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and

television Television, sometimes shortened to TV, is a telecommunication medium for transmitting moving images and sound. The term can refer to a television set, or the medium of television transmission. Television is a mass medium for advertisin ...

directors. Their works may include

live action Live action (or live-action) is a form of cinematography or videography that uses photography instead of animation. Some works combine live-action with animation to create a live-action animated film. Live-action is used to define film, video ga ...

and/or

animated Animation is a method by which still figures are manipulated to appear as moving images. In traditional animation, images are drawn or painted by hand on transparent celluloid sheets to be photographed and exhibited on film. Today, most anim ...

features Feature may refer to: Computing * Feature (CAD), could be a hole, pocket, or notch * Feature (computer vision), could be an edge, corner or blob * Feature (software design) is an intentional distinguishing characteristic of a software item ...

shorts Shorts are a garment worn over the human pelvis, pelvic area, circling the waist and splitting to cover the upper part of the legs, sometimes extending down to the knees but not covering the entire length of the leg. They are called "shorts" b ...

documentaries A documentary film or documentary is a non-fictional motion-picture intended to "document reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction, education or maintaining a historical record". Bill Nichols has characterized the documentary in term ...

, telemovies,

TV programs A television show – or simply TV show – is any content produced for viewing on a television set which can be broadcast via over-the-air, satellite, or cable, excluding breaking news, advertisements, or trailers that are typically placed betw ...

, or

videos Video is an electronic medium for the recording, copying, playback, broadcasting, and display of moving visual media. Video was first developed for mechanical television systems, which were quickly replaced by cathode-ray tube (CRT) syste ...

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Jennifer Abbott Jennifer Abbott (born January 8, 1965) is a Sundance Film Festival, Sundance and Genie Awards, Genie award-winning film film director, director, film editor, writer, editor, producer and sound designer who specializes in social justice and envir ...

(Canada) * Sarah Abbott (Canada * Jennifer Abod (USA) *

Marguerite Abouet Marguerite Abouet (born 1971) is an Ivorian writer of bandes dessinées, best known for her graphic novel series '' Aya''.Abiola Abrams Abiola Abrams is an American author, podcaster, motivational speaker and spiritual life coach. Abrams has penned three books, including ''African Goddess Initiation: Sacred Rituals for Self-Love, Prosperity, and Joy'', her first book from self- ...

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Nan Achnas Nan Triveni Achnas is an Indonesian film director. Born in Singapore in 1963, she grew up in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. Achnas graduated from the Faculty of Film and Television at the Jakarta Institute of the Arts. She also completed a master's deg ...

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Ally Acker Ally Acker (born August 17, 1954, New York) is an American filmmaker, poet, author, and film historian. Her book, ''Reel Women: Pioneers of the Cinema'', was the first on the market to reveal the entrepreneurial, and transformative roles that wom ...

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Jill Ackles Jill Ackles is an American television soap opera director. Jill has directed for soap operas such as Days of Our Lives, All My Children, and One Life to Live. Jill occasionally draws doodles for Doodle Day. Jill was nominated for a Daytime Em ...

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Kasia Adamik Katarzyna "Kasia" Adamik (born 28 December 1972) is a Polish director and storyboard artist. She has directed TV series including ''1983'', ''Axis Mundi'' and '' Absentia.'' Her debut film feature as director, ''Bark!'', was in competition at Sun ...

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Catlin Adams Catlin Adams (born Nira Barab; October 11, 1950) is an American actress, acting coach and film director. She has coached Oscar-winning actors Jane Fonda, Nicole Kidman, Naomi Watts, Rachel Weisz, Amy Adams, as well as Brad Pitt, Kate Beckins ...

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Joey Lauren Adams Joey Lauren Adams (born January 9, 1968) is an American actress and director. Adams starred in ''Chasing Amy'', for which she was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy, and played smaller role ...

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Perry Miller Adato Perry Miller Adato (December 22, 1920 – September 16, 2018) was an American documentary film producer and director and writer. Adato was born Lillian Perry Miller in Yonkers, New York. At age 18 she moved to Greenwich Village. She married Neil ...

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Anita W. Addison Anita Laraine Wharton Addison (September 6, 1952 – January 24, 2004) was an American television and film director and producer. She was one of the first African American women to be a senior producer for a major television network. Biography ...

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Maren Ade Maren Ade (; born 12 December 1976) is a German film director, screenwriter and producer. Ade lives in Berlin, teaching screenwriting at the Film Academy Baden-Württemberg in Ludwigsburg. Together with Janine Jackowski and Jonas Dornbach, she r ...

