List of female film and television directors

Summary

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.


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Notes edit

  1. ^ A film by: Argo
  2. ^ A film by: The Women
  3. ^ A film by: Revenge
  4. ^ A film by: Carmilla
  5. ^ A film by: Deadly Illusions
  6. ^ A film by: The Knight Before Christmas
  7. ^ A film by: A Kiss on the Nose
  8. ^ A film by: Desert Runners
  9. ^ A film by: Ellie & Abbie (& Ellie's Dead Aunt)

References edit

  1. ^ "Mona Achache". Première (in French). Retrieved 10 February 2023.
  2. ^ "Gwen Arner". British Film Institute. Archived from the original on March 2, 2018. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
  3. ^ "Gwen Arner". Turner Classic Movies. Retrieved 3 March 2023.
  4. ^ "ÉCU Alumni Jordan Bayne". European Independent Film Festival. 25 January 2012. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
  5. ^ "Jordan Bayne". HuffPost. 2015. Retrieved 28 January 2020.
  6. ^ Earnshaw, Helen (11 October 2011). "Jordan Bayne Talks The Sea Is All I Know". Female First. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
  7. ^ "Filmmaker Feryal Behzad receives lifetime award at Isfahan festival". Tehran Times. September 2, 2018. Retrieved 10 March 2020.
  8. ^ Afkhami, Mahnaz; Friedl, Erika, eds. (1994). In the Eye of the Storm: Women in Post-revolutionary Iran. Syracuse University Press. p. 134. ISBN 0-8156-2633-9.
  9. ^ Naficy, Hamid (2012). A Social History of Iranian Cinema, Volume 4: The Globalizing Era, 1984–2010. Duke University Press. pp. 138, 434. ISBN 978-0822348665.
  10. ^ "'La nave del olvido', una historia de "liberación" sobre el amor en Chile llega al Festival de Cine de Huelva" ['La nave del olvido', a "liberation" story about love in Chile arrives at the Huelva Film Festival]. Europa Press (in Spanish). 15 November 2020. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
  11. ^ "Ruth Caudeli". Film Fatales. 2021. Retrieved 9 November 2023.
  12. ^ "Spanish Director Ruth Caudeli's 'Petit Mal' Get's US Theatrical Release". Occhi. January 27, 2023. Retrieved 9 November 2023.
  13. ^ "Academy Invites 397 Members: Blessing Egbe, Daniel K Daniel and Funke Akindele Bello On List". ShockNG. June 29, 2022. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
  14. ^ Husseini, Shaibu (30 October 2021). "Blessing Egbe: Lekki wives creator dreams mini series". The Guardian. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
  15. ^ Dapo (July 18, 2015). "Interview with Blessing Egbe". Indie Activity. Retrieved 12 July 2022.
  16. ^ Harper, Rachael (5 November 2020). "An Interview With: Coralie Fargeat". SciFiNow. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
  17. ^ "Coralie Fargeat". UniFrance. 2019. Retrieved 5 June 2021.
  18. ^ Shah, Simi (July 11, 2023). "Shruti Ganguly, Filmmaker, Director, and Producer". South Asian Trailblazers. Retrieved 27 February 2024.
  19. ^ Fuge, Jonathan (October 10, 2023). "Exclusive Tripped Up Clip Teases Comedy Misadventure With Leah Lewis, Ariel Winter & Sasha Fox". MovieWeb. Retrieved 27 February 2024.
  20. ^ Stewart, Sophia (June 27, 2019). "EIFF 2019 Women Directors: Meet Emily Harris – "Carmilla"". Women and Hollywood.
  21. ^ "Emily Harris". Berlinale Talents. 2019.
  22. ^ "Anna Elizabeth James". Film Fatales. 2019. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  23. ^ Scott, Sarah (January 17, 2019). "Behind the Byline with Anna Elizabeth James". Walsworth Yearbooks. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  24. ^ Gomez, Adrian (February 2, 2020). "'Grace'-ful landing: Writer, director Anna Elizabeth James finds a home for her independent feature in New Mexico". Albuquerque Journal. Retrieved 1 April 2021.
  25. ^ "Leonie Krippendorff". Birds Eye View. 2021. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
  26. ^ "Cocoon". Berlin International Film Festival. 2020. Retrieved 16 September 2022.
  27. ^ Meehan, Meagan J. (February 28, 2020). "Mothers of Monsters: Interview with Writer and Director Tucia Lyman". HVY Journalists. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  28. ^ "Tucia Lyman – Director". Mothers of Monsters. 2019. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  29. ^ 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. S2CID 191413586.
  30. ^ Lucas, Ralph (March 23, 2019). "Monika Mitchell Shoots for Netflix". Northernstars. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
  31. ^ Hill, Ruth (October 26, 2018). "Interview With Director Monika Mitchell". Media From the Heart. Retrieved 4 March 2021.
  32. ^ Lemercier, Fabien (20 December 2018). "Katharina Mückstein • Director of L'Animale". Cineuropa.
  33. ^ "Laura Neri". FilmFreeway. 2020. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
  34. ^ kgagkas (January 17, 2010). "Laura Neri's "Kill the Habit" to Premiere at Cinequest". Greek Reporter. Retrieved 16 May 2023.
  35. ^ Whitney, Nadine (June 8, 2023). "Nafiss Nia on the Poetry of Hope in That Afternoon". The Curb. Retrieved 16 February 2024.
  36. ^ "Suemay Oram: Director, Producer". Stern & Wild. 2019. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
  37. ^ Peters, Michael (2018). The Great Sports Documentaries: 100+ Award Winning Films. Jefferson, North Carolina: McFarland & Company. pp. 14–15. ISBN 978-1476669595.
  38. ^ Ohayon, Albert (September 3, 2010). "A woman's place is at home… and first base, second base, shortstop…". National Film Board of Canada. Retrieved 9 June 2021.
  39. ^ Propes, Richard (2009). ""Motherland" Review". The Independent Critic. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
  40. ^ Iacurci, Jenna (November 24, 2013). "Racing the Planet: Director Jennifer Steinman Portrays Heartbreak and Triumph in 'Desert Runners'". GALO Magazine. Retrieved 20 April 2021.
  41. ^ Simon, Brent (May 15, 2022). "How Pleasure director Ninja Thyberg delivered a balanced look at the porn industry". The A.V. Club.
  42. ^ Loayza, Beatrice (May 18, 2022). "The Business of Making 'Pleasure'". The New York Times.
  43. ^ Mitchell, Wendy (26 January 2021). "Swedish director Ninja Thyberg on the female gaze in Sundance drama 'Pleasure'". Screen Daily.
  44. ^ Farrow, Deke (October 13, 2016). "Modesto-native filmmaker wants you to get ripped for Halloween". The Modesto Bee. Retrieved 8 January 2020.
  45. ^ Franklin, Mark (November 15, 2017). "The West and the Ruthless (2016)". Once Upon a Time in a Western. Retrieved 8 June 2021.
  46. ^ Miller, Karryn (8 July 2022). "Meet Flore Vasseur: Director, Storyteller, Novelist and Activist". Beauty Disrupted.
  47. ^ "Flore Vausseur". Unifrance.
  48. ^ Lemercier, Fabien (8 June 2023). "Virginie Verrier • Director of Marinette". Cineuropa. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
  49. ^ "Ellie & Abbie first Australian feature to open MGFF". Cinema Australia. December 5, 2019. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
  50. ^ "Monica Zanetti". Yellow Creative Management. 2019. Retrieved 14 February 2020.

