Fantastic Women Filmmakers Author:Suzanne Simoni We go behind the camera in the latest book from our acclaimed Women's Hall of Fame Series Women have been making movies since the beginning of film in the early 1900s. The ten women profiled here are among the most creative and respected directors in the world. Included are Nell Shipman, the young Canadian who started her own production compan... more »y in the silent movie days, Ida Lupino, the American actress who was the first woman to direct herself in a film, and Deepa Mehta, whose films have brought Indian culture to Western screens. The stories of these ten women will inspire young readers to consider their own potential and the way they look at the world around them. Filmmakers profiled: Nell Shipman (Canada) - 1920?s: Back to God?s Country. Ida Lupino (USA) - 1940?s: The Hitch-hiker, Never Fear. Margarethe von Trotta (Germany) - Sister, Marianne and Juliane, The Promise, I am the Other Woman Anne Wheeler (Canada) - Bye Bye Blues, The Diviners, The War Between Us Martha Coolidge (USA) - Valley Girl, Rambling Rose, Out to Sea, Material Girls, Zorro 2110 Sally Potter (UK) - Orlando, The Tango Lesson, Yes Deepa Mehta (India/Canada) - Fire, Earth, Bollywood/Hollywood, Water, The Exclusion Euzhan Palcy (Martinique) - Sugar Cane Alley, A Dry White Season, The Killing Yard Mira Nair (India/USA) - Salaam Bombay, Mississippi Masala, Monsoon Wedding, Vanity Fair Patricia Rozema (Canada) - I?ve Heard the Mermaids Singing, White Room, Mansfield Park, Happy Days, Suspect« less
ISBN-13: 9781897187364 ISBN-10: 189718736X Pages:128 Reading Level: Young Adult Rating: