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Hollywood has seen the number of camerawomen quadruple in the past 15 years.
Women Behind the Camera is the first book to offer an in-depth look at the lives of camerawomen and their struggles to succeed in a male-dominated field. Krasilovsky presents interviews with 23 camerawomen, most of whom are pioneers in Hollywood and whose experiences cover the full range of the Camera Department.
The camerawomen interviewed include all four women Directors of Photography who have achieved membership in the prestigious American Society of Cinematographers, one of the first female camera assistants to work at the BBC, camerawomen who worked on
Star Trek VI and
Terminator 2, and a full range of documentary, experimental, and video camerawomen. These pioneering women, who have filmed in war zones, on mountain peaks, underwater, and on Hollywood sets, discuss their influences, goals, and experiences with directors and stars, and the art of cinematography.
List of contents
Introduction
The Pioneers: Starting Out Before 1970Brianne Murphy, ASC
Juliana Wang
Estelle Kirsh
Emiko Omori
Judy Irola, ASC
The Pioneers of Second Wave FeminismLeslie Hill
Kristin Glover
Lisa Seidenberg
Susan Walsh
Liz Bailey
Laurel Klick
Madelyn Most
The Second Wave: Starting Out in Independent FilmCathy Zheutlin
Dyanna Taylor
Sandi Sissel, ASC
Geraldine Kudaka
Amy Halpern
Nancy Schreiber, ASC
Jo Carson
Emerging CamerawomenSabrina Simmons
Karen Williams Kane
Sandy Butler
Alicia Sehring
Bibliography
Index
About the author
ALEXIS KRASILOVSKY is a Professor at California State University, Northridge, where she teaches screenwriting and film production. Her films, videos, and holograms include End of the Art World, starring Andy Warhol and Robert Rauschenber, and Epicenter U., a film about surviving the Northridge Earthquake. Krasilovsky is also the author of several poetry collections, including Some Women Writers Kill Themselves.
Summary
This work is a collection of interviews with camerawomen. It focuses on their struggles to succeed in a male-dominated field, and discusses their influences, goals, and experiences with directors and stars.
