Creating Safer Sets Members

Film Fatales members held an online workshop about Creating Safer and Supported Sets with Dr. Annalise Ophelian, N. Jasmine Johnson, Heather María Ács, and Olivia Troy from Reps on Set, a BIWOC-led consulting firm specializing in intimate storytelling, cultural coordination, and on-set mental health services. Moderated by Body Parts director Kristy Guevara-Flanagan. Co-presented by Level Forward. … Continued

Virtual Shadowing

Emmy award-winning television director Mary Lou Belli, whose directing credits include True Lies, Sweet Magnolias, NCIS: New Orleans, and The Ms. Pat Show, joined Film Fatales for this in-depth Episodic Television Directing Class. Watch and learn how to prep from a working TV director! We explore casting, location scouting, script breakdown, scene blocking, and shot … Continued

Virtual Shadowing Members

Emmy award-winning television director Mary Lou Belli, whose directing credits include True Lies, Sweet Magnolias, NCIS: New Orleans, and The Ms. Pat Show, joined Film Fatales for this in-depth Episodic Television Directing Class. Watch and learn how to prep from a working TV director! We explore casting, location scouting, script breakdown, scene blocking, and shot … Continued

Creative Regeneration

Film Fatales members participated in an interactive Creative Regeneration workshop led by Bristol Baughan and Daniela De Carlo. This experience was a way to gain insight and inspiration in our creative lives. We discussed ways to focus our energies to avoid burnout and maximize creativity.

Creative Regeneration Members

Film Fatales members participated in an interactive Creative Regeneration workshop led by Bristol Baughan and Daniela De Carlo. This experience was a way to gain insight and inspiration in our creative lives. We discussed ways to focus our energies to avoid burnout and maximize creativity.

Finding Funding

Film Fatales hosted an online discussion about Film Financing and Packaging for Scripted Feature Films with Apoorva Guru Charan (Producer, Joyland), Mollye Asher (Producer, Nomadland), and Tiffany Boyle (President, Ramo Law). It was moderated by Film Fatales Member Ruth Du (Director, Samson). Funding a Feature Film can be the hurdle that stops creators in their … Continued

Finding Funding Members

Film Fatales hosted an online discussion about Film Financing and Packaging for Scripted Feature Films with Apoorva Guru Charan (Producer, Joyland), Mollye Asher (Producer, Nomadland), and Tiffany Boyle (President, Ramo Law). It was moderated by Film Fatales Member Ruth Du (Director, Samson). Funding a Feature Film can be the hurdle that stops creators in their … Continued

Tribeca Industry Cocktail 2023

Film Fatales members gathered together for a Tribeca Industry Cocktail to celebrate all of the feature films directed by Film Fatales members premiering at the Tribeca Festival this year. Over a dozen Film Fatales members directed feature films that premiered at the 2023 Tribeca Festival including Alexandria Bombach (It’s Only Life After All), Chelsea Hernandez … Continued

Lights Camera Action Drinks

Members of Film Fatales, ICF+C, and AWFC hosted an in-person filmmaker mixer in Los Angeles! Mix and mingle with your favorite directors, cinematographers, and composers in this summer gathering for creatives of all marginalized genders. Thank you for joining us to celebrate with like minded folks interested in amplifying underrepresented voices in the film industry…and … Continued

Every Body Screening

Thank you for joining Film Fatales and Focus Features for a special New York preview screening of Every Body directed by Film Fatales member Julie Cohen. Every Body is a revelatory investigation of the lives of intersex people. The film tells the stories of three individuals who have moved from childhoods marked by shame, secrecy, and non-consensual … Continued

Do The Write Thing

Film Fatales caught up with successful writers Felicia Pride (Grey's Anatomy), Jessica Sharzer (Nine Perfect Strangers), Peres Owino (African Queens: Njinga), and Rebecca Murga (Swagger) for a discussion about breaking into television writing. A career as a screenwriter is always a roller coaster, especially now. How can aspiring writers build a viable career path to … Continued

Do The Write Thing Members

Film Fatales caught up with successful writers Felicia Pride (Grey's Anatomy), Jessica Sharzer (Nine Perfect Strangers), Peres Owino (African Queens: Njinga), and Rebecca Murga (Swagger) for a discussion about breaking into television writing. A career as a screenwriter is always a roller coaster, especially now. How can aspiring writers build a viable career path to … Continued