Debbie Millman Instagram – Over the past decade it’s been gratifying to see how many more women are making movies and prestige television shows. We have a long way to go to get to parity, but at least things seem to be moving in the right direction. In this Best of 2023 episode, we’re featuring three excerpts from interviews I did with three women who have been forging remarkable careers as writers and directors.   First up is Siân Heder. Siân has written for television shows like “Orange is the New Black, and she’s written and directed two films: “Talullah,” and more recently, “Coda,” which won the Oscar for Best Picture in 2022.   The extraordinary Sarah Polley was a child star on Canadian TV, and over the course of her long career she’s starred in many feature films, including “The Sweet Hereafter” and “The Weight of Water.” Since 2006 she’s been directing films; the latest of which she won an Oscar for: “Women Talking.” In the excerpt in this episode, we talked about her remarkable 2012 documentary, “Stories We Tell.”   Kyra Sedgwick is now officially a multi-hypenate. After years in front of the camera, including many years as the unforgettable Brenda Leigh Johnson on the hit television show “The Closer,” and several film collaborations with her actor/husband Kevin Bacon, she recently directed her first feature, the charming and deeply-felt “Space Oddity.” Link to listen is in my bio or here: http://tinyurl.com/dmwfilmmakers