Nicole Ackermann on Women Directors and the Language of Female Storytelling in the LA Times

Merman director Nicole Ackermann has written an opinion piece for the Los Angeles Times examining why films told from a distinctly female perspective — like Maggie Gyllenhaal’s The Bride! — are so often dismissed, and what that means for the future of women in the industry.

Drawing on her own experience as a director, Ackermann describes unlearning the dominant narrative structures she’d internalized early in her career, and makes a case for expanding how we define what “works” in cinema. With only 8% of last year’s top-grossing films directed by women, the stakes extend well beyond any single film.

Read the full piece HERE.