Sarah: Amy Sherman-Palladino. Her creation of Gilmore Girls was influential in depicting beautifully authentic and wonderfully flawed women on screen, who were not only intelligent and quick-witted, but made choices that were ambitious and wholly independent. Sherman-Palladino in interviews explains that its quick-paced, pop-culture-referencing heavy dialogue was intentional in that she never wanted to dumb-down her audience. She believed in her characters, her vision, and

Courtney: The Little Foxes. For me this film defines great acting. The story is not only insightful about what drives each of us but draws great comparisons for each of the characters relationships about their decisions. Bette Davis owns the screen and communicates so much thought and emotion with her reacting to what's going on around her. She is forceful and driven and even though heartless in some points she still makes you care. Dan: I have to go with The Usual Suspec