Women Film Pioneers @WFPProject

A digital publication & resource that advances research on silent-era women filmmakers. Published by @ColumbiaDS w/ support from @ColumbiaSoA. Tweets by @ks2956 wfpp.columbia.edu New York, NY Joined January 2014

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Women Film Pioneers @WFPProject

10 months ago

Happy Birthday to Soviet screenwriter Nina Agadzhanova-Shutko! "Having studied music, in 1908 she worked for several months as a silent film accompanist in Ekaterinodar...[and] managed to turn even the film theater into a secret Bolshevik meeting place." wfpp.columbia.edu/pioneer/nina-a…

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Women+FilmHistory @WFHInetwork

10 months ago

Registration is now open for Entr'acte 2024, an online event taking place November 22 and 23. wfhi.org/entracte-2024

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Women Film Pioneers @WFPProject

10 months ago

Elsie Jane Wilson was one of numerous actresses who began directing at Universal Pictures in the 1910s. wfpp.columbia.edu/pioneer/ccp-el… #BornOnThisDay

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Cinema's First Nasty Women🎞️ @NastySilents

10 months ago

Léontine is pleased to announce that she will be voting for Kamala Harris tomorrow!!! 🗳️🎈

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Women Film Pioneers @WFPProject

10 months ago

"Elizaveta Thiemann is the first credited female film director in Russia, which is a substantial accomplishment in and of itself. But she is best known for her work as a producer." wfpp.columbia.edu/pioneer/elizav… #BOTD

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Women Film Pioneers @WFPProject

10 months ago

"Ruth Goetz, one of the most prolific writers for film in Germany in the period 1916-1927, with about sixty-five titles including original scripts and adaptations credited to her name, is not well known today." wfpp.columbia.edu/pioneer/ccp-ru…… #BornOnThisDay

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Women Film Pioneers @WFPProject

10 months ago

Happy Birthday to Aleksandra Khokhlova! "Khokhlova was much more than Kuleshov’s wife and muse as in her own right she was a talented author, actress, and film director, an artist in formation long before she met Kuleshov." wfpp.columbia.edu/pioneer/aleksa…

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Women+FilmHistory @WFHInetwork

10 months ago

Proposals for Women and the Silent Screen XII are due in less than one month!! We can't wait to see what you submit 📽️ wfhi.org/2025-brussels-…

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Women Film Pioneers @WFPProject

10 months ago

Very sad news. So many of the wonderful images on WFPP came from Joe!

Toronto SILENT FILM Festival @tosilentfilm

10 months ago

Very sad news. So many of the wonderful images on WFPP came from Joe!

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Cinema's First Nasty Women🎞️ @NastySilents

10 months ago

"I don’t think it’s an exaggeration to say that Cinema’s First Nasty Women is worthy of the adjective “monumental.” Every library should have a copy of this important work." We're kvelling over this rave review of CFNW by Lawrence Howe! 🎞️📀 muse.jhu.edu/pub/2/article/…

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Silent Beauties @miwi1010

10 months ago

Mabel Normand in The Motion Picture Story Magazine - August 1911. Mabel Normand (November 9, 1892 – February 23, 1930) was an American silent film comedienne and actress. Wikipedia link: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mabel_Nor… #silentfilm #silentera #1910s #1911

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Women Film Pioneers @WFPProject

10 months ago

In July 1914, Audrie Alspaugh began signing a daily film review column, “Today’s Best Photo Play Stories,” with the nom de plume of Kitty Kelly. Soon after, she retitled the column “Flickerings from Filmland.” wfpp.columbia.edu/pioneer/audrie…

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Women Film Pioneers @WFPProject

10 months ago

The Flapper (1920), scripted by Frances Marion, screens at @EastmanMuseum on November 5! eastman.org/event/film-scr…

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Women Film Pioneers @WFPProject

10 months ago

"By the time Margery Wilson reached her late twenties, she had completed her work as a film director." #BOTD wfpp.columbia.edu/pioneer/ccp-ma…

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Bo'ness Networking Group (Bo'net) @bonessnetwork

10 months ago

Save the date! @HippFestScot returns to the historic Hippodrome Cinema in Bo'ness next March.

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DAVIF | fedihum.org/@davif @davif_project

10 months ago

Don’t forget to register for our closing conference "Cultural Heritage Data & Power", which will take place Nov 14–16, 2024 at Philipps-Universität Marburg!✨ Registration is open until Thursday, Oct 31, 2024. 👉 uni-marburg.de/CaPWG1 #DAVIF #DH #DataFeminism #DigitalMethods

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Women Film Pioneers @WFPProject

10 months ago

British producer & actress (and aunt of Ida Lupino) Nell Emerald was born on this date in 1882! wfpp.columbia.edu/pioneer/ccp-ne…

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Women Film Pioneers @WFPProject

10 months ago

Scottish filmmaker Jenny Gilbertson was born on this date in 1902! wfpp.columbia.edu/pioneer/ccp-je…

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Women Film Pioneers @WFPProject

10 months ago

Jane Murfin (born Oct. 27, 1884) wrote or co-wrote over 60 films and was a producer who championed strong female roles. Her biggest success in the 1920s was writing scenarios for her dog, Strongheart. wfpp.columbia.edu/pioneer/ccp-ja…

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Women Film Pioneers @WFPProject

11 months ago

"The highlight of Canadian-American Nell Shipman’s career in the US is the 1921–1925 period in which she ran a motion picture company from the isolated woods of Idaho." wfpp.columbia.edu/pioneer/ccp-ne… #BOTD