Connecting Women in Entertainment and Entrepreneurship.

Hollywood Women Happy Hour launched on Zoom in March 2020 as a way for
industry women to support one another during the pandemic.
Now in person, HWHH hosts quarterly gatherings
to create connection, collaboration, and community.

Special Panelist Discussion
SECOND ACTS:
Entrepreneurial Paths in Entertainment and Beyond
Aanchal Bhatia - Founder of Sydenham Clinic
Bianca Goodloe - Entertainment and Film Finance Attorney
Hilary Shor - Film Producer
June 9th, 4-6 PM
Refreshments by Luna Nueva Tequila

STEPHANIE SANDITZ
Is a writer, director, actress, and producer. She has written 14 films and sold multiple series to various studios and networks, including FX, Constantin, Lionsgate, ABC Signature, AGC, DreamWorks & Endeavor Content, collaborating with talent such as Rob Mac, Mila Kunis, Catherine Hardwicke, and Queen Latifah. Her boxing romance PERFECT ADDICTION debuted #1 on Amazon Worldwide and The New York Times named a “Top 5 Action Movies to Stream.” Her biopic MY LAST SKIRT ranked top 3.5% of The Black List, and digital series for Hulu's Go90 earned WGA and Emmy nominations. She is the showrunner and director of upcoming series SWOLE MATE and set to direct her feature LEGENDS ONLY, winner of Tribeca’s New Voices in Screenwriting, produced by Happy Accidents (Ginny&Georgia) and Hilary Shor (Children of Men). Currently writing psychological thriller THE SHOEMAN for Ross Butler and Harry Jowsey (UnWell), and will direct TITUS & CLAIRE, produced by Dorothy Aufiero (The Fighter).
Stephanie is an active organizer for Planned Parenthood, The ACLU and St. Louis Library Forward Foundation, which she co-founded with friends Beau Willimon and Jon Hamm. NYU Tisch Dean’s Honors Drama Scholar. Represented by Brillstein Entertainment Partners and Myman/Greenspan.LISA EBERSOLE
Is a writer, actor, filmmaker, and entrepreneur. Lisa created and stars in the fertility comedy 37 PROBLEMS on Amazon and Elizabeth Banks Whohaha. Current projects include ’90s nostalgia girls’-trip-treasure-hunt comedy, BEACH WEEK, which she is currently packaging; supernatural Rom-Com, GHOST PARENTS; kids animated property, MALIBU BEAR. Lisa got her start in animation as the founding Editor-In-Chief of BrainPOP.com (acquired by Lego) where she was employee #3 and wrote hundreds of animated movies for the K-12 audience. Lisa went on to produce Disney Interactive’s first five iPhone Apps (TOY STORY, CARS, PRINCESSES, BEAUTY & THE BEAST, FAIRIES) that launched in the iPad 1. As a Playwright, Lisa is known for the Off Broadway plays BROTHER (Samuel French) and MOTHER (starring Holland Taylor & Buck Henry.) Lisa holds an MFA in Screenwriting from UCLA, where she has taught along with NYU and NYFA.
In 2018, Lisa founded a coaching business in to support writers and filmmakers @ lisaebersole.net; and in 2025 she founded Rainbow Healing Studio to help individuals reconnect with the “gold” and infinite possibility that exists within all of us. Lisa is a Board Member of the Shawn Regruto Cinematic Foundation and The Paradise Factory Theater in New York City. A Washington D.C. native and longtime New Yorker, Lisa now calls Venice Beach, CA home.