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Scholarships for Women in Film

In a 2008 study performed by San Diego State University, tt was discovered that women only make up 9 percent of Hollywood's directors. For any gender, a career in film is a difficult field to break into, but for women, becoming a household name is even more difficult. In 2010, Kathryn Bigelow became a household name because of her Academy Award win as Best Director for "The Hurt Locker." With the hope that women who are involved in films are on their way to being recognized for their work, and with an increasing interest by women to enter into film production, scholarships that allow women to go to film school also have increased.

  1. Women In Film Scholarships- Los Angeles Area Schools

    • If you study film in California, the Women in Film Organization has several scholarships available.

      If you are an undergraduate female planning on attending the American Film Institute, the Women In Film/Tichi Wilkerson Kassel Endowment, named for WIF founder Tichi Wilkerson Kassel, awards $2,0000. The Meredith MacRae Memorial Scholarship is for female graduate students attending Chapman University. Applying students need to submit an essay discussing why the Meredith Mac Rae Memorial Scholarship is important and would be helpful to them; the essays are judged by Chapman University instructors. The Crystals Scholarships are awarded yearly during WIF's Crystal/Lucy Awards ceremony. This endowment awards $2,000 to $3,0000 to female Southern California film students.

      Women in Film Foundation Scholarship

      6100 Wilshire Blvd. Suite 710

      Los Angeles, CA 90048

      323-935-2211

      wif.org

    Women in Film/Seattle: Professional Grant

    • Going to film school is expensive, so any scholarship is helpful.

      Formerly known as the Nell Shipman Scholarship, the Women in Film/Seattle Professional Grant honors female students from the Seattle area for their films. The grant, worth $1,000, is open to female students who join Seattle's chapter of the Women in Film Organization. Students will be judged on the film's originality, thematic relevance, entertainment value, technical execution and production values. Those who score favorably with the judges will earn grants.

      Women In Film Seattle

      1216 10th Avenue

      Seattle, WA 98122

      womeninfilm-seattle.org

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    X-Factor Filmmakers

    • Created specifically tor help women fund their film-oriented educations, X-Factor Filmmakers sell t-shirts and other apparel in order to fund their scholarship programs. The sales of these items see 100 percent of the proceeds go directly to X-Factor's scholarship funds. X-Factor also holds short-film $1,0000 scholarship contests for female filmmakers. With more funding, scholarship amounts are expected to increase, along with the frequency of scholarship contests.

      Lauren and Rick Tracy

      X-Factor Filmmakers

      481 Great Road, Suite 16

      Acton, MA 01720

      978-263-9035

      http://xfactorfilm.com/index.html

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