(Germany) *

Harmony Adesola ''Being Black in Halifax'' is a Canadian documentary film and television series, which premiered in 2020 on CBC Television and CBC Gem. Created in conjunction with Fabienne Colas's Being Black in Canada foundation, the series selects several emergi ...

(Canada) *

Elvire Adjamonsi Elvire Adjamonsi (born February 18, 1971) is a Beninese filmmaker, actor, journalist and cultural developer. She is known for her documentary films and for her work in creating and managing film festivals and cultural institutions across Africa. ...

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Dianna Agron Dianna Elise Agron ( ; born April 30, 1986) is an American actress and singer. After primarily dancing and starring in small musical theater productions in her youth, Agron made her screen debut in 2006, and in 2007, she played recurring charac ...

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Yasmin Ahmad Yasmin binti Ahmad (7 January 1958 – 25 July 2009) was a Malaysian film director, writer and scriptwriter. She was the executive creative director at Leo Burnett Kuala Lumpur. Her television commercials and films are well known in Malaysia fo ...

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Peggy Ahwesh Peggy Ahwesh (born 1954 in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania) is an American experimental filmmaker and video artist. She received her B.F.A. at Antioch College. A bricoleur who has created both narrative works and documentaries, some projects are script ...

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Shirikiana Aina Shirikiana Aina (born September 9, 1955) is an American film director, cinematographer, producer, and writer. Shirikiana was born in Detroit, MI. She is a member of the LA Film Rebellion. She founded Mypheduh Films, Inc., a distribution company ...

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Kyōko Aizome is a Japanese erotic actress, singer, writer, and AV and film director. She has been called "the first hard-core porn actress in Japan". Life and career Early life Kyōko Aizome was born in Noda Chiba Prefecture. She grew up in a troubled hou ...

(Japan) *

Omolola Ajao ''Being Black in Toronto'' is a Canadian documentary series, which was broadcast by CBC Gem in 2020. The series consisted of six short documentary films by emerging Black Canadian filmmakers from Toronto, who had been mentored through Fabienne Col ...

(Canada) *

Mania Akbari Mania Akbari ( fa, مانيا اکبری, born 22 September 1974Chantal Akerman Chantal Anne Akerman (; 6 June 19505 October 2015) was a Belgian film director, screenwriter, artist, and Film studies, film professor at the City College of New York. She is best known for films such as ''Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 108 ...

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Desiree Akhavan Desiree Akhavan (born December 27, 1984) is an American filmmaker, writer and actress. She is best known for her 2014 feature film debut '' Appropriate Behavior'',Zoya Akhtar Zoya Akhtar (born 14 October 1972) is an Indian film director and screenwriter who works in Hindi cinema. After completing a diploma in filmmaking from NYU, she assisted directors such as Mira Nair, Tony Gerber and Dev Benegal, before becomin ...

(India) *

Nargis Akhter Nargis Akhter is a Bangladeshi film director, screenwriter and producer. Her first directed film was ''Meghla Akash''. After her first film, she directed various films including '' Megher Koley Rod'' (2008), ''Abujh Bou'' (2010), and '' Poush Mas ...

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Atuat Akkitirq Atuat Akkitirq is a Canadians, Canadian filmmaker, actress and costume designer. A partner in the filmmaking collective Arnait Video Productions, she was a shortlisted Genie Award nominee for Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television Award for Best ...

(Canada) *

Zaynê Akyol Zaynê Akyol (born in 1987 in Turkey) is a Canadian filmmaker, producer and photographer. She predominantly focuses on documentary film and is known for her feature-length documentary film ''Gulîstan, Land of Roses '' (2016), which was supporte ...

(Canada) *

Haifaa al-Mansour Haifaa al-Mansour ( ar, هيفاء المنصور ''Hayfā’a al-Manṣūr''; born 10 August 1974), is a Saudi Arabian film director. She is one of the country's best-known and most controversial directors, and the first female Saudi filmmaker ...

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Gina Alajar Regina Liguid Alatiit (born June 28, 1959), professionally known as Gina Alajar (), is a FAMAS and Gaward Urian Award winning Filipino film and television actress and television director. Career Since appearing as a child actress in the earl ...

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Barbara Albert Barbara Albert (born 1970 in Vienna) is an Austrian writer, film-producer and film-director. She studied filmmaking at the Wiener Filmakademie. Her first film to become known to a larger audience was '' Nordrand'', which describes the reality ...

