List of female film and television directors
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This is a list of notable female directors in motion picture and television arts.
A
- Joey Lauren Adams (USA)
- Perry Miller Adato (USA)
- Anita W. Addison (USA)
- Laurie Agard (USA)
- Yasmin Ahmad (Malaysia)
- Peggy Ahwesh (USA)
- Chantal Akerman (Belgium/France)
- Barbara Albert (Austria)
- Karin Albou (France)
- Lexi Alexander (USA)
- Debbie Allen (USA)
- Elizabeth Allen (USA)
- Allison Anders (USA)
- Gillian Anderson (USA)
- Jane Anderson (USA)
- Sarah Pia Anderson (UK/USA)
- Maya Angelou (USA)
- Penny Arcade (USA)
- Francesca Archibugi (Italy)
- Jane Arden (UK)
- Asia Argento (Italy)
- Gillian Armstrong (Australia)
- Gwen Arner (USA)
- Andrea Arnold (UK)
- Patricia Arquette (USA)
- Rosanna Arquette (USA)
- Karen Arthur (USA)
- Natasha Arthy (Denmark)
- Dorothy Arzner (USA)
- Jacqueline Audry (France)
- Shona Auerbach (UK)
- Lisa Azuelos (France)
B
- Jamie Babbit (USA)
- Yamina Bachir-Chouikh (Algeria)
- Paule Baillargeon (Canada)
- Lucille Ball (USA)
- Josiane Balasko (France)
- Anne Bancroft (USA)
- Rakhshan Bani-Etemad (Iran)
- Laurence Ferreira Barbosa (France)
- Neema Barnette (USA)
- Roseanne Barr (USA)
- Drew Barrymore (USA)
- Joy Batchelor (UK/USA)
- Kathy Bates (USA)
- Jordan Bayne (USA)
- Gabrielle Beaumont (UK/USA)
- María Luisa Bemberg (Argentina)
- Jessica Bendinger (USA)
- Yamina Benguigui (Algeria/France)
- Amanda Bearse (USA)
- Mary Lou Belli (USA)
- Juliet Berto (France)
- Diane Bertrand (France)
- Troy Beyer (USA)
- Susanne Bier (Denmark)
- Kathryn Bigelow (USA)
- Anna Biller (USA)
- Patricia Birch (USA)
- Antonia Bird (UK)
- Anne-Sophie Birot (France)
- Simone Bitton (Morocco)
- Alice Guy-Blaché (France/USA)
- Lidia Bobrova (Russia)
- Lisa Bonet (USA)
- Icíar Bollaín (Spain)
- Sandrine Bonnaire (France)
- Muriel Box (UK)
- Catherine Breillat (France)
- Zabou Breitman (France)
- Kimberly Brinson (USA)
- Zana Briski (UK)
- Tricia Brock (USA)
- Beth Broderick (USA)
- Katrina Holden Bronson (USA)
- Katherine Brooks (USA)
- Isabelle Broué (France)
- Julie Brown (USA)
- Nanette Burstein (USA)
- Sophia Bush (USA)
C
- Dominique Cabrera (France)
- Julia Cameron (USA)
- Jane Campion (New Zealand)
- Tisha Campbell-Martin (USA)
- Kat Candler (USA)
- Dyan Cannon (USA)
- Patricia Cardoso (Colombia/USA)
- Niki Caro (New Zealand)
- Ana Carolina (Brazil)
- Christine Carrière (France)
- Camille de Casabianca (France)
- Alana Cash (USA)
- Zoe Cassavetes (USA)
- Liliana Cavani (Italy)
- Jennifer Celotta (USA)
- Gurinder Chadha (UK)
- Ilene Chaiken (USA)
- Sylvia Chang (Taiwan)
- Tanuja Chandra (India)
- Joan Chen (China)
- Cher (USA)
