Final

Where is Patricia Riggen from?

Where is Patricia Riggen from?

Guadalajara México

How many days was The 33 shot in?

35

Were the miners compensated by the company?

No

Where was The 33 shot?

Colombian Salt Mine

What was the name of Patricia RIggen’s first semester project at Columbia (documentary)?

Family Portrait

Which film did Patricia Riggen get a Student Academy Award for?

La Milpa (The Cornfield)

What is the reason Patricia Riggen gave in it never having crossed her mind to be a director?

Because she didn’t see any women in Mexico City where she worked; women were always producers, never directors

African American women are paid what percentage of their white, male counterparts?

63%

How many women are in the American workforce?

77 million

At the rate of ongoing change in the pay gap between 1960 and 2015, women would reach equality in pay by what year?

2059

Women earn more … than men

undergraduate degrees

More women than men graduate from college

fact

If women were paid equally, it would cut this in half

poverty

Women receive less social security, pensions, and other sources because of the inequality in pay. So they receive ..

less in retirement

African American and Hispanic/Latina women are paid what percentage of their white, male counterparts?

African American Women – Paid 63% of white males

Hispanic and Latina women – Paid 54% of what males make

We use small crews for this genre (documentaries)

Fact

What’s a docudrama

based on reality with fictional ideas included for drama

What’s a mockumentary?

film presented in a documentary format but the story itself is ficticious. (not real)

What does narrative mean?

crafting the story

What is the goal of different documentaries?

To educate, entertain or both.

Hubert de Givenchy and Hepburn changed fashion.

Fact

What was Audrey Hepburn’s first film?

Roman Holiday

What did Audrey Hepburn win an Oscar for?

Best Actress for Roman Holiday

How old was Audrey Hepburn when she won her first Oscar?

24

She was a special Ambassador to UNICEF

Audrey Hepburn

Escaped from the Nazis in a basement (cellar) for over a month eating tulip bulbs.

Audrey Hepburn

She was a ballet dancer and ballet teacher to the neighbors during the war

Audrey Hepburn

She was known for her fashion contributions and overall iconic look

Audrey Hepburn

Customer for Roman Holiday

Edith Head (credited)/ Hubert de Givenchy

What collection of awards did Audrey Hepburn win?

EGOT (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar and Tony)

She won the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Oscar for her philanthropic work

Audrey Hepburn

Tracy died how long after the film wrapped?

17 days

Who was Hepburn’s partner on and off screen?

Spencer Tracy

Kramer and Hepburn gave up their salaries to ensure what?

Tracy’s completion of film

Monologue at the end by Tracy was based in reality.

Fact

She was called Box Office poison by a powerful journalist.

Katharine Hepburn

Katharine Hepburn’s favorite director?

George Cukor

Who bought Katharine Hepburn rights to Philadelphia Story?

Howard Hughes

Was known for her athletic ability

Katharine Hepburn

Was put on the Blacklist for a time

Katharine Hepburn

She played Coco Chanel onstage later in her career

Katharine Hepburn

She was nominated 12 times for an Academy Award

Katharine Hepburn

What film did Katharine Hepburn win her first academy award for?

Morning Glory

Mimi Leder and her large budget film?

Deep Impact (88 million dollars)

Professional who keeps the statistics on women in the industry?

Dr. Lauzen (SDSU)

There are more U.S. senators than directors

Fact

The % of female directors has gone down steadily

Fact

Out of 50 nominations, only 2 women have won Oscars for Best ORIGINAL screenplay (Coppola and Cody). What films did they write?

Sofia Coppola for Lost in Translation 2003 and Diablo Cody for Juno 2007*This is now 3 with Emerald Fennell winning the Oscar this year (2021) for Promising Young Woman!

What film grossed over $418 million overseas?

Mamma Mia!

What are some reasons women don’t direct?

1) Societal ideas of a woman’s place. 2)The trust issue with a big budget. 3) The traditional profile of filmmakers being men. 4) Women being able to be away from their families for long periods of time.

What is the biggest women face up in getting directing jobs?

Perception

What studio did Amy Pascal head up?

Sony Motion Picture Group

Films with female protagonists have lower production budgets by $30 million

Fact

What percentage do female cinematographers make up?