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Karin Albou Karin Albou is a French-Algerian female director, writer, editor, producer and actress. Early life Karin Albou was born on March 12, 1968 in Neuilly-sur-Seine to Jewish Algerian immigrant parents. Her mother was only 16 when she was born. In 1 ...

(France) * Victoria Aleksanyan (Armenia) *

Lexi Alexander Alexandra Mirai ( ar, الكسندرا ميراي; born 23 August 1974), known professionally as Lexi Alexander, is a German-Palestinian film and television director, martial artist, and actress. She is a former World Karate Association world c ...

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Debbie Allen Deborah Kaye Allen (born January 16, 1950) is an American actress, dancer, choreographer, singer-songwriter, director, producer, and a former member of the President's Committee on the Arts and Humanities. She has been nominated 20 times for an ...

(USA) * Elizabeth Allen (USA) * Jennifer Alleyn (Canada) *

Natalia Almada Natalia Almada is a Mexican-American photographer and filmmaker. Her work as a filmmaker focuses on Mexican history, politics, and culture in insightful and poetic films that push the boundaries of how the documentary form addresses social issues. ...

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Mairzee Almas Mairzee Almas is a Canadian filmmaker and television director from Vancouver. She has directed numerous TV shows, including ''Shadow and Bone'', '' Y The Last Man'', ''The Sandman'', ''Locke & Key'', '' Outlander'', ''Impulse'', ''Jessica Jones' ...

(Canada) * Chihiro Amano (Japan) *

Suzana Amaral Suzana Amaral Rezende (March 28, 1932 – June 25, 2020) was a Brazilian film director and screenwriter. She was best known for the 1985 film ''A Hora da Estrela'' ('' Hour of the Star''). Career Amaral's film career started at the age of 37 whe ...

(Brazil) *

Tata Amaral Tata Amaral (born 1960, in São Paulo) is a Brazilian director, writer, producer and actress. She has won various awards across South America, including 'Best director' and 'Best film'. At a young age, Tata lost the father of her daughter. As a ...

(Brazil) *

Barbra Amesbury Barbra Amesbury (born 1948) is a Canadian philanthropist, singer-songwriter, composer and filmmaker, who had several Top 40 hits in Canada in the 1970s. Amesbury was the long-time partner of Canadian philanthropist Joan Chalmers until her death ...

(Canada) *

Ana Lily Amirpour Ana Lily Amirpour ( fa, آنا لیلی امیرپور) is a British-born American film director, screenwriter, producer and actress. She is best known for her Directorial debut, feature film debut ''A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night'', self-descr ...

(UK/USA) * Bonnie Ammaq (Canada) * Valerie Amponsah (Canada) *

Allison Anders Allison Anders (born November 16, 1954) is an American independent film director whose films include ''Gas Food Lodging'', ''Mi Vida Loca'' and ''Grace of My Heart''. Anders has collaborated with fellow UCLA School of Theater, Film and Televisio ...

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Deborah Anderson Deborah Leigh Anderson (born 16 December 1970) is an English musician, photographer, and film director. Her early music work was as a vocalist on her father Jon Anderson's albums. Her 1995 single "Feel the Sunshine" was her first song that char ...

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Gillian Anderson Gillian Leigh Anderson ( ; born August 9, 1968) is an American actress. Her credits include the roles of FBI Special Agent Dana Scully in the series ''The X-Files'', ill-fated socialite Lily Bart in Terence Davies's film ''The House of Mirth'' ...

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Jane Anderson Jane Anderson (born 1954 in California) is an American actress, playwright, screenwriter and director. She wrote and directed the feature film ''The Prize Winner of Defiance, Ohio'' (2005), and wrote the Nicolas Cage film '' It Could Happen to ...

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Laurie Anderson Laurel Philips Anderson (born June 5, 1947), known as Laurie Anderson, is an American avant-garde artist, composer, musician, and film director whose work spans performance art, pop music, and multimedia projects. Initially trained in violin and ...

(USA) * Madeline Anderson (USA) *

Sarah Pia Anderson Sarah Pia Anderson (born 1952) is an English born television and theatre director, and Professor of Cinema and Digital Media at University of California, Davis.

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Sini Anderson Sini Anderson (born November 6, 19??) is an American film director, producer, performance artist, choreographer, dancer and poet, from Chicago, Illinois. Anderson is widely known for directing ''The Punk Singer'' (2013), a documentary about riot ...

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Kamila Andini Kamila Andini (born 6 May 1986) is an Indonesian film director known for her critically acclaimed debut ''The Mirror Never Lies''. Biography Andini was born on 6 May 1986 and is the eldest daughter of filmmaker Garin Nugroho. Although unintereste ...

