The First Woman to Head a Hollywood Movie Studio Shares the One Thing You Need to SucceedSherry Lansing sits down with Jessica Abo to discuss her trailblazing career, why she started her foundation and what it was like to allow a journalist to write a book about her life.
ByJessica Abo•
Over nearly 30 years,Sherry Lansinghelped bring more than 200 films to life, including Academy Award winnersForrest Gump,Braveheart, andTitanic. Lansing was the first woman to head a major film studio when she was appointed president of 20th Century Fox in 1980. She was named chairman and CEO of Paramount Pictures in 1992. Today, she is the founder and CEO ofTheSherry LansingFoundationand a co-founder of Stand Up To Cancer. In her one-on-one withJessica Abo, Lansing discusses her career, her foundation, her No. 1 piece of life advice and why she allowed Stephen Galloway ofThe Hollywood Reporterto write her autobiography:Leading Lady: Sherry Lansing and the Making of a Hollywood Groundbreaker.
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