Straus Institute and Center for Entertainment, Media, and Culture Host Women in Hollywood Conference
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Women have played important roles in the entertainment industry from its earliest
days, achieving success as artists and attaining leadership positions in the industry.
Yet significant challenges still exist. Women in Hollywood: 100 Years of Negotiating
the System, held November 15 to 16 on the Malibu campus, addressed the issues facing
women individually and collectively in the entertainment industry.
“Women in creative, business, and legal roles still face a scarcity of opportunities
in entertainment,” said professor Thomas J. Stipanowich, academic director of the
Straus Institute for Dispute Resolution at the School of Law. “We hope this event
will help advance the discussion on how to manage conflicts and relationships, both
personal and professional, in order to successfully negotiate the system.”
The two-day symposium, cosponsored by the Straus Institute and the Center for Entertainment,
Media, and Culture, was the concluding event of the Hollywood Visionaries and Beyond
series.
Speakers included Nell Scovell, coauthor of Sheryl Sandberg’s Lean In; Lesli Linka Glatter, director and co-executive producer of the Showtime seriesHomeland; Melissa Rosenberg, screenwriter of the Twilight Saga film series; Lucy Fisher, producer
ofDivergent; historian and author Cari Beauchamp; noted American film and television director
and writer Victoria Hochberg; Linda Lichter, entertainment attorney at Lichter, Grossman,
Nichols, Adler & Feldman, Inc.; Victoria Riskin, former president of the Writers Guild
of America; and Tom Sherak, former president of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts
and Sciences.
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