(Indonesia) * Momoko Ando (Japan) *

Fern Andra Fern Andra, Dowager Baroness von Weichs (born Vernal Edna Andrews, November 24, 1893 – February 8, 1974) was an American actress, film director, script writer, and producer. Next to Henny Porten and Asta Nielsen, she was one of the most po ...

(USA) * Scilla Andreen (USA) *

Preeti Aneja Preeti Aneja is an Indian movie director. She is the director of short movie Kala Paani. Early life Born in Hisar, Haryana on 26 July, Preeti completed her school education from Campus School, Hisar. Preeti did her post-graduation in psych ...

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Joanna Angel Joanna Mostov (born 1980), known professionally as Joanna Angel, is an American pornographic and mainstream actress, director, and writer of adult films. She founded the website ''BurningAngel.com'' in April 2002 with her roommate Mitch Fontain ...

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Irene Angelico Irene Lilienheim Angelico (born December 9, 1946) is a Canadian film director, producer and writer. Early life Angelico was born in 1946 in Munich. Her parents, survivors of the Vilna Ghetto, emigrated to Canada. She received a BA degree from S ...

(Canada) *

Lucia Aniello Lucia Aniello (born 1983) is an Italian-born American director, writer, and producer best known for her work on ''Hacks'', for which she won multiple Emmy Awards, and ''Broad City.'' She has directed and written episodes of both shows, as well as ...

(USA) *

Jennifer Aniston Jennifer Joanna Aniston (born February 11, 1969) is an American actress and film producer. She is the recipient of various accolades, including a Primetime Emmy Award, a Golden Globe Award and two Screen Actors Guild Awards. Since her career ...

(USA) *

Catherine Annau Catherine Annau is a Canadian documentary filmmaker and writer. Annau's debut feature '' Just Watch Me: Trudeau and the '70s Generation'' won numerous awards including a Genie Award, and appeared at New York's Lincoln Center, the National Gallery ...

(Canada) *

Martha Ansara Martha Ansara (born 9 September 1942) is a documentary filmmaker whose films on social issues have won international prizes and been screened in Australia, the UK, Europe and North America. Ansara was one of the first women in Australia to work a ...

(Australia) *

Jessie Anthony ''Brother, I Cry'' is a Canadian drama film, directed by Jessie Anthony and released in 2020. The film stars Justin Rain as Jon, a young First Nations man struggling with drug addiction. The film's cast also includes Lauren Hill, Violet Cameron, ...

(Canada) *

Lisa Rose Apramian Lisa Rose Apramian ( hy, Լիզա րոզ Աբրամիյան), also known as Dr. Lisa, is an Armenian-American psychologist and filmmaker most notable as the director, writer, and producer of the documentary film ''Not Bad for a Girl''. Career A ...

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Shamim Ara Shamim Ara (22 March 1938 – 5 August 2016) was a Pakistani film actress, director and producer. She was known as ''The Tragic Beauty'' because of the tragic heroine roles she often portrayed in films. She was one of the most popular actresse ...

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Danielle Arbid Danielle Arbid (born 26 April 1970) is a French filmmaker of Lebanese origin. She has been directing films since 1997. Her work has been selected for numerous film festivals, including Cannes Film Festival, Toronto FF, New York FF, San Francisc ...

(Lebanon) *

Louise Archambault Louise Archambault is a Canadian film director and screenwriter.Adam Nayman"Louise Archambault" ''The Canadian Encyclopedia'', August 20, 2014. She is best known for her films '' Familia'', which won the Claude Jutra Award in 2005, and '' Gabriell ...

(Canada) *

Francesca Archibugi Francesca Archibugi (; born 16 May 1960) is an Italian film director and scriptwriter. Life and career Born and raised in Rome in an intellectual family (her elder brother is the political and economic theorist Daniele Archibugi), she started ...

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Fanny Ardant Fanny Marguerite Judith Ardant (born 22 March 1949) is a French actress and film director. She is the recipient of numerous accolades, including two César Awards and a Lumières Award. Early life Ardant was born in Saumur, Maine-et-Loire, Fr ...

(France) * Jane Arden (UK) *

Asia Argento Asia Argento (; born Aria Maria Vittoria Rossa Argento; 20 September 1975) is an Italian actress and filmmaker. The daughter of filmmaker Dario Argento, she has had roles in several of her father's features and achieved mainstream success with a ...

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Allison Argo Allison Argo (born December 23, 1953) is an American film producer, director, writer, editor, and narrator. She is best known for her documentaries that focus on endangered wildlife and conservation. Her films have received awards including six ...

