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First Time Female Director is a 2023 American film directed, written and produced by Chelsea Peretti. The film stars Peretti, Blake Anderson, Kate Berlant, Megan Mullally, Benito Skinner, Megan Stalter, Jak Knight, Max Greenfield, and Amy Poehler. The film stars Peretti as a first-time female director.
Mar 8, 2024 · A local theater in Glendale, California, hires a female director for a Southern rural drama, but she faces challenges and conflicts with the actors and the audience. The film is a comedy directed by and starring Chelsea Peretti, with Amy Poehler, Andy Richter and other celebrities.
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- Comedy
- Chelsea Peretti
- 2024-03-08
Mar 7, 2024 · Reviews. Mar 7, 2024 7:00am PT. ‘First Time Female Director’ Review: Chelsea Peretti Gets Opening-Night Jitters in Her Own Directorial Debut. The actor-turned-filmmaker's sendup of the...
- Alice Guy. Widely considered the first female film director, Guy is also credited with helming one of the first narrative films, an 1896 short called “The Cabbage Fairy.”
- Lois Weber. A woman of many interests, Weber was a street evangelist and musician before she turned to acting and filmmaking. In 1908, she began her directing career at American Gaumont Chronophone, where fellow filmmaking pioneer Alice Guy-Blaché and her husband were then ensconced.
- Lotte Reiniger. Born and raised in Germany, Reiniger pioneered the use of silhouette animation, directing one of the first feature-length animated films, the 1926 release “The Adventures of Prince Achmed,” with this technique.
- Dorothy Arzner. Arzner grew up in Hollywood and began typing scripts before working her way up to helming “Women’s Fashions” for Paramount in 1927. While directing the studio’s first talkie, “The Wild Party,” she improvised a boom microphone for silent star Clara Bow, who was nervous about speaking on camera.
Sam, an aspiring writer, is forced to direct a play at the Regis Theatre after the previous director is fired. Watch the trailer and read the reviews of this hilarious comedy starring Chelsea Peretti, Andy Richter, Meg Stalter and more.
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- Chelsea Peretti
- Chelsea Peretti
- Comedy
Jun 15, 2023 · Movies. Movie Reviews. ‘First Time Female Director’ Review: Chelsea Peretti’s So-So Skewering of Theater and Gender Politics. The comedian and 'Brooklyn Nine-Nine' star directs a...
Feb 29, 2024 · Chelsea Peretti Has Enough on Her Plate. Respectfully, the 'First Time Female Director' filmmaker probably hasn’t read your book or listened to your podcast: “Having a career and trying to...
