Give Her a Microphone

By: Karen Somers and Shirley Jackson
  • Summary

  • Give Her A Microphone is dedicated to providing intel and inspiration to women working on the front lines of entertainment, as well those aspiring to break into the business. Featured guests discuss a variety of topics ranging from business, marketing, all aspects of creative, and special FX to music, finance, legal, theatrical and digital entertainment. They share the calculus behind their career moves, as well as discuss some of their professional and personal hits and misses. The podcast is a conversation between women, about women dedicated to excellence and positive change.
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Episodes
  • Anne Marie Fox - Unit Photographer
    Apr 18 2022

    Anne Marie Fox is a gifted unit photographer specializing in film and television unit stills and editorial. Her beautiful work has been featured in some of the biggest film campaigns in the world. A few of the films include The Butler, Wild, Dallas Buyers Club , Precious, The Zoo Keeper’s Wife and most recently Amazon’s reboot of A League of Her Own. She has worked with critically acclaimed directors Robert Altman; Kenneth Branaugh; Agnes Varda; Lee Daniels; Niki Caro; Catherine Hardwicke; Anton Corbin and Jean-Marc Vallée among others.

    #photography #femalephotographer #Hollywood #femalewriter #blogger #Film #TV #Womenleaders #womenthrive

         
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    1 hr and 9 mins
  • Kirsten Schaffer - CEO Women In Film
    Mar 30 2022

    Welcome to season two of Give Her A Microphone! We welcome Kirsten Schaffer, who is the Chief Executive Officer of Women In Film, one of the entertainment industry’s leading organizations that advocates for women in the screen industries. The goal for Kirsten and Women In Film is to achieve parity and transform culture. Something that we are consistantly addressing here on the show! We are so happy Kirsten is here!

    Kirsten has been instrumental in launching ReFrame, an industry-wide initiative to advance inclusivity and gender equity, as well as starting a variety of programs at Women In Film to increase the skill set and opportunity for film and TV makers. Kirsten Schaffer was also the Director of Programming and then Executive Director of Outfest prior to Women In Film. She is widely credited as having grown Outfest into the leading LGBTQIA+ media arts organization that it is today. Kirsten shares her extensive experience in advocacy for women in the entertainment industry and what is working and what is not. Join us as Kirsten shares her unique perspective and the lessons she's learned along the way. #WIF #Hollywood #femalefilmmakers #WomenInFilm #womendirectors #femaleCEO #filmherstory ##femalefilmmaker #womeninfilm #filmmaker #femaledirector #filmmaking #femalefilmmakers #femalefilmmakerfriday #film #indiefilm #director #indiefilmmaker #filmfestival #actress #shortfilm #producer #behindthescenes #production #womenfilmmakers #femaledirectors #setlife #cinematographer #filmmakers #actor #cinematography #femalewriter #indiefilmmaking #filmproduction #writer #onset 

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    26 mins
  • Karen Somers - Director/Producer/DP
    Nov 20 2021

    Karen Somers is a documentary director, producer and DP.  Her Los Angeles based, namesake production company, "Karen Somers + Co" creates documentaries, branded content and commercials. Karen is also the co-host and co-producer of this podcast and sits down to chat with co-host, Shirley Jackson about her experiences coming up in the industry. 

    #karensomersco, #womendirectors, #producersguild, #documentary, #femaleDP, #Hollywood, #Filmmaking

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    1 hr and 33 mins

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