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* [[Dorothea Mitchell]] (Canada) |
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* [[Martha Mitchell (director)|Martha Mitchell]] (USA) |
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* [[Monika Mitchell (director)|Monika Mitchell]] (USA/Canada)<ref>{{cite web|title=Monika Mitchell |url=https://www.monikamitchell.com/ |access-date=4 March 2021 |date=2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Lucas |first1=Ralph |title=Monika Mitchell Shoots for Netflix |url=https://www.northernstars.ca/monika-mitchell-shoots-for-netflix/ |website=Northernstars |date=March 23, 2019 |access-date=4 March 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|last1=Hill |first1=Ruth |title=Interview With Director Monika Mitchell |url=https://mydevotionalthoughts.net/2018/10/interview-with-director-monika-mitchell.html |website=Media From the Heart |date=October 26, 2018 |access-date=4 March 2021}}</ref> |
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* [[Jill Mitwell]] (USA) |
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* [[Ariane Mnouchkine]] (France) |
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This is a list of female film and television directors. Their works may include live action and/or animated features, shorts, documentaries, telemovies, TV programs, or videos.
A
- Jennifer Abbott (Canada)
- Jennifer Abod (USA)
- Marguerite Abouet (Ivory Coast)
- Abiola Abrams (USA)
- Ally Acker (USA)
- Jill Ackles (USA)
- Kasia Adamik (Poland)
- Catlin Adams (USA)
- Joey Lauren Adams (USA)
- Perry Miller Adato (USA)
- Anita W. Addison (USA)
- Maren Ade (Germany)
- Elvire Adjamonsi (Benin)
- Dianna Agron (USA)
- Yasmin Ahmad (Malaysia)
- Peggy Ahwesh (USA)
- Shirikiana Aina (USA)
- Kyōko Aizome (Japan)
- Mania Akbari (Iran)
- Chantal Akerman (Belgium-France)
- Desiree Akhavan (USA)
- Zoya Akhtar (India)
- Nargis Akhter (Bangladesh)
- Haifaa al-Mansour (Saudi Arabia)
- Gina Alajar (Philippines)
- Barbara Albert (Austria)
- Karin Albou (France)
- Victoria Aleksanyan (Armenia)
- Lexi Alexander (USA)
- Debbie Allen (USA)
- Elizabeth Allen (USA)
- Jennifer Alleyn (Canada)
- Natalia Almada (Mexico-USA)
- Chihiro Amano (Japan)
- Suzana Amaral (Brazil)
- Tata Amaral (Brazil)
- Barbra Amesbury (Canada)
- Ana Lily Amirpour (UK/USA)
- Allison Anders (USA)
- Deborah Anderson (UK/USA)
- Gillian Anderson (USA)
- Jane Anderson (USA)
- Laurie Anderson (USA)
- Madeline Anderson (USA)
- Sarah Pia Anderson (UK/USA)
- Sini Anderson (USA)
- Momoko Ando (Japan)
- Fern Andra (USA)
- Scilla Andreen (USA)
- Preeti Aneja (India)
- Joanna Angel (USA)
- Lucia Aniello (USA)
- Jennifer Aniston (USA)
- Catherine Annau (Canada)
- Martha Ansara (Australia)
- Lisa Rose Apramian (USA)
- Shamim Ara (Pakistan)
- Danielle Arbid (Lebanon)
- Louise Archambault (Canada)
- Francesca Archibugi (Italy)
- Jane Arden (UK)
- Asia Argento (Italy)
- Allison Argo (USA)
- Kay Armatage (Canada)
- Franny Armstrong (UK)
- Gillian Armstrong (Australia)
- Alethea Arnaquq-Baril (Canada)
- Gwen Arner (USA)
- Andrea Arnold (UK)
- Patricia Arquette (USA)
- Rosanna Arquette (USA)
- Karen Arthur (USA)
- Natasha Arthy (Denmark)
- Dorothy Arzner (USA)
- Dinara Asanova (Soviet Union)
- Amma Asante (UK)
- Mari Asato (Japan)
- Katie Aselton (USA)
- Asinnajaq (Canada)
- Dorothy A. Atabong (Canada)
- Jacqueline Audry (France)
- Shona Auerbach (UK)
- Susan Avingaq (Canada)
- Ashley Avis (USA)
- Nurith Aviv (France)
- Ronit Avni (Canada)
- Tali Avrahami (Israel)
- Lisa Azuelos (France)
B
- Beth B (USA)
- Jamie Babbit (USA)
- Iskra Babich (Soviet Union)
- Julia Bacha
- Yamina Bachir-Chouikh (Algeria)
- Marina Rice Bader (Canada)
- Cindy Baer (USA)
- Jennifer Baichwal (Canada)
- Norma Bailey (Canada)
- Paule Baillargeon (Canada)
- Robin Bain
- Catherine Bainbridge (Canada)
- Josiane Balasko (France)
- Lucille Ball (USA)
- Marta Balletbò-Coll (Spain)
- Anne Bancroft (USA)
- Rakhshan Bani-Etemad (Iran)
- Sofia Banzhaf (Canada)
- Manon Barbeau (Canada)
- Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette (Canada)
- Laurence Ferreira Barbosa (France)
- Laura Bari
- Céline Baril (Canada)
- Neema Barnette (USA)
- Roseanne Barr (USA)
- Katherine Barrell (Canada)
- Cecilia Barriga (Chile)
- Drew Barrymore (USA)
- Angela Bassett (USA)
- Michal Bat-Adam (Israel)
- Joy Batchelor (UK/USA)
- Kathy Bates (USA)
- Signe Baumane (Latvia/USA)
- Janet Baus (USA)
- Amanda Bearse (USA)
- Maria Beatty
- Marjorie Beaucage (Canada)
- Renée Beaulieu (Canada)
- Gabrielle Beaumont (UK/USA)
- André-Line Beauparlant (Canada)
- Aida Begić (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
- Fatma Begum
- Nancy Beiman (Canada)
- Esther Bell (USA)
- Jennifer Lyon Bell (Netherlands/USA)
- Mary Lou Belli (USA)
- Edet Belzberg
- María Luisa Bemberg (Argentina)
- Jessica Bendinger (USA)
- Yamina Benguigui (Algeria/France)
- Sadie Benning (USA)
