Women in Film & Television Atlanta

Save the date!!! @wifta short film showcase is less than a month away! We are excited to partner with @filmimpactgeorgia and @seedandspark ! Stay tuned for more information!!

Happy Election Day!! Georgia residents are turning out in unprecedented numbers to cast their ballots. Let’s continue this momentum! #vote

We had an amazing WIFTA membership meeting this past weekend! Thank you to our special guest @parkcannon58 for your insight on why our vote counts. Thank you to all our members who attended and provided great ideas/ feedback. We have so much to announce, stay tuned!

We look forward to seeing everyone on Saturday! Click the link in our bio to RSVP!

Starting today! Join @NYWIFT for the Creative Workforce Summit: Documentary Makers, Industry and Funders in Conversation Oct 20-23, recognizing the contributions of women documentary filmmakers and their efforts to create social, cultural and economic change in history. www.nywift.org/summit

Join @wiftatlanta Board of Directors for the Fall 2020 GENERAL MEMBERSHIP MEETING! We want to hear from you! Saturday, Oct 24th 10 a.m. - 12 p.m ET Georgia House Representative @parkcannon58 will kick off the meeting ... The meeting will also highlight: @womeninfilmla #hireherback campaign presented by @wiftatlanta Membership Call to Action and Committee introductions Breakout networking session Q&A / Feedback for WIFTA members And more! This is your meeting so we hope you will join us to hear about WIFTA's plans for the rest of 2020 and beyond, and come with any questions you may have! Be sure to click the link in the bio to RSVP!

Today we are putting the WIFTA Members’ spotlight on @thrillridepictures own Dayna Noffke! Dayna's work is informed by her diverse life experiences and reflects her worldview: female-forward, sometimes dark and always full of heart. She is currently in development for the dark action feature film, GET CHINO! and is pitching meta-supernatural slasher film, THE SLEEPOVER and a Southern Gothic pilot titled DEVIL'S CORNER. When she's not writing or directing, you can find Da...yna studying Japanese, crafting or skating! You can check out her directing reel at: www.daynanoffke.com Twitter: @daynadirector Facebook: www.facebook.com/daynadirects #wiftaspotlight #wifta #film #director #screenwriter

Thank you to our members! We appreciate your dedication and commitment to WIFTA! Our community is strong and filled with great people. ... #membersmonth #wifta #womeninfilmandtv See more

Happy Friday!!! October is WIFTA Members’ Month! We’re putting our members in the spotlight and giving you the stage. Stay tuned for information you can use... WIFTA quarterly membership meeting October 24th ... @womeninfilmla #hireherback @wifta Monday Membership Spotlight See more

Thank you to everyone who attended @namicatlanta @wiftatlanta 2020 Conversations with TV and Film Powerhouses @cswanson44 @bobbcatfilms @ericasheltonkodish powered by @effectv A special thank you to our talented moderator @frantvhost We are half way through the month of August and the TV & Film industry continues to produce amazing content! Stay tuned for more virtual events and webinars!

Today is the day! You still have time to RSVP for the @namicatlanta & @wiftatlanta 2020 Conversations with TV & Film Powerhouses @cswanson44 @bobbcatfilms @ericasheltonkodis... Moderated by @frantvhost ! Thank you to our Title Sponsor @effectv Click the link in our bio to RSVP! We will be live on Zoom and WIFTA’s Facebook! #wifta #namicatlanta #wiftanamic20

Meet Producer/Director and this year’s #wifta #namicatlanta 2020 Powerhouse Angie Bones of @bobbcatfilms ! Bio below... PRODUCER, p.g.a, DIRECTOR/UPM, DGA... ANGI BONES started her career in the film/television industry while awaiting final testing for LAPD Police Academy. Angi took an unpaid position as an intern on the film Panther directed by Mario Van Peebles. Working on the film Panther shifted her journey in life from law enforcement to a successful career in film and television where she started as a Production Assistant, which lead to a successful career as Assistant Director, Producer and Director. To her credit, Angi hosts an impressive resume of music videos, commercials, award shows, live-to-tape, television series and more than 50 films; most notably: The Negotiator, Blade, Too Wong Foo, Eve's Bayou, Fighting Temptations, Men of Honor, Mother, The Antoine Fisher Story, Training Day, The Gospel, Warm Springs, Stroke of Genius and Crazy in Alabama. Angi served as Co-Producer and 2nd Assistant Director on 11 feature films, The Tyler Perry Show and over 240 combined episodes of the highly rated sitcoms Tyler Perry’s, Meet The Browns, and the NAACP Image Award winner Tyler Perry’s, House of Payne under director, writer, producer Tyler Perry. She also Co-Produced Trois-The Escort and Motives II for Will Packer and Rob Hardy of Rain Forest Films. Angi is a NAACP Image award nominee as Co-Producer for the television film Raising Izzie for UP TV and received a NACCP Image award win as Co-Producer for House of Payne. Angi served as the Co-Executive Producer for the highly rated docu-series Rickey Smiley For Real for TV One. She most recently Co-Produced the sequel future box office hit Meet the Blacks 2 directed by Deon Taylor, as well as Life Size 2, Same Time Next Christmas and The Thing About Harry for FreeForm. Angi is a member of the Producer’s Guild of America, Director’s Guild of America and Women in Film & Television Atlanta serving as board member. She is also a member of Reel Divas, a group that aims to promote female black writers, producers and directors and increase awareness of Atlanta as a production hub.

