A DGA member for 45 years, Joan Micklin Silver was a leading light in independent film and forged new paths for women filmmakers. She launched her feature film directing career in 1975 with Hester Street. Micklin Silver went on to independently direct Between the Lines (1977); Crossing Delancey (1988); and A Fish in the Bathtub (1999). Chilly Scenes of Winter (1979) marked her first studio picture, followed by Loverboy (1989) and Big Girls Don’t Cry… They Get Even (1992). Micklin Silver has also directed movies for television, including Bernice Bobs Her Hair (1976); Finnegan Begin Again (1985); and A Private Matter (1992).
