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Julie Hébert

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Julie Hébert is an award-winning writer and director of theater, film and television. She won the PEN Award for Drama twice, for her plays TREE and THE KNEE DESIRES THE DIRT. Her most recent play, NIGHT FALLS, premiered at ODC in San Francisco, codirected by Hébert and Deborah Slater. Ms. Hébert has written and directed plays for Steppenwolf, Victory Gardens, the Magic, the Eureka, LaMaMa, the Women’s Project, San Diego Rep, Los Angeles Theater Center, The Contemporary Arts Center in New Orleans, Seven Stages and Horizon in Atlantaand many more. She has received grants from the NEA, TCG, AT&T New Plays, the Rockefeller Foundation, the Alexander Gerbode Foundation, and the California Arts Commission for writing, directing, and inter-disciplinary arts. Hébert has written two films, FEMALE PERVERSIONS, starring Tilda Swinton; and RUBY'S BUCKET OF BLOOD, adapted from her play, starring Angela Bassett. Ms. Hébert has also worked as writer, director, producer for some of the most respected shows on television, including The West Wing, ER, Numb3rs, Blue Bloods, Boss, Nashville and American Crime. She co-directed the Third Watch documentary, In Their Own Words, shortly after 9/11 and was honored with a George Foster Peabody Award.

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Wendy Calhoun on Madam C.J. Walker

By Julie Hébert on May 30, 2018

Madam C.J. Walker was born into slavery as Sarah Breedlove, but became the first self-made female millionaire in the US, creating a beauty empire... Read more →
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Jane Hirshfield on Ono no Komachi

By Julie Hébert on May 3, 2018

https://vimeo.com/255960696 Award-winning poet, essayist, and translator Jane Hirshfield tells us about ancient Japanese poet Ono no Komachi, a... Read more →
OUR WORLD

Jesse Bliss on Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz

By Julie Hébert on March 21, 2018

https://vimeo.com/259511304 Sor Juana Inés de la Cruz was a bisexual Mexican nun/writer/inventor, controversial for writing the first Feminist... Read more →
OUR WORLD

Gaby Dunn on Christine Darden

By Julie Hébert on March 7, 2018

Dr. Christine Darden started as a “human computer” at NASA, fighting sexism and racism to advance as a leader, building a 40-year career there.... Read more →
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Felicity Huffman on Ruth Bader Ginsburg

By Julie Hébert on February 28, 2018

I am especially thrilled to share this month’s interview with you. I remember Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s bruising Congressional confirmation hearing... Read more →
OUR WORLD

Joan Blades on Arlene Blum

By Julie Hébert on January 24, 2018

Look What SHE Did! is delighted to share a new interview with the formidable Joan Blades (co-founder of MoveOn.org, MomsRising.org and... Read more →
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Olga Holtz on the Multi-Talented Hedy Lamarr

By Julie Hébert on November 29, 2017

Did you know film icon Hedy Lamarr invented the technology behind cellphones? True story. She wanted to help defeat the Nazis, but her scientific... Read more →
OUR WORLD

Lucia Jacobs on the Groundbreaking Sarah Blaffer Hrdy

By Julie Hébert on October 25, 2017

Our storyteller this round is Dr. Lucia Jacobs (UC Berkeley neuroscientist) whose work on animal consciousness and olfaction is as deep and true as... Read more →
ConversationsOUR WORLD

Sylvie Drake On Queen Hatshepsut

By Julie Hébert on September 20, 2017

The incredibly articulate Sylvie Drake (a frequent contributor to Cultural Weekly) tells us about “the first great woman in history of whom we are... Read more →
ConversationsOUR WORLD

Laural Meade on Sara Bard Field

By Julie Hébert on August 16, 2017

Here’s our latest Look What SHE Did! video about a crazy-great woman who made a difference… but we’ve all probably never heard of her.... Read more →
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