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  • BAWIFM EVENT PRESENTER TO APPEAR ON VIEW FROM THE BAY ON JULY 16th!

    15-Jul-09 13:59 | Simone Nelson (administrator)
    HEADS UP TO BAWIFM MEMBERS:

    BAWIFM's Special Co-Presented event "Entrepreneurship & Creativity meets Inspiration & Innovation: An Evening with Tina Seelig" is tomorrow (Thursday night - for info below).

    BUT CHECK IT OUT:
    Our presenter, Tina Seelig, will be appearing tomorrow (Thursday, Jully 16th) late afternoon at approx. 3:30 pm on the Bay Area talk/news/chat show: VIEW FROM THE BAY (ABC Affiliate station).  

    Link to VIEW FROM THE BAY:
    http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/channel?section=view_from_the_bay&id=5755208

    If you are attending this event or cannot - take a moment and check out Tina and what a bit of what you will be getting first hand and/or what you are missing...though of course you can still get her book on Amazon if interested.  You can always DVR the show for future viewing. VIEW FROM THE BAY is from 3-4 pm on weekdays on your ABC Affiliate.

    Also, Tina will be headlining a Commonwealth Club of San Francisco Event this month on July 20th if you can't make this BAWIFM/Girls in Tech event tomorrow.  Link for more info or to buy tix to that event:  http://tickets.commonwealthclub.org/auto_choose_ga.asp?area=2&shcode=1246

    Hope to see some of you tomorrow evening.

    -The Board of Directors,Bay Area Women in Film and Media
    www.bawifm.org


    ABOUT THE EVENT ON THURS. JULY 16th

    EVENT MAY BE SOLD OUT AT THIS JUNCTURE - YOU MUST BE PRE-REGISTERED TO ATTEND AND CAN ONLY REGISTER
    via this LINK TO INVITATION & REGISTRATION:
    http://tinaseeligchat.eventbrite.com/

    NO WALK UPS ACCEPTED TO THIS EVENT!

    "Entrepreneurship & Creativity meets Inspiration & Innovation: An Evening with Tina Seelig"

    Bay Area Women in Film and Media* and Girls in Tech are proud to bring Tina Seelig, Executive Director of the Stanford Technology Ventures Program and acclaimed author for this "one night only" special event.

    Women working in the world of start-ups and film/media making have a commonality: both are all about where entrepreneurship meets creativity!

    This co-presented event will feature a lively discussion of Tina Seelig's latest book: "What I Wish I Knew When I Was Twenty: A Crash Course on Making Your Place in the World"** along with an exploration of innovation that Seelig says "is all about turning problems into opportunities, and entrepreneurship "an extreme sport that's all about getting out there & doing it." The event will also provide attendees with inside access to one of the most sought after business school directors in the country.

    Come join us for a this unique opportunity to mix with women leaders, collaborators and colleagues in media, film and hi-tech while Tina offers some provocative lessons gleaned from Seelig's tenure in both the corporate and academic worlds, along with some untraditional advice inspired by leading business figures like Apple creator Steve Jobs.

    Doors open at 6:30 p.m. and the event will begin at 7:00 p.m.  
    Wine and snacks will be provided.

    A BIG thanks goes out to Adaptive Path for hosting the event.

    ADAPTIVE PATH OFFICES
    363 Brannan St.
    San Francisco, CA
    94107-1810

    * This special added event is in co-presentation with GIRLS IN TECH and therefore is not included as the regular BAWIFM monthly Membership Event

    **Tina's book will be available for purchase at the event.
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  • FROM TRACTION MAGAZINE (available through our web home page)

    30-Jun-09 12:49 | Simone Nelson (administrator)
    If you think that perhaps an organization like WIFTI or BAWIFM should not exist - read these stats/information from TRACTION MAGAZINE (an online resource for women in film and media from Women in Film International available on a link through www.bawifm.org's home page!)

    THE CELLULOID CEILING IN 2008
    The Celluloid Ceiling:
    Behind-the-Scenes Employment of Women
    on the Top 250 Films of 2008

    Copyright © 2009 – All rights reserved.
    _________________________________

    In 2008, women comprised 16% of all directors, executive producers, producers, writers, cinematographers, and editors working on the top 250 domestic grossing films. This represents a decline of 3 percentage points from 2001 and an increase of one percentage point from 2007.

    Women accounted for 9% of directors in 2008, an increase of three percentage points from 2007. This figure represents no change from the percentage of women directing in 1998.

    The following summary provides employment figures for 2008 and compares the most recent statistics with those from the last 10 years.

    Findings
    • This study analyzed behind-the-scenes employment of 2,706 individuals working on the top 250 domestic grossing films (foreign films omitted) of 2008 with combined domestic box office grosses of approximately $9.4 billion.

    • Twenty two percent (22%) of the films released in 2008 employed no women directors, executive producers, producers, writers, cinematographers, or editors. No films failed to employ a man in at least one of these roles.

    • An historical comparison of women’s employment on the top 250 films in 2008 and 1998 reveals that the percentages of women directors and cinematographers have remained stable, whereas the percentages of women writers, executive producers, producers, and editors have declined slightly (see Figure 2).

    • Women comprised 9% of all directors working on the top 250 films of 2008. Ninety percent (90%) of the films had no female directors.

    • Women accounted for 12% of writers working on the top 250 films of 2008. Eighty two percent (82%) of the films had no female writers.

    • Women comprised 16% of all executive producers working on the top 250 films of 2008. Sixty five percent (65%) of the films had no female executive producers.

    • Women accounted for 23% of all producers working on the top 250 films of 2008. Forty three percent (43%) of the films had no female producers.

    • Women accounted for 17% of all editors working on the top 250 films of 2008. Seventy nine percent (79%) of the films had no female editors.

    • Women comprised 4% of all cinematographers working on the top 250 films of 2008. Ninety six percent (96%) of the films had no female cinematographers.
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