- Denyse Benoit (Canada)
- Amber Benson (USA)
- Emmanuelle Bercot (France)
- Amy J. Berg (USA)
- Zaida Bergroth (Finland)
- Shari Springer Berman (USA)
- Joyce Bernal (Philippines)
- Juliet Berto (France)
- Diane Bertrand (France)
- Julie Bertuccelli (France)
- Maïwenn Le Besco (France)
- Jane Marsh Beveridge
- Troy Beyer (USA)
- Pooja Bhatt
- Natalie Bible' (USA)
- Ric Esther Bienstock (Canada)
- Susanne Bier (Denmark)
- Kathryn Bigelow (USA)
- Anna Biller (USA)
- Patricia Birch (USA)
- Antonia Bird (UK)
- Roshell Bissett (Canada)
- Sophie Bissonnette (Canada)
- Justine Bitagoye (Burundi)
- Simone Bitton (Morocco)
- Marthe Blackburn (Canada)
- Sonia Blangiardo (USA)
- Katja Blichfeld (USA)
- Lidia Bobrova (Russia)
- Marusya Bociurkiw (Canada)
- Emily Kai Bock (Canada)
- Anna Boden (USA)
- Sofia Bohdanowicz (Canada)
- Sonia Boileau (Canada)
- Icíar Bollaín (Spain)
- Natalya Bondarchuk (Soviet Union/Russia)
- Lisa Bonet (USA)
- Sandrine Bonnaire (France)
- Manju Borah
- Lizzie Borden (USA)
- Joyce Borenstein (Canada)
- Shonali Bose (India)
- Karen Boswall (UK)
- Leyla Bouzid
- Kansas Bowling (USA)
- Muriel Box (UK)
- Maureen Bradley (Canada)
- Madeline Brandeis (USA)
- Maryann Brandon (USA)
- Netalie Braun (Israel)
- Anja Breien (Norway)
- Catherine Breillat (France)
- Zabou Breitman (France)
- Amit Breuer (Canada)
- Manon Briand (Canada)
- Zana Briski (UK)
- Tricia Brock (USA)
- Beth Broderick (USA)
- Katrina Holden Bronson (USA)
- Katherine Brooks (USA)
- Julie Brown (USA)
- Christene Browne
- Frances Buss Buch (USA)
- Valerie Buhagiar
- Nanette Burstein (USA)
- Mira Burt-Wintonick (Canada)
- Maria Burton (USA)
- Sophia Bush (USA)
- Akosua Busia (USA)
- Andrea Bussmann (Canada)
- Mary Ellen Bute (USA)
C
- Dominique Cabrera (France)
- Sophia Cacciola (USA)
- Anne-Marie Cadieux (Canada)
- Julia Cameron (USA)
- Jessica Cameron (Canada)
- Peg Campbell (Canada)
- Tisha Campbell-Martin (USA)
- Jane Campion (New Zealand)
- Kat Candler (USA)
- Jordan Canning (Canada)
- Dyan Cannon (USA)
- Kay Cannon (USA)
- Dominique Cardona (Canada)
- Fernanda Cardoso (Brazil)
- Patricia Cardoso (Colombia/USA)
- Maggie Carey (USA)
- Edith Carlmar
- Niki Caro (New Zealand)
- Ana Carolina (Brazil)
- Joan Carr-Wiggin (Canada)
- Albertina Carri (Argentina)
- Mélanie Carrier (Canada)
- Shelagh Carter (Canada)
- Camille de Casabianca (France)
- Alexandra Cassavetes
- Zoe Cassavetes (USA)
- Cecil Castellucci
- Liliana Cavani (Italy)
- Jennifer Celotta (USA)
- Gurinder Chadha (UK)
- Ilene Chaiken (USA)
- Tanuja Chandra (India)
- Sylvia Chang (Taiwan)
- Lyne Charlebois (Canada)
- Martine Chartrand (Canada)
- Lilyan Chauvin (USA)
- Shu Lea Cheang (Taiwan)
- Shirley Cheechoo (Canada)
- Joan Chen (China)
- Evelyn Spice Cherry (Canada)
- Mabel Cheung (China)
- Sagari Chhabra (India)
- Patricia Chica (Canada/El Salvador)
- Abigail Child (USA)
- Karen Cho (Canada)
- Monia Chokri (Canada)
- Lisa Cholodenko (USA)
- Joyce Chopra (USA)
- Zero Chou
- Deborah Chow (Canada)
- Věra Chytilová (Czech Republic)
- Katerina Cizek
- Julie St. Claire (USA)
- Shirley Clarke (USA)
- Millefiore Clarkes (Canada)
- Maja Classen
- Marie Clements (Canada)
- Susan Cohen
- Yulie Cohen (Israel)
- Isabel Coixet (Spain)
- Giada Colagrande (Italy)
- Fabienne Colas (Canada)
- Laurie Colbert (Canada)
- Janis Cole (Canada)
- Cristina Comencini (Italy)
- Nicole Conn (USA)
- Heather Connell (USA)
- Lisa Connor (USA)
- Janice Cooke-Leonard (USA)
- Martha Coolidge (USA)
- Nancy Cooperstein (USA)
- Eleanor Coppola (USA)
- Sofia Coppola (USA)
- Cristina Kotz Cornejo (USA/Argentina)
- Larissa Corriveau (Canada)
- Catherine Corsini (France)
- Ghyslaine Côté (Canada)
- Michèle Cournoyer (Canada)
- Marie-Hélène Cousineau (Canada)
- Courteney Cox (USA)
- Barbara Cranmer (Canada)
- Judith Crawley (Canada)
- Leanna Creel (USA)
- Jeanne Crépeau (Canada)
- Nancy Criss (USA)
- Emma-Kate Croghan (Australia)
- Catherine Crouch
- Fiona Cumming (UK)
- Carolynne Cunningham
- Shelley Curtis (USA)
- Thirza Cuthand (Canada)
D
- Cherien Dabis (USA)
- Nia DaCosta (USA)
- Eva Dahr (Norway)
- Holly Dale (Canada)
- Tamela D'Amico
- Aimée Danis (Canada)
- Mireille Dansereau (Canada)
- Gia Darling
- Joan Darling (USA)
- Rima Das (India)
- Julie Dash (USA)
- Byambasuren Davaa (Mongolia/Germany)
- Dorothy Davenport (USA) (also as Mrs. Wallace Reid)
- Tamra Davis (USA)
- Roxann Dawson (USA)
- Linda Day (USA)
- Laura de Jonge (Canada)
- Miranda de Pencier (Canada)
- Autumn de Wilde (USA)
- Tracey Deer (Canada)
- Regine Deforges (France)
- Donna Deitch (USA)
- Katrina del Mar (USA)
- Julie Delpy (USA)
- Claire Denis (France)
- Pouran Derakhshandeh (Iran)
- Sophie Deraspe (Canada)
- Maya Deren (USA)
- Dhvani Desai (India)
- Virginie Despentes (France)
- Arundhati Devi (India)
- Aishwarya R. Dhanush (India)
- Vivienne Dick
- Katherine Dieckmann
- Susie Dietter (USA)
- Mati Diop (France)
- Zoe Dirse (Canada)
- Abigail Disney (USA)
- Leila Djansi
