What's better about women directors?
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Photos by Ashly Covington, Covington Imagery Interviews by Ava Bogle.
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"Women make better directors because they have empathy, they can see nuance, and I think they pay attention to details and fragility in a way that puts poetry on screen." – Lyle Friedman, with Ashley Skidmore.
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"Just about everything. The women really trust you and the cool guys are kinda into it and because I’m the director I’m casting the guys that are confident enough to let a woman push them around and enjoy it in the process." – Francesca Gregorini.
"Gosh, everything. Boobs, vaginas, wardrobe." - Karey Dornetto.
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"Insight, emotion, depth, vision, clarity." - Jill Arthur.
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"They inherently subvert the male gaze and that in and of itself is revolutionary." - Andrea Sperling.
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"They’re great listeners, they’re amazing talkers and communicators. And generally hotter." – Casey Jane Ellison.
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"I think that when you are socialized in a way that is not the typical, that is not the sort of universal point of view, then you have a vision and a gaze that is different from what you typically see on the screen and that involves seeing other things that you wouldn’t normally see. I feel like the white male gaze is just sort of like the air we breathe and like the ether and so if you’re anything other than that—people of color, folks who are trans, LGBT, women—then necessarily you’re going to be seeing different things and those things are often more interesting as a result of that." - Rosie Haber.
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"Are female directors better? I'm not sure about the gender thing. Some men directors suck, some are amazing. Some women directors suck, some are amazing." – Lisa Cholodenko pictured with Jill Soloway and Catherine Hardwicke.
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"Female directors are just like super emotional and bloody and vulnerable and gutsy and to be a director you have to be vulnerable so other people will be. Female directors care less about the product and more about the process. It’s like a circle. It’s like crying and orgasms and messy dirty life instead of like the perfect shot." – Jessie Kahnweiler.
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"We’re just naturally meant to be. Women are very good communicators. We’re bred from a very young age to be good at communicating and I feel like the cornerstone of a director is to be a good communicator. And I just feel like that makes us superior." – Jamie Babbit.
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