Give Her a Microphone – Details, episodes & analysis

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Give Her a Microphone

Karen Somers and Shirley Jackson

Tv & Film

Business

Frequency: 1 episode/18d. Total Eps: 28

Give Her A Microphone is dedicated to providing intel and inspiration to women working on the front lines of entertainment, as well those aspiring to break into the business. Featured guests discuss a variety of topics ranging from business, marketing, all aspects of creative, and special FX to music, finance, legal, theatrical and digital entertainment. They share the calculus behind their career moves, as well as discuss some of their professional and personal hits and misses. The podcast is a conversation between women, about women dedicated to excellence and positive change.

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🇫🇷 France - Film Interviews
02/11/2025
#88
🇫🇷 France - Film Interviews
01/11/2025
#77
🇫🇷 France - Film Interviews
31/10/2025
#63
🇫🇷 France - Film Interviews
30/10/2025
#50
🇩🇪 Germany - Film Interviews
04/09/2025
#97
🇩🇪 Germany - Film Interviews
03/09/2025
#82
🇩🇪 Germany - Film Interviews
02/09/2025
#66
🇫🇷 France - Film Interviews
15/03/2025
#66
🇫🇷 France - Film Interviews
14/03/2025
#52

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Anne Marie Fox - Unit Photographer

Season 2 · Episode 2

Monday, April 18, 2022 • Duration 01:09:00

Anne Marie Fox is a gifted unit photographer specializing in film and television unit stills and editorial. Her beautiful work has been featured in some of the biggest film campaigns in the world. A few of the films include The Butler, Wild, Dallas Buyers Club , Precious, The Zoo Keeper's Wife and most recently Amazon's reboot of A League of Her Own. She has worked with critically acclaimed directors Robert Altman; Kenneth Branaugh; Agnes Varda; Lee Daniels; Niki Caro; Catherine Hardwicke; Anton Corbin and Jean-Marc Vallée among others.

#photography #femalephotographer #Hollywood #femalewriter #blogger #Film #TV #Womenleaders #womenthrive

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Kirsten Schaffer - CEO Women In Film

Season 2 · Episode 1

Wednesday, March 30, 2022 • Duration 26:16

Welcome to season two of Give Her A Microphone! We welcome Kirsten Schaffer, who is the Chief Executive Officer of Women In Film, one of the entertainment industry's leading organizations that advocates for women in the screen industries. The goal for Kirsten and Women In Film is to achieve parity and transform culture. Something that we are consistantly addressing here on the show! We are so happy Kirsten is here!

Kirsten has been instrumental in launching ReFrame, an industry-wide initiative to advance inclusivity and gender equity, as well as starting a variety of programs at Women In Film to increase the skill set and opportunity for film and TV makers. Kirsten Schaffer was also the Director of Programming and then Executive Director of Outfest prior to Women In Film. She is widely credited as having grown Outfest into the leading LGBTQIA+ media arts organization that it is today. Kirsten shares her extensive experience in advocacy for women in the entertainment industry and what is working and what is not. Join us as Kirsten shares her unique perspective and the lessons she's learned along the way. #WIF #Hollywood #femalefilmmakers #WomenInFilm #womendirectors #femaleCEO #filmherstory ##femalefilmmaker #womeninfilm #filmmaker #femaledirector #filmmaking #femalefilmmakers #femalefilmmakerfriday #film #indiefilm #director #indiefilmmaker #filmfestival #actress #shortfilm #producer #behindthescenes #production #womenfilmmakers #femaledirectors #setlife #cinematographer #filmmakers #actor #cinematography #femalewriter #indiefilmmaking #filmproduction #writer #onset

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Karen Somers - Director/Producer/DP

Season 1 · Episode 27

Saturday, November 20, 2021 • Duration 01:33:13

Karen Somers is a documentary director, producer and DP. Her Los Angeles based, namesake production company, "Karen Somers + Co" creates documentaries, branded content and commercials. Karen is also the co-host and co-producer of this podcast and sits down to chat with co-host, Shirley Jackson about her experiences coming up in the industry.

#karensomersco, #womendirectors, #producersguild, #documentary, #femaleDP, #Hollywood, #Filmmaking

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Melissa Silverstein - Founder Women And Hollywood

Season 1 · Episode 26

Thursday, October 21, 2021 • Duration 52:00

Melissa Silverstein is an agitator - she believes in good trouble as she advocates for women as the founder and publisher of Women and Hollywood. This extraordinary organization educates, advocates, and agitates for gender diversity and inclusion in Hollywood, and the global film industry. Melissa is also the Artistic Director and Co-Founder of The Athena Film Festival at Barnard College which showcases films about extraordinary female leaders. With no shortage of energy and recognizing her role as a "creative doula", Melissa recently launched the Girls Club - a community for women creatives, culture-changers and storytellers to connect, create, network, advocate, support and redefine 21st century entertainment. Melissa recently published "In Her Voice: Women Directors Talk Directing," to glowing reviews on Amazon. Her work has been featured on CNN, BBC as well as in Newsweek, Salon, Chicago Tribune, Washington Post, NY Times, and many other publications. This interview will set your hair on fire in the best possible way! #Hollywood #WomenAndHollywood #FemaleDirectors #Filmmakers #Screenwriters #FemaleProducers

