Maria Giese VS Hollywood

Women Directors: To Sue Or Not To Sue?

By Maria Giese When the Director Guild of America’s Women’s Steering Committee was officially established…

Michael Franklin: Hero To Women Directors

By Maria Giese In 1979, the DGA “Original Six” directors: Susan Bay, Nell Cox, Joelle…

Women Directors & The Curse Of Twofer Tokenism

By Maria Giese One of the most important issues facing women directors today is the…

Women Helmers In Media’s Brave New World

“TV in ten years is going to be 100% streamed.  On demand.  Internet Protocol. Based…

DGA Tribute: Next Moves for Women Directors

By Maria Giese The DGA hosted an event Saturday night to celebrate the six women…

DGA Diversity Lists: The Killing Chokehold On Women Directors

Do DGA Lists result in producing a small, static pool of unfairly advantaged women directors and effectively keep others shut out?

How The DGA Used New By-Laws To Silence Women Directors

By Maria Giese The Director’s Guild of America needs to adopt a distinct mandate in…

The “Women Directors” Crisis In-a-Nutshell

By Maria Giese WHY IT MATTERS: Hollywood, for all its outspoken liberalism, is an industry…

DGA President Blocks Jobs For Women Directors

By Maria Giese Hollywood approaches increasingly dangerous crossroads for Title VII violations with the convergence…

DGA Women Deny Their Own Political History

By Maria Giese Eighteen months ago, when DGA women hoped to celebrate the 35th anniversary…

Master Chess: The EEOC Investigation For Women Directors Under Trump

(This article was originally posted on January 23, 2017 as part of Maria Giese’s groundbreaking…