2020, 6% of the cienmtographers

Until recently, one woman in film history had won an Oscar for directing.

Who was it and what film was it for?

Who is the second woman to win?

1st - Kathryn Bigelow for Hurt Locker

2nd - Chloe Zhao for Nomadland!

Ida Lupino

She came from a performing family and started out as an actress, formed a production company in 1949 so she could direct. She directed 7 feature films and over 100 television shows. Her films dealt with sensitive material with both weaker and strong female characters explored. She helped pave the way for indie directors with strong material who don’t fit into the studio’s ideas of what’s important to talk about.

Many women start in episodic television

Fact

Better things has an all- female above the line

above the line positions are filled by women (Director, actor, casting director, screenwriter, producer)

Disney has the highest ratio of women directors at the moment

Fact

Sony has the lowest number of women and minority directors

Fact

Pamela Aldon directs and stars in how many episodes of better things

Directed by Pamela Adlon (twenty-two episodes) and written by Pamela Adlon (thirty episodes) and plays Sam Fox (graduation)

• acts for 6 years

Pamela Aldon acting jobs

• Acting: Facts of Lide and The Big Bang Theory

• Voice Actor: King of the Hilly (Emmy for voice of Bobby Hill)

• starred in TV’s Lucky Louis

What novel was Night Manager based on?

John Le Carre 1993 novel

Susanne Bier bio

• 1999—Bier cowrote and directed the Romantic Comedy The One and Only. It won Best Film at the Danish Robert Awards. It was the most watched domestic Danish film in twenty years.

• 2004—Brothers won the Audience Award at Sundance Film Festival.

• 2007—Things We Lost in the Fire (Halle Berry and Benicio Del Toro) is her first English-language film, and has obvious star power.

• 2010—In a Better World won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film and Best Director and Best European Film at European Film Awards.

• 2013—Love Is All You Need, Romantic Comedy, is another award winner.

• 2016—Susanna Bier wins an Emmy for directing The Night Manager.

• 2018—Directs the popular Netflix Bird Box - based on John Malerman’s novel.

First female studio head since Alice Guy Blache

Lucille Ball

Lucille and Desi owned RKO

Fact

Desi’s innovations

3 camera set up

Location of I love Lucy segment

Brown Derby - LA/ Hollywood

Guest start in I love Lucy episode

William Holden

What shows does desi produce

The Andy Griffith Show

Emmys won by I love Lucy

5

Former Chesterfield girl

Lucille Ball

Known as Technicolor Tessie

Lucille Ball - for her red hair

Called Up by HUAC

Lucille Ball - suspected of communism

Lucille’s radio show

My Favorite Husband

Lucille and Desi tried the show out on vaudeville (live theaters) first

Fact

Where was Hurt Locker shot

The streets of Amman Jordon

How big was the scope of her set in the desert in Hurt Locker

How was Hurt Locker financed

Overseas presales (independent film)

What other talent did Bigelow have

Talented painter

How did Bigelow start out in school?

Started out in the San Francisco Art Institute

What happened to Bigelow after K19 - The Widowmaker

It performed poorly at the box office and it would be 7 years before she’d be asked to direct again

What political fallout happened to Bigelow after her film Zero Dark Thirty?

There were called up in. Front of the Senate Intelligence Committee Panel - concern they had CIA files they shouldn’t have had

Writers for I Love Lucy

Bob Schiller, Bob Weiskopf, Bob Carroll, and Madelyn Pugh- Davis

Lucy Ricardo

Lucille Ball

Ricky Ricardo

Desi Arnaz

Ethel Mertz

Vivian Vance

Fred Mertz

William Frawley

Guest Star in I Love Lucy

William Holden

Director of Hurt Locker

Kathryn Bigelow

Writer of The Hurt Locker

Mark Boal

Sgt. William James

Jeremy

J.T Sanborn

Anthony Mackie

Specialist Owen Eldridge

Brian Geraghty

Matt Thompson

Guy Pearce

Director of Roman Holiday

William Wyler

Costumes for Roman Holiday

Edith Head (credited)/ Hubert de Givenchy

Writer of Roman Holiday

Dalton Trumbo (blacklisted)

Audrey Hepburn

Princess Ann (Anya)

Gregory Peck

Joe Bradley