(USA) *

Kay Armatage Kay Armatage (born 1943) is a Canadian filmmaker, former programmer at the Toronto International Film Festival and Professor emerita at the University of Toronto's Cinema Studies Institute and Women & Gender Studies Institute. Though she attained ...

(Canada) *

Aviva Armour-Ostroff Aviva Armour-Ostroff is a Canadian actress, writer and filmmaker. She is most noted as the star, co-writer and co-director of the 2021 film '' Lune'', for which she received a Canadian Screen Award nomination for Best Actress at the 10th Canadian S ...

(Canada) *

Franny Armstrong Franny Armstrong (born 3 February 1972) is a British documentary film director working for her own company, Spanner Films, and a former drummer with indie pop group The Band of Holy Joy. She is best known for three films: ''The Age of Stupid'', ...

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Gillian Armstrong Gillian May Armstrong (born 18 December 1950) is an Australian feature film and documentary director, who specializes in period drama. Her films often feature female perspectives and protagonists. Many of her movies are historical dramas. Ea ...

(Australia) *

Alethea Arnaquq-Baril Alethea Arnaquq-Baril (born May 9, 1978) is an Inuk filmmaker, known for her work on Inuit life and culture. She is the owner of Unikkaat Studios, a production company in Iqaluit, which produces Inuktitut films. She was awarded the Canadian ...

(Canada) *

Gwen Arner Gwen may refer to: * Gwen (given name), including a list of people with the name * ''Gwen, or the Book of Sand'', a 1985 animated film * Gwen (film), a 2018 horror film * Tropical Storm Gwen, several storms with the name Acronyms * AN/URC-117 Grou ...

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Andrea Arnold Andrea Arnold, OBE (born 5 April 1961) is an English filmmaker and former actor. She won an Academy Award for her short film ''Wasp'' in 2005. Her feature films include ''Red Road'' (2006), ''Fish Tank'' (2009), and ''American Honey'' (2016), ...

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Patricia Arquette Patricia Tiffany Arquette (born April 8, 1968) is an American actress. She made her feature film debut as Kristen Parker in '' A Nightmare on Elm Street 3: Dream Warriors'' (1987). Her other notable films include ''True Romance'' (1993), ''Ed Wo ...

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Rosanna Arquette Rosanna Lisa Arquette (; born August 10, 1959) is an American actress. She was nominated for an Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actress in a Miniseries or a Movie, Emmy Award for her performance in the TV film ''The Executioner's Song ( ...

(USA) *

Karen Arthur Karen Arthur (born August 24, 1941) is an American film director, producer, and actress. Arthur has directed three feature films, including '' Lady Beware'' (1987) and '' The Mafu Cage'' (1978), but the majority of her work has been in televisi ...

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Natasha Arthy Natasha Arthy (born 23 May 1969 in Gentofte, Denmark) is a Denmark, Danish screenwriter, film film director, director and Film producer, producer, best known for her 2003 Dogme 95, Dogme film ''Se til venstre, der er en Svensker'' (USA Title: ''O ...

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Larysa Artiugina Larysa Mykhailivna Artyugina (born 23 May 1971) is a Ukrainian documentary film director and activist. She is a member of the Union of Cinematographers of Ukraine, the Union of Theater Actors of Ukraine, the creative association Babylon'13 and th ...

(Ukraine) *

Ritva Arvelo Ritva Helinä Arvelo (11 March 1921 – 26 October 2013) was a Finnish actress, director, screenwriter and a pioneer in modern dance. She was one of the first four Finnish women film directors. Life and career Arvelo was born in Helsinki. Arvel ...

(Finland) *

Dorothy Arzner Dorothy Emma Arzner (January 3, 1897 – October 1, 1979) was an American film director whose career in Feature films, Hollywood spanned from the silent era of the 1920s into the early 1940s. With the exception of longtime silent film director Lo ...

(USA) *

Dinara Asanova Dinara Kuldashevna Asanova (russian: Динара Кулдашевна Асанова) was born in Bishkek (formally Frunze) Kyrgyzstan on 24 October 1942. She was a Kyrgyzstani-Soviet film director and one of the most notable and acclaimed fem ...

(Soviet Union) *

Amma Asante Amma Asante (born 13 September 1969) is a British filmmaker, screenwriter, former actress, and Chancellor at Norwich University of the Arts, who was born in London to parents from Ghana. Her love for the film industry started when she received ...

