Spotlights

Today’s Women Behind the Scenes spotlight is focused on TV screenwriter, series creator and producer Michelle Ricci. Michelle was born in Canada and later lived in Los Angeles. She got her start working as a production assistant on The WB series Smallville. When she discovered the popular Canadian series Murdoch Mysteries, she went back home to Canada, enrolling in the …

It’s that time again to salute those actresses who are on the move, actresses who deserve a little extra attention for their latest work, those actresses who are rising stars. Landing that crucial role in a TV movie or guest appearance in a successful show or film makes all the difference for aspiring actors. Let’s take a look at the …

Today’s Women Behind the Scenes spotlight is focused on TV producer and screenwriter Nazrin Choudhury. Nazrin was born in South West London, the youngest of five children to first-generation Bangladeshi parents. She graduated with a BSc in Biomedical Science from King’s College London with a view to becoming a doctor but she completed an MA in Screenwriting at the Northern …

Today’s Women Behind the Scenes spotlight is shone on series creator, executive producer and writer Shelley Eriksen. Shelley is from Toronto, Canada, and got her start as a story editor, executive story editor and writer on the Canadian drama Traders from 1998 to 2000. She then worked as an executive story consultant, and writer on the Canadian police drama Cold …

Today’s Women Behind the Scenes spotlight is focused on film producer and TV executive producer Sara Colleton. Sara is an American TV and film producer who got her start in the industry as an assistant to movie director Harold Becker, who was at the helm of the 1981 box office film Taps. She later worked as a producer on the …

Today’s Women Behind the Scenes spotlight is focused in a slightly different direction after all these years. We are shining the light on recording artist Ruelle, whose music has been featured in a long list of recent TV]  shows. Margaret “Maggie” Eckford is an American electronic pop singer-songwriter, who grew up in Mississippi, the middle child of three sisters. Maggie …

It’s once again time to salute those actresses who are on the move, actresses who deserve a little extra attention for their latest work, those actresses who are rising stars. Landing that crucial role in a TV movie or guest appearance in a successful show or film makes all the difference for aspiring actors. Let’s take a look at the …

Today’s Women Behind the Scenes spotlight is shone on actress turned writer, producer, director and series creator Stephanie Morgenstern. Stephanie was born in Geneva, Switzerland but was raised in Montreal, Quebec, Canada where she began her career as an actress at the age of 15. She earned a BA in English from McGill University and studied drama at the Banff …

Today’s Women Behind the Scenes spotlight is focused on TV writer and producer Beth Schwartz. Beth began her career in 2007 as a production staffer on the JJ Abrams produced ABC dramedy What About Brian where she later had the opportunity to write an episode. The following year she was part of the writing staff on the popular ABC drama …

Today’s Women Behind the Scenes spotlight is shone on writer and co-executive producer Kristen Reidel. Kristen’s first big TV break was as a writer on the short-lived 2007 FOX drama Drive, which starred then relative newcomer Emma Stone and Firefly star Nathan Fillion. From 2011 through 2013, she wore several different hats on the popular drama Nikita, which aired on …