The 1970s has often been hailed as a great moment for American film, as a generation of “New Hollywood” directors like Scorsese, Coppola, and Altman offered idiosyncratic visions of what movies could be.  Yet the auteurist discourse hailing these directors as the sole authors of their films has obscured the important creative roles women played in the 1970s American film industry.    Women and New Hollywood  revises our understanding of this important era in American film by examining the contributions that women made not only as directors, but also as screenwriters, editors, actors, producers, and critics. Including essays on film history, film texts, and the decade’s film theory and criticism, this collection showcases the rich and varied cinematic products of women’s creative labor, as well as the considerable barriers they faced. It considers both women working within and beyond the Hollywood film industry, reconceptualizing New Hollywood by bringing it into dialogue with other American cinemas of the 1970s. By valuing the many forms of creative labor involved in film production, this collection offers exciting alternatives to the auteurist model and new ways of appreciating the themes and aesthetics of 1970s American film.    "This ambitious and impressive edited collection, with contributions from some of the field’s most exciting scholars, is a much-needed feminist intervention into scholarship around the so-called 1970s Hollywood Renaissance. The essays place the women creators and collaborators—and vitally, their labor—back to the center of discussion where they belong. A stimulating and provocative read." -- Julie Turnock ― author of The Empire of Effects: Industrial Light and Magic and the Rendering of Realism Published On: 2022-10-26 AARON HUNTER lectures in the Department of Film at Trinity College, Dublin. He is the author of  Authoring Hal Ashby: The Myth of the New Hollywood Auteur and  Polly Platt: Hollywood Production Design and Creative Authorship .   MARTHA SHEARER is an assistant professor and Ad Astra Fellow in Film Studies at University College Dublin. She is the author of  New York City and the Hollywood Musical: Dancing in the Streets and coeditor of  Musicals at the Margins: Genre, Boundaries,   Canons .