- Mabel Cheung (China)
- Lisa Cholodenko (USA)
- Joyce Chopra (USA)
- Věra Chytilová (Czech Republic)
- Shirley Clarke (USA)
- Glenn Close (USA)
- Isabel Coixet (Spain)
- Giada Colagrande (Italy)
- Laetitia Colombani (France)
- Cristina Comencini (Italy)
- Nicole Conn (USA)
- Janice Cooke-Leonard (USA)
- Martha Coolidge (USA)
- Eleanor Coppola (USA)
- Sofia Coppola (USA)
- Catherine Corsini (France)
- Michèle Cournoyer (Canada)
- Leanna Creel (USA)
- Emma-Kate Croghan (Australia)
- Jamie Lee Curtis (USA)
D
- Cherien Dabis (USA)
- Holly Dale (Canada)
- Joan Darling (USA)
- Julie Dash (USA)
- Byambasuren Davaa (Mongolia/Germany)
- Tamra Davis (USA)
- Roxann Dawson (USA)
- Linda Day (USA)
- Donna Deitch (USA)
- Regine Deforges (France)
- Julie Delpy (USA)
- Claire Denis (France)
- Maya Deren (USA)
- Virginie Despentes (France)
- Assia Djebar (Algeria)
- Nana Djordjadze (Georgia)
- Shannen Doherty (USA)
- Doris Dörrie (Germany)
- Polly Draper (USA)
- Fran Drescher (USA)
- Germaine Dulac (France)
- Martine Dugowson (France)
- Cheryl Dunye (Liberia/USA)
- Marguerite Duras (France)
- Clea DuVall (USA)
E
- Christine Edzard (France)
- Ildikó Enyedi (Hungary)
- Nora Ephron (USA)
- Valie Export (Austria)
F
- Teresa Fabik (Sweden)
- Valerie Faris (USA)
- Vera Farmiga (USA)
- Éléonore Faucher (France)
- Safi Faye (Senegal)
- Pascale Ferran (France)
- Shana Feste (USA)
- Sally Field (USA)
- Chip Fields (USA)
- Kim Fields (USA)
- Martha Fiennes (UK)
- Sophie Fiennes (UK)
- Sophie Fillières (France)
- Jenna Fischer (USA)
- Roberta Findlay (USA)
- Anne Fletcher (USA)
- Beatriz Flores Silva (Uruguay)
- Anne Fontaine (France)
- Sadaf Foroughi (Iran)
- Jodie Foster (USA)
- Bonnie Franklin (USA)
- Kim Friedman (USA)
- Soleil Moon Frye (USA)
- Pamela Fryman (USA)
G
- Nisha Ganatra (Canada)
- Nicole Garcia (French Algiers)
- Katja von Garnier (Germany)
- Katy Garretson (USA)
- Jennie Garth (USA)
- Karen Gaviola (USA)
- Julie Gavras (France)
- Melissa Gilbert (USA)
- Leah Gilliam (USA)
- Lillian Gish (USA)
- Lesli Linka Glatter (USA)
- Delphine Gleize (France)
- Lana Gogoberidze (Georgia)
- Whoopi Goldberg (USA)
- Mia Goldman (USA)
- Dennie Gordon (USA)
- Marleen Gorris (Netherlands)
- Lisa Gottlieb (USA)
- Marita Grabiak (USA)
- Debra Granik (USA)
- Lee Grant (USA)
- Susannah Grant (USA)
- Lynnie Greene (USA)
- Maggie Greenwald (USA)
- Valérie Guignabodet (France)
- Sonali Gulati (India/USA)
- Alice Guy (France/USA)
- Jasmine Guy (USA)
H
- Lucile Hadzihalilovic (France)
- Randa Haines (USA)
- Barbara Hammer (USA)
- Lisa Gay Hamilton (USA)
- Sanaa Hamri (Morocco/USA)
- Mia Hansen-Løve (France)
- Catherine Hardwicke (USA)
- Mary Harron (Canada)
- Jackée Harry (USA)
