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Interview With Jenny FulleJenny Fulle, executive vice president of production at Sony Pictures Imageworks, has been out for all 27 years of her Hollywood career. That career spans an impressive list of films for which she has managed visual effects, including The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, two Matrix movies, Spider-Man and both Charlie's Angels films, among others.
But before her career in Hollywood, Fulle was already a hero in the world of sports. When she was just 9 years old, she began a three-year battle with Little League Baseball to allow her to play ball — they didn't allow girls on teams at the time — by writing a letter to President Nixon. After involving the National Organization for Women and the American Civil Liberties Union in a lawsuit against Little League, Fulle won, and in 1974 Little League Baseball was required to admit girls. During Fulle's first season, she led her league in home runs. At the age of 18, Fulle landed her first Hollywood gig — as a janitor at George Lucas' Industrial Light and Magic. That job opened the door for Fulle, who quickly moved up in the world of visual effects and production. AfterEllen.com sat down with Fulle in her office at the Sony Pictures Imageworks headquarters to find out what goes on behind the scenes in the world of visual and special effects, and what it takes to break into the industry today.
AfterEllen: How did
you end up being a janitor for George Lucas? For me, it wasn't like my whole life I thought I wanted to work in movies. I hadn't. But when I heard the name George Lucas, I thought, that sounds pretty cool, I'll do that, and I just went from there.
AE: Did you ever get
your college degree?
AE: What do you think
about women now coming into the industry? Do you think you could still do that,
or do you think women have to go to film school and have a very specific major? Production is a little different. It's really about knowing someone, or getting in to meet the right person and making an impression so that somebody gives you a chance. I think it's really about being in the trenches and learning what works, and more importantly what doesn't work. It's a certain type of personality as well, and I don't think that can be taught. My visual effects producers at Imageworks are all type A personalities. We sit in the producers meeting and it's the most stressful hour of my life, because everybody is so intelligent, driven, organized and incredibly vocal. They all have an opinion, and they want everybody else to hear it! AE: When you were working as a janitor, did you ever think you would be where you are now? |
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