| Starring | |
| Writing | |
| Robin Swicord, screenwriter | p. 10 |
| Producing | |
| Bonnie Curtis, producer | p. 14 |
| Christine Vachon, producer | p. 18 |
| Jane Rosenthal, producer | p. 22 |
| Directing | |
| Kasi Lemmons, writer/director | p. 26 |
| Allison Anders, writer/director/mom | p. 28 |
| Jane Anderson, director/writer | p. 32 |
| Vicky Jenson, Lorna Cook, Brenda Chapman, animation directors | p. 36 |
| Freida Lee Mock, documentary filmmaker | p. 40 |
| Casting | |
| Avy Kaufman, casting director | p. 44 |
| Acting | |
| Jodie Foster, actor/director/producer | p. 46 |
| Joan Allen, actor | p. 52 |
| Susan Sarandon, actor | p. 56 |
| Film Production | |
| Art Department | |
| Jeannine Oppewall, production designer | p. 60 |
| Rosemary Brandenburg, set decorator | p. 66 |
| Ruth Carter, costume designer | p. 70 |
| Trish Gallaher Glenn, property master | p. 74 |
| Shooting | |
| Lisa Rinzler, cinematographer | p. 76 |
| Kerry Lyn McKissick, script supervisor | p. 78 |
| Betsy Magruder, first assistant director | p. 80 |
| Christy Sumner, special-effects technician | p. 84 |
| Ve Neill, makeup artist | p. 88 |
| Postproduction | |
| Editing | |
| Dede Allen, editor | p. 92 |
| Maysie Hoy, editor | p. 96 |
| Visual Effects | |
| Debbie Denise, visual-effects producer | p. 98 |
| Music and Lyrics | |
| Rachel Portman, composer | p. 100 |
| Marilyn Bergman, lyricist | p. 104 |
| Sound | |
| Teri Dorman, sound editor | p. 108 |
| Also Starring | |
| Cari Beauchamp: The Women Behind the Camera in Early Hollywood | p. 112 |
| Martha M. Lauzen, Ph.D.: Women Working in Film Today | p. 116 |
| Thank You | p. 118 |
| Photo Credits | p. 119 |
| About the Authors | p. 120 |
| Organizations, schools, and resources that can help you get where you want to go | p. 122 |
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