- Assia Djebar (Algeria)
- Nana Djordjadze (Georgia)
- Shannen Doherty (USA)
- Gail Dolgin
- Trish Dolman (Canada)
- Mary Agnes Donoghue (USA)
- Mia Donovan (Canada)
- Andrea Dorfman (Canada)
- Anita Doron (Canada)
- Doris Dörrie (Germany)
- Nicole Dorsey (Canada)
- Illeana Douglas (USA)
- Elissa Down (Australia)
- Polly Draper (USA)
- Fran Drescher (USA)
- Marie Dressler (Canada)
- Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Drew
- Kate Drummond (Canada)
- Germaine Dulac (France)
- Geneviève Dulude-De Celles (Canada)
- Alma Duncan
- Lena Dunham (USA)
- Cheryl Dunye (Liberia/USA)
- Sophie Dupuis (Canada)
- Marguerite Duras (France)
- Clea DuVall (USA)
- Ava DuVernay
E
- Christine Edzard (France)
- Michelle Ehlen (USA)
- Debra Eisenstadt
- Jihan El-Tahri
- Jan Eliasberg (USA)
- Bille Eltringham (UK/USA)
- Erma Elzy-Jones (USA)
- Anne Émond (Canada)
- Esther Eng (USA)
- Diane English (USA)
- Ildikó Enyedi (Hungary)
- Nora Ephron (USA)
- Marie Epstein
- Abby Epstein (USA)
- Deniz Gamze Ergüven
- Claudia Morgado Escanilla (Canada)
- Danishka Esterhazy (Canada)
- Bang Eun-jin (South Korea)
- Ewa Ewart (Poland)
- Valie Export (Austria)
- Tali Shalom Ezer (Israel)
F
- Trey Fanjoy (USA)
- Mitra Farahani
- Danielle Faraldo (USA)
- Valerie Faris (USA)
- Marianne Farley (Canada)
- Vera Farmiga
- Forough Farrokhzad
- Sepideh Farsi
- Safi Faye (Senegal)
- Daniela Fejerman (Argentina)
- Rachel Feldman (USA)
- Emerald Fennell (UK)
- Lynne Fernie (Canada)
- Pepita Ferrari (Canada)
- Sally Field (USA)
- Chip Fields (USA)
- Kim Fields (USA)
- Martha Fiennes (UK)
- Sophie Fiennes (UK)
- Denise Filiatrault
- Roberta Findlay (USA)
- Frauke Finsterwalder (Germany)
- Jenna Fischer (USA)
- Jennifer Flackett (USA)
- Tracy Flannigan
- Luise Fleck
- Ann Marie Fleming (Canada)
- Anne Fletcher (USA)
- Shannon Flynn (USA)
- Anna Foerster
- Susanna Fogel (USA)
- Cheryl Foggo (Canada)
- Deanne Foley (Canada)
- Sheree Folkson
- Anne Fontaine (Luxembourg)
- Maya Forbes (USA)
- Amanda Forbis (Canada)
- Sadaf Foroughi (Iran)
- Gwendolyn Audrey Foster (USA)
- Jodie Foster (USA)
- Kathryn Foster (USA)
- Lilibet Foster (USA)
- Tori Foster (Canada)
- Beryl Fox (Canada)
- Jennifer Fox
- Rana Abu Fraihah (Palestine/Israel)
- Bonnie Franklin (USA)
- Raquel Freire (Portugal)
- Camelia Frieberg (Canada)
- Liz Friedlander (USA)
- Kim Friedman
- Vivi Friedman (Finland/USA)
- Kim Friedman (USA)
- Su Friedrich (USA)
- Shirley Frimpong-Manso
- Grete Frische
- Sarah Frost (USA)
- Soleil Moon Frye (USA)
- Pamela Fryman (USA)
- Kei Fujiwara
G
- Bethany Joy Galeotti (USA)
- Maya Gallus (Canada)
- Nisha Ganatra (Canada)
- Liz Garbus (USA)
- Emmanuelle Schick Garcia (Canada)
- Nicole Garcia (French Algiers)
- Jennifer Garner (USA)
- Katja von Garnier (Germany)
- Katy Garretson (USA)
- Jennie Garth (USA)
- Karen Gaviola (USA)
- Julie Gavras (France)
- Sarah Gavron (UK)
- Katrin Gebbe (Germany)
- Geretta Geretta
- Greta Gerwig (USA)
- Jennifer Getzinger (USA)
- Tina Gharavi (Iran/USA/UK/NZ)
- Coky Giedroyc (UK)
- Maria Giese (USA)
- Melody Gilbert
- Melissa Gilbert (USA)
- Leah Gilliam (USA)
- Abby Ginzberg (USA)
- Tess Girard (Canada)
- Lillian Gish (USA)
- Ellen Gittelsohn (USA)
- Lesli Linka Glatter (USA)
- Delphine Gleize (France)
- Alesia Glidewell (USA)
- Lana Gogoberidze (Soviet Union/Georgia)
- Dana Goldberg (Israel)
- Whoopi Goldberg (USA)
- Valeria Golino (Italy)
- Rosser Goodman (USA)
- Dennie Gordon (USA)
- Marleen Gorris (Netherlands)
- Rachel Goslins
- Lisa Gottlieb (USA)
- Marita Grabiak (USA)
- Debra Granik (USA)
- Anais Granofsky (Canada)
- Lee Grant (USA)
- Phyllis Grant (Canada)
- Susannah Grant (USA)
- Janet Greek (USA)
- Lynnie Greene (USA)
- Amy Greenfield
- Lauren Greenfield
- Maggie Greenwald (USA)
- Annie Griffin (USA/UK)
- Allison Grodner (USA)
- Esther Gronenborn
- Patricia Gruben (Canada)
- Aurora Guerrero (USA)
- Gigi Saul Guerrero (Canada)
- Sonali Gulati (India/USA)
- Xiaolu Guo
- Jasmine Guy (USA)
- Alice Guy-Blaché (France/USA)
H
- Joana Hadjithomas (Lebanon)
- Lucile Hadžihalilović (France)
- Mona Zandi Haghighi (Iran)
- Helen Haig-Brown (Canada)
- Randa Haines (USA)
- Maha Haj (Palestine)
- Pam Hall (Canada)
- Sachi Hamano (Japan)
- Lisa Gay Hamilton (USA)
- Sylvia Hamilton (Canada)
- Tanya Hamilton (USA)
- Barbara Hammer (USA)
- Sanaa Hamri (Morocco/USA)
- Michelle Handelman (USA)
- Kristin Hanggi (USA)
- Marion Hänsel (Belgium)
- Mia Hansen-Løve (France)
- Neasa Hardiman (Ireland)
- Catherine Hardwicke (USA)
- Danielle Harris (USA)
- Mary Harron (Canada)
- Jackée Harry (USA)
- Melissa Joan Hart (USA)
- Phoebe Hart (Australia)
- Jessica Hausner (Austria)
- Goldie Hawn (USA)
- Gwen Haworth (Canada)
- Salma Hayek (Mexico/USA)
- Helaine Head (USA)
- Leslye Headland (USA)
- Julie Hébert (USA)
- Anne Heche (USA)
- Jen Heck (USA)
- Amy Heckerling (USA)
- Sian Heder (USA)
- Birgit Hein (Germany)
- Manijeh Hekmat (Iran)
- Marielle Heller (USA)
