Women in Entertainment

Gina Prince-Bythewood is the director of The Old Guard, an action-adventure based on a graphic novel with super-heroes that don’t fit the normal spectrum. Gay, female, people of color and oh, yes, one straight white male, head up an all-star cast which includes Charlize Theron, Kiki Layne, Matthias Schoenaerts, Luca Marinelli,  and Chiwetel Ejiofor – to name a partial list.

What happens when a woman writes a crime drama? You get the crime, you get the drama, and you get a little something more – characters who aren’t cookie-cutter. Rebecca Cutter, creator, director, executive producer, and writer of Starz’s Hightown, ratchets up mystery against the backdrop of America’s opioid epidemic.

Emmy nominated Costume designer Rita McGhee was a student at Howard University when she had a life-changing encounter with Spike Lee. “I reached out to him and his award-winning costume designer, Ruth E.

“I do not compromise for anybody. Still don’t.

Yellow, Black and White is one of Russia’s leading entertainment groups. Renowned in the country for both film and TV, YBW is the studio behind Gold Diggers, the hit TV series that’s already been seen by 25 million Russians.

“You have to be able to trust your instincts; when you do, in the moment, you can be successful. ” It started with a backyard charity production of Annie that 8-year-old Maggie Kiley staged with her sister in Rochester, New York.

Flora Greeson got inspired to write the script for the musical romantic comedy The High Note while she was working as an assistant at Universal Music in New York. A Los Angeles native, she had completed her film studies at NYU and now she was dreaming of a bigger life for herself.

The comedy-thriller Killing Eve revolves around the intense psychosexual relationship between two women: American-raised MI5 agent Eve Polastri (Sandra Oh) and the unpredictable but charming Russian assassin Villanelle (Jodie Comer). Based on a series of novellas by Luke Jennings, the show is created by an all-female writing team.

Mrs. America tells the story of the fight to ratify the Equal Rights Amendment in the early ‘70s.

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