Meryl Streep was making waves as usual when it was announced during the Tribeca Film Festival that she had come aboard to fund a new initiative from New York Women in Film and Television and the Iris collective. Called The Writers Lab, the inaugural retreat will take place in upstate New York in September at the Wiawaka Center for Women, and pair eight women screenwriters over the age of 40 with established mentors including Gina Prince-Bythewood, Kirsten Smith, and Mary Jane Skalski. Filmmaker spoke with Terry Lawler, Executive Director of Nywift, and Iris co-founders, Kyle Ann Stokes, Elizabeth Kaiden and Nitza Wilon, to […]...
- 4/27/2015
- by Sarah Salovaara
- Filmmaker Magazine-Director Interviews
Meryl Streep was making waves as usual when it was announced during the Tribeca Film Festival that she had come aboard to fund a new initiative from New York Women in Film and Television and the Iris collective. Called The Writers Lab, the inaugural retreat will take place in upstate New York in September at the Wiawaka Center for Women, and pair eight women screenwriters over the age of 40 with established mentors including Gina Prince-Bythewood, Kirsten Smith, and Mary Jane Skalski. Filmmaker spoke with Terry Lawler, Executive Director of Nywift, and Iris co-founders, Kyle Ann Stokes, Elizabeth Kaiden and Nitza Wilon, to […]...
- 4/27/2015
- by Sarah Salovaara
- Filmmaker Magazine - Blog
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