Meet this year’s featured TV and Film Powerhouse @ericasheltonkodish !! Bio Below... ... Erica Shelton Kodish is currently developing new television projects for NBC-Universal under a multi-year overall deal. Previously, Kodish served as the executive-producer/showrunner of the revamped fourth season of the BET drama series, Being Mary Jane, starring Gabrielle Union. Kodish’s other television credits include writer/co-executive producer on the critically acclaimed CBS series, The Good Wife, starring Emmy Award winner Julianna Margulies. Her career as a TV writer began on the Jerry Bruckheimer forensic crime series, CSI: New York. Kodish, then, added the legal series Close to Home, Cold Case, HawthoRNe, Covert Affairs and FBI to her growing list of credits. Kodish’s passion for writing crystallized at Northwestern University where she earned a Bachelor’s degree from the School of Communication. Upon graduation, Kodish landed a job at the PBS affiliate, WTTW Channel 11 - Chicago. Kodish, who was born in Detroit, Michigan, moved to Los Angeles when she was awarded the Courtney and Stephen J. Ross Fellowship at the University of Southern California. This fellowship, created by the former head of Time Warner and his widow, was designed to give deserving women an opportunity to pursue a degree in USC’s School of Cinematic Arts. After receiving her M.F.A. in Screenwriting, Kodish went on to become a recipient of the Fox Writers Initiative Fellowship. She has spoken at such institutions as Emory University, Spelman College, University of California, Los Angeles, University of Southern California School of Cinematic Arts, Loyola Marymount University School of Film and Television, Goucher College and Phi Theta Kappa’s Honors Institute, FUSION: ACCESS LA, the Pan African Film Festival and was honored in The Root 100’s annual ranking of most influential African-American leaders. Kodish lives in Los Angeles with her husband Adam, and sons, Elliot and Levi. She is a member of the Writers Guild of America and Northwestern University’s Council of One Hundred.

Meet this year’s featured TV and Film Powerhouse @cswanson44! Bio below... A Detroit native, visionary storyteller and multiple award-winning filmmaker, Christine Swanson earned her MFA in Film from New York University’s Tisch School of the Arts, one of the nation’s top-ranked graduate film programs. CNN identified Christine as one of the most promising filmmakers to emerge from NYU’s graduate film program since Martin Scorsese, Ang Lee, Oliver Stone, and Spike Lee (Chr...istine’s NYU directing teacher). Christine also earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Notre Dame, double majoring in Communications and Japanese. Christine has developed, written and/or directed movie projects for various companies including HBO Films, Magnolia Pictures, State Street Pictures, TV One, and Faith Filmworks, her own independent film company. Christine has written and/or directed numerous award- winning feature films, television episodes, commercials and short films in her career. Some of her award- winning titles include, Two Seasons (winner HBO Short Film Competition, Sundance selection), All About You (winner Audience Choice Award Chicago International Film Festival, Grand Jury Prize Hollywood Black Film Festival, Festival Award at the Pan African Film Festival, and the Film of the Year Award at the Santa Barbara African Heritage Film Series) starring Renee Elise Goldsberry, Terron Brooks, and Debbie Allen; All About Us (invited to the prestigious Heartland Film Festival, The Chicago International Film Festival, and the Cannes Festival du Film Panafricain) starring Boris Kodjoe, Ryan Bathe, and Ruby Dee; and Woman Thou Art Loosed (Santa Barbara International Film Festival and Blockbuster Audience Award for Best Feature Film at the American Black Film Festival) starring Kimberly Elise and Loretta Devine. In 2015, Christine received an NAACP Image Award nomination for Outstanding Directing in a Television Motion Picture for For the Love of Ruth. Christine also directed three original cable movie premieres for TV One entitled, To Hell and Back (starring Ernie Hudson and Vanessa Bell Calloway), For the Love of Ruth So much talent Bio continued...