The Sound of Gender: How Women Composers Vigorously Maneuver Hollywood’s Show Biz
WIF Speaker Series Panel “In my opinion music is gender free so why should female composers get treated any differently than their male colleagues?” a woman in the audience commented at the speaker series panel - Music in Film and Television - organized by

German Filmmaker Andreas Dresen on Movie Making
Andreas Dresen with screen writer Karin Howard at the Goethe Institut LA German writer/ director Andreas Dresen shared his insights into movie making at the

How to Live Green in Los Angeles - and in any other place for that matter
I was happy to learn from reading Chris Guillebeau’s blog post that it’s Blog Action Day today! This year’s theme is climate change. Better writing late than never I’m thinking - so here’s my c

New German Films Worth Watching
Let’s not talk about famous German filmmakers in Hollywood like director Roland Emmerich whose latest movie 2012 is coming to US theaters this November. Instead, let’s talk about talented German filmmakers who are making fantastic movies in Germany. I just recently attended the German Currents film fest in Los Angeles and saw two great German films that are absolutely worth watching. Berlin Calling