REEL Ladies

Filmmaker Joslyn Rose Lyons is one of today's rising stars on the independent film scene. In 2002, she founded her own film house, Jog9 productions, and directed, produced, wrote, shot and edited the award-winning feature length documentary film Soundz of Spirit (Common, Andre 3000, The Last Poets, KRS-1, Cee-Lo, Goapele, Talib Kweli – to name a few). The film premiered at the HBO Urban World Film Festival, won Best Music Documentary at the New York International Film Festival, aired as part of a programming slate on Freespeech TV and was released for a limited time on dvd with an original soundtrack. Joslyn began working as a production assistant and coordinator on documentary and television specials for Discovery Channel, MSNBC and PBS, with the Emmy award winning Paradigm Productions while still in college.

The young director continued freelancing, becoming a West coast affiliate and segment producer for BET Networks, where she produced and wrote original content for Rap City, Top Ten Countdown and coverage for BET News. Joslyn Rose continued freelancing as a segment producer/writer, working for Emmy Award winning Current TV.

Joslyn Rose has exciting projects on the horizon as well, most notably a docu-series “Wonder Women/Super Men” featuring Ananda Lewis, Janina Gavankar, DJ Rashida, to name a few.

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REEL Ladies is featuring Cinematographer, Lisa Weigand! LA based cinematographer who has photographed award-winning independent features and television. She has been featured several times in American Cinematographer Magazine and has been awarded for "Excellence in Cinematography" by the American Society of Cinematographers. Her films have been distributed in theaters, on television, DVD as well as seen in festivals around the world.
Lisa was the main unit DP the 2nd season of Joss Whedon’s “Dollhouse” on FOX, starring Eliza Dushku as well as 2nd Unit Director of Photography on the 7th Season of FOX's "24"!

Filmmaker Heather Ross has directed and produced programs for Discovery Channel, A & E, MTV, FX and Fox including the acclaimed series Intervention.

GIRLS ON THE WALL is her first feature. The teenage girls of Warrenville Prison are not your average delinquents. Having "graduated" from juvie to prison, these are the kids most likely to remain in the correctional system their whole lives. They are also some of the sharpest and most irrepressible young women you'll meet. When the girls of this heartland Illinois prison are given a most unlikely shot at redemption— the chance to tell their own stories in a musical based on their lives— they're challenged to re-live the events that led up to their crimes, reclaim their humanity, and find their own exuberant voices in a first step toward breaking free from the prison system.
GIRLS ON THE WALL is directed and produced by Heather Ross & Sincerely Films in association with Independent Television Service and PB& J Television.

REEL Ladies provides a platform for women in film and entertainment to share their stories, showcase their work and network with like minded women!
Perhaps most recognized for her portrayal of Jan Levinson on the hit NBC series The Office, Melora Hardin's impressive career spans a variety of mediums, including numerous television series, films, live concerts and two CDs. On television, she is also well-known for portraying Tony Shaloub's dead wife in the hit USA Network series Monk. In April 2009, Melora will star in two feature films, 17 Again opposite Zac Efron and Hannah Montana: The Movie. Her other big screen credits include Thank You for Smoking, 27 Dresses, The Comebacks, The Hot Chick, Soul Man and Absolute Power. Earlier this year she made her Broadway debut as Roxie Hart in Chicago, and played Fantine in the August 2008 Hollywood Bowl concert rendition of Les Miserables, directed by Richard Jay-Alexander

REEL Ladies provides a platform for women in film and entertainment to share their stories, showcase their work and network with like minded women! Film composer, Hélène Muddiman, is experienced in various mediums having provided music for the entertainment industry since she was eighteen. Writing in a style across a wide variety of musical genres, her music can be heard in film, television, radio, and multi-media advertisements. It is her signature, emotional style that brings depth to the score of her latest film, “Skin.”

REEL Ladies provides a platform for women in film and entertainment to share their stories, showcase their work and network with like minded women! In the late 90's Suzanne co-founded Snowfall Films, Inc. and in 2005 she co-founded WindChill Films, Inc. To date she has produced or executive produced eight movies. Suzanne has worked with wonderful talent including Brenda Blethyn, Christopher Walken, Naomi Watts, Alfred Molina, James Caan, Dean Cain, Jennifer Tilly, Jon Lovitz, Asia Argento, Winona Ryder, Peter Fonda, Adrian Paul and more. Her budgets have ranged from $200,000 to $10 million. Ms. Lyons’ films have won a gamut of awards and festivals from the prestigious British BAFTA award, a premier at the Directors Fortnight at the Cannes Film Festival, best picture at Shockerfest and acceptance into the Toronto, Berlin and Montreal Film Festivals. Her films have been distributed by Miramax, Screengems and Lionsgate.

REEL Ladies provides a platform for women in film and entertainment to share their stories, showcase their work and network with like minded women. Lincoln Heights Writer & Executive Producer Kathleen McGhee Anderson chats with REEL Ladies! She has contributed her writing skills to many popular television shows such as "Benson," "Webster," "227," "The Cosby Show," "Touched by an Angel," and Lifetime's "Any Day Now," as well as the movie Sunset Park. She also served as Executive Producer of Showtime's hit television series "Soul Food" during its final season. Lincoln Heights had it's series premiere last week. Make sure to catch this long running family drama on ABC Monday nights!

REEL Ladies provides a platform for women in the film industry to share their stories and showcase their work.
Hall's first acting role was in an independent film called Book of Numbers at the age of 38. Hall had been a teacher of languages for almost 20 years in Dallas, Texas when actor/director Raymond St. Jacques saw her performing at a poetry reading. He liked her so much he offered her a role in his film on the spot. Hall discovered a love for acting and soon founded a repertory theatre in Dallas.

Hall's personality and age made her a natural to be cast as middle-aged, strong authority figures. She worked steadily in films and TV throughout the 1980s. But it was not until her role as the loving Aunt T. in 1996's A Family Thing when critics and audiences began to take notice of her talents. She won the Chicago Film Critics Association Award and the Kansas City Film Critics Circle Award for Best Supporting Actress. The success of that film helped launch Hall's career as a major supporting actor in the late-90's and early 2000s. Sizable roles in major films such as Nothing to Lose and Steel followed. Hall then landed the role as Big Mama Joesph in the film Soul Food. The film was a hit at the box-office, prompting a television spin-off, Soul Food: The Series, in which Hall reprised her role.

She landed another acclaimed role when she was cast in the 2004 remake of The Ladykillers. She won a special Jury Prize at the 2004 Cannes Film Festival and an Image Award for her performance.

REEL Ladies provides a platform for women in the film industry to share their stories and showcase their work. Producer/Director/Writer Tonya S. Holly, President of Cypress Moon Studios,
is one of the busiest executives in the entertainment industry. In just four
short years, she has established Cypress Moon as a fully operational state-of-the-art film production and recording studio.
On the heels of the award-winning film “When I Find the Ocean” and now the
about-to-start filming “The Story of Bonnie and Clyde,” Cypress Moon Studios is fast-tracking multiple projects in development including a
“fantastical action adventure trilogy” titled “Sleeping Giant: Union of the
Seven.”
Holly has worked with CBS, HBO, NBC, FOX, Morgan Creek, Universal, Buena Vista and many other independent production companies.

REEL Ladies provides a platform for women in the film industry to share their stories and showcase their work.
Danielle Bisutti is currently starring opposite Keke Palmer as a lead of the Nickelodeon series "True Jackson, VP," and she was recurring on both TNT's "Raising the Bar" and CBS' "Without a Trace."