MV To Movie

Women Directors Making The Jump From MV To Movies

I remember those Director's Series DVDs — the ones compliling the work of A-List directors like Spike Jonze, Michel Gondry, Mark Romanek and others — and wondering when/if we would see ones for some of the deserving female directors out there, like Sophie Muller and Floria Sigismondi. Alas, the series never made it beyond a second installment...

An article over at Slate.com's XX Factor section this morning, written by Alyssa Rosenberg about women in music video, has me pinging back to that speculative exercise...

Director Joseph Kahn On Detention

Making music videos is hard— meddlesome labels, indecisive artists, small budgets, etc, etc — but, there is no other type of commercial filmmaking that offers more creativity.

Case in point: Movies.

How many feature directors can get the funding to make whatever movie they wanted, retain final cut and even oversee the marketing with a full theatrical run? Very few, and there's probably zero room for error if you're swinging for the fences (see Stanton, Andrew).

But, what if you don't need to rely on outside funding, and are willing to dedicate everything to making your movie? What if you were willing to go for broke?

MV TO MOVIE: Marc Webb Confirmed for Spider-Man

From PRNewswire...

Marc Webb Chosen To Direct Next Chapter of the Acclaimed Series

-Spider-Man to Climb into Theaters in Summer, 2012

- CULVER CITY, Calif., Jan. 19 /PRNewswire/ -- Marc Webb, the director of the Golden Globe nominated Best Picture (500) Days of Summer, will direct the next chapter in the Spider-Man franchise, set to hit theaters summer 2012, it was jointly announced today by Columbia Pictures and Marvel Studios...