The outcry for equality is now deafening. It’s an awesome sound, which makes me want to sing Katy Perry’s “Roar” at the top of the Swiss Alps like Julie Andrews. I’ve heard many filmmakers, males and females alike, state that right now is the perfect time to be a female director. We are on the cusp of something wonderful! Granted I’m still waiting for that big blockbuster director job offer, but it’ll come. In the meantime, I continue to freelance in production and do what I need to and pay the bills. Recently, I cast a print job. The shoot…
Author: Carrie Certa
Carrie Certa
Carrie Certa worked on six independent films her most recent Line Producing gig had her in Ethiopia. Horror film “Bit Parts”, a political mockumentary “A New Tomorrow”, comedies "Target Audience 9.1" and "What If People Died", and the action thriller “Circadian Rhythm”, which had her working alongside Seymour Cassel, Jonathan Banks, Rachel Miner and David Anders. In 2009, she made her directorial début with “SpyForLove” which landed her a Best Comedy Short nomination at her first festival showing. Since then she’s had a modicum of success with her other shorts “Smiley” and “Undisconnected” which was nominated for Best in the Fest and winner of Best Director. She has also won numerous awards for her writing with her dramatic script “Life After”.
Hollywood. I’ve been on both extreme sides of the spectrum: blessed and sawing away at my wrists with a plastic knife. Not blessed with an Oscar or damned with a serious thoughts of suicide, but just enough where Hollywood and I have a clear love/hate relationship. About seven years ago I was told by a high powered executive that I would never ‘make it’ as a director. Why? His candor, though appreciated, heartbreaking, “Because you’re a woman.” First, let’s break down the definition of the phrase ‘make it’. Anyone who has been in this town long enough knows that paying…