Great Women of Film

Producers, animation directors, actresses and others talk about their Hollywood careers in Great Women of Film. Author and filmmaker Helena Lumme (Screenwriters: America's Storytellers in Portrait) profiles entertainment industry luminaries like composer Rachel Portman (who wrote the Oscar-nominated scores for The Cider House Rules and Chocolat), producer Christine Vachon (Happiness; Boys Don't Cry) and actress Susan Sarandon. Illustrated with lush color photographs, the book accompanies a current photo exhibit of the same name at the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences in Los Angeles. (Mar.)