1994-96: Harlene Freezer, Board President
- NYWIFT, in association with the Museum of Modern Art and American Movie Classics founds the Women’s Film Preservation Fund — the first effort by women in our industry to raise funds to restore and preserve films in which women have played a significant creative role
- 1994 Muse Awards gala holiday luncheon and presentation at the Marriott Marquis Hotel to Lauren Bacall, actor; Grace Blake, film producer and former NYWIFT Board President; Karen Cooper, director of Film Forum; Sally Field, actor; Penny Marshall, actor/director; and Jane Pauley, broadcast journalist. More than 1,100 guests attended
- Inauguration of the NYWIFT Scholarship Fund, which awards two $2,000 annual scholarships to female second-year graduate film students — one at Columbia University and one at NYU
- The 1995 spring event was a benefit to launch the Women’s Film Preservation Fund. The gala event in the skylight ballroom of the Puck Building, featured entertainment by the Kit McClure band
- 1995 Muse Awards gala holiday luncheon and presentation for Outstanding Vision and Achievement to Angela Bassett, actor; Diane Keaton, actor/director; Cokie Roberts, broadcast journalist; Gena Rowlands, actor; and film editor Thelma Schoonmaker. Comedian Elayne Boosler served as emcee at the event, held in the grand ballroom of the New York Hilton and Towers, and attended by some 1,200 industry professionals
