Interviews with Female and GNC Filmmakers
In our interviews, we’re able to share the success stories and celebrate the work of established female and GNC filmmakers. These filmmakers are sharing their knowledge with the TLL community to expand educational equity in Hollywood and also provide insight into the steps they’ve taken in their lives.
Facing Self Doubt and Knowing Your Value with Comedian Bente Engelstoft
Bente Engelstoft is an Emmy-winning writer, actor, and comedian based in Los Angeles. Starting her career off on the stages of Second City she was then a writer for the 2016 CBS Diversity Showcase and a writer / performer for the 2017 Showcase. Currently a writer for The Ellen Degeneres Show, Engelstoft also founded her own company, Business Woman, where she creates award winning short films.
Patience and Success in Filmmaking with Carol Dysinger
Carol Dysinger is an Oscar-winning documentary filmmaker, an award-winning professor at NYU Tisch, and an advisor at the Doc Lab at Sundance FIlm Institute. Her second directorial work, “Learning to Skateboard in a Warzone (If You’re a Girl)” won the Oscar for Best Documentary Short in 2019. She spoke to the Light Leaks about witnessing the progression of Hollywood firsthand, the lessons she’s learned throughout her career, and how it’s never too late to hit your stride.
Ilana Peña, The Latina Showrunner Claiming her Space in Hollywood
Ilana Peña, is a TV show creator, executive producer, showrunner, and writer building her tv legacy with hard work and authentic storytelling at the helm of it all. Peña is the creator behind the Disney+’s coming of age comedy, “Diary of a Future President” and started in Hollywood as an assistant and worked her way into the acclaimed writer’s room of “Crazy Ex-Girlfriend”. She dives deep into conversation with TLL about the reality of gaining and maintaining success in Hollywood.