Women In Film

WIF is proud to highlight their most recent accomplishments.


Lillah McCarthy            Ellen Goldsmith-Vein

McCarthy has been promoted to Senior VP of Original Series at Turner Networks.  She has been with the Network since 2003, and most recently worked as Senior VP of Original Programming.
Goldsmith-Vein has acquired a production deal with Sony Pictures Animation.  She is the CEO and founder of The Gotham Group, a leading management firm specializing in creative talent in animation and family entertainment.

FREE MAMMOGRAMS for WIF members on January 17th!

Women In Film is proud to be in association with Westside Challenge to Beat Breast Cancer as they provide FREE mammograms to WIF members on Saturday, January 17th from 8am to 2pm. The mammograms will be done at the brand new Imaging Center at the Santa Monica/UCLA Medical Center, located at 1260 15th Street, Suite 111 in Santa Monica.

Now is the time to vote for the 2009 Women In Film Board of Directors. This year we will be conducting our election through on-line voting. An e-mail with candidate information and voting instructions was sent on 12/11/2009. The complete election procedures and time line are detailed below. We will be contacting all members who have opted out of our e-mail mailing list and sending them paper ballots. If you would also like to receive your election materials through the mail, please contact our Membership Administrator, Erin Condron at 310.657.5144.

“The Money Stone,” a new documentary feature, has received the 2008 Roy W. Dean Los Angeles Video Grant. The grant is awarded annually by Carole Dean and From the Heart Productions. The filmmakers will receive goods and services valued at more than $30,000 from a variety of donors, including Universal Studios Sound, Lightning Dubs, and Edgewise, among many others.

“The Money Stone,” produced by Paula Ely and directed by Stuart Harmon, brings to light one of the world’s most hazardous professions -- the galamsey gold miners of Ghana. Across the globe, an estimated 13 million men, women and children dig hundreds of feet underground as small-scale miners, risking life and limb to scrape together a meager living in the most dangerous of working conditions.

Women In Film is proud to congratulate members Anne Sweeney, Nikki Rocco, Dawn Ostroff, Laura Ziskin, Andrea Wong, Belinda Menendez, Teri Weinberg, Shonda Rhimes, and Debbie Liebling on being named part of the Power 100: Women In Entertainment by The Hollywood Reporter.  These women were among the industry's top female executives honored at THR's Women in Entertainment Breakfast on Friday, December 5th at the Beverly Hills Hotel.