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HERE IS A LIST OF FEMALE DIRECTORS

by maeve5 • Created 7 years ago • Modified 5 years ago
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  • Ava DuVernay at an event for 30th Annual Film Independent Spirit Awards (2015)

    1. Ava DuVernay

    Added
    Dec 5, 2017
  • Greta Gerwig

    2. Greta Gerwig

    Added
    Dec 5, 2017
  • Sofia Coppola

    3. Sofia Coppola

    Added
    Dec 5, 2017
  • Dee Rees

    4. Dee Rees

    Added
    Dec 6, 2017
  • Kathryn Bigelow

    5. Kathryn Bigelow

    Added
    Dec 5, 2017
  • Andrea Arnold

    6. Andrea Arnold

    Added
    Dec 5, 2017
  • So Yong Kim at an event for In Between Days (2006)

    7. So Yong Kim

    Added
    Dec 6, 2017
  • Desiree Akhavan at an event for The Miseducation of Cameron Post (2018)

    8. Desiree Akhavan

    Added
    Dec 5, 2017
  • Deniz Gamze Ergüven

    9. Deniz Gamze Ergüven

    Added
    Dec 6, 2017
  • Sarah Polley at an event for Women Talking (2022)

    10. Sarah Polley

    Added
    Dec 5, 2017
  • Floria Sigismondi TIFF

    11. Floria Sigismondi

    Added
    Dec 6, 2017
  • Mélanie Laurent

    12. Mélanie Laurent

    Added
    Dec 6, 2017
  • Lesli Linka Glatter

    13. Lesli Linka Glatter

    Added
    Dec 6, 2017
  • Amma Asante

    14. Amma Asante

    Added
    Dec 6, 2017
  • Jennifer Phang

    15. Jennifer Phang

    Added
    Dec 6, 2017
  • Michelle MacLaren

    16. Michelle MacLaren

    Added
    Dec 6, 2017
  • Lynne Ramsay

    17. Lynne Ramsay

    Added
    Dec 6, 2017
  • Amy Heckerling at an event for Loser (2000)

    18. Amy Heckerling

    Added
    Dec 6, 2017
  • Patty Jenkins

    19. Patty Jenkins

    Added
    Dec 6, 2017
  • Anahita Ghazvinizadeh

    20. Anahita Ghazvinizadeh

    Added
    Dec 6, 2017
  • Reed Morano

    21. Reed Morano

    Added
    Dec 6, 2017
  • Gabriela Cowperthwaite, Director

    22. Gabriela Cowperthwaite

    Added
    Dec 6, 2017
  • Ana Lily Amirpour at an event for Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon (2021)

    23. Ana Lily Amirpour

    Added
    Dec 6, 2017
  • Kitty Green

    24. Kitty Green

    Added
    Dec 6, 2017
  • Sarah Adina Smith

    25. Sarah Adina Smith

    Added
    Dec 6, 2017
  • Atsuko Hirayanagi

    26. Atsuko Hirayanagi

    Added
    Dec 6, 2017
  • Lucia Aniello

    27. Lucia Aniello

    Added
    Dec 6, 2017
  • Trish Sie

    28. Trish Sie

    Added
    Dec 6, 2017
  • Sydney Freeland

    29. Sydney Freeland

    Added
    Dec 6, 2017
  • Chloé Zhao

    30. Chloé Zhao

    Added
    Dec 6, 2017
  • Sabaah Folayan

    31. Sabaah Folayan

    Added
    Dec 6, 2017
  • Jessica M. Thompson

    32. Jessica M. Thompson

    Added
    Dec 6, 2017
  • Eliza Hittman at an event for Never Rarely Sometimes Always (2020)

    33. Eliza Hittman

    Added
    Dec 6, 2017
  • Lake Bell at an event for Black Panther: Wakanda Forever (2022)

    34. Lake Bell

    Added
    Dec 6, 2017
  • Amy Berg

    35. Amy Berg

    Added
    Dec 6, 2017
  • Susanne Bier

    36. Susanne Bier

    Added
    Dec 6, 2017
  • Jane Campion at an event for Marie Antoinette (2006)

