeling away the layers and see something new every timeIf your art is speaking to the moment, that’s all you can hope for. - Misha Green Green is an American television showrunner, writer, producer, and director. She’s best known as creator and executive producer of the historical drama Underground. Green co-created Lovecraft Country, the 10-episode HBO horror anthology series which takes a pr...ovocative look at racism and the Black experience in America. She’s showrunner, EP, and writer for Lovecraft and recently made her episodic directing debut on the 8th episode, Jig-a-Bobo. Green is also known for writing episodes of Sons of Anarchy, Spartacus, and Heroes, as well as producing Helix. She attended the NYU Tisch School of the Arts. That’s why she’s our Female Filmmaker Friday! #femalefilmmakerfriday #womeninfilm #womeninmedia #femaledirectors #womendirect #directors #filmmakers #film #empowerment #representation #representationmatters #loveourcommunity #strengthinnumbers #investinwomen #empowerwomen #awd #pavingtheway #heretostay #directedbywomen #womxn #directedbyblackwomen #storyteller

Congratulations to AWD members - Robin Cloud and Tiffany Frances for being selected as semi-finalists in the Series Fest and Shondaland Women Directors mentorship program. https://deadline.com//seriesfest-shondaland-tamika-miller/

Cristina Ibarra's words are a reminder that there is always something that can be done - some action to be taken - even it takes you out of your comfort zone. #WednesdayWisdom #AllianceOfWomenDirectors #AWD #DirectedByWomen #WomenDirectors #FemaleFilmmakers #QOTD #HispanicHeritageMonth #LatinxHeritageMonth