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A Workshop with Catherine Hardwicke

October 6th 2023
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Fix It In Prep 2023

A Workshop with Catherine Hardwicke

October 6th 2023

Join Film Fatales for an online workshop with celebrated writer and director Catherine Hardwicke as she discusses her journey from pre-production to final screening, taking us through her detailed preparation process for her film and television projects emphasizing shot lists, shooting diagrams, and prepping action. Catherine’s directing credits include Prisoner’s Daughter, Cabinet of Curiosities, Mafia Mamma, Twilight, Miss Bala, Lords of Dogtown, and Thirteen. With support from event partners Ghetto Film School, WIF, Women Make Movies, and Wrap Women.

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Start:
October 6, 2023
End:
April 30
Event Categories:
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Website:
https://ffla100623.eventbrite.com

Panelist

Catherine Hardwicke’s first film as a director was the critically-acclaimed coming-of-age Thirteen, which won numerous awards including the Director’s Award at Sundance, Golden Globe nominations for Holly Hunter and Evan Rachel Wood, and an Academy Award nomination for Holly Hunter. Hardwicke has since then become best known as the director of Twilight, which launched the blockbuster franchise and earned nearly $400 million at the global box office. Hardwicke’s other credits include: Lords of Dogtown, Miss You Already, Red Red Riding Hood, and Miss Bala. For television, she has directed episodes of This is Us, Eye Witness, Low Winter Sun, Hell on Wheels, and the 14 part Quibi series Don’t Look Deeper (Don Cheadle, Emily Mortimer). She previously worked as a production designer on films directed by Richard Linklater, David O. Russell, Cameron Crowe, and Lisa Cholodenko. She holds an Architecture degree from UT Austin, and did graduate work in animation at UCLA Film School. Hardwicke’s latest work includes the gritty family drama Prisoner’s Daughter (Kate Beckinsale, Brian Cox), filmed on the “back streets” of Las Vegas, which premiered at the 2022 Toronto Film Festival. She directed Dreams in the Witch House (Rupert Grint, Ismael Cruz Cordova), inspired by a J.P. Lovecraft novella – for the October 2022 Netflix anthology series Guillermo del Toro’s Cabinet of Curiosities. It features a tree root witch and a talking rat with a human face. For Samuel Goldwyn’s global anthology film Tell It Like a Woman, she wrote and directed segments based on true stories about tough, inspiring women. It is nominated for an Oscar for Best Original Song 2023 and is screening at the United Nations General Assembly in March 2023. Hardwicke’s wild action/comedy Mafia Mama, filmed In Rome (Toni Collette, Monica Bellucci) – was released theatrically by Bleecker Street in 2023.

Community Partners

Ghetto Film School (GFS) is an award-winning nonprofit founded in 2000 to educate, develop and celebrate the next generation of great storytellers. With locations in New York City, Los Angeles and London, GFS equips students for top universities and careers in the creative industries through two tracks: an introductory education program for high school students and early career support for alumni and young professionals.

Founded in 1973 as Women In Film Los Angeles, WIF advocates for and advances the careers of women working in the screen industries—in front of and behind the camera, across all levels of experience—to achieve parity and transform culture.

For 50 years, Women Make Movies has been championing women filmmakers and their stories. We support women producers and directors from the beginning, planting the seeds for a diverse and inclusive filmmaking landscape. As the world’s leading distributor of independent films by and about women, we amplify historically ignored voices and challenge the mainstream media.

WrapWomen is a power base of influential women of entertainment, media, technology and brands committed to changing the face of their industries. Through media and live events, we provide a platform to accelerate the vision of women who are building towards a more equitable world. Our events attract a broad network and community of professional women who are decision-makers and mothers, leaders and wives, innovators and activists.