- Melissa Joan Hart (USA)
- Jessica Hausner (Austria)
- Goldie Hawn (USA)
- Julie Hébert (USA)
- Anne Heche (USA)
- Amy Heckerling (USA)
- Birgit Hein (Germany)
- Jill Hennessy (USA)
- Astrid Henning-Jensen (Denmark)
- Erica Herbert (UK)
- Jerusha Hess (USA)
- Jennifer Love Hewitt (USA)
- Agnieszka Holland (Poland)
- Nicole Holofcener (USA)
- Solveig Hoogesteijn (Sweden/Venezuela)
- Anna Maria Horsford (USA)
- Dianne Houston (USA)
- Hu Mei (China)
- Bronwen Hughes (Canada)
- Ann Hui (Hong Kong)
- Danielle Huillet (France)
- Bonnie Hunt (USA)
- Helen Hunt (USA)
- Anjelica Huston (USA)
I
- Laura Innes (USA)
- Diana Lee Inosanto (USA)
- Bodil Ipsen (Denmark)
- Debbie Isitt (UK)
J
- Sarah Jacobson (USA)
- Jeong Jae-eun (South Korea)
- Wanda Jakubowska (Poland)
- Agnès Jaoui (France)
- Christine Jeffs (New Zealand)
- Patty Jenkins (USA)
- Tamara Jenkins (USA)
- G.B. Jones (Canada)
- Hella Joof (Denmark)
- Francesca Joseph (UK)
- Suma Josson (India)
- Miranda July (USA)
K
- Betty Kaplan (Argentina)
- Deborah Kaplan (USA)
- Prema Karanth (India)
- Niki Karimi (Iran)
- Nicole Kassell (USA)
- Alanté Kavaïté (France)
- Naomi Kawase (Japan)
- Diane Keaton (USA)
- Dorota Kedzierzawska (Poland)
- Elodie Keene (USA)
- T'Keyah Crystal Keymáh (USA)
- Moira Kelly (USA)
- Sarah Kernochan (USA)
- Joanna Kerns (USA)
- Farah Khan (India)
- Callie Khouri (USA)
- Beeban Kidron (UK)
- Ana Kokkinos (Australia)
- Kathy Kolla (USA)
- Barbara Kopple (USA)
- Cristina Kotz Cornejo (USA/Argentina)
- Ellen Kuras (USA)
- Diane Kurys (France)
- Karyn Kusama (USA)
- Julia Kwan (Canada)
L
- Nadine Labaki (Lebanon)
- Christine Lahti (USA)
- Kalpana Lajmi (India)
- Mary Lambert (USA)
- Micheline Lanctôt (Canada)
- Yelena Lanskaya (USA/Russia)
- Clara Law (China)
- Caroline Leaf (USA/Canada)
- Mimi Leder (USA)
- Kat Lehmer (USA)
- Jennifer Jason Leigh (USA)
- Kasi Lemmons (USA)
- Naomi Levine (USA)
- Lorraine Lévy (France)
- Allison Liddi-Brown (USA)
- Nnegest Likké (USA)
- Caroline Link (Germany)
- Julie Lipinski (France)
- Marion Lipschutz (USA)
- Lynne Littman (USA)
- Liu Miaomiao (China)
- Phyllida Lloyd (UK)
- Sondra Locke (USA)
- Barbara Loden (USA)
- Julia Loktev (USA)
- Kim Longinotto (UK)
- Julie Lopes-Curval (France)
- Ida Lupino (USA)
- Noémie Lvovsky (France)
- Lottie Lyell (Australia)
- Jennifer Lynch (USA)
- Gillian Lynne (UK)
M
- Ma Liwen (China)
- Angelina Maccarone (Germany)
- Hettie MacDonald (UK)
- Allison Mack (USA)
- Alison Maclean (Canada)
- Madonna (USA)
- Maria Maggenti (USA)
- Sharon Maguire (UK)
- Maïwenn (France)
- Hana Makhmalbaf (Iran)
- Samira Makhmalbaf (Iran)
- Sarah Maldoror (France)
- Nancy Malone (USA)
- Laura Mañá (Spain)
- Gail Mancuso (USA)
- Dinah Manoff (USA)
