Sharon Waxman, is the founder, CEO and Editor in Chief of TheWrap. She is an award-winning journalist and best-selling author, and was a Hollywood correspondent for The New York Times. Twitter: @sharonwaxman
Experience:
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Cannes Business: A ‘Seller’s Market,’ Says IM Global’s Stuart Ford
Sales companies are doing brisk business in a global market where there are plenty of international buyers with money
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Cannes Journal: Yachts, Jewels, Kering – and Elon Musk
Festival is always about wretched excess as much as it is about filmed art
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Jane Fonda in Cannes: Let’s Make Sure We Represent Women 51 Percent in Movies
“Women see things differently,” the actress says. “We just do”
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Cannes Market: Nigel Sinclair On New Start, Lessons Learned From Exclusive Exit (Exclusive)
“The takeaway for me from Exclusive is realizing that independent films can be made as good as studio films”
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Sony Classics Buys Holocaust Drama ‘Son of Saul’ at Cannes Festival
The film is in competition and a festival favorite
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Cannes: Miles Teller Boxing Drama ‘Bleed For This’ Sells for $4 Million to Open Road
The indie distributor is planning on an awards season release
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Cannes Interview: Filmmaker Matteo Garrone On Reinventing Lost Fairy Tales, Love, Human Obsession
Says the director of “Tale of Tales”: “What I’m interested in is human conflict, the violence, the love, the obsession of the human being”
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Elle Fanning Transgender Drama ‘3 Generations’ Acquired for $6 Million by Weinstein Co at Cannes (Updated)
Susan Sarandon and Naomi Watts play trans teen’s grandmother and mother, respectively
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Gus Van Sant’s ‘Sea of Trees’ Booed at Cannes First Showing
The meditative film starring Matthew McConaughey had a rough first showing
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Cannes Debuts Natalie Portman’s Slow-Moving ‘Tale of Love and Darkness’
Watching Portman act in fluent Hebrew is a bit of a delightful shock, like seeing someone you’ve known a long time suddenly demonstrate that they can juggle knives
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Jake Gyllenhaal Hits Hard in ‘Southpaw’ Glimpse as Weinstein Company Unveils Strong 2015 Lineup in Cannes
The arthouse giant has one of its best-looking slates in years, with films from Quentin Tarantino, Antoine Fuqua and Justin Kurzel
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Dean Devlin’s Electric Entertainment Closes $20 Million Production Credit
Deal totals $75 million in credit with First Republic Bank over three years
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Cannes Wrap Cover Story: Isabelle Huppert Surveys Her Career, Her Life and Her Beloved Festival
“Frankly, Cannes is my lucky star,” the prolific actress tells editor-in-chief Sharon Waxman
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The Latest on the ‘Silicon Valley’ and Hollywood Divide: Periscope It
Hollywood storytellers are struggling to adapt to the new reality of 24/7 accessibility over social media . And now there’s Periscope!
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Snapchat and Sensors, Periscope and Piracy at TheWrap’s Power Women Panel in San Francisco
TheWrap’s Power Women breakfast was trending on Twitter in San Francisco on Friday
