In Response to the L.A. Times Article

I saw the L.A. Times article and posted it on the Movies by Women blog, I meant to get it here too but Christine beat me to it. I was appalled by this article – really! I’ll direct a horror movie, give me one; I’ll direct an action movie, can I direct the next Die Hard?

Provided that it wasn’t taken out of content, below is the quote that made me want to go to Culver City and drop a pitcher of icy, cold water on Ms. Pascal’s face for no other reason than to wake her up

“Sony Pictures Co-Chairman Amy Pascal, who made Meyers' last two films, has Ephron's next picture and has hired more female directors than any studio head, says summer movies just aren't an area of interest for most women. "It simply may be a matter of self-selection, since most studio films are aimed at young boys," she says. "Look at my summer slate. I don't think there's a woman who would've wanted to have directed 'Hancock' or 'Pineapple Express.' "

Really, how about asking me, or Christine or Laura? As for summer films aimed at young boys, HELLO! You run one of the biggest studios in the world….

I will say that Amy Pascal deserves credit for hiring female directors; however, it would be nice if she hired young female directors (by young, I mean up and coming and giving them their break). The studios do it for young male directors all the time.

Big Kudos to Warner Brothers for hiring a woman (Sanaa Hamri) who is fairly new, to direct the one film aimed at teen girls this summer –The Sisterhood of the Traveling Pants 2.

I’m not one to bitch too much about these things, I like to create awareness for the problem and then work on a solution. It’s what my work with Movies by Women is about – positive, progressive change.

To tie it all back to Love 10 to 1 – no one was going to give Christine and I a chance so we put all our money into making this film and when we needed a third story we practiced what we preached and gave Laura a chance. We had a few offers from male writer/directors to pitch us the third story but because we had no one but ourselves to answer to, we offered the third slot to someone with talent, integrity and who we can get along with.

I’m getting ready to shoot – I promise I will blog about this.

xoxo,

Lucy