- Katherine Helmond (USA)
- Heather Hemmens (USA)
- Felicia D. Henderson (USA)
- Maryam Henein (Canada)
- Jill Hennessy (Canada)
- Astrid Henning-Jensen (Denmark)
- Kathleen Hepburn (Canada)
- Jennifer Love Hewitt (USA)
- Sachiko Hidari (Japan)
- Heather Hill (USA)
- Cheryl Hines (USA)
- Ivy Ho (Hong Kong)
- Lyndall Hobbs (Australia/USA)
- Victoria Hochberg (USA)
- Tamar Simon Hoffs (USA)
- Joanna Hogg (UK)
- Agnieszka Holland (Poland)
- Helen Holmes (USA)
- Peggy Holmes (USA)
- Nicole Holofcener (USA)
- Mahboubeh Honarian (Iran/Canada)
- Solveig Hoogesteijn (Sweden/Venezuela)
- Zoe Hopkins (Canada)
- Gwyneth Horder-Payton (USA)
- Rebecca Horn (Germany)
- Anna Maria Horsford (USA)
- Joan Horvath
- Sally El Hosaini (UK/Egypt)
- Dianne Houston (USA)
- Bryce Dallas Howard (USA)
- Tiffany Hsiung (Canada)
- Tasha Hubbard (Canada)
- Bronwen Hughes (Canada)
- Ann Hui (Hong Kong)
- Danielle Huillet (France)
- Bonnie Hunt (USA)
- Courtney Hunt (USA)
- Helen Hunt (USA)
- Nicki Hunter (USA)
- Tonya Hurley (USA)
- Anjelica Huston (USA)
- Sophie Hyde (Australia)
I
- Indrani (USA/India)
- Dana Inkster (Canada)
- Laura Innes (USA)
- Nyla Innuksuk (Canada)
- Diana Lee Inosanto (USA)
- Bodil Ipsen (Denmark)
- Elisapie Isaac (Canada)
- Debbie Isitt (UK)
- Lula Ali Ismaïl (Canada)
- Madeline Ivalu (Canada)
- Julia Crawford Ivers (USA)
J
- Mehreen Jabbar
- Annemarie Jacir
- Lisa Jackson (Canada)
- Katie Jacobs (USA)
- Sarah Jacobson (USA)
- Jeong Jae-eun (South Korea)
- Wanda Jakubowska (Poland)
- Annabel Jankel (UK/USA)
- Agnès Jaoui (France)
- Marianne Jean-Baptiste (USA)
- Christine Jeffs (New Zealand)
- Patty Jenkins (USA)
- Tamara Jenkins (USA)
- Caytha Jentis (USA)
- Katherine Jerkovic (Canada)
- Renuka Jeyapalan (Canada)
- Xiao Jiang (China)
- Liu Jiayin (China)
- Xu Jinglei (China)
- Karen Johnson (USA)
- Angelina Jolie (USA)
- G. B. Jones (Canada)
- Rachel Leah Jones (USA-Israel)
- Meryam Joobeur (Canada)
- Hella Joof (Denmark)
- Yashira Jordán
- Mary Jordan (Canada/USA)
- Nana Jorjadze (Soviet Union/Georgia)
- Suma Josson (India)
- Petra Joy
- Maureen Judge (Canada)
- Miranda July (USA)
- Ingrid Jungermann (USA)
- Marie-Ève Juste (Canada)
K
- Wanuri Kahiu (Kenya)
- Shahnewaz Kakoli (Bangladesh)
- Alex Kalymnios (USA)
- Deborah Kampmeier
- Ellie Kanner (USA)
- Nelly Kaplan
- Betty Kaplan (Argentina)
- Deborah Kaplan (USA)
- Prema Karanth (India)
- Niki Karimi (Iran)
- Anna Karina
- Alexa Karolinski (Germany)
- Matia Karrell (USA)
- Nicole Kassell (USA)
- Daphna Kastner (Canada)
- Nancy Kates (USA)
- Ish Amitoj Kaur
- Mariko Kawana
- Naomi Kawase (Japan)
- Diane Keaton (USA)
- Elodie Keene (USA)
- Alan Rowe Kelly (USA)
- Jennifer Kent (Australia)
- Elza Kephart (Canada)
- Sarah Kernochan (USA)
- Joanna Kerns (USA)
- T'Keyah Crystal Keymáh (USA)
- Dorota Kędzierzawska (Poland)
- Farah Khan (India)
- Callie Khouri (USA)
- Beeban Kidron (UK)
- Kaleena Kiff (USA)
- Ceyda Aslı Kılıçkıran
- Clare Kilner (USA)
- Jacqueline Kim
- So Yong Kim (South Korea-USA)
- Regina King (USA)
- Eilis Kirwan (Ireland)
- Eriko Kitagawa (Japan)
- Bonnie Sherr Klein (Canada)
- Ana Kokkinos (Australia)
- Kathy Kolla (USA)
- Larysa Kondracki (Canada)
- Barbara Kopple (USA)
- Torill Kove (Canada)
- Ellen Kuras (USA)
- Diane Kurys (France)
- Karyn Kusama (USA)
- Julia Kwan (Canada)
- Sandra Kybartas (Canada)
L
- Nadine Labaki (Lebanon)
- Christine Lahti (USA)
- Kalpana Lajmi (India)
- Karen Lam (Canada)
- Evelyn Lambart
- Alix Lambert
- Mary Lambert (USA)
- Micheline Lanctôt (Canada)
- Jessica Landaw (USA)
- Valerie Landsburg (USA)
- Samantha Lang (Australia)
- Yelena Lanskaya (USA/Russia)
- Brie Larson (USA)
- Michelle Latimer (Canada)
- Clara Law (China)
- Tracie Laymon
- Alexandra Lazarowich (Canada)
- Margaret Lazarus
- Lauren Lazin (USA)
- Caroline Leaf (USA/Canada)
- Jeanne Leblanc (Canada)
- Alexandra Leclère (France)
- Mimi Leder (USA)
- Carinne Leduc (Canada)
- Georgia Lee
- Helen Lee (Canada)
- Iara Lee
- Jennifer Lee (USA)
- Karin Lee (Canada)
- Min Sook Lee (Canada)
- Sook-Yin Lee (Canada)
- Wendee Lee (USA)
- Kat Lehmer (USA)
- Jennifer Jason Leigh (USA)
- Julia Leigh (Australia)
- Valérie Lemercier (France)
- Kasi Lemmons (USA)
- Marquise Lepage (Canada)
- Chloé Leriche (Canada)
- Naomi Levine (USA)
- Mary Lewis (Canada)
- Li Yu (China) (family name: Li)
- Leslie Libman (USA)
- Yin Lichuan
- Allison Liddi-Brown (USA)
- Rakel Liekki
- Sharon Liese (USA)
- Georgina Lightning (Canada)
- Nnegest Likké (USA)
- Desiree Lim (Malaysia)
- Caroline Link (Germany)
- Tatyana Lioznova (Soviet Union)
- Christine Lipinska (France)
- Marion Lipschutz (USA)
- Lynne Littman (USA)
- Renata Litvinova (Russia)
- Jennie Livingston (USA)
- Ma Liwen (China)
- Claudia Llosa (Peru)
- Phyllida Lloyd (UK)
- Jayne Loader
- Sondra Locke (USA)
- Barbara Loden (USA)
- Julie Lofton
- Julia Loktev (USA)
- Brenda Longfellow (Canada)
- Kim Longinotto (UK)
- Kamala Lopez (USA)
- Sophie Lorain (Canada)
