Tara McNamara “First woman to … ” is the description repeated over and over when it comes to Patty Jenkins. But she wants to set something straight: Gender has nothing to do with it.Accepting the Inspire Greatness Award at the 2021 KPMG Women’s Leadership Summit, the “Wonder Woman” director says her success lies in refusing to qualify herself as a woman filmmaker.“If I deal with someone who has a gender problem, that’s their problem,” says Jenkins. “They can keep it on their side of the fence.
I’m still going to try to win you over and get you to do what I want you to do, regardless,” she laughs.It’s a message that likely resonated with the 300 rising female executives who attended KPMG’s annual flagship event designed to propel more women.
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