(UK) *

Mari Asato is a Japanese film director. Primarily known for the film '' Ju-On: Black Ghost'' (2009), part of ''The Grudge'' film installments, her other films include the politically undertoned ''Samurai Chicks'' (''Dokuritsu Shôjo Gurentai'') (2004), ...

(Japan) *

Katie Aselton Kathryn Aselton (born October 1, 1978) is an American actress, film director and producer. She directed and co-starred in ''The Freebie (film), The Freebie'', which was shown in the non-competition "Next" category at the Sundance Film Festival i ...

(USA) *

Asinnajaq Asinnajaq (born 1991), Isabella Rose Rowan-Weetaluktuk, is a Canadian Inuk visual artist, writer, filmmaker, and curator, from Inukjuak, Quebec. She is most noted for her 2017 film '' Three Thousand'', which received a Canadian Screen Award nom ...

(Canada) *

Ratna Asmara Ratna Asmara (1913 – August 1968) was an Indonesian actress and film director. Originally active in theatre, in 1940 she starred in the romance film ''Kartinah'', which her first husband Andjar directed. After appearing in several further ...

(Indonesia) * Dorothy A. Atabong (Canada) *

Jacqueline Audry Jacqueline Audry (25 September 1908 – 22 June 1977) was a French film director who began making films in post-World War II France and specialised in literary adaptations. She was the first commercially successful female director of post-war ...

(France) *

Shona Auerbach Shona Auerbach is a British film director and cinematographer. Early career Auerbach began her career as a stills photographer. She studied film at Manchester University and cinematography at Leeds before completing her Master of Arts at th ...

(UK) * Latesha Auger (Canada) *

Susan Avingaq Susan Avingaq is an Inuk Canadian film director, producer, screenwriter, and actress. A founding partner in Arnait Video Productions, a women's filmmaking collective based in Igloolik, Nunavut, she is most noted for her work on the film ''Before To ...

(Canada) * Ashley Avis (USA) *

Nurith Aviv Nurtih Aviv is a French film director and director of photography who was born 11 March 1945, in Tel Aviv (then in Mandatory Palestine). Biography Nurith Aviv has directed fourteen documentary films, and the topic of language is central to he ...

(France) * Ronit Avni (Canada) * Tali Avrahami (Israel) *

Lisa Azuelos Lisa Azuelos (born Elise-Anne Bethsabée Azuelos; 6 November 1965 in Neuilly-sur-Seine) is a French director, writer, and producer. She is the daughter of singer Marie Laforêt. Biography Lisa Azuelos is the daughter of French singer and actr ...

(France)

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Beth B Scott B and Beth B (also known as Scott and Beth B, Beth and Scott B or The Bs after B Movies) were among the best-known New York No Wave underground film makers of the late 1970s and early 1980s. They went on to form an independent film p ...

(USA) *

Jamie Babbit Jamie Merill Babbit (born November 16, 1970) is an American director, producer and screenwriter. She directed the films ''But I'm a Cheerleader'', ''The Quiet'' and ''Itty Bitty Titty Committee''. She has also directed episodes of television prog ...

(USA) *

Iskra Babich Iskra Leonidovna Babich (russian: И́скра Леони́довна Ба́бич; 10 January 1932 – 5 August 2001) was a Soviet film director and screenwriter. Her 1981 film ''Muzhiki!'' was entered into the 32nd Berlin International Fil ...

(Soviet Union) *

Julia Bacha Julia Bacha (born 1980) is a Brazilian documentary filmmaker. She has filmed under-documented stories from the Middle East including issues related to Palestine. Her 2021 film, ''Boycott'', explores anti-boycott legislation and related freedom of ...

* Yamina Bachir-Chouikh (Algeria) * Marina Rice Bader (Canada) * Cindy Baer (USA) *

Jennifer Baichwal Jennifer Baichwal is a Canadian documentary filmmaker, writer and producer. Biography Baichwal was born in Montreal, Quebec and raised in Victoria, British Columbia.

(Canada) *

Norma Bailey Norma Bailey (born 1949, in Gimli, Manitoba, Canada) is a Canadian film writer, producer, and director whose work is rooted in feminist and intersectional film theory. Bailey has directed several films, both in English and French and in various dif ...

(Canada) *

Paule Baillargeon Paule Baillargeon (born July 19, 1945 in Rouyn-Noranda, Quebec) is a Canadian actress and film director. She won the Genie Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in the film ''I've Heard the Mermaids Singing'', and was a nominee for Bes ...

(Canada) *

Robin Bain Robin Bain (born February 12, 1980) is an American actress, writer and director. Career Early work Robin Bain is a graduate of the University of Southern California and holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Theater from the USC School of Dramatic ...

