Women Screenwriters, 1st ed. 2015
An International Guide

Women Screenwriters is a study of more than 300 female writers from 60 nations, from the first film scenarios produced in 1986 to the present day. Divided into six sections by continent, the entries give an overview of the history of women screenwriters in each country, as well as individual biographies of its most influential.

Jill Nelmes, University of East London, UK Jule Selbo, California State University, Fullerton, USA Añuli Agina, University of Westminster, UK Jean Ansolbehere, Script Coordinator, Los Angeles, USA Robert Arnett, Old Dominion University, USA Carmen Sofía Brenes, University of los Andes, Chile Lavinia Brydon, University of Kent, UK Erik Buikema, University of Groningen, Netherlands Michael Burri, University of Pennsylvania, USA Cristina Colet, Saint John International University Vinovo, Italy Mariapia Comand, Università degli Studi di Udine, Italy Kelley Conway, University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA Michael Coutanche, Ryerson RTV School of Media, Canada Linda Craig, University of East London, UK Debbie Danielpour, Boston University, USA Robert Dassanowsky, University of Colorado, USA Tanya Gail Davies, University of Technology, Jamaica Maria-Teresa DePaoli, Kansas State University, USA Olga Dimitrijevi?, Playwright and Dramaturg, Yugoslavia Kath Dooley, Curtin University, Western Australia Haseenah Ebrahim, University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa Johanna Forsman, Screenwriter and Transmedia Producer, Sweden Marcella Forster, University of Lincoln, UK Nicolette Freeman, University of Melbourne, Australia Michelle Leigh Farrell, Georgetown University, USA Lisa French, RMIT University, Australia Camila Malagolini Gama, California State University, Fullerton, USA Andrew Kenneth Gay, Southern Oregon University, USA Ronald Geerts, Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium Christine Gledhill, New York University, USA Julia Sabina Gutiérrez, Sorbonne Nouvelle University (Paris III), France Kristiina Hackel, California State University, Los Angele, USA Gert Jan Harkema, Stockholm University, Sweden Mary Harrod, University of Warwick, UK Susan Hayward, University of Exeter, UK Trinidad Herrera, Universidad de los Andes, Chile Stella Hockenhull, University of Wolverhampton, UK Helen Jacey, Bournemouth University, UK Hester Joyce, La Trobe University, Australia Tonia Kazakopoulou