- Ariane Louis-Seize (Canada)
- Juliana Luecking
- Agnieszka Lukasiak (Sweden)
- Kátia Lund
- Luo Luo (China)
- Ida Lupino (USA)
- Joy Lusco (USA)
- Noémie Lvovsky (France)
- Lottie Lyell (Australia)
- Dorothy Lyman (USA)
- Jennifer Lynch (USA)
- Lisbeth Lynghøft
- Gillian Lynne (UK)
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- Kate Maberly (UK)
- Tina Mabry (USA)
- Hettie MacDonald (UK)
- Shauna MacDonald (Canada)
- Michelle MacLaren (Canada/USA)
- Angelina Maccarone (Germany)
- Allison Mack (USA)
- Alison Maclean (Canada)
- Aoife Madden
- Mary Madeiras (USA)
- Madhumitha
- Madonna (USA)
- Maria Maggenti (USA)
- Adriana Maggs (USA)
- Sharon Maguire (UK)
- Donatella Maiorca (Italy)
- Maïwenn (France)
- Hana Makhmalbaf (Iran)
- Samira Makhmalbaf (Iran)
- Sarah Maldoror (France)
- Yassamin Maleknasr
- Anna Malle
- Nancy Malone (USA)
- Laura Mañá (Spain)
- Gail Mancuso (USA)
- Babette Mangolte
- Suhasini Maniratnam (India)
- Ami Canaan Mann (USA)
- Andrea Mann
- Michelle Manning (USA)
- Dinah Manoff (USA)
- Sophie Marceau (France)
- Frances Marion (USA)
- Eisha Marjara (Canada)
- Giulia Marletta
- Alina Marazzi (Italy)[1]
- Joanne Marcotte (Canada)
- Guylaine Maroist (Canada)
- Liz Marshall (Canada)
- Penny Marshall (USA)
- Tonie Marshall (France)
- Lucrecia Martel (Argentina)
- Catherine Martin (Canada)
- Darnell Martin (USA)
- Aurora Martinez
- Marsha Mason (USA)
- Laetitia Masson (France)
- Mary Stuart Masterson (USA)
- Anna Mastro
- Jean Mathieson (Canada)
- Tomoko Matsunashi
- Elaine May (USA)
- Juliet May (UK)
- Daisy von Scherler Mayer (USA)
- Melanie Mayron (USA)
- Patricia Mazuy (France)
- Trish McAdam (Ireland)
- Aoife McArdle (Ireland)
- Elske McCain
- Beth McCarthy-Miller (USA)
- Claire McCarthy (Australia)
- Naomi McCormack (Canada)
- Jennette McCurdy (USA)
- Paulette McDonagh (Australia)
- Sally McDonald (USA)
- Francine McDougall (Australia/USA)
- Molly McGlynn (Canada)
- Mary McGuckian (Ireland/UK)
- Danica McKellar (USA)
- Ashley McKenzie (Canada)
- Nancy McKeon (USA)
- Gillian McKercher (Canada)
- Tawnia McKiernan (USA)
- Sheila McLaughlin (USA)
- Carolyn McMaster (Canada)
- Chelsea McMullan (Canada)
- Lucile McVey (2nd Mrs. Sidney Drew) (USA)
- Nancy Meckler (UK)
- Maria de Medeiros (Portugal)
- Ann Medina (Canada)
- Stella Meghie (Canada)
- Anisa Mehdi (Canada)
- Deepa Mehta (Canada/India)
- Vijaya Mehta (India)
- Hu Mei (China)
- Ursula Meier (France)
- Anna Melikian (Russia)
- Kay Mellor (UK)
- Linda Mendoza (USA)
- Nina Menkes
- Anjali Menon (India)
- Agnès Merlet (France)
- Marziyeh Meshkini (Iran)
- Márta Mészáros (Hungary)
- Leah Meyerhoff (USA)
- Nancy Meyers (USA)
- Liu Miaomiao (China)
- Anne-Marie Miéville (Switzerland)
- Vanessa Middleton (USA)
- Ina Mihalache (Canada)
- Tamineh Milani (Iran)
- Amy Miller (Canada)
- Elisa Miller
- Rebecca Miller (USA)
- Sharron Miller (USA)
- Pilar Miró (Spain)
- Efrat Mishori (Israel)
- Adrienne Mitchell (Canada)
- Dorothea Mitchell (Canada)
- Martha Mitchell (USA)
- Jill Mitwell (USA)
- Ariane Mnouchkine (France)
- Tracey Moffat (Australia)
- Hengameh Mofid
- Michelle Mohabeer (Canada)
- Hillie Molenaar
- Karen Moncrieff (USA)
- Caroline Monnet (Canada)
- Adriana Monti (Italy)
- Christine Moore (USA)
- Jocelyn Moorhouse
- Soudabeh Moradian
- Jeanne Moreau (France)
- Yolande Moreau (Belgium)
- Stephanie Morgenstern (Canada)
- Makoto Moriwaki (Japan)
- Carol Morley (UK)
- Judy Morris
- Dee Mosbacher
- Kim Moses (USA)
- Emilia Mosquito
- Granaz Moussavi (Iran)
- Jasmin Mozaffari (Canada)
- Nimisha Mukerji (Canada)
- April Mullen (Canada)
- Kira Muratova (Soviet Union)
- Beth Murphy
- Colleen Murphy (Canada)
- Alison Murray (Canada/UK)
- Tosca Musk (Canada)
- Jinna Mutune (Kenya)
- Anna Muylaert (Brazil)
- Gloria Muzio (USA)
- Toni Myers (Canada)
N
- Dana Nachman (USA)
- Fanta Régina Nacro
- Ruba Nadda (Arabia/Canada)
- Janice Nadeau (Canada)
- Phyllis Nagy (USA)
- Mira Nair (India)
- Najwa Najjar (Palestine)
- Laurel Nakadate (USA)
- Isabelle Nanty (France)
- Darlene Naponse (Canada)
- Terre Nash (Canada)
- Sandra Nashaat
- Afia Nathaniel (Pakistan)
- Zarqa Nawaz (Canada)
- Anjali Nayar (Canada)
- Lynne Naylor (Canada)
- Mariam Ndagire (Uganda)
- Jennifer Yuh Nelson
- Laura Neri (Belgium)
- Shirin Neshat
- Jennifer Siebel Newsom (USA)
- Lisa Niemi (USA)
- Jessica Nilsson
- Mika Ninagawa (Japan)
- Vijaya Nirmala (India)
- Miwa Nishikawa (Japan)
- Michelle Nolden (Canada)
- Peg Norman (Canada)
- Mabel Normand (USA)
- Isabel Noronha (Mozambique)
- Elvira Notari (Italy)
- Maria Novaro (Mexico)
- Lynn Novick (USA)
- Cherie Nowlan (Australia/UK)
- Marti Noxon (USA)
O
- Mipo O (Japan)
- Kim O'Bomsawin (Canada)
- Katharine O'Brien (USA)
- Renee O'Connor (USA)
- Alice O'Fredericks (Denmark)
- Eileen O'Meara (USA)
- Alanis Obomsawin (Canada)
- Diane Obomsawin (Canada)
- Paula van der Oest (Netherlands)
- Naoko Ogigami (Japan)
- Mipo Oh (Japan)
