Richard Bayard Miller traveled the world at an early age, moving around often for his father’s position as a U.S. Foreign Service Officer. He found his love for film in the early 1970s while attending Oberlin College in Ohio (note the 1974 release of The Godfather Part II). Rich spent the next few years moving…

Jan Lisa Huttner was born and raised in New Jersey, where Million Dollar Movie and The Late Late Show were daily television staples & she and her dad would snuggle up to historical epics and Roman spectaculars featured on Picture for a Sunday Afternoon. At an early age when most kids were sneaking into parties,…

Raised in suburban Chicago with a Catholic education, my upbringing was a healthy mix of Portillo’s and Paper Mate erasable pens. The latter has helped me in many more ways.  As a high school junior, I was accepted into Goodman Theatre’s Cindy Bandle Young Critics, a program specifically designed to immerse young women into the world…

Jessica E. Perry has had a passion for film and television for as long as she can remember. Pursuing this passion, Jessica attended Columbia University where she graduated in 2014 with a degree in Film and Business. Living in Manhattan allowed Jessica to pursue her career in acting while attending school. She performed in many…

As FF2 Media’s social media manager, I post daily on Twitter (@FF2_Media) and Facebook, not only to promote our reviews, interviews and feature stories, but also to connect with our audience and the filmmakers we support. Expanding our audience and finding people who are just as passionate about supporting women in film as we are…

I do many things for FF2 Media, including writing reviews and articles, interviewing directors and writers and working with our New York-based interns. Becoming a part of FF2 Media has completely changed the way I approach film. I was never aware of the huge disconnect between female directors/writers and audience base, and now I do…

Associate Nicola Freedman graduated from the University of Sydney in 2016, with a Bachelor of Arts in Film and History. Now based in London, she has been working at a number of film, media and creative companies, as she pursues a career in film and television. Having joined FF2 Media in February 2017, Nicola has…

Giorgi Plys-Garzotto is a Chicago native and aspiring television writer; she currently freelances in writing and video editing. She writes weekly reviews for FF2 Media. Her dearest wish is to create the world's first pun dictionary. She loves cooking vegan food, going for long walks alone, and binge-watching Riverdale. She spends most of her time…

My name is Katusha and I write features and reviews for FF2 Media. I find it important to contribute to FF2 Media because I am a believer of its cause: lending a voice to overlooked female filmmakers. As a female filmmaker myself, I can certainly see the need for more women role models in the…

As an FF2 Media intern, I contribute weekly reviews for The Hot Pink Pen Blog, occasional filmmaker Q+A’s, and run our Instagram account (@ff2media).  I’m a 21-year old filmmaker and student from New York. I grew up in New York, attended the Ramaz Upper School, and  currently I am a rising junior at Barnard College,…

As an intern, I have been contributing weekly reviews to FF2’s site The Hot Pink Pen since early 2016. I love being able to support female artists in such a consistent way, and it’s an endless treat to get to watch and write about movies for my job. I attend Columbia University, where I study…

As an intern at FF2 Media, I watch newly-released films written and/or directed by women, and give my take through weekly reviews. As a senior at NYU, I am earning my degree at the Gallatin School of Individualized Study, which has given me the unique opportunity to create my own concentration: “Understanding & Misunderstanding in…

My name is Eti Or, born 1986 in Jerusalem, Israel. I studied Visual Communication in college and a huge film fan. I write reviews for FF2 Media and represent the team at local film festivals. I want to enhance women's voices everywhere, and especially in art. Art, in any form, is a way to rebel…

Associate Elyse Thaler graduated in 2011 from Virginia Commonwealth University where she received her BFA in Theatre: Performance. After hearing about the shortage of actors and writers in Los Angeles (kidding) she decided to offer her services by making the big move from Virginia to California. Elyse joined FF2 Media in 2016 and has been…

Contributor Lesley Coffin is Editor-in-Chief of the online film journal Movies, Film, Cinema and host of the Chicago industry podcast "From Lakeshore Drive to Hollywood." A writer with a masters degree from NYU’s Gallatin School in biographical studies and star theory. She wrote the biography on Lew Ayres (Lew Ayres: Hollywood’s Conscientious Objector) and Hitchcock’s Casting (Hitchcock’s…

Senior Contributor Lisa Iannucci has been writing about film and entertainment for years. She has interviewed hundreds of celebrities and is currently working on a film and travel book, The Film/TV Lover's Travel Guide to be published in 2018. She is also working on a Literary Lover's Travel Guide. 

Contributor Nora Lee Mandel is a member of New York Film Critics Online and Alliance of Women Film Journalists; her reviews are counted in Rotten Tomatoes’ TomatoMeter.  She reviews films and television in Film Festival Traveler, Film-Forward, Lilith.  Her ongoing Critical Guide to Jewish Women in Movies and TV has been the basis for talks to audiences…

Writing feature articles for FF2 Media and being a part of this strong and independent group of women is certainly a highlight of my film criticism career.  While women tend to be an underrepresented group in the film industry, this organization buoys female filmmakers, writers, and directors, allowing me to help them have a stronger…

I am a Senior Contributor who writes film reviews and features. FF2 Media is important to me because I think it's imperative to remind readers that women are a part of the creative industries, particularly as filmmakers. I graduated from Columbia College Chicago with a degree in Magazine Editing and Publishing. My work has been…