Calling The Shots

From left, directors Bryce Dallas Howard, Andrea Buchanan, Jennifer Aniston and Carol Leifer attend Glamour Reel Moments, a series of short films written and directed by women in Hollywood, at the Directors Guild of America in Los Angeles on Oct. 16, 2006.

Actress Bryce Dallas Howard, left, and her father, director Ron Howard, attend the premiere of her short film, "Orchids," at the Glamour Reel Moments premiere held at the Directors Guild of America in Los Angeles on Oct. 16, 2006. The younger Howard directed and co-wrote the film, which stars Katherine Waterston and Alfred Molina.

Actor Sean Penn and actress Robin Wright Penn attend the premiere of Glamour Reel Moments, a series of short films written and directed by women in Hollywood, at the Directors Guild of America in Los Angeles on Oct. 16, 2006.

Writer Elizabeth Schemmer, left, actress Katherine Waterston, actress/director Bryce Dallas Howard and actor Alfred Molina attend Glamour Reel Moments, a series of short films written and directed by women in Hollywood, at the Directors Guild of America in Los Angeles on Oct. 16, 2006. Their short film, "Orchids," about an unlikely romance, was inspired by Glamour magazine reader Schemmer's real-life story.

Actress Rita Wilson attends Glamour Reel Moments, a series of short films written and directed by women in Hollywood, at the Directors Guild of America in Los Angeles on Oct. 16, 2006.

Co-directors Andrea Buchanan, left, and Jennifer Aniston attend Glamour Reel Moments, a series of short films written and directed by women in Hollywood, in Los Angeles on Oct. 16, 2006. In addition to Aniston and Buchanan, actress Bryce Dallas Howard and comic-writer Carol Leifer each also directed shorts that made their debut.

Actress/producer/director Jennifer Aniston attends the world premiere of her directorial debut, the short film "Room 10," on Oct. 16, 2006, at the Directors Guild in Los Angeles. Her film is one of three Glamour Reel Moments, a series of short films based on Glamour magazine readers' real life stories brought to the screen by women in Hollywood.

Actress Robin Wright Penn attends Glamour Reel Moments, a series of short films written and directed by women in Hollywood, at the Directors Guild of America in Los Angeles on Oct. 16, 2006. In "Room 10," co-directed by Jennifer Aniston and Andrea Buchanan, Penn plays a veteran nurse whose unexpected relationship with an emergency-room patient played by Kris Kristofferson changes her life.

Actor Kris Kristofferson attends the premiere of Glamour Reel Moments at the Directors Guild of America in Los Angeles on Oct. 16, 2006. Kristofferson plays an emergency room patient who has a relationship with a nurse played by Robin Wright Penn in "Room 10," a short film inspired by Glamour reader Colleen Goldrick and co-directed by Jennifer Aniston.

Actor Alfred Molina, right, greets actress/director and mom-to-be Bryce Dallas Howard at the debut of Glamour Reel Moments, a series of short films written and directed by women in Hollywood, including Howard, at the Directors Guild of America in Los Angeles on Oct. 16, 2006. Molina stars in "Orchids," which was directed by Howard.

Actress Arielle Kebbel attends Glamour Reel Moments, a series of short films written and directed by women in Hollywood, at the Directors Guild of America in Los Angeles on Oct. 16, 2006.

Glamour's Bill Wackermann, left, actress/director Jennifer Aniston and Cartier's Frederic de Narp attend the premiere of Glamour Reel Moments, a series of short films written and directed by women in Hollywood, at the Directors Guild of America in Los Angeles on Oct. 16, 2006.

Comedian/director Carol Leifer attends Glamour Reel Moments, held at the Directors Guild of America in Los Angeles on Oct. 16, 2006. Leifer directed "Blinders," one of three short films that debuted at the event. The film, inspired by Glamour reader Alexa Raad's real-life story and starring Jaime Lynn Siegler, will be shown in nine more American cities during the coming weeks.

Actress Katherine Waterston attends the premiere of the Glamour Reel Moments event held at the Directors Guild of America in Los Angeles on Oct. 16, 2006. The three short films, which began with scripts submitted to the magazine, were directed by longtime friends Jennifer Aniston and Andrea Buchanan, actress Bryce Dallas Howard and comic-writer Carol Leifer.

Actor Alfred Molina checks his watch as he arrives for Glamour Reel Moments, held at the Directors Guild of America in Los Angeles on Oct. 16, 2006. Molina appears in a short film directed by actress/director Bryce Dallas Howard.

Actress Jennifer Aniston, who co-directed the short film "Room 10," attends its debut at the Glamour Reel Moments event held at the Directors Guild of America in Los Angeles on Oct. 16, 2006.

Writers and Glamour magazine readers Colleen Goldrick, left, Alexa Raad, center, and Elizabeth Schemmer attend the Glamour Reel Moments premiere in Los Angeles on Oct. 16, 2006. Their real-life stores inspired the films directed by women in Hollywood.

Glamour's Cindy Leive and Bill Wackermann attend Glamour Reel Moments, a series of short films written and directed by women in Hollywood, at the Directors Guild of America in Los Angeles on Oct. 16, 2006. The three films will be shown in nine more cities during the coming weeks.

Actor Sean Penn attends the premiere of Glamour Reel Moments, a series of short films written and directed by women in Hollywood,, at the Directors Guild of America in Los Angeles on Oct. 16, 2006. The films, directed by women in Hollywood, were inspired by the real-life stories of Glamour magazine readers and benefit FilmAid International.

Directors Bryce Dallas Howard, left, Andrea Buchanan, center left, Jennifer Aniston, center right, and Carol Leifer attend the debut of their short films at the Glamour Reel Moments event at the Directors Guild of America in Los Angeles on Oct. 16, 2006.

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