- Annette K. Olesen (Denmark)
- Susan Oliver (USA)
- Madeleine Olnek (USA)
- Jenni Olson (USA)
- Gulshat Omarova (Kazakhstan)
- Yoko Ono (USA/Japan)
- Midi Onodera (Canada)
- Ngozi Onwurah (Nigeria-UK)
- Suemay Oram (UK-Brazil)[2]
- Ruth Orkin (USA)
- Katrin Ottarsdóttir (Faroe Islands)
- Ulrike Ottinger (Germany)
- Halima Ouardiri (Switzerland/Canada)
- Jackie Oudney (UK)
- Akosua Adoma Owusu (USA)
- Jan Oxenberg (USA)
P
- Nisha Pahuja (Canada)
- Indrani Pal-Chaudhuri (USA, India, Canada, UK)
- Euzhan Palcy (Martinique)
- Gail Palmer
- Sai Paranjpye (India)
- Claire Parker (USA/France)
- Francine Parker (USA)
- Gudrun Parker (Canada)
- Molly Parker (Canada)
- Pratibha Parmar (Kenya/UK)
- Laura Parnes
- Christine Pascal (France)
- Stacie Passon (USA)
- Lesley Ann Patten (Canada)
- Paula Patton (USA)
- Nelofer Pazira
- Barbara Peeters (USA)
- Kimberly Peirce (USA)
- Andrée Pelletier (Canada)
- Francine Pelletier (journalist) (Canada)
- Alexandra Pelosi (USA)
- Sumitra Peries
- Cristina Perincioli (Switzerland/Germany)
- Janet Perlman
- Ellen Perry (USA)
- Donna Pescow (USA)
- Kristine Peterson
- Lori Petty (USA)
- Jennifer Phang (USA)
- Ileana Pietrobruno (Canada)
- Lydia Dean Pilcher (USA)
- Justine Pimlott (Canada)
- Carol Pineau
- Agnieszka Piotrowska (UK)
- Mary Kay Place (USA)
- Amy Poehler (USA)
- Anne Claire Poirier (Canada)
- Lindsey Pollard (Canada)
- Sarah Polley (Canada)
- Léa Pool (Switzerland/Canada)
- Leanne Pooley (New Zealand)
- Cynthia J. Popp (USA)
- Lourdes Portillo (USA-Mexico)
- Natalie Portman (Israel/USA)
- Franka Potente (Germany)
- Sally Potter (UK)
- Brigitte Poupart (Canada)
- Deborah Pratt (USA)
- Olga Preobrazhenskaya (Russian Empire/USSR)
- Ellen S. Pressman (USA)
- Gaylene Preston (New Zealand)
- Carrie Preston (USA)
- Claire Prieto (Canada)
- Gina Prince-Bythewood (USA)
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- Vivian Qu (China)
- Gracia Querejeta (Spain)
- Joanna Quinn (UK)
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- Tahani Rached (Canada)
- Deborah Raffin (USA)
- Eliane Raheb (Lebanon)
- Yvonne Rainer (USA)
- Rajashree
- Soundarya Rajinikanth
- Peggy Rajski (USA)
- Bhanumathi Ramakrishna
- Lynne Ramsay (UK)
- Suze Randall
- Roopa Rao (India)
- Jenny Raskin (USA)
- Irma Raush (Soviet Union/Russia)
- Trisha Ray
- Amy Redford (USA)
- Jennifer Reeder (USA)
- Dee Rees (USA)
- Kelly Reichardt (USA)
- Lotte Reiniger (Germany/UK)
- Revathi (India)
- Shabnam Rezaei (USA)
- Shonda Rhimes (USA)
- Cloudy Rhodes (Australia)
- Andrea Giles Rich (USA)
- Chantal Richard (France)
- Miranda Richardson (UK)
- Patricia Richardson (USA)
- Salli Richardson (USA)
- Yoruba Richen (USA)
- Leni Riefenstahl (Germany)
- Patricia Riggen (Mexico/USA)
- Tristan Risk (Canada)
- Marialy Rivas (Chile)
- Joan Rivers
- Chloé Robichaud (Canada)
- Angela Robinson (USA)
- Jennifer Kaytin Robinson (USA)
- Julie Anne Robinson (UK)
- Melanie Rodriga
- Rosemary Rodriguez (USA)
- Gerry Rogers
- Juliana Rojas
- Bethany Rooney (USA)
- Jeanne Roques (aka Musidora) (France)
- Alison E. Rose (Canada)
- Lee Rose (USA)
- Sue Rose (USA)
- Elizabeth Allen Rosenbaum (USA)
- Rose Rosenblatt (USA)
- Tatia Rosenthal
- Tracee Ellis Ross (USA)
- Vanessa Roth
- Stephanie Rothman (USA)
- Brigitte Roüan (France)
- Candida Royalle
- Patricia Rozema (Canada)
- Catarina Ruivo (Portugal)
- Marisa Ryan (USA)
- Marja-Lewis Ryan (USA)
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- Jocelyne Saab (Lebanon)
- Randa Chahal Sabag (Lebanon)
- Lynne Sachs (USA)
- Jean Sagal (USA)
- Leontine Sagan (Austria-Hungary)
- Michelle St. John (Canada)
- Marie-Josée Saint-Pierre (Canada)
- Tazuko Sakane (Japan)
- Gabriela Samper (Colombia)
- Helke Sander (Germany)
- Helma Sanders-Brahms (Germany)
- Arlene Sanford (USA)
- Sangeeta (Pakistan)
- Satarupa Sanyal (India)
- Shamim Sarif (UK)
- Valeria Sarmiento (Chile/France)
- Inoka Sathyangani (Sri Lanka)
- Shimako Satō (Japan)
- Marjane Satrapi (Iran/France)
- Brigitte Sauriol (Canada)
- Savitri (India)
- Nancy Savoca (USA)
- Lorene Scafaria (USA)
- Lone Scherfig (Denmark)
- Greta Schiller (USA)
- Jillian Schlesinger (USA)
- Roslyn Schwartz (Canada)
- Céline Sciamma (France)
- Jordan Scott (UK)
- Cynthia Scott (Canada)
- Nell Scovell (USA)
- Beverly Sebastion (USA)
- Lorraine Segato (Canada)
- Susan Seidelman (USA)
- Amy Seimetz (USA)
- Emma Seligman (Canada)
- Arna Selznick (Canada)
- Yoshiko Sembon (Japan)
- Aparna Sen (India)
- Lorraine Senna (USA)
- Amy Serrano (Cuba-USA)
- Coline Serreau (France)
- Beverly Shaffer (Canada/USA)
- Lee Shallat-Chemel (USA)
- Meher Afroz Shaon (Bangladesh)
- Kathleen Shannon (Canada)
- Jessica Sharzer (USA)
- Helen Shaver (Canada/USA)
- Tal Shefi (USA-Israel)
- Adrienne Shelly (USA)
- Angela Shelton (USA)
- Lynn Shelton (USA)
- Millicent Shelton (USA)
- Tali Shemesh (Israel)
- Larisa Shepitko (Soviet Union)
- Kirsten Sheridan (Ireland)
- Amy Sherman-Palladino (USA)
- Cindy Sherman (USA)
