"While I attended Columbia, I interned at Women Make Movies and I knew then that I wanted to be a filmmaker. Because I had access to their whole catalogue of films, I had many examples of female filmmakers who made their living in the arts. I was also able to meet filmmakers and learn more about filmmaking as a career. I think that working at Women Make Movies was really essential for me to discover that filmmaking was my passion and what I wanted to do with my life, and that I wouldn't be happy unless I pursued being a filmmaker. You really have to love what you do because of the enormous obstacles and difficulties with filmmaking."

-Betsy Kalin '91CC