Women Make Movies

Women Make Movies

"Established in 1972 to address the under representation and misrepresentation of women in the media industry, Women Make Movies is a multicultural, multiracial, non-profit media arts organization which facilitates the production, promotion, distribution and exhibition of independent films and videotapes by and about women. The organization provides services to both users and makers of film and video programs, with a special emphasis on supporting work by women of color. Women Make Movies facilitates the development of feminist media through an internationally recognized Distribution Service and a Production Assistance Program."

Funding

"Women Make Movies is a non-profit organization as determined by the IRS code 501(c)(3). While earned income from the WMM distribution service has continued to increase steadily since 1983 and currently provides 85% of our overall operational budget, we are deeply grateful to the wonderful government, corporate and private foundations which support us. We thank them for their continuing commitment to women's independent media.

• The Academy of Motion Pictures, Arts and Sciences
• Fleet Bank
• Manhattan Neighborhood Network
• National Endowment for the Arts
• New York City Department of Cultural Affairs
• New York State Council on the Arts
• Norman and Rosita Winston Foundation
• Friends of Women Make Movies

"We are especially grateful for the Electronic Media and Film Program of the New York State Council on the Arts which funded the development of this website and has supported the work of Women Make Movies for almost 30 years."

People (2011)

Directors

Accessed December 2011:

• Patricia White, President
• Kathryn F. Galan, Secretary
• Taina Bien-Aime, Vice President
• Marian Masone, Treasurer
• Claire Aguilar, Senior Vice President of Programming Independent Television Service (ITVS)
• Vanessa Arteaga, Executive Producer, Jaman
• Tina DiFeliciantonio, Director/Producer, Naked Eye Productions, Ltd.
• Phoebe Eng, Executive Director, Creative Counsel & Vice Chair, Ms. Foundation for Women
• Leslie Fields-Cruz, Grants Manager, National Black Programming Consortium
• Michelle Halsell, CEO and Co-Founder, Missing Pixel
• Caroline Libresco, Senior Programmer, Sundance Film Festival
• Helen (“Heidi”) D. Reavis, Esq., Attorney and Co-Managing Partner, Reavis Parent Lehrer LLP
• Esther Robinson, Filmmaker and Producer
• Barrie Pribyl, Emeritus, Organizational Development Consultant
• Debra Zimmerman, Ex Officio - Executive Director, Women Make Movies

People (2007)

Accessed December 2007:

Staff

• Publications Coordinator, Tamiko Beyer
• Office Manager/IT Coordinator, Jessica Drammeh
• Distribution Manager, Kristen Fitzpatrick
• Finance & Administrative Manager, Maya Jakubowicz
• Production Assistance and Public Programs Manager, Diana Lee
• Educational Sales & Marketing Coordinator, Sarah Reynolds
• Executive Assistant, Merrill Sterritt
• Administrative Assistant, Lateefah Torrence
• Sales and Marketing Manager, Julie Whang
• Executive Director, Debra Zimmerman

Directors

• Tamiko Beyer, Publications Coordinator (x307) tbeyer@wmm.com
• Jessica Drammeh, Office Manager/IT Coordinator (x316) jdrammeh@wmm.com
• Kristen Fitzpatrick, Distribution Manager
• Maya Jakubowicz, Finance & Administrative Manager (x309) mjakubowicz@wmm.com
• Diana Lee, Production Assistance and Public Programs Manager (x302) dlee@wmm.com
• Sarah Reynolds, Educational Sales & Marketing Coordinator (x312) sreynolds@wmm.com
• Merrill Sterritt, Executive Assistant (x303) msterritt@wmm.com
• Lateefah Torrence, Administrative Assistant (x300) adminassist@wmm.com
• Julie Whang, Sales and Marketing Manager (x320) jwhang@wmm.com
• Debra Zimmerman, Executive Director

Contact

Web: http://www.wmm.com

Resources and articles

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• Patricia Aufderheide