    37. Jane Campion

    Added
    Dec 6, 2017
  • Niki Caro

    38. Niki Caro

    Added
    Dec 6, 2017
  • Julia Ducournau

    39. Julia Ducournau

    Added
    Dec 6, 2017
  • Neema Barnette

    40. Neema Barnette

    Added
    Dec 6, 2017
  • Victoria Mahoney, GQ

    41. Victoria Mahoney

    Added
    Dec 6, 2017
  • Tanya Hamilton at an event for Night Catches Us (2010)

    42. Tanya Hamilton

    Added
    Dec 6, 2017
  • Kat Candler

    43. Kat Candler

    Added
    Dec 6, 2017
  • Salli Richardson-Whitfield

    44. Salli Richardson-Whitfield

    Added
    Dec 6, 2017
  • Tina Mabry

    45. Tina Mabry

    Added
    Dec 6, 2017
  • Cheryl Dunye at an event for IMDb at San Diego Comic-Con (2016)

    46. Cheryl Dunye

    Added
    Dec 6, 2017
  • Aurora Guerrero

    47. Aurora Guerrero

    Added
    Dec 6, 2017
  • Maryam Keshavarz at an event for The Persian Version (2023)

    48. Maryam Keshavarz

    Added
    Dec 6, 2017
  • Amanda Marsalis

    49. Amanda Marsalis

    Added
    Dec 6, 2017
  • Marjane Satrapi

    50. Marjane Satrapi

    Added
    Dec 6, 2017
  • DeMane Davis

    51. DeMane Davis

    Added
    Dec 6, 2017
  • Julie Dash

    52. Julie Dash

    Added
    Dec 6, 2017
  • Garrett Bradley

    53. Garrett Bradley

    Added
    Dec 6, 2017
  • Liesl Tommy

    54. Liesl Tommy

    Added
    Dec 6, 2017
  • Christina Alexandra Voros at an event for The Director: An Evolution in Three Acts (2013)

    55. Christina Alexandra Voros

    Added
    Dec 6, 2017
  • Debra Granik in Winter's Bone (2010)

    56. Debra Granik

    Added
    Dec 6, 2017
  • Leslye Headland

    57. Leslye Headland

    Added
    Dec 6, 2017
  • Marielle Heller at an event for The 26th Annual Critics' Choice Awards (2021)

    58. Marielle Heller

    Added
    Dec 6, 2017
  • Nicole Holofcener

    59. Nicole Holofcener

    Added
    Dec 6, 2017
  • Jennifer Kent

    60. Jennifer Kent

    Added
    Dec 6, 2017
  • Karyn Kusama

    61. Karyn Kusama

    Added
    Dec 6, 2017
  • Mimi Leder

    62. Mimi Leder

    Added
    Dec 6, 2017
  • Meera Menon

    63. Meera Menon

    Added
    Dec 6, 2017
  • Mira Nair at an event for IMDb First Credit (2016)

    64. Mira Nair

    Added
    Dec 6, 2017
  • Jehane Noujaim in The Square (2013)

    65. Jehane Noujaim

    Added
    Dec 6, 2017
  • Gina Prince-Bythewood in Half the Picture (2018)

    66. Gina Prince-Bythewood

    Added
    Dec 6, 2017
  • Lone Scherfig in Italian for Beginners (2000)

    67. Lone Scherfig

    Added
    Dec 6, 2017
  • Amy Seimetz at an event for The Sacrament (2013)

    68. Amy Seimetz

    Added
    Dec 6, 2017
  • Joey Soloway

    69. Joey Soloway

    Added
    Dec 6, 2017
  • Jodie Foster

    70. Jodie Foster

    Added
    Dec 6, 2017
  • Women of Hollywood Speak Out - NY Times Magazine - Jamie Babbit

    71. Jamie Babbit

    Added
    Dec 6, 2017
  • Elizabeth Banks

    72. Elizabeth Banks

    Added
    Dec 6, 2017
  • Gurinder Chadha

    73. Gurinder Chadha

    Added
    Dec 6, 2017
  • Brenda Chapman

    74. Brenda Chapman

    Added
    Dec 6, 2017
  • Lisa Cholodenko at an event for The Kids Are All Right (2010)

    75. Lisa Cholodenko

    Added
    Dec 6, 2017
  • Isabel Coixet at an event for It Snows in Benidorm (2020)

    76. Isabel Coixet

    Added
    Dec 6, 2017
  • Martha Coolidge directing I'll Find You! in Poland.

