Women Who Run the Show How a Brilliant and Creative New Generation of Women Stormed Hollywood

by Gregory, Mollie

• ISBN13: 9780312316341
• ISBN10: 0312316348
• Edition: Reprint
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2003-11-01
• Publisher: St. Martin's Griffin

Summary

In the 1970s, the women who produced or directed in film or television could be counted on one hand. By the 1990s, there were hundreds. What happened? That's the dramatic, firsthand story told in Women Who Run the Show. Based on interviews with women in virtually every segment of the entertainment business, this is the unfiltered account of women's lives in the Hollywood workplace over the last thirty years. Gregory had exceptional access to key players and got them to open up on a wide range of subjects, from the Hollywood 'boys' club' to forgoing mother-hood for career, and from the importance of mentors to learning on the job. The women whose voices are heard in the book include: Gale Ann Hurd, Mimi Leder, Kathleen Nolan, Barbra Streisand, Polly Platt, Martha Coolidge, and Sherry Lansing.

Author Biography

Mollie Gregory has been a writer and producer of documentary films and has written a number of books, including Making Films Your Business. She lives in Los Angeles, California.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. ix
Introduction	p. xi
Beachhead--The 1970s	p. 1
I Don't Want to Watch, I Want to Play	p. 5
We Don't Want Anything Itsy-Poo	p. 24
She's Young, She's Pretty, and--She's a Producer!	p. 40
The Start of a Wonderful Heyday for Women	p. 57
Get Me a Woman!	p. 80
You Don't Meet Boring People in This Business	p. 99
I Don't Know Any Women--Getting Organized	p. 112
I Was Supposed to Be Hedda Hopper	p. 126
Securing the Perimeter--The 1980s	p. 151
Yes, Sir, Giving Way to Yes, Ma'am	p. 155
Chutes and Ladders--Executive Games in the 1980s	p. 170
More Ladders Than Chutes--The Newcomers	p. 190
Women Make Good Producers--Movies	p. 209
Getting on the Yellow Brick Road--Producing for Television	p. 224
A Different Take on the Set	p. 242
Breakthrough--The 1990s	p. 271
The Suit with Legs	p. 275
Don't Ever Take It Personally	p. 291
Hiring a Woman (Writer) Is the Hip Thing to Do	p. 309
This Is What Men Do	p. 327
Making the Whole Frame in the '90s	p. 342
Epilogue: How Far Is Far?	p. 361
Author's Note	p. 379
Endnotes	p. 381
List of Women Interviewed	p. 423
Bibliography	p. 433
Index	p. 437
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