When women call the shots
Subtitle: the developing power and influence of women in television and film
By: Linda Seger.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Henry Holt & Co.
Published: 1996
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 304
Subjects: Women in the motion picture industry.; Women in television broadcasting.
Description: Record numbers of women are working in all areas of the film and television industries. Actresses are creating their own production companies in order to obtain better roles and more control of their material. Women are creating TV shows to explore stories that more closely reflect their lives. There are more films about women and women's issues, and more money-making films with women protagonists.

Change is occurring at every level, and women are clearly having an impact that is reshaping the entertainment industry and the product it delivers. Who better to tell of these changes than script consultant and author Linda Seger.

Through interviews with key players such as Sherry Lansing, Dawn Steel, Gillian Armstrong, Marlo Thomas, Linda La Plante, Nora Ephron, Liv Ullman, Loretta Young, Jane Wyman, and many, many others, she shows just what a woman's influence means in what we see - and what we will see much more of in the years ahead - in movie theaters and on our TV screens and how, in turn, that power affects society.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references ( p. 283-284) and index.