- Suhasini Maniratnam (India)
- Sophie Marceau (France)
- Frances Marion (USA)
- Eisha Marjara (Canada)
- Penny Marshall (USA)
- Tonie Marshall (France)
- Lucrecia Martel (Argentina)
- Darnell Martin (USA)
- Kellie Martin USA)
- Marsha Mason (USA)
- Laetitia Masson (France)
- Elaine May (USA)
- Melanie Mayron (USA)
- Daisy von Scherler Mayer (USA)
- Patricia Mazuy (France)
- Beth McCarthy-Miller (USA)
- Francine McDougall (USA)
- Nancy McKeon (USA)
- Carolyn McMaster (Canada)
- Nancy Meckler (UK)
- Maria de Medeiros (Portugal)
- Deepa Mehta (Canada/India)
- Vijaya Mehta (India)
- Ursula Meier (France)
- Kay Mellor (UK)
- Linda Mendoza (USA)
- Isabelle Mergault (France)
- Agnès Merlet (France)
- Nancy Meyers (USA)
- Leah Meyerhoff (USA)
- Anne-Marie Miéville (Switzerland)
- Marziyeh Meshkini (Iran)
- Vanessa Middleton (USA)
- Tamineh Milani (Iran)
- Rebecca Miller (USA)
- Sharron Miller (USA)
- Pilar Miró (Spain)
- Martha Mitchell (USA)
- Ariane Mnouchkine (France)
- Christine Moore (USA)
- Tracey Moffat (Australia)
- Karen Moncrieff (USA)
- Adriana Monti (Italy)
- Jeanne Moreau (France)
- Yolande Moreau (Belgium)
- Kira Muratova (Soviet Union)
- Gloria Muzio (USA)
N
- Mira Nair (India)
- Phyllis Nagy (USA)
- Laurel Nakadate (USA)
- Isabelle Nanty (France)
- Laura Neri (Belgium)
- Ning Ying (China)
- Vijaya Nirmala (India)
- Elvira Notari (Italy)
O
- Alanis Obomsawin (Canada)
- Paula van der Oest (Netherlands)
- Alice O'Fredericks (Denmark)
- Jenni Olson (USA)
- Gulshat Omarova (Kazakhstan)
- Yoko Ono (USA/Japan)
- Ulrike Ottinger (Germany)
P
- Euzhan Palcy (Martinique)
- Sai Paranjpye (India)
- Claire Parker (USA/France)
- Pratibha Parmar (Kenya/UK)
- Christine Pascal (France)
- Paula Patton (USA)
- Barbara Peeters (USA)
- Kimberly Peirce (USA)
- Alexandra Pelosi (USA)
- Donna Pescow (USA)
- Sarah Polley (Canada)
- Lea Pool (Switzerland)
- Leanne Pooley (New Zealand)
- Cynthia J. Popp (USA)
- Franka Potente (Germany)
- Sally Potter (UK)
- Deborah Pratt (USA)
- Olga Preobrazhenskaya (Russian Empire/USSR)
- Carrie Preston (USA)
- Gaylene Preston (New Zealand)
- Ellen S. Pressman (USA)
- Gina Prince-Bythewood (USA)
Q
- Florence Quentin (France)
- Joanna Quinn (UK)
R
- Yvonne Rainer (USA)
- Deborah Raffin (USA)
- Lynne Ramsay (UK)
- Rosemary Rawcliffe (USA)
- Anna Reeves (Australia)
- Lotte Reiniger (Germany/UK)
- Chantal Richard (France)
- Patricia Richardson (USA)
- Leni Riefenstahl (Germany)
- Angela Robinson (USA)
- Julie Anne Robinson (UK)
- Bethany Rooney (USA)
- Rose Rosenblatt (USA)
- Tracee Ellis Ross (USA)
- Stephanie Rothman (USA)
- Brigitte Roüan (France)
- Patricia Rozema (Canada)
S
- Jean Sagal (USA)
- Leontine Sagan (France)