- Domee Shi (Canada)
- Ann Shin (Canada)
- Sofia Shinas (Canada)
- Nell Shipman (Canada)
- Tiffany Shlain (USA)
- Cate Shortland (Australia)
- Esfir Shub (Soviet Union)
- Mina Shum (Canada)
- Huang Shuqin (China)
- Mrs. Sidney Drew (USA)
- Trish Sie (USA)
- Evann Siebens (Canada)
- Lois Siegel (Canada)[3][4]
- Floria Sigismondi (Canada)
- Joan Micklin Silver (USA)
- Barbara Simmons (USA)
- Lisa Simon (USA)
- Anne-Marie Sirois (Canada)
- Thérèse Sita-Bella (Cameroon)
- Kari Skogland (Canada)
- Holly Goldberg Sloan (USA)
- Jean Smith (Canada)
- Alison Snowden (UK/Canada)
- Helena Solberg (Brazil)
- Yuliya Solntseva (Soviet Union)
- Frances-Anne Solomon (Canada/Trinidad and Tobago)
- Julia Solomonoff (Argentina)
- Mingmongkol Sonakul (Thailand)
- Safiya Songhai (USA)
- Susan Sontag (USA)
- Jen and Sylvia Soska (Canada)
- Jane Spencer (USA)
- Penelope Spheeris (USA)
- Jill Sprecher (USA)
- Avigail Sperber (Israel)
- Sylvia Spring (Canada)
- Emily Squires (USA)
- Wendey Stanzler (USA)
- Casandra Stark (USA)
- J.A. Steel (USA)
- Paprika Steen (Denmark)
- Susan Steinberg (USA)
- Jennifer Steinman (USA)[5][6][7]
- Katherine Stenholm (USA)
- Stella Stevens (USA)
- Julie Stewart (Canada)
- Ginny Stikeman (Canada)
- Virginia L. Stone (USA)
- Lynne Stopkewich (Canada)
- Barbra Streisand (USA)
- Susan Strickler (USA)
- Susan Stroman (USA)
- Amanda Strong (Canada)
- Vera Stroyeva (Soviet Union)
- Sara Sugarman (UK)
- Sabiha Sumar (Pakistan)
- Vaishnavi Sundar (India)
- Elizabeth Sung (Hong Kong)
- Lela Swift (USA)
- Małgorzata Szumowska (Poland)
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- Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers (Canada)
- Rea Tajiri
- Lisa Takeba (Japan)
- Rachel Talalay (USA)
- Shashwati Talukdar
- Bhavna Talwar
- Amber Tamblyn (USA)
- Yuki Tanada (Japan)
- Kinuyo Tanaka (Japan)
- Loveleen Tandan
- Cyndi Tang (USA)
- Amanda Tapping (Canada/USA)
- Nadia Tass (Macedonia)
- Heather Taylor
- Sam Taylor-Wood (UK)
- Julie Taymor (USA)
- Sakane Tazuko
- Valeria Bruni Tedeschi (Italy/France)
- Suzie Templeton
- Angela Tessinari (USA)
- Joan Tewkesbury (USA)
- Lucy Thane
- Betty Thomas (USA)
- May Miles Thomas
- Pam Thomas (USA)
- Caroline Thompson (USA)
- Danièle Thompson (France)
- Jessica M. Thompson (USA/Australia)
- Jody Thompson (Canada)
- Lea Thompson (USA)
- Wendy Tilby (Canada)
- Ondi Timoner (USA)
- Victory Tischler-Blue
- Stacy Title
- Maria Sole Tognazzi (Italy)
- Farkhondeh Torabi
- Gariné Torossian
- Fina Torres (Venezuela)
- Pimpaka Towira (Thailand)
- Sarah Townsend (UK)
- Wendy Toye
- Mouna Traoré (Canada)
- Lindalee Tracey (Canada)
- Jackie Traverse (Canada)
- Julie Tremble (Canada)
- Monika Treut (Germany)
- Nadine Trintignant (France)
- Anne Troake (Canada)
- Rose Troche (USA)
- Margarethe von Trotta (Germany)
- Alice Troughton (UK)
- Charlotte de Turckheim (France)
- Marie-Hélène Turcotte (Canada)
- Guinevere Turner (USA)
- Aisha Tyler (USA)
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- Liv Ullmann (Norway)
- Sima Urale (New Zealand/Samoa)
- Urszula Urbaniak (Poland)
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- Esther Valiquette (Canada)
- Marina de Van (France)
- Agnès Varda (France; born in Belgium)
- Pam Veasey (USA)
- Ajita Suchitra Veera (India)
- Norma Safford Vela (USA)
- Ingrid Veninger (Canada)
- Katherena Vermette (Canada)
- Myriam Verreault (Canada)
- Sandrine Veysset (France)
- Manuela Viegas (Portugal)
- Teresa Villaverde (Portugal)
- Vidhu Vincent (India)
- Michal Vinik (Israel)
- Wiebke von Carolsfeld (Canada)
- Jürgen Vsych (USA)
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- Louise Wadley (Australia)
- Maria Wagner (USA)
- Sally Wainwright (UK)
- Lucy Walker (UK)
- Mary Walker-Sawka (Canada)
- Nancy Walker (USA)
- Aisling Walsh (Ireland)
- Dearbhla Walsh
- Shannon Walsh (Canada)
- Aloha Wanderwell (Canada)
- Lulu Wang
- Rachel Ward (Australia)
- Sarah Watt (Australia)
- Kim Wayans (USA)
- Dreya Weber (USA)
- Lois Weber (USA)
- Zhao Wei
- Claudia Weill (USA)
- Leilah Weinraub (USA)
- Andrea Weiss (USA)
- Valerie Weiss (USA)
- Aerlyn Weissman (Canada)
- Yvonne Welbon (USA)
- Audrey Wells (USA)
- Christine Welsh
- Jiang Wenli (China)
- Lina Wertmüller (Italy)
- Anne Wheeler (Canada)
- Sherry White (Canada)
- Susanna White (UK)
- Kanchi Wichmann (UK)
- Joyce Wieland (Canada)
- Nettie Wild (Canada)
- Olivia Wilde (USA)
- Dawn Wilkinson (Canada)
- JoBeth Williams (USA)
- Tucky Williams (USA)
- Georgina Willis (Australia)
- Chandra Wilson (USA)
- Lois Wilson (USA)
- Margery Wilson (USA)
- Sandy Wilson (Canada)
- Doris Wishman (USA)
- Agnieszka Wojtowicz-Vosloo (USA)
- Mariloup Wolfe (Canada)
- Joyce Wong (Canada)
- Victoria Wood (UK)
- Kate Woods (Australia/USA)
- Jacqueline Wright
- Robin Wright (USA)
- Alice Wu (USA)
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- Xue Xiaolu (China)
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- Naoko Yamada (Japan)
