Think different

November 28, 2007 Gender politics in Hollywood have progressed to the point that almost nobody balks at a female producer or a female director anymore, but it would diminish the contributions of those women to say that they're the same as men. Double Feature Films co-founder Stacey Sher, who's worked on independent films like 2004's Garden State and bigger-budget films like 2006's World Trade Center, says, One of the reasons why I think women make good producers is that many of us have that camp counselor/troop leader side. [...] for Sher personally, the years she's spent outside the studio system might have been easier for her to navigate because for so long, women had to forge their own path.

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