Like successful women directors... What genres they making?

Penelope Spheeris directed Waynes World and The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years.

From

Mary Harron - American Psycho

all the way to

Sofia Coppola - Marie Antoinette

Whalerider is fantastic.

I'm personally very glad to see the industry beginning to overcome its gender bias.

Elaine May- Mikey & Nicky

Rush - Lili Zanuck

Can you name some great oscar worthy movies please?

what the hell is the difference?

Do these suite you better?

Sofia Coppola for "Lost in Translation"
Jane Campion for "The Piano"
Lina Wertmüller for "Seven Beauties"
Marleen Gorris for "Antonia's Line"
Caroline Link for "Nowhere in Africa"

Tell me, Film_Jock, what awards have YOU won?

Gurinder Chadha's "What's Cooking?"
"Daughters of the Dust" Julie Dash
"Orlando" Sally Potter, based on a novel by feminist writer Virginia Woolf
"Monsoon Wedding" Mira Nair
"The Namesake", also by Mira Nair
"Virgin Suicide" Sofia Coppola
"Sleepless in Seattle", Nora Ephron
"When Harry Met Sally" was written by Nora Ephron.

These typically all have imdb ratings of 7 or higher, so someone must like them.

Lost in Translation isnt that the racist movie that shows unnecessary nudity just for the sake of it? How come the majority of these movies are not mainstream or are chick flicks or something, no offense?

What have I won? What have you won? Did you go to state for Football, Soccer and Baseball? NO?

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Lost in Translation isnt that the racist movie that shows unnecessary nudity just for the sake of it?

No.

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How come the majority of these movies are not mainstream or chick flicks or something, no offense?

None taken. You've probably never seen some of the best movies ever made, because you watch only what Hollywood execs tell you to. That's fine, I mean "mindless drone" is a little more overt than 'film_jock' but I wouldn't expect anything less from someone like you.

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What have I won? What have you won? Did you go to state for Football, Soccer and Baseball? NO?

Why on earth do you think that would impress anyone here? Quick, TD, take these MiniDV tapes and put them in a triangle. That production monitor will be home base, and for a bat we'll use a tripod!

film_jock = no credibility

Seriously, if this is some alternate screenname account game, cut it out. Its lame.

Are you the kind of person who think film is eveything? Film dont matter, its just entertainment, get it? Did you go to state?

Aw. Film Jock, I did go to state. And Nationals.

Oh, and I went to Nationals in college as well, Div 1.

Film is entertainment, it's a business, it's a creative enterprise.

Is your life so mundane that you have nothing better to do than troll these boards? Is it so small and solitary that you need to try to get people riled up over the internet so you can feel as if someone cares about you, even if it's just disgust at your inarticulate postings?

Aw. Film Jock, looks like State was your pinnacle.

How is The Metal Years a chick flick?

Penelope Spheeris is also directing a bio-pic about Janis Joplin.

Maya Angelou directed Down in the Delta. It had 8 nominations and 2 wins. She was the first african american woman admitted to the Directors Guild of America.

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I just came across this link today. It looks like Chapman has a "Women in Focus" conference coming up soon. It's sort of related to this thread, so I thought I'd post it.

http://ftv.chapman.edu/news/women_in_focus.cfm

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Aw. Film Jock, I did go to state. And Nationals.

Sorry if it was mentioned and I missed it. Which sport? My wife played division 1 basketball at BU.

And film_jock - he wont be missed. Thanks Titanimum for banning - I've been MIA as I've been dealing with my car that decided to have massive engine failure (needs new engine - so I need to get rid of it)...

-Chris
Studetnfilms.com

Well since film_jock has finally been banished I guess this is for anyone else whose interested:

Nancy Meyers: The Holiday, Something's Gotta Give, What Women Want, and the Parent Trap.
(And yeah these are all chick flicks, but they're really good chick flicks)

This topic is actually someting I've been thinking a lot about too. It seems that a lot (not all) women directors seem to direct chick flicks (a.k.a. romantic comedies). Being a female with hopes to go into film, this is kind of disapointing (not the films, just the stereotype that seems to be forming). What does everyone else think? And can anyone suggest female directors to check out (other than those above)? I just haven't heard of that many...

And another thing...If some huge blockbuster action film actually was directed by a woman, would it make anyone not want to see it (because it had been made by a female)? Just something I had been pondering...

My goal is to direct psychological drama, and if you met me you'd probably think I was pretty damn girly and would expect chick flicks to come from me. Maybe that's part of why I landed interviews and/or got accepted to the schools I applied to-- because I wasn't what people expected.

I hope there are more women willing to break away from the norm. Successful or not, now is the perfect time to beginning paving the road for women in this industry

Then again, my mentor was a male director and I'm sure a lot of his politics influenced how I see film.