“ Master of Film” Kathryn Bigelow
While the film-industry has seen a number of critically acclaimed actresses; female directors have proven to be a little harder to come by, cue Ms Bigelow. The ex-wife of James Cameron, the man behind the two highest grossing films of all time Avatar and Titanic, Kathryn first ventured into directing back in 1982 and would produce a string of music videos and films. Her big break came in 1991, when she directed the thriller Point Break with Keanu Reeves, her most commercially successful film, to moderate critical success. However, it was the 2008 American war film, The Hurt-Locker which made her mainstream figure. While the writers and actors were highly praised, her artistic direction and gritty, realistic portrayal of life for US soldiers in Iraq captivated audience and critics alike. So much so, she beat Mr Cameron and his film, Avatar to an Oscar in 2010. Bigelow is now widely regarded as an auteur; a director with a unique style and hopes her accomplishments encourage more women to follow suit.
“ Ms Yahoo” Marissa Mayer
When you think of the head of major technology / software company, you might think of Bill Gates, Steve Jobs( RIP) or the ginger fella responsible for the ever addictive Facebook social network. Chances are though, you wouldn’ t think of a 37 year old wife and mother of a 7 month old baby and that’ s what makes Ms Mayer particularly remarkable. Following extensive education in computer science specialising in artificial intelligence, Mayer joined google in 1999, becoming the then infant company’ s 20th employee. She played a key role in Google’ s success in the 21 century, overseeing the world-renowned layout of the Google search engine wordplay as well the development rof Gmail, Google search, Google products and Google images. In 2008 at 33 she became the youngest woman to be included in Fortune magazine’ s list of the 50 most powerful businesswoman and last year was hired as Yahoo’ s CEO.
Scenes from Ms Bigelow’ s Oscar winning, Avatar topping Hurt Locker which documented a group of young bomb disposal American soldiers in Iraq.
Written by: Trevon Muhammad
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