Day 5 of #100DaysofWomeninFilm features a Q&A with film critic Iris Brey, a preeminent expert on gender, representation and sexuality in films & TV series. Brey is the author of…
Elena RossiniApril 13, 2020
#100DaysofWomeninFilm – Day 3/100 celebrates the work and legacy of the late Margaret Booth, a true pioneer in the field of film editing.
Elena RossiniApril 9, 2020
#100DaysofWomeninFilm – Day 2/100 celebrates the work of American cinematographer Kira Kelly, best known for her work on 13th and Queen Sugar.
Elena RossiniApril 8, 2020
The first issue of #100DaysofWomeninFilm celebrates the work of Elvira Notari, the first Italian female director and the most prolific.
Elena RossiniApril 7, 2020
A new project by Italian film director Elena Rossini that puts the spotlight on 100 inspiring women in film – with one post a day for 100 days.
Elena RossiniApril 6, 2020
100 Days of Women in Film
About this Project
100 Days of Women in Film is a blog series by Italian film director Elena Rossini that aims to put the spotlight on 100 women from cinema and TV (directors, screenwriters, cinematographers, editors, composers, critics…).
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Browse the interviews – by Field
Film Directors
(in alphabetical order, by last name)
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- filmmaker Madeline Anderson (the first African American female documentarian)
- producer / director DeMane Davis (Self Made, Queen Sugar)
- experimental filmmaker Maya Deren
- film director, writer & producer Leila Djansi
- film director Karyn Kusama (Girlfight, The Invitation, Destroyer)
- trailblazing director Ida Lupino (the first American female filmmaker to direct a film noir)
- filmmaker Tina Mabry (Mississippi Damned, Queen Sugar)
- director Jen McGowan (Kelly & Cal, Rust Creek)
- filmmaker Mira Nair(Salaam Bombay! Monsoon Wedding, Amelia, Queen of Katwe)
- film director Elvira Notari (Italy’s first female director)
- documentary filmmaker Veena Rao
- filmmaker Lynne Ramsay (We Need to Talk about Kevin, You Were Never Really Here)
- writer & director Lynn Shelton (Humpday, Your Sister’s Sister)
- commercial, TV, and music video director Aya Tanimura
Cinematographers
- Italian cinematographer Valentina Caniglia
- cinematographer & director Nadia Hallgren (Becoming, She’s the Ticket)
- American cinematographer Kira Kelly (13th, Queen Sugar, Self Made)
- cinematographer Cybel Martin
- Canadian cinematographer Sarah Thomas Moffat
- cinematographer Daphne Wu
Other Professions
(in alphabetical order, by profession)
- colorist Anastasia Shepherd
- composer Zinovia Arvanitidi
- film critic Iris Brey (author of the book The Female Gaze)
- film editor Margaret Booth (the first person in the history of cinema to be named “film editor”)
- film editor Rosella Tursi
- production designer Monique Dias
- production sound mixer Camila Franco Ribeiro Gomide
- re-recording mixer Sherry Klein
- sound designer Cindy Takehara
Browse the interviews – by Date
So far #100DaysofWomeninFilm has featured:
- 1/100: film director Elvira Notari (Italy’s first female director)
- 2/100: American cinematographer Kira Kelly (13th, Queen Sugar, Self Made)
- 3/100: film editor Margaret Booth (the first person in the history of cinema to be named “film editor”)
- 4/100: filmmaker Madeline Anderson (the first African American female documentarian)
- 5/100: film critic Iris Brey (author of the book The Female Gaze)
- 6/100: trailblazing director Ida Lupino (the first American female filmmaker to direct a film noir)
- 7/100: film director Karyn Kusama (Girlfight, The Invitation, Destroyer)
- 8/100: documentary filmmaker Veena Rao
- 9/100: cinematographer Sarah Thomas Moffat
- 10/100: film director, writer & producer Leila Djansi
- 11/100: production designer Monique Dias
- 12/100: sound designer Cindy Takehara
- 13/100: colorist Anastasia Shepherd
- 14/100: director Jen McGowan
- 15/100: experimental filmmaker Maya Deren
- 16/100: producer / director DeMane Davis
- 17/100: cinematographer Valentina Caniglia
- 18/100: filmmaker Mira Nair
- 19/100: commercial, TV & music video director Aya Tanimura
- 20/100: filmmaker Lynne Ramsay
- 21/100: writer & director Lynn Shelton
- 22/100: cinematographer & director Nadia Hallgren
- 23/100: re-recording mixer Sherry Klein
- 24/100: cinematographer Daphne Wu
- 25/100: cinematographer Cybel Martin
- 26/100: filmmaker Tina Mabry
- 27/100: composer Zinovia Arvanitidi
- 28/100: production sound mixer Camila Franco Ribeiro Gomide
- 29/100: film editor Rosella Tursi