    77. Martha Coolidge

    Added
    Dec 6, 2017
  • Gia Coppola at an event for Palo Alto (2013)

    78. Gia Coppola

    Added
    Dec 6, 2017
  • Donna Deitch

    79. Donna Deitch

    Added
    Dec 6, 2017
  • Claire Denis at an event for Friday Night (2002)

    80. Claire Denis

    Added
    Dec 6, 2017
  • Hannah Fidell

    81. Hannah Fidell

    Added
    Dec 6, 2017
  • Valerie Faris

    82. Valerie Faris

    Added
    Dec 6, 2017
  • Shana Feste at an event for Country Strong (2010)

    83. Shana Feste

    Added
    Dec 6, 2017
  • Anne Fletcher

    84. Anne Fletcher

    Added
    Dec 6, 2017
  • Anne Fontaine at an event for In His Hands (2005)

    85. Anne Fontaine

    Added
    Dec 6, 2017

  • 86. Pamela Fryman

    Added
    Dec 6, 2017
  • Jennifer Getzinger

    87. Jennifer Getzinger

    Added
    Dec 6, 2017
  • Sanaa Hamri

    88. Sanaa Hamri

    Added
    Dec 6, 2017
  • Mia Hansen-Løve at an event for Eden (2014)

    89. Mia Hansen-Løve

    Added
    Dec 6, 2017
  • Mary Harron

    90. Mary Harron

    Added
    Dec 6, 2017
  • Agnieszka Holland at an event for Julie Walking Home (2002)

    91. Agnieszka Holland

    Added
    Dec 6, 2017
  • Courtney Hunt

    92. Courtney Hunt

    Added
    Dec 6, 2017
  • Director and writer Tamara Jenkins

    93. Tamara Jenkins

    Added
    Dec 6, 2017
  • Venice Film Festival 2004

    94. Vicky Jenson

    Added
    Dec 6, 2017
  • Miranda July

    95. Miranda July

    Added
    Dec 6, 2017
  • Beeban Kidron in Bridget Jones: The Edge of Reason (2004)

    96. Beeban Kidron

    Added
    Dec 6, 2017
  • Kasi Lemmons

    97. Kasi Lemmons

    Added
    Dec 6, 2017
  • Phyllida Lloyd in Mamma Mia! (2008)

    98. Phyllida Lloyd

    Added
    Dec 6, 2017
  • Gail Mancuso at an event for The 65th Primetime Emmy Awards (2013)

    99. Gail Mancuso

    Added
    Dec 6, 2017
  • Kristen Stewart

    100. Kristen Stewart

    Added
    Dec 6, 2017
  • Catherine Hardwicke

    101. Catherine Hardwicke

    Added
    Dec 6, 2017
  • Penny Marshall

    102. Penny Marshall

    Added
    Dec 6, 2017

  • 103. Kat Hunt

    Added
    Dec 6, 2017
  • Beth McCarthy-Miller

    104. Beth McCarthy-Miller

    Added
    Dec 6, 2017
  • Rebecca Miller at an event for The Private Lives of Pippa Lee (2009)

    105. Rebecca Miller

    Added
    Dec 6, 2017
  • Jennifer Yuh Nelson

    106. Jennifer Yuh Nelson

    Added
    Dec 6, 2017
  • Angelina Jolie

    107. Angelina Jolie

    Added
    Dec 6, 2017
  • Stacie Passon

    108. Stacie Passon

    Added
    Dec 6, 2017
  • Kimberly Peirce

    109. Kimberly Peirce

    Added
    Dec 6, 2017
  • Laura Poitras in Citizenfour (2014)

    110. Laura Poitras

    Added
    Dec 6, 2017
  • Sally Potter

    111. Sally Potter

    Added
    Dec 6, 2017
  • Kelly Reichardt

    112. Kelly Reichardt

    Added
    Dec 6, 2017
  • Gillian Robespierre in Obvious Child (2014)

    113. Gillian Robespierre

    Added
    Dec 6, 2017
  • Bayne Gibby

    114. Bayne Gibby

    Added
    Dec 6, 2017
  • Patricia Rozema

    115. Patricia Rozema

    Added
    Dec 6, 2017
  • Lynn Shelton at an event for 35th Film Independent Spirit Awards (2020)

