Happen, you know what i mean? but we persevered and i m super proud of the show. it took me three weeks to come down. the adrenaline. i bet it did. it did. i wasjust operating at. i remember seeing you after that, you did a greatjob. i was buzzing. there is an ongoing debate about having gender neutral awards at the oscars. where do you stand on this, keri? you know, i was just thinking about this and i don t have the answer, because, i think, i would say on balance, i m for it. i actually think acting shouldn t be awarded in a gendered way. the thing that i worry about is fewer. so if you have only one acting category, then it would be five not ten,
For you to do keri? i m late coming to independent. i m late coming to being independent. i think stephanie has been a producerfor longer, but i felt it was my time to try something new, and i had never bet on myself and done something entrepreneurial. i felt i wanted to get closer to storytelling, to be setting my own terms in a way and using the experiences i had, so i was giving it a shot, ijust started really. is a frightening stepping out on is it frightening stepping out on your own? it is, it is, but again, you are caught by the community that you have come to know and you can reach out and call and get advice, and yes it is frightening,, but it is also. exciting! ..it s a time in my life i think when it s ok it s a time in my life i think when it s ok to shake it up a little bit. i think when it s ok stephanie i know you went as far as selling your house to start your own company. idid. big move! crazy. would not do that again. i started producing because if you re at the studio, it is a slog i was there for a decade, but i think
Have to be a woman director. it could be a woman in other roles. we started awarding those stamps and really shining a light on things that were made that way and then it became, i want the stamp, and audiences are looking for the stamp. when we started, nobody wanted the stamp. we were trudging into the studio saying, we ve got this stamp, and they were like, we want no part of it, we re not going to be labelled. and now it s like, can i get the stamp? and to get the stamp, you have to hire fairly. so it is exciting that there are ways to move the needle. keri, what is lost when women are left out of the decision making process? i think with decision making, it is a hard question because there are a lot of ways to approach that. i think when any decision making
Executive and producer and the founder of putnam pictures. she served for 11 years as the ceo of the sundance institute, which runs the sundance film festival. prior to that, she worked as a senior executive at miramax and hbo and is also the co founder of reframe. welcome. thank you, it s great to be here. stephanie allain is a film producer and writer and the newly elected co president of the producers guild of america the first woman of colour to hold the position. stephanie served nine years as vice president in women in film and runs her own company, homegrown pictures, which focuses on creating content by and about women and people of colour. keri and stephanie, welcome to you both. happy to be here. keri, you were set on a korean theatre, but there s a plot twist when hollywood came calling. tell us about what happened. that was a very early plot twist in my career. i was coming out of college
What kind of stories. who was that? bridget potter. and she has been written out of the history actually. but, what i found out, i don t know if you found this, but i found a lot of my strongest mentors and supporters in my career have been peers. i think that s true too. one of my peers, and i made more movies with him than anybody was john singleton. my first movie, boys in the hood, i made with him, he is the one who really set me on a path of protecting the vision of an auteur, which basically taught me how to produce. what an incredible movie to start with. i was like, this is easy! i could do this all day long! having worked for the big studios, columbia, hbo, miramax, you both went independent. why was that important for you to do, keri? i m late coming to independent.
And we started awarding those stamps and really shining a light on things that were made that way and then it became, i want the stamp, and audiences are looking for the stamp. when we started, nobody wanted the stamp. we were trudging into the studio saying, we ve got this stamp, and they were like, we want no part of it, we re not going to be labelled. and now it s like, can i get the stamp? and to get the stamp, you have to hire fairly. so, it is exciting that, you know, there are ways to move the needle. keri, what is lost when women are left out of the decision making process? i think with decision making, it is a hard question because there are a lot of ways to approach that. i think when any decision making process doesn t get made by a group of people that
Headquarters where i am joined by keri putnam and stephanie allain, two women who are working to reshape the industry. they are both part of an initiative founded and led by women in film and the sundance institute called reframe, the aim is to advance gender equity. keri putnam is a film executive and producer and the founder of putnam pictures, she has served for ii the founder of putnam pictures, she has served for 11 years of the sea year of the sundance institute which runs the sundance film festival. prior to that she worked as a senior executive at miramax and hbo and also the co founder. welcome. and also the co-founder. welcome- and also the co-founder. welcome. , ., welcome. great to be here. stephanie welcome. great to be here. stephanie allain welcome. great to be here. stephanie allain is - welcome. great to be here. stephanie allain is a - welcome. great to be here. stephanie allain is a film i stephanie allain is a film producer and writer and the newly elected copresident of the producers guild of america, the producers guild of america, the first woman of colour to hold the position. stefanie served nine years as vice president in women in film and runs her own company, homegrown pictures which focuses on creating content by and about women and people of colour. terry and stephanie, welcome to
Let s talk about the obstacles. what are some of the obstacles that women encounter in your industry in your experience, keri? i think it sort of depends on the seat the women are occupying, so if you are talking about women directing, the obstacles, it s interesting, because some of the obstacles are not particular to this industry, it s this perception that leadership and the qualities that make a great director, which are decision making and leadership and a lot of it is very gendered, it s often talked about in terms of war, they are the general pushing the troops, these are extremely gendered terms and they tend to reinforce the idea that leadership looks a certain way. and so, whether that is around race or it is around gender, i think these things are very intersectional. female directors often have a difficult time assuming that mantle of leadership, being handed that mantle of leadership for that reason, so that s one thing that i think
It s one of these projects that. i read that book in college, it s black women being whatever we want to be and that is what is so great about it, and it s going to frighten the hell out of people because it s wild. i don t have a project like that in my head right now that i feel like. ithink. i don t have a single project that s the one i ve been waiting to see or waiting to make, but i think i ll know it when i see it and i m certainly out there looking. keri and stephanie, thank you both so much. thank you. it s been fun.
And the founder of putnam pictures, she has served for 11 years as the ceo of the sundance institute, which runs the sundance film festival. prior to that, she worked as a senior executive at miramax and hbo and is also the co founder. welcome. thank you, it s great to be here. stephanie allain is a film producer and writer and the newly elected copresident of the producers guild of america the first woman of colour to hold the position. stefanie served nine years as vice president in women in film and runs her own company, homegrown pictures, which focuses on creating content by and about women and people of colour. keri and stephanie, welcome to you both. happy to be here. keri, you were set in a korean theatre, but there was a plot twist when hollywood came calling. tell us about what happened. that was a very early plot twisted in my career. i was coming out of college