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Phaedra Harris - Casting Director

Season 1 · Episode 25

Sunday, September 19, 2021 • Duration 01:09:16

Phaedra Harris has over twenty-five years experience in feature film and television casting in Hollywood. Over the years Phaedra has packaged talent for numerous HBO & SHOWTIME productions and over fifty feature films. Phaedra continues to evolve, adding writing, producing and directing to her portfolio of accomplishments.

In this episode Phaedra shares the wisdom she's gained casting top tier talent and what helps actors create success in their careers. She also shared her strategy for professional success and development as she pivots into producing, writing and directing roles for herself.

https://www.giveheramicrophone.com

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#Phaedracast, #GiveHerAMicrophone, #Hollywood, #Filmmaking, #FemaleEntrepreneurs, #Casting, #WomenInFilm, #WomenandHollywood, #variety, #hollywoodreporter

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Jennifer Hutchins - Television and Film Producer / Creative Entrepreneur

Season 1 · Episode 24

Friday, August 20, 2021 • Duration 51:50

Jennifer Hutchins has been producing hit TV shows, produced successful feature films and high-profile branded content for over a decade. She has produced, directed and wrote over 200 episodes of docu-series, studio and variety television for CBS, Amazon, A&E, Paramount Network, TLC, SYFY, Discovery, Fox Sports, NatGeo, YouTube Originals, Travel Channel. Jennifer is currently producing an CBS All Access series with directors Richard Linklater & Bill Guttentag. She is also the founder of All Entertainment Business networking group that boasts over 20,000 members strong.

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Martine Melloul - CEO/Executive Producer Kali Pictures

Season 1 · Episode 23

Saturday, August 7, 2021 • Duration 53:25

Martine Melloul is the founder of Kali Pictures, a production company specializing in independent features, documentaries and TV series. Martine is a non-writing Creative and Business Producer. In her previous professional life, Martine served as the Executive Vice President of BCBG MAX AZRIA, a global fashion house with a portfolio of more than 20 brands. She worked there for 17 years before deciding to dive into the world of film. Her story of reinvention is a must. Join us for an amazing show!

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Nichelle Tramble Spellman - TV Showrunner

Season 1 · Episode 22

Saturday, July 24, 2021 • Duration 54:14

"Give Her A Microphone" is back from summer hiatus and we are joined by the amazing Nishelle Tramble Spellman. Nichelle is the showrunner and executive producer for Apple TV+'s Truth Be Told. Last year Nichelle received the NAACP Image Award for outstanding writing in a drama series prize for her work on the show. The series stars Octavia Spencer and Kate Hudson. Previously, Nishelle spent three seasons as producer on CBS' Emmy-winning The Good Wife, and on FX's Justified and Snowfall. Her additional writing credits include Mercy, Harper's Island and Women's Murder Club and is the author of several books. Nichelle and her husband, writer and producer Malcolm Spellman, also launched their company The 51 with a first-look production deal at HBO. The 51 is developing numerous projects focused on amplifying underrepresented voices. Nichelle joins us today and gives us the skinny on the reality of showrunning in Hollywood.

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Rachel Davies - VP Brand Management - Susan G. Komen

Season 1 · Episode 21

Monday, June 21, 2021 • Duration 01:02:35

Rachel Davies visits with us and shares her wisdom from the creative side of the non-profit world. She is the Vice President of Brand Management, responsible for the strategic development, creative direction, operations and execution of many unified, multi-media campaign initiatives to enhance and support the Susan G. Komen national brand. This means that her background as a busy creative director informs all of the story-telling around this world famous social impact organization. This includes documentaries, public service announcements, social media campaigns, commercials and print initiatives. - Rachel has her creative muscle in all of it. She is an uber early riser that has learned to seize the day before the rest of her world is awake.

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Christine Lawton - Entertainment Attorney IP Expert

Season 1 · Episode 20

Thursday, June 17, 2021 • Duration 01:04:56

Christine Lawton, attorney and Sr. Partner at Nolan Heiman in Los Angeles, chats with us about her unique perspective working studio side in legal affairs early on in her career. She shares her enthusiasm for taking that experience into the creative entrepreneurial endeavors of her clients as an Intellectual Property expert. She has over 15 years executive experience launching and monetizing businesses at the convergence of entertainment, technology and retail, helping Fox, Universal, DreamWorks and Disney innovate consumer experiences. Christine shares the challenges she had coming up and how she has overcome them to thrive in the entertainment business as an attorney and business advisor.

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