52 Films by Women Vol 3. 4. BAND AID (Director: Zoe Lister-Jones)
In American cinema, the transition from comedy actress to director is a familiar one. Penny Marshall graduated from starring in the hit TV series, Laverne and Shirley , to directing a string of box office hits in the 1980s and 1990s: Jumping Jack Flash , Big, Awakenings and A League of Their Own , the latter about a women’s baseball team. Two box office failures ( Renaissance Man , The Preacher’s Wife ) and one drama later ( Riding in Cars With Boys) and Marshall has not directed a feature film for the big screen since 2001, although she’s done some work in TV. Next year (2018), she’ll be making a comeback with the documentary Rodman about basketball star turned actor turned best buddy of North Korea Head of State Kim Jong-Un, Dennis Rodman. Apparently, Rodman didn’t want to tell his story to anyone else, so I guess Marshall will be the first to hear all about what it is like to work with Jean-Claude Van Damme on Double Team . Betty Thomas made a similar transition, from starri...