- Tizuka Yamasaki (Brazil)
- Chikako Yamashiro (Japan)
- Yūki Yamato (Japan)
- Cathy Yan
- Ruby Yang (China)
- Yong-hi Yang
- Pamela Yates (USA)
- Linda Yellen (USA)
- Ning Ying (China)
- Suzi Yoonessi
- Yumi Yoshiyuki (Japan)
- Heather Young (Canada)
- Byun Young-joo
- Jessica Yu (USA)
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- Samia Zaman (Bangladesh)
- Sara Zandieh (Iran/USA)
- Yolande Zauberman (France)
- Jasmila Žbanić (Bosnia/Herzegovina)
- Ona Zee (USA)
- Mai Zetterling (Sweden)
- Chenyang Zhao (China)
- Chloé Zhao (China/USA)
- Zhang Nuanxin (China)
- Monica Zanetti (Australia)[8][9]
- Binka Zhelyazkova (Bulgaria)
- Lydia Zimmermann (Spain)
See also
- List of Female Academy Award winners and nominees for non-gendered categories
- List of film and television directors
- List of lesbian filmmakers
- List of women writers
- Women's cinema
References
- ^ Benini, Stefania (2012-01-27). "'A face, a name, a story': Women's identities as life stories in Alina Marazzi's cinema". Studies in European Cinema. 8 (2): 129–139. doi:10.1386/seci.8.2.129_1. ISSN 1741-1548.
- ^ "Suemay Oram: Director, Producer". Stern & Wild. 2019. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
- ^ Peters, Michael (2018). The Great Sports Documentaries: 100+ Award Winning Films. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company. pp. 14–15. ISBN 978-1476669595.
- ^ "Films by Lois Siegel". Siegel Productions. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
- ^ "Jennifer Steinman Sternin". 2020. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
- ^ Propes, Richard (2009). ""Motherland" Review". The Independent Critic. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
- ^ Iacurci, Jenna (November 24, 2013). "Racing the Planet: Director Jennifer Steinman Portrays Heartbreak and Triumph in 'Desert Runners'". GALO Magazine. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
- ^ "Ellie & Abbie first Australian feature to open MGFF". Cinema Australia. December 5, 2019. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
- ^ "Monica Zanetti". Yellow Creative Management. 2019. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
Further reading
- "The 100 greatest films directed by women". BBC. 25 November 2019.
- Smith, Anna (27 November 2019). "Top 100 films directed by women: What is the 'female gaze'?". BBC.
- Foster, Gwendolyn Audrey (1995). Women Film Directors: An International Bio-Critical Dictionary (1st ed.). Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press. ISBN 0-313-28972-7.
- Hawley, John C., ed. (2008). "Film directors and producers: women, by Ann M. Savage". LGBTQ America Today: An Encyclopedia. Greenwood Press. pp. 386–391. ISBN 978-0313339905. (via Butler University Digital Commons.)
- Hurd, Mary G. (2006). Women Directors and Their Films. Westport, Connecticut: Praeger Publishers. ISBN 978-0275985783.
- Kilday, Gregg (January 3, 2019). "Study: Women Film Directors Saw Their Numbers Shrink in 2018". The Hollywood Reporter.
- Mahar, Karen Ward (2006). Women Filmmakers in Early Hollywood (1st ed.). Johns Hopkins University Press. ISBN 0801884365.
- Malone, Alicia (2018). The Female Gaze: Essential Movies Made by Women. Coral Gables, Florida: Mango Publishing. ISBN 978-1633538375.
- Redding, Judith M.; Brownworth, Victoria A. (1997). Film Fatales: Independent Women Directors (1st ed.). Seattle, Washington: Seal Press. ISBN 1-878067-97-4.
- Slide, Anthony (1996). The Silent Feminists: America's First Women Directors (1st ed.). Scarecrow Press. ISBN 0810830531. LCCN 96001178.
- Smith, Stacy L.; Pieper, Katherine; Choueiti, Marc (February 2017). "Inclusion in the Director's Chair? Gender, Race, & Age of Film Directors Across 1,000 Films from 2007-2016" (PDF). USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism.
- Stephen Follows Film Data and Education. Film Data Reports – Cut Out Of The Picture: Gender in UK Film.
- Wu, Kathie (2012). "Women Behind the Lens: Female Filmmakers from Around the World". subtitledonline.com. Archived from the original on March 31, 2012.
- Yapp, Virginia. "The Celluloid Void Project: A Compendium of Female Film Directors". The Celluloid Void.
- Video
- Flicker Alley (2017). "Early Women Filmmakers: An International Anthology". Kanopy.
- "Pioneers: First Women Filmmakers". Kino Lorber. 2018.
External links
- Canadian Women Film Directors Database
- Cut-Throat Women
- The Director List: Women Directors at Work
- Free the Bid: Women Directors
- Women In Film & Television International
- Women In the Director's Chair (WIDC)
- Women Make Movies
- The Alice Initiative
- Film Fatales
- FemaleDirectors.com (films on Netflix and Amazon)
- Filmmakers at South Asian Women's NETwork (SAWNET) (archive)
- Center for the Study of Women in Television and Film at San Diego State University
- Women Film Pioneers Project (WFPP) at Columbia University Libraries