Celluloid Ceiling: Women Film Directors Breaking Through

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Review Every aspiring filmmaker, every woman filmmaker should delve into this book, its panoramic view of filmmaking can only propel you forward. --Sight and Sound Magazine'This is a book to smack down on the desk of Thierry Fremaux, the director of the Cannes Film Festival (or any programmer, professor or snotty cinemagoer who claims women aren't as good at making films, or aren't interested in making them), as abundant evidence not only of international female filmmaking, but its dynamism, ambition and complexity.' --The F WordThe arrival of a new book, 'Celluloid Ceiling'could not be more timely. It takes a purposefully global overview of the status quo and in doing so provides some fascinating stories and insights, reminding us of what is lost when we limit the discussion to Anglophone directors. --Indiewire About the Author GABRIELLE KELLY,screenwriter and producer, is also a media educator and story expert. She has worked in Hollywood on both studio and indie films and on productions from Russia, Brazil, China and Europe. Her films include: All the Queen's Men, Stag, D.A.R.Y.L. for Paramount/Columbia, and her script All Ages Night, set in the music scene of LA. She developed and edited the industry bible, 'The Movie Business; a Legal Guide' with entertainment Lawyer, Kelly Crabb. A judge of film festivals worldwide, she also sits on the Board of Women in Film and the British and Irish Film Academies. CHERYL ROBSON, writer/editor, is also a producer/director of several short independent films, most recently 'Rock n Roll Island' nominated for best short film at Raindance 2015.She worked at the BBC for several years and taught film making in higher education. She created a publishing company which has published over 150 international authors and has edited over 50 books. As a playwright, she won the Croydon Warehouse International Festival and has had several plays produced in London.