Theater 465: Inspiring Women

Julie Taymor

mscarmenvanessa — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 09:07:12 +0000

Julie Taymor (born December 15, 1952) is an American director of theater, opera and film. Taymor’s work has received many accolades from critics, and she has earned two Tony Awards out of four nominations, the Drama Desk Award for Outstanding Costume Design, an Emmy Award, and an Academy Award nomination for Original Song. She is widely known for directing the stage musical, The Lion King, for which she became the first woman to win the Tony Award for directing a musical. The Lion King also earned her a Tony for original costume designs.

*Note: My personal favorite female director*
An example from “Across The Universe” (incredible!)

Allison Anders

mscarmenvanessa — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:54:39 +0000

Allison Anders (born November 16, 1954) is an American film and television director. Anders has directed many independent films, on which she frequently collaborates with fellow UCLA film school graduate Kurt Voss.

Interview & Examples of her work:

Peggy Ahwesh

mscarmenvanessa — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:48:00 +0000

Peggy Ahwesh has made mesmerizing, experimental films and videos for two decades. Her eclectic works explore gender and cultural identities through deeply textured visuals and fascinating narratives. Her work explores dark themes of ritual, sexual exploration, and death through medium-precise methods, from grainy Super-8 to decayed 16mm to the virtuality of digital video. She has taught at Brown University, the San Francisco Art Institute, University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee, the School of Visual Arts, and currently teaches at Bard College.

An example of her unique work:

Perry Miller Adato

mscarmenvanessa — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:38:29 +0000

Perry Miller Adato(born in Yonkers) is an award-winning American documentary film producer and director and writer. She won an Emmy in 1968 for her first film, Dylan Thomas: The World I Breathe and won two Emmy nominations for Gertrude Stein: When This You See, Remember Me in 1970. In 1980 she won an Emmy nomination for Picasso-A Painter’s Diary.
She was the first woman ever to win the coveted Directors Guild of America Award for Georgia O’Keeffe.

Filmography

Georgia O’Keeffe -A Life in Art (2003)
Alfred Stieglitz : The Eloquent Eye (2001)
Great Tales in Asian Art (1996)
Art of the Western World (series 1989-90)
A White Garment of Churches (1989)
Eugene O’Neill : A Glory of Ghosts (1986)
Carl Sandburg : Echoes and Silences (1982)
Picasso -A Painter’s Diary (1980)
Frankenthaler -Toward A New Climate (1978)
Georgia O’Keeffe (1977)
Mary Cassatt -Impressionist From Philadelphia (1975)
The Originals-Women In Art (series 1975-78)
An Eames Celebration-Several Worlds Of Charles Eames and Ray Eames (1973)
The Great Radio Comedians (1972)
Gertrude Stein : When This You See, Remember Me (1970)
The Film Generation And Dance (1969)
The Film Generation (series 1968-69)
Dylan Thomas -The World I Breathe (1968)

Source: http://www.shemadeit.org/meet/biography.aspx?m=160

Women Filmmakers

mscarmenvanessa — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:33:37 +0000

Because I am a future filmmaker, I want to introduce women filmmakers that have inspired me to continue my education in film. I made a category entitled “Women Filmmakers” that would show all these wonderful and talented women.

Princess Diana

mscarmenvanessa — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:22:40 +0000

“People think at the end of the day that a man is the only answer [to fulfillment]. Actually a job is better for me.”
—Princess Diana

Charity work

Starting in the mid – to late 1980s, the Princess of Wales became increasingly known for her support of numerous charities. This stemmed naturally from her role as Princess of Wales—she was expected to visit hospitals and other state agencies in the 20th century model of royal patronage. Diana, however, developed an interest in serious illnesses and health-related matters outside the purview of traditional royal involvement, including AIDS and leprosy. In addition, the Princess patronised charities and organisations working with the homeless, youth, drug addicts and the elderly. From 1989, she was President of Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children.

Diana was most famously, in the last year of her life, the most visible supporter of the International Campaign to Ban Landmines, a campaign that went on to win the Nobel Peace Prize in 1997 after her death, which many believed was a posthumous tribute to the Princess.

AIDS awareness

In April 1987, the Princess of Wales was one of the first public figures to be photographed touching a person infected with HIV. She contributed to changing the public opinion of AIDS sufferers during the subsequent years, as her involvement with a variety of AIDS charities, not only in the United Kingdom but in North America, Africa and Asia as well, was a consistent public role she embraced.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_Diana

Geraldine Ferraro

mscarmenvanessa — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 08:14:20 +0000

“We’ve chosen the path to equality, don’t let them turn us around.”
—Geraldine Ferraro
(The first woman to be nominated as Vice President of the United States)

Geraldine Anne Ferraro (born August 26, 1935) is an American attorney, a Democratic Party politician and a former member of the United States House of Representatives. She was the first female Vice Presidential candidate representing a major American political party.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geraldine_Ferraro

Elizabeth Blackwell

mscarmenvanessa — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 07:59:22 +0000

“For what is done or learned by one class of women becomes, by virtue of their common womanhood, the property of all women.”
—Elizabeth Blackwell
(The first woman in the U.S. to become a physician)

Elizabeth Blackwell (3 February 1821 – 31 May 1910) was the first female doctor in the United States. She was the first openly identified woman to graduate from medical school (M.D.), a pioneer in educating women in medicine, and was prominent in the emerging women’s rights movement.
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Elizabeth_Blackwell

Ms. Susan B. Anthony

mscarmenvanessa — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 07:55:52 +0000

“The day will come when men will recognize woman as his peer, not only at the fireside, but in councils of the nation. Then, and not until then, will there be the perfect comradeship, the ideal union between the sexes that shall result in the highest development of the race.”
—Susan B. Anthony

Susan Brownell Anthony (February 15, 1820 – March 13, 1906) was a prominent American civil rights leader who played a pivotal role in the 19th century women’s rights movement to introduce women’s suffrage into the United States. She traveled the United States and Europe, and gave 75 to 100 speeches every year on women’s rights for 45 years.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susan_B._Anthony

Inspiring Women?

mscarmenvanessa — Thu, 05 Nov 2009 06:50:45 +0000

What does “Inspiring Women” means? Well, in my opinion women that inspire are those “cool” women that work together for empowerment, education, self-improvement and development.

In this blog, Im going to post quotes from inspiring women such as historical and political figures, and celebrities that have somehow motivate me in some way.