Further reading edit

  • "The 100 greatest films directed by women". BBC. 25 November 2019. Archived from the original on May 14, 2020.
  • Erbland, Kate; Kohn, Eric; Blauvelt, Christian; Thompson, Anne; Ehrlich, David; O'Falt, Chris; Sharf, Zack; Brueggemann, Tom; Desowitz, Bill; Obenson, Tambay; Nordine, Michael (October 3, 2020). "The All-Time Greatest Films Directed by Women". IndieWire. Archived from the original on 13 May 2023.
  • Follows, Stephen; Kreager, Alexis; Gomes, Eleanor (May 2016). "Cut Out of the Picture: A study of gender inequality amongst film directors in the UK film industry" (PDF). Directors UK. Archived (PDF) from the original on June 5, 2021.
  • Follows, Stephen (July 2014). "Film Data Reports: Gender within film crews" (PDF). Stephen Follows Film Data and Education. Archived (PDF) from the original on February 22, 2017.
  • Follows, Stephen (August 2014). "Film Data Reports: Gender within UK film crews" (PDF). Stephen Follows Film Data and Education. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 22, 2017.
  • Kilday, Gregg (January 3, 2019). "Study: Women Film Directors Saw Their Numbers Shrink in 2018". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on 13 May 2023.
  • Randall, Melissa (March 13, 2023). "The Best Female Directors: Celebrating Trailblazing Films & TV Shows". New York Film Academy.
  • Smith, Anna (27 November 2019). "Top 100 films directed by women: What is the 'female gaze'?". BBC. Archived from the original on 8 December 2022.
  • 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. Archived (PDF) from the original on January 3, 2018.
  • 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.

Books

  • 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.
  • 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.

Video

  • Flicker Alley (2017). "Early Women Filmmakers: An International Anthology". Kanopy.
  • "Pioneers: First Women Filmmakers". Kino Lorber. 2018.

External links edit

  • Canadian Women Film Directors Database
  • Cut-Throat Women
  • 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)
  • The Director List: Women Directors at Work at Cinefemme
  • 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