* Catherine Bainbridge (Canada) *

Josiane Balasko Josiane Balasko (born Josiane Balašković; 15 April 1950) is a French actress, writer, and director. She has been nominated seven times for César Awards, and won twice. Career One of Balasko's most recognized roles among English speakers is ...

(France) *

Lucille Ball Lucille Désirée Ball (August 6, 1911 – April 26, 1989) was an American actress, comedienne and producer. She was nominated for 13 Primetime Emmy Awards, winning five times, and was the recipient of several other accolades, such as the Golden ...

(USA) *

Marta Balletbò-Coll Marta Balletbò-Coll (born 1960, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat) is a Catalan actress, film director, producer, screenwriter and cinematographer. Biography Balletbò-Coll earned a degree in analytical chemistry from the Faculty of Chemistry of the ...

(Spain) *

Anne Bancroft Anne Bancroft (born Anna Maria Louisa Italiano; September 17, 1931 – June 6, 2005) was an American actress. Respected for her acting prowess and versatility, Bancroft received an Academy Award, three BAFTA Awards, two Golden Globe Awards, tw ...

(USA) * Rakhshan Bani-Etemad (Iran) *

Elizabeth Banks Elizabeth Banks (born Elizabeth Irene Mitchell; February 10, 1974) is an American actress and filmmaker. She is known for playing Effie Trinket in ''The Hunger Games'' film series (2012–2015) and Gail Abernathy-McKadden in the ''Pitch Perfe ...

(USA) *

Sofia Banzhaf Sofia Banzhaf is a Canadians, Canadian actress and filmmaker from Newfoundland and Labrador. Banzhaf was born in Germany and spent part of her early life in the United States. She is most noted for her 2019 short film ''I Am in the World as Free a ...

(Canada) *

Manon Barbeau Manon Barbeau (born 1949) is a Québécois filmmaker, director, writer, and co-founder of Wapikoni Mobile, an organisation that helps First Nations youth learn the art of filmmaking. She has been Wapikoni Mobile’s general director since 200 ...

(Canada) *

Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette (born 1979) is a Canadian novelist, film director, and screenwriter from Quebec. Her films are known for their "organic, participatory feel." Barbeau-Lavalette is the daughter of filmmaker Manon Barbeau and cinematogra ...

(Canada) *

Laurence Ferreira Barbosa Laurence Ferreira Barbosa (born 1958) is a French film director and screenwriter A screenplay writer (also called screenwriter, scriptwriter, scribe or scenarist) is a writer who practices the craft of screenwriting, writing screenplays ...

(France) * Laura Bari *

Céline Baril Céline Baril (born 1953) is a Canadian artist and film director. Early life Baril was born in Gentilly, Quebec. In 1982, she earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts in degree from the Université du Québec à Montréal. Career Her film ''24 Davids'' was ...

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Neema Barnette Neema Barnette is an American film director and producer, and the first African-American woman to direct a primetime sitcom. Barnette was the first African-American woman to get a three-picture deal with Sony. Since then, she accumulated a numbe ...

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Roseanne Barr Roseanne Cherrie Barr (born November 3, 1952) is an American actress, comedian, writer, producer, and former presidential candidate. Barr began her career in stand-up comedy before gaining acclaim in the television sitcom '' Roseanne'' (1988– ...

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Katherine Barrell Katherine Barrell is a Canadian actress, writer, producer, and director. She is best known for her role as Sheriff Nicole Haught in the Syfy supernatural weird West television series ''Wynonna Earp''. In 2020, she joined the cast of the fan ...

(Canada) * Cecilia Barriga (Chile) *

Drew Barrymore Drew Blythe Barrymore (born February 22, 1975) is an American actress, director, producer, talk show host and author. A member of the Barrymore family of actors, she is the recipient of several accolades, including a Golden Globe Award and a ...

(USA) * Maria Basaglia (Italy) *

Svetlana Baskova Svetlana Yurievna Baskova (russian: Светлана Юрьевна Баскова; born 25 May 1965, Moscow) is a Russian movie director, screenwriter and painter. Biography Svetlana Baskova was born 25 May 1965 in Moscow. She graduated fro ...

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Angela Bassett Angela Evelyn Bassett (born August 16, 1958) is an American actress. She had her breakthrough with her portrayal of singer Tina Turner in the biopic ''What's Love Got to Do with It'' (1993), which garnered her a nomination for the Academy Award ...

