Govindini Murty

Govindini Murty
Born 20 June 1974
Manipur, India
Occupation Actress, Producer, Writer

Govindini Murty (born 1974)[1] is a U.S. Indian actress and writer. She is a graduate of Yale University, and has been published in The Atlantic,[2] The Huffington Post,[3] and is a member of the Alliance of Women Film Journalists[4] and Indiewire's Criticwire.[5] In 2013, Murty spoke at Social Media Week LA's "Power Women in Entertainment" roundtable.[6]

In recent years, Murty has focused in her writing on progressive women's rights,[7] human rights,[8][9] science,[10] and technology.[11] She has interviewed such film icons as Werner Herzog,[12][13] and Stan Lee,[14] as well as notable contemporary filmmakers and actors like Kurt Russell,[15] Catherine Hardwicke, Lynn Shelton, Lake Bell,[16] Steven Knight,[17] and Shia LaBeouf,[18] among others. In 2013 Murty was selected to attend a NASA Earth Science conference at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, and has since written on the need to support NASA and promote space science in movies.[19] Murty has also appeared on television to share her thoughts on Hollywood and popular culture. She has appeared on CNN, Fox News, MSNBC, AMC, BBC, and in 2007 she cohosted an episode of At the Movies With Ebert & Roeper on ABC.[20]

Murty is also a public speaker and independent film-maker. In 2013 she spoke at Social Media Week LA's "Power Women in Entertainment" roundtable,[21] which promoted women's equality in media and entertainment.[22] Murty is also the cofounder and coeditor with Jason Apuzzo of the on-line film magazine Libertas,[23] established in January 2005, which has become a widely read and influential blog in the film world. New York Times film critic A.O. Scott called Libertas “insightful as well as provocative,” and LA Times film columnist Patrick Goldstein called Libertas “a must read.”[24] In 2007, Libertas was voted one of the top three culture blogs on the internet during the 2007 Weblog Awards.[25] Libertas went on hiatus in the summer of 2008, returning in its current form as Libertas Film Magazine (LFM) in the Spring of 2010.[26] The new Libertas appears to have a different emphasis from that of its predecessor. Its stated purpose is to promote "films that celebrate freedom, democracy, and the dignity of the individual," and the new site routinely features short films, feature films, webisodes, trailers and reviews of what it terms "pro-freedom films" currently in theaters or on DVD.

Murty continues to be active in the film festival world, covering the Sundance Film Festival, the Tribeca Film Festival,[27] Los Angeles Film Festival and related events. In 2013 Murty served on the Whistler Film Festival narrative jury for the AWFJ EDA awards for outstanding achievements by women filmmakers,[28] an event which received coverage in Variety when Melissa Leo personally offered to fund the winning woman filmmaker.[29]

References

  1. ↑ Govindini Murty's IMDb profile
  2. ↑ Govindini Murty at The Atlantic
  3. ↑ Govindini Murty at The Huffington Post
  4. ↑ Govindini Murty at The Alliance of Women Film Journalists
  5. ↑ Govindini Murty at Indiewire's Criticwire
  6. ↑ Govindini Murty speaking at Social Media Week LA's "Power Women in Entertainment"
  7. ↑ Murty, Govindini (October 4, 2013). "How Women Can Save the World by Telling Epic Stories in the Movies". The Huffington Post. Retrieved May 20, 2014.
  8. ↑ Murty, Govindini (June 26, 2012). "New Film 'Words of Witness' Testifies to Egypt's Hopes for Democracy". The Huffington Post. Retrieved May 20, 2014.
  9. ↑ Murty, Govindini (June 8, 2012). """We've All Been Brainwashed": China's Dissident Bloggers Speak Out in High Tech, Low Life"". The Huffington Post. Retrieved May 20, 2014.
  10. ↑ Murty, Govindini (September 21, 2013). "Finding Movie Inspiration in NASA's Real Science: The Case Study of Europa Report". The Huffington Post. Retrieved May 20, 2014.
  11. ↑ Murty, Govindini (December 24, 2012). "This Holiday Season, What Happens When All of Our Cultural Memories Go Digital?". The Huffington Post. Retrieved May 20, 2014.
  12. ↑ Murty, Govindini (November 11, 2011). "A Conversation With Werner Herzog, Part I: Into the Abyss". The Huffington Post. Retrieved May 20, 2014.
  13. ↑ Murty, Govindini (December 2, 2011). "A Conversation With Werner Herzog, Part II: Cave of Forgotten Dreams, Avatar, & the Hostility of Nature". The Huffington Post. Retrieved May 20, 2014.
  14. ↑ Apuzzo, Jason (February 1, 2012). "With Great Power: A Conversation with Stan Lee at Slamdance 2012". Moviefone/The Huffington Post. Retrieved May 20, 2014.
  15. ↑ Murty, Govindini (December 8, 2014). "For Love of the Game: Talking With Kurt Russell About The Battered Bastards of Baseball". The Huffington Post. Retrieved February 24, 2015.
  16. ↑ Murty, Govindini (February 21, 2013). "How Female Directors Could, at Last, Infiltrate Hollywood: Go Indie First". The Atlantic. Retrieved May 20, 2014.
  17. ↑ Murty, Govindini (May 8, 2014). "Talking With Director Steven Knight About His Innovative and Enthralling Film Locke". The Huffington Post. Retrieved May 20, 2014.
  18. ↑ Murty, Govindini (November 14, 2013). "Young Man on the Run: Catching Up With Shia LaBeouf and Charlie Countryman". The Huffington Post. Retrieved May 20, 2014.
  19. ↑ Murty, Govindini (September 21, 2013). "Finding Movie Inspiration in NASA's Real Science: The Case Study of Europa Report". The Huffington Post. Retrieved May 20, 2014.
  20. ↑ Govindini Murty on ABC's "At the Movies With Ebert & Roeper"
  21. ↑ Govindini Murty at Social Media Week LA's "Power Women in Entertainment" panel
  22. ↑ Govindini Murty at Social Media Week LA's "Power Women in Entertainment" panel
  23. ↑ Libertas Film Magazine website
  24. ↑ Libertas Film Magazine website
  25. ↑ Weblog Awards 2007
  26. ↑ Libertas Film Magazine
  27. ↑ Murty, Govindini (May 14, 2012). "At the Summer Box Office, a Battle Between Two Ways of Filming". The Atlantic. Retrieved May 20, 2014.
  28. ↑ Whistler Film Festival 2013 AWFJ EDA Awards Jury
  29. ↑ Brodsky, Katherine (December 9, 2013). "Whistler: Ingrid Veninger’s ‘Ballsy’ Request? More Films Made by Women". Variety. Retrieved May 20, 2014.

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