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This past Sunday, students, aspiring filmmakers, and fans crowded into an cozy theater at Quad Cinema for the “How to Break in & Navigate Your First Film Deal” panel at FFFEST — a festival providing a platform for filmmakers to share guidance, inspiration, and normalize women in positions of power in filmmaking. Vulture staff writer Hunter Harris moderated what was a vulnerable, honest discussion between female directors Desiree Akhavan, Dianna Agron, and Erin Lee Carr. Each spoke of their experiences starting out in the business, the importance of loving your craft, and how to build confidence in an industry dominated by men.
Keep reading for insights from the talented creators.
About Akhavan: She is a film director and writer, best known for her debut Appropriate Behavior, and the critically acclaimed The Miseducation of Cameron Post starring Chloë Grace Moretz and Sasha Lane, which won the Grand Jury Prize at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival. Most recently she co-wrote, directed and starred in the Hulu Original series The Bisexual.
About Agron: She just wrapped director Emma Seligman’s feature film Shiva Baby. She can currently be seen in the anthology film series Berlin, I Love You, which she both starred in and directed. Previous credits include Luc Besson’s The Family, opposite Robert De Niro and Michelle Pfeiffer, Dreamworks feature I Am Number Four and Zipper for producer Darren Aronofsky. Dianna came to prominence as Quinn Fabray in Ryan Murphy’s hit Fox series Glee.
About Carr: She is a New York based director, producer and writer. Her latest documentaries, At the Heart of Gold and I Love You Now Die , both for HBO, had their world premiere at the 2019 Tribeca & SXSW film festivals, respectively.
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