- Helke Sander (Germany)
- Helma Sanders-Brahms (Germany)
- Arlene Sanford (USA)
- Marjane Satrapi (Iran/France)
- Nancy Savoca (USA)
- Lone Scherfig (Denmark)
- Céline Sciamma (France)
- Cynthia Scott (Canada)
- Nell Scovell (USA)
- Beverly Sebastion (USA)
- Susan Seidelman (USA)
- Aparna Sen (India)
- Coline Serreau (France)
- Lee Shallat-Chemel (USA)
- Helen Shaver (Canada/USA)
- Adrienne Shelly (USA)
- Millicent Shelton (USA)
- Larisa Shepitko (Soviet Union)
- Kirsten Sheridan (Ireland)
- Cindy Sherman (USA)
- Amy Sherman-Palladino (USA)
- Nell Shipman (USA)
- Cate Shortland (Australia)
- Esfir Shub (Soviet Union)
- Mina Shum (Canada)
- Floria Sigismondi (Canada)
- Joan Micklin Silver (USA)
- Lisa Simon (USA)
- Jada Pinkett Smith (USA)
- Julia Solomonoff (Argentina)
- Frances-Anne Solomon (Canada/Trinidad and Tobago)
- Susan Sontag (USA)
- Penelope Spheeris (USA)
- Jill Sprecher (USA)
- Julie St. Claire (USA)
- Wendey Stanzler (USA)
- Stella Stevens (USA)
- Lynne Stopkewich (Canada)
- Barbra Streisand (USA)
- Susan Stroman (USA)
- Susanna Styron (USA)
- Sara Sugarman (UK)
- Sabiha Sumar (Pakistan)
T
- Rachel Talalay (USA)
- Kinuyo Tanaka (Japan)
- Nadia Tass (Macedonia)
- Sam Taylor-Wood (UK)
- Julie Taymor (USA)
- Valeria Bruni Tedeschi (Italy/France)
- Cécile Telerman (France)
- Angela Tessinari (USA)
- Joan Tewkesbury (USA)
- Tiffani Thiessen (USA)
- Betty Thomas (USA)
- Caroline Thompson (USA)
- Lea Thompson (USA)
- Danièle Thompson (France)
- Fina Torres (Venezuela)
- Pimpaka Towira (Thailand)
- Sarah Townsend (UK)
- Monika Treut (Germany)
- Nadine Trintignant (France)
- Rose Troche (USA)
- Margarethe von Trotta (Germany)
- Charlotte de Turckheim (France)
U
- Liv Ullman (Norway)
V
- Marina de Van (France)
- Agnès Varda (France ~ Born Belgium)
- Norma Safford Vela (USA)
- Marion Vernoux (France)
- Sandrine Veysset (France)
- Teresa Villaverde (Portugal)
- Jürgen Vsych (USA)
W
- Lucy Walker (UK)
- Nancy Walker (USA)
- Jeanne Waltz (Switzerland)
- Sarah Watt (Australia)
- Lois Weber (USA)
- Claudia Weill (USA)
- Lina Wertmuller (Italy)
- Anne Wheeler (Canada)
- Susanna White (UK)
- Joyce Wieland (Canada)
- JoBeth Williams (USA)
- Kathlyn Williams (USA)
- Kimberly Williams-Paisley (USA)
- Chandra Wilson (USA)
- Doris Wishman (USA)
- Agnieszka Wojtowicz-Vosloo (USA)
- Natalie Wood (UK)
- Vikeyeno Zao (India)
X
- Xiao Jiang (China)
- Xu Jinglei (China)
Y
- Tizuka Yamasaki (Brazil)
- Pamela Yates (USA)
- Jessica Yu (USA)
- Li Yu (China)
- Ruby Yang (China)
Z
- Sara Zandieh (Iran/USA)
- Jasmila Žbanić (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
- Mai Zetterling (Sweden)
See also
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