The Women Who Run Hollywood

Reel Herstory: The Real Story of Reel Women

Actresses Turned Producer/Directors

Early Directors on Directing

Screenwriters on Screenwriting

Foreign Directors on Directing

The Flowering of the Crone: Leonora Carrington, Another Reality

Editors on Editing

The Producer/Director Relationship

Directors on Directing (Part 1)

Directors on Directing (Part 2)

Producers on Producing

Pioneers of the Cinema: The Herstory

Ally Acker (born August 17, 1954, New York) is an American filmmaker, poet, author, and film historian. Her book, Reel Women: Pioneers of the Cinema, was the first on the market to reveal the entrepreneurial, and transformative roles that women played in all aspects of the film industry since its inception. Reel Women was optioned in 1995 for one of the first interactive CD-ROMs ever released, Reel Women: The Untold Story. In 2014, Acker directed the feature documentary, "REEL HERSTORY: The REAL Story of Reel Women," hosted by Jodie Foster.



Ally Acker

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