    116. Lynn Shelton

    Added
    Dec 6, 2017
  • Penelope Spheeris in The Kid & I (2005)

    117. Penelope Spheeris

    Added
    Dec 6, 2017
  • Anthony Hopkins and Julie Taymor in Titus (1999)

    118. Julie Taymor

    Added
    Dec 6, 2017
  • Lana Wachowski

    119. Lana Wachowski

    Added
    Dec 6, 2017
  • Lilly Wachowski

    120. Lilly Wachowski

    Added
    Dec 6, 2017
  • Alice Winocour at an event for Disorder (2015)

    121. Alice Winocour

    Added
    Dec 6, 2017
  • Quinn Shephard

    122. Quinn Shephard

    Added
    Dec 6, 2017
  • Àlex Lora, Ruby Rose, Guillermo Barreira Pérez, and Milan Maric

    123. Ruby Rose

    Added
    Dec 12, 2017
  • Jennifer Lee

    124. Jennifer Lee

    Added
    Dec 13, 2017
  • Sara Colangelo

    125. Sara Colangelo

    Added
    Dec 13, 2017
  • Christina Choe at an event for Nancy (2018)

    126. Christina Choe

    Added
    Dec 13, 2017
  • Jennifer Fox

    127. Jennifer Fox

    Added
    Dec 13, 2017
  • Kimberly Reed in Dark Money (2018)

    128. Kimberly Reed

    Added
    Dec 13, 2017
  • Stephanie Soechtig

    129. Stephanie Soechtig

    Added
    Dec 13, 2017
  • Amy Scott

    130. Amy Scott

    Added
    Dec 13, 2017
  • Laura Nix in Inventing Tomorrow (2018)

    131. Laura Nix

    Added
    Dec 13, 2017

  • 132. Heather Lenz

    Added
    Dec 13, 2017
  • Alexandria Bombach

    133. Alexandria Bombach

    Added
    Dec 13, 2017
  • Sophie Sartain

    134. Sophie Sartain

    Added
    Dec 13, 2017
  • Roberta Grossman in Seeing Allred (2018)

    135. Roberta Grossman

    Added
    Dec 13, 2017
  • Cathy Yan

    136. Cathy Yan

    Added
    Dec 13, 2017
  • Isabella Eklöf

    137. Isabella Eklöf

    Added
    Dec 13, 2017
  • Valeria Bertuccelli

    138. Valeria Bertuccelli

    Added
    Dec 13, 2017

  • 139. Fabiana Tiscornia

    Added
    Dec 13, 2017

  • 140. Aly Muritiba

    Added
    Dec 13, 2017
  • Sandi Tan in Shirkers (2018)

    141. Sandi Tan

    Added
    Dec 13, 2017
  • Alexandra Shiva in How to Dance in Ohio (2015)

    142. Alexandra Shiva

    Added
    Dec 13, 2017
  • Lorna Tucker

    143. Lorna Tucker

    Added
    Dec 13, 2017

  • 144. Bernadett Tuza-Ritter

    Added
    Dec 13, 2017
  • Crystal Moselle

    145. Crystal Moselle

    Added
    Dec 13, 2017
  • Bridey Elliott at an event for Clara's Ghost (2018)

    146. Bridey Elliott

    Added
    Dec 13, 2017
  • Josephine Decker and Helena Howard at an event for Madeline's Madeline (2018)

    147. Josephine Decker

    Added
    Dec 13, 2017
  • Jordana Spiro

    148. Jordana Spiro

    Added
    Dec 13, 2017
  • Claire McCarthy

    149. Claire McCarthy

    Added
    Dec 13, 2017
  • Writer and director Elizabeth Chomko attends the 'What They Had' Premiere during the 2018 Sundance Film Festival at Eccles Center Theatre on January 21, 2018 in Park City, Utah.

