Women Film Pioneers Project

Women Film Pioneers Project is a freely accessible, collaborative,[1] online-only database resource,[2][3] produced with support from Columbia University.

[12][13][14] Individual profiles[15][16][17] rely on primary documents,[18][19] digitized resources, film prints, paper collections, government records, other archival materials, and family recollections and memoirs.

"—Margaret Talbot[40]"The Women Film Pioneers Project at Columbia University must be credited with undertaking and compiling much of the research to date.

"—Melody Bridges and Cheryl Robson[41][42][43]"There is criminally little research and writing on the often astounding careers of female editors.

Recent historians’ efforts have reclaimed some attention for many female filmmakers, especially in the area of silent film studies.