Women Screenwriters

Jill Nelmes, University of East London, UK Jule Selbo, California State University, Fullerton, USA Añuli Agina, University of Westminster, UK Jean Ansolbehere, Script Coordinator, Los Angeles, USA Robert Arnett, Old Dominion University, USA Carmen Sofía Brenes, University of los Andes, Chile Lavinia Brydon, University of Kent, UK Erik Buikema, University of Groningen, Netherlands Michael Burri, University of Pennsylvania, USA Cristina Colet, Saint John International University Vinovo, Italy Mariapia Comand, Università degli Studi di Udine, Italy Kelley Conway, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA Michael Coutanche, Ryerson RTV School of Media, Canada Linda Craig, University of East London, UK Debbie Danielpour, Boston University, USA Robert Dassanowsky, University of Colorado, USA Tanya Gail Davies, University of Technology, Jamaica Maria-Teresa DePaoli, Kansas State University, USA Olga Dimitrijevi?, Playwright and Dramaturg, Yugoslavia Kath Dooley, Curtin University, Western Australia Haseenah Ebrahim, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa Johanna Forsman, Screenwriter and Transmedia Producer, Sweden Marcella Forster, University of Lincoln, UK Nicolette Freeman, University of Melbourne, Australia Michelle Leigh Farrell, Georgetown University, USA Lisa French, RMIT University, Australia Camila Malagolini Gama, California State University, Fullerton, USA Andrew Kenneth Gay, Southern Oregon University, USA Ronald Geerts, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium Christine Gledhill, New York University, USA Julia Sabina Gutiérrez, Sorbonne Nouvelle University (Paris III), France Kristiina Hackel, California State University, Los Angele, USA Gert Jan Harkema, Stockholm University, Sweden Mary Harrod, University of Warwick, UK Susan Hayward, University of Exeter, UK Trinidad Herrera, Universidad de los Andes, Chile Stella Hockenhull, University of Wolverhampton, UK Helen Jacey, Bournemouth University, UK Hester Joyce, La Trobe University, Australia Tonia Kazakopoulou, University of Reading, UK Margit Keerdo-Dawson, Baltic Film and Media School in Tallinn, Estonia Alexis Krasilovsky, California State University, Northridge, USA Kyja Kristjansson-Nelson, Minnesota State University Moorhead, USA Michele Leigh, Southern Illinois University, USA Warren Lewis, California State University, Fullerton, USA Susan Liddy, University of Limerick, Ireland Sam Lively, California State University, Fullerton, USA Victoria Lucas, Development and Production Executive, USA Bernadette Luciano, University of Auckland, New Zealand Ervin Malakaj, Washington University, St. Louis, USA Florence Martin, Goucher College, USA Monika Maslowska, Bangor University, Wales Ouissal Mejri, University of Bologna, Italy Monica Mitarc?, Christian University, Romania Nathalie Morris, BFI National Archive, UK Bettina Moss, National University, California, USA Debashree Mukherjee, New York University, USA Claudia Myers, American University, Washington D.C., USA Margot Nash, University ofTechnology, Sydney, Australia Eva Novrup Redvall, University of Copenhagen, Denmark Díóg O'Connell, Institute of Art, Design and Technology, Ireland Jennifer O'Connell, University of Groningen, Netherlands Riikka Pennanen, National Audiovisual Institute, Finland Mark Poole, Drama and Documentary Director, Australia María Luisa Prado, Universidad de los Andes, Chile Rianne Pras, University of Groningen, Netherlands Megan Reilly, Print and Internet Journalist/Script Supervisor, USA Vincent Ros, University of Groningen, Netherlands Paolo Russo, Oxford Brookes University, UK Filip ára, Charles University, Czech Republic Johanna Seelbach, University of Groningen, Netherlands Jule Selbo, California State University, Fullerton, USA Juliane Scholz, University of Leipzig, Germany Dorin Schumacher, Independent Scholar, USA Felipe Pruneda Senties, University of Pittsburgh, USA Jamie Sherry, Bangor University, UK Anne Slatton, University of North Carolina, Asheville, USA Alison Smith, Universityof Liverpool, UK Michael Smith, University of Leeds, UK David Sorfa, University of