    150. Elizabeth Chomko

    Added
    Dec 13, 2017
  • Lauren Greenfield in The Queen of Versailles (2012)

    151. Lauren Greenfield

    Added
    Dec 13, 2017

  • 152. Amy Adrion

    Added
    Dec 13, 2017
  • Susan Lacy in American Masters (1985)

    153. Susan Lacy

    Added
    Dec 13, 2017
  • Jenny Mackenzie

    154. Jenny Mackenzie

    Added
    Dec 13, 2017
  • Amanda Stoddard

    155. Amanda Stoddard

    Added
    Dec 13, 2017
  • Betsy West

    156. Betsy West

    Added
    Dec 13, 2017

  • 157. Julie Cohen

    Added
    Dec 13, 2017
  • Marina Zenovich

    158. Marina Zenovich

    Added
    Dec 13, 2017
  • Coralie Fargeat at an event for Revenge (2017)

    159. Coralie Fargeat

    Added
    Dec 13, 2017
  • Augustine Frizzell

    160. Augustine Frizzell

    Added
    Dec 13, 2017
  • Chloé Zhao

    161. Chloé Zhao

    Added
    Dec 13, 2017
  • Rungano Nyoni

    162. Rungano Nyoni

    Added
    Dec 13, 2017
  • Cristina Costantini

    163. Cristina Costantini

    Added
    Dec 13, 2017
  • Anthony Hopkins and Julie Taymor in Titus (1999)

    164. Julie Taymor

    Added
    Dec 14, 2017
  • Natalie Portman at an event for The Oscars (2020)

    165. Natalie Portman

    Added
    Dec 22, 2017
  • America Ferrera at an event for End of Watch (2012)

    166. America Ferrera

    Added
    Jan 1, 2018

  • 167. Laura Mulleavy

    Added
    Jan 1, 2018

  • 168. Kate Mulleavy

    Added
    Jan 1, 2018
  • Gina Rodriguez in Jane the Virgin (2014)

    169. Gina Rodriguez

    Added
    Jan 9, 2018
  • Tracee Ellis Ross

    170. Tracee Ellis Ross

    Added
    Feb 2, 2018
  • Amber Tamblyn

    171. Amber Tamblyn

    Added
    Feb 2, 2018
  • Dakota Fanning at an event for The Watchers (2024)

    172. Dakota Fanning

    Added
    Feb 2, 2018
  • Jennie Livingston

    173. Jennie Livingston

    Added
    Mar 7, 2018
  • Heidi Ewing

    174. Heidi Ewing

    Added
    Mar 7, 2018

  • 175. Rachel Grady

    Added
    Mar 7, 2018
  • Anna Muylaert in The Second Mother (2015)

    176. Anna Muylaert

    Added
    Mar 9, 2018
  • Jennifer Morrison

    177. Jennifer Morrison

    Added
    Sep 19, 2018
  • Olivia Wilde

    178. Olivia Wilde

    Added
    Sep 19, 2018
  • Wanuri Kahiu

    179. Wanuri Kahiu

    Added
    Sep 24, 2018

  • 180. Alexandra Lescaze

    Added
    Sep 29, 2018
  • Laura Bispuri at the Berlinale Press Conference in 2018

    181. Laura Bispuri

    Added
    Oct 18, 2018
  • Jessica Sharzer and Kristen Stewart at an event for Speak (2004)

    182. Jessica Sharzer

    Added
    Dec 27, 2018
  • Justine Triet

    183. Justine Triet

    Added
    May 1, 2019
  • Hannah Sheinkopf

    184. Hannah Sheinkopf

    Added
    May 1, 2019

  • 185. Dorothée Van Den Berghe

    Added
    May 1, 2019

  • 186. Jessica Palud

    Added
    May 1, 2019
  • Maggie Betts

    187. Maggie Betts

    Added
    May 1, 2019
  • Massy Tadjedin

    188. Massy Tadjedin

    Added
    May 1, 2019
  • Gabriela Tscherniak

    189. Gabriela Tscherniak

    Added
    May 1, 2019
  • Dianna Agron

    190. Dianna Agron

    Added
    May 1, 2019
  • Jessie Barr

    191. Jessie Barr

    Added
    Jun 12, 2019
  • Pippa Bianco

    192. Pippa Bianco

    Added
    Jul 24, 2019
  • Hannah Marks

    193. Hannah Marks

    Added
    Jul 24, 2019
  • Cara Stricker

    194. Cara Stricker

    Added
    Jul 24, 2019
  • Nikole Beckwith in Stockholm, Pennsylvania (2015)

    195. Nikole Beckwith

    Added
    Jul 25, 2019
  • Houda Benyamina

    196. Houda Benyamina

    Added
    Aug 30, 2019
  • Alison Klayman

    197. Alison Klayman

    Added
    Oct 18, 2019

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