Gamechanger Films

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Gamechanger Films
IndustryFilm
FoundedSeptember 27, 2013 (2013-09-27) in New York City, New York, United States
Founders
  • Julie Parker Benello
  • Dan Cogan
  • Geralyn Dreyfous
  • Wendy Ettinger
Area served
Worldwide
ServicesFilm financing
Website gamechanger-films.com

Gamechanger Films is an American company that finances independent films directed by women. [1]

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History

Gamechanger Films was founded in 2013 by Julie Parker Benello, Dan Cogan, Geralyn Dreyfous, Wendy Ettinger. Mynette Louie was the President, Derek Nguyen was the Director of Operations & Creative Affairs, and Mary Jane Skalski is the senior adviser. Louie and Nguyen departed to start their own company, The Population, in 2019. Brenda Robinson is a new partner in Gamechanger Films 2.0, which is led by Effie T. Brown.

Films funded must be directed or co-directed by a woman, but they may be of any genre. [2] Films do not need to be focused on females or female-centric topics. [3] They support films of a budget of $2 million or less. [4] Funding was raised by Chicken & Egg Pictures and Impact Partners and comes from equity investors. Gamechanger Films is for-profit. [5] Louie said that their goal "is to finance films that are critically and commercially viable". [6] As a result of this, they do not fund experimental non-narrative films. [7] In 2014, they established a $2500 grant for female directors who screen their films at South by Southwest. [8]

Films financed

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  6. ↑ Adams, Thelma (2015-02-02). "Femme Filmmakers Are Opening Up the Pic Pipeline". Variety . Retrieved 2015-04-10.
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