Edinburgh, UK Tom Stempel, Los Angeles City College, USA Belkis Suárez Faillace, Mount Mercy University, USA Kjell Sundstedt, Author and Screenwriter, Sweden Raija Talvio, Aalto University ELO Film School, Helsinki Alice N?mcová Tejkalová, Charles University, Czech Republic Bridget Tompkins, University of Auckland, New Zealand Tatiana Tursunova-Tlatov, Russian State University of Cinematography (VGIK), Russia Noah Tsika, City University of New York, USA Isabelle Vanderschelden, Manchester Metropolitan University, UK Thomas van den Berg, University of Groningen, Netherlands Koen Van Eynde, University of Leuven, Belgium Annelies van Noortwijk, University of Groningen, Netherlands Jaukje van Wonderen, University of Groningen, Netherlands JT Velikovsky University of Western Sydney, Australia Elena Von Kassel Siambani, University of Paris 3 Sorbonne-Nouvelle, France Jeremy B. Warner, Scholar, Film Editor andFilm Producer, USA Anna Weinstein, Auburn University, USA Rosanne Welch, California State University, Fullerton, USA Paul Wells, Loughborough University, UK Steven Willemsen, University of Groningen, Netherlands Carl Wilson, The Sheffield College, UK Anubha Yadav, University of Delhi, India Brian Yecies, University of Wollongong, Australia

Table of Contents List of Figures Notes on Contributors Introduction; Jill Nelmes and Jule Selbo PART I: AFRICA 1.Burkina Faso; Jule Selbo 2.Egypt; Koen Van Eynde 3.Ghana; Jule Selbo 4.Kenya; Jeremy B. Warner 5.Morocco; Jule Selbo 6.Namibia; Jule Selbo 7.Nigeria; Noah Tsika 8.South Africa; Haseenah Ebrahim 9.Tunisia; Ouissal Mejri PART II: ASIA 10. China and Hong Kong; Jule Selbo, Cristina Colet and Jeremy B. Warner 11. India; Debashree Mukherjee, Alexis Krasilovsky, Anubha Yadav and Jule Selbo 12. Iran; Debbie Danielpour 13. Israel; Jule Selbo 14. Japan; Laurie Kitsnick, Jule Selbo and Michael Smith 15. Korea; Jeremy B. Warner and Brian Yecies 16. Palestine; Jule Selbo 17. Russia; Michele Leigh, Jule Selbo and Tatiana Tursunova-Tlatov PART III: AUSTRALASIA 18. Australia; Nicolette Freeman, Lisa French, Margo Nash and Mark Poole 19. New Zealand; Hester Joyce PART IV: EUROPE 20. Armenia; Carl Wilson 21. Austria; Robert Dassanowsky 22. Belgium; Ronald Geerts 23. Czech Republic; Alice Nemcova Tejkalova, Filip Sara and David Sorfa 24. Denmark; Eva Novrup Redvall 25. Estonia; Margit Keerdo-Dawson 26. Finland; Riikka Pennanen and Raija Talvio 27. France; Elena Von Kassell, Kelley Conway, Kath Dooley, Mary Harrod, Susan Hayward, Florence Martin, Alison Smith, Isabelle Vandershelden and Jule Selbo 28. Germany; Ervin Malakaj, Alexis Krasilovsky, Andrew Kenneth Gay, Carl Wilson and Juliane Scholz 29. Greece; Tonia Kazakopoulou 30. Ireland; Diog O'Connell and Susan Liddy 31. Italy; Mariapia Comand, Bernadette Luciano, Paolo Russo, Jule Selbo and Bridget Tompkins 32. Malta; Monika Maslowska 33. Netherlands; Annelies van Noortwijk, Erik Buikema, Thomas van den Berg, Gert Jan Harkema, Jennifer O'Connell, Rianne Pras, Vincent Ros, Johanna Seelbach, Steven Willemsen and Jaukje van Wonderen 34. Norway; Kyja Kristjansson-Nelson 35. Poland; Jule Selbo 36. Romania; Monica Mitarca 37. Serbia and Yugoslavia; Olga Dimitrijevic 38. Spain; Julia Sabina Gutierrez and Jeremy B. Warner 39. Sweden; Johanna Forsman and Kjell Sundstedt 40. Switzerland; Michael Burri 41. Turkey; Jule Selbo 42. United Kingdom; Lavinia Brydon, Marella Foster, Christine Gledhill, Stella Hockenhull, Nathalie Morris, Jill Nelmes, Jamie Sherry and Paul Wells PART V: NORTH AMERICA 43. Canada; Michael Coutanche and J.T. Velikovsky 44. Cuba; Michelle Leigh Farrell 45. Jamaica; Tanya Gail Davies 46. Mexico; Maria-Teresa DePaoli and Felipe Pruneda Senties 47. United States of America; Jean Ansolabehere, Robert Arnett, Kristiina Hackel, Helen Jacey, Alexis Krasilovsky, Warren Lewis, Sam Lively, Victoria Lucas, Bettina Moss, Claudia Myers, Megan Reilly, Dorin Schumacher, Jule Selbo, Ann Slatton, Tom Stempel, Anna Weinstein and Rosanne Welch PART VI: SOUTH AMERICA 48. Argentina; Linda Craig 49. Brazil; Camila Malagolini Gama 50. Chile; Carmen Sofia Brenes 51. Venezuela; Belkis Suarez Faillace Index