Oscar Loves... Female Filmmakers

This month, Izzy, Chris and Mark discuss female firsts at the Academy Awards, in particular, directors and producers. 

We start by joining the long con with Paul Newman and Robert Redford in The Sting, directed by George Roy Hill. This film also has the honour of being the first to garner an Oscar for a female producer - the wonderful Julia Philips.

Kathryn Bigelow's The Hurt Locker is a searing look at the experiences of a military bomb disposal unit during the Iraq war, delivered with documentarian precision and three breakout performances by Jeremy Renner, Anthony Mackie and Brian Geraghty. 

Thank you to Thomas Whitelaw for our intro music and Rachel Valentine Smith for our artwork.