 [32] "Film Inquiry"  referred to Giese in This Changes Everything as "the most striking subject [...] Giese sacrificed her directing career for this cause.She essentially banded the women directors together – since there was no change coming from within Hollywood, she decided to take the problem to the federal level.Because of her plea, the ACLU took on the case and has convinced the EEOC (who initially didn't want anything to do with it) to investigate the systemic discrimination in Hollywood.” 

Giese lives in Venice, CA and Stonington, CT with her husband and two children.