Kyle Ann Stokes: Providing Hope for Women in Film
Co-Founder and Filmmaker, IRISgoestothemovies/The Writers Lab
Twitter: @The_Writers_Lab, @kamsl919
LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/kyle-ann-stokes-b578798
Website: http://thewriterslab.nyc/
Bio: Kyle Ann Stokes is the Co-Founder of IRIS focused on promoting women in film and the Co-Founder of The Writers Lab, filmmaker, mother, and community volunteer.
Innovating in Field of Work:
- Kyle is the visionary and co-founder of IRIS an organization that seeks to amplify the female voice through narrative feature films, generating a balance in storytelling and vision to ultimately empower women on a global scale. IRIS’s first venture is The Writers Lab, a screenwriting lab for women over 40, funded by Meryl Streep.
Impact:
- The inaugural year, 2015, was a great success, and Kyle is currently preparing for the 2016 retreat. The initiative attracted global attention to the gender and age inequity rampant in Hollywood.
Role Model:
- The Writers Lab is a beacon of hope for women of all ages in film reminding female filmmakers that work life can, should and will continue well past 40.
- Volunteer interviewer for the New York Public Library’s oral-history project.
Reinvention / Risk / Momentum:
- Kyle reinvented herself after starting a family. She used her experience as a film editor and years of work supporting male-driven production companies and decided to speak up for a suppressed demographic using the tools she’s cultivated for decades.
“The Writers Lab is a beacon of hope for women of all ages in film.”