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Michal Bat-Adam Michal Bat-Adam ( he, מיכל בת-אדם; born March 2, 1945) is an Israeli film director, producer, screenwriter, actress, and musician. Her films deal with complex and conflicted relationships, especially relationships within families. She als ...

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Joy Batchelor Joy Ethel Batchelor (12 May 1914 – 14 May 1991) was an English animator, director, screenwriter, and producer. She married John Halas in 1940 and subsequently co-established Halas and Batchelor cartoons, whose best known production is the anim ...

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Kathy Bates Kathleen Doyle Bates (born June 28, 1948) is an American actor and director. Known for her roles in comedic and dramatic films and television programs, she has received various accolades throughout her career spanning over five decades, includ ...

(USA) * Signe Baumane (Latvia/USA) * Janet Baus (USA) * Jordan Bayne (USA) *

Amanda Bearse Amanda Bearse (born August 9, 1958) is an American actress, comedian and director. She starred in the 1985 supernatural horror film ''Fright Night'', and later starred as Marcy Rhoades D'Arcy in the Fox sitcom '' Married... with Children'' (1987- ...

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Maria Beatty Maria Beatty is a Venezuelan filmmaker who directs, acts, and produces. Her films are often made in black and white and cover various aspects of female sexuality, including BDSM and fetishism. She was inspired by expressionist German cinema, Fr ...

Marjorie Beaucage Marjorie Beaucage (born 1947) is a Canadian Métis activist filmmaker and teacher from Manitoba. Early life and education Beaucage was born in Vassar, Manitoba in 1947. She obtained a degree in education from the University of Brandon and stud ...

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Renée Beaulieu Renée Beaulieu is a Canadian film director and screenwriter from Quebec, whose debut feature film ''Adrien (Le Garagiste)'' was released in 2015.Gabrielle Beaumont Gabrielle Beaumont (7 April 1942 – 8 October 2022) was a British film and television director. Her directing credits range from ''Hill Street Blues'' to '' Star Trek: The Next Generation''. She became the first woman to direct an episode of '' ...

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André-Line Beauparlant André-Line Beauparlant (born 1966 in Montreal, Quebec) is a Canadian art director, production designer, set decorator and film director. She was nominated for a Genie Award for Best Achievement in Art Direction/Production Design for her work in '' ...

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Aida Begić Aida Begić (born 9 May 1976) is a Bosnian film director and screenwriter. Education and career She graduated in Film and Theater Directing from the Academy of Performing Arts in Sarajevo in 2000. Her graduation film "The First Death Experience ...

(Bosnia and Herzegovina) *

Fatma Begum Fatma Begum (1892–1983) was an Indian actress, director, and screenwriter. She is often considered the first female film director of Indian cinema. Within four years, she went on to write, produce and direct many films. She launched her own p ...

* Feryal Behzad (Iran) *

Nancy Beiman Nancy Beiman is a director, character designer, teacher, and animator. She attended the Character Animation program at CalArts. Career Animation In 1986, Beiman cofounded Caged Beagle Productions with business partner Dean Yeagle. She then move ...

(Canada) * Esther Bell (USA) *

Jennifer Lyon Bell Jennifer Lyon Bell (born August 6, 1969 in Concord, Massachusetts) is an erotic film director/producer, curator, teacher, and writer. She is one of the early members of the feminist pornography movement and ethical porn movement, alongside Erika Lu ...

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Mary Lou Belli Mary Lou Belli is an American television director and author. Career Belli attended Penn State where she received a Bachelor's degree. For many years she acted in musical theatre and soap operas in New York City, followed by a Los Angeles caree ...

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Edet Belzberg Edet Belzberg is a documentary filmmaker. She won a 2005 MacArthur Fellowship. Biography Belzberg received a B.A. in 1991 from the University of Colorado, Boulder and an M.A. in 1997 from the School of International and Public Affairs, Columbi ...

María Luisa Bemberg María Luisa Bemberg (April 14, 1922 – May 7, 1995) was an Argentine film writer, director and actress. She was one of the first Argentine female directors with a powerful presence both in the filmmaking and the intellectual world of Latin A ...

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Jessica Bendinger Jessica Bendinger (born November 10, 1966) is an American screenwriter and novelist. Education Bendinger graduated from Columbia University in 1988. She is a classmate of screenwriter Andrew W. Marlowe. While at Columbia, Bendinger interned fo ...

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Yamina Benguigui Yamina Benguigui (born Yamina Zora Belaïdi; in Lille on 9 April 1955) is a French film director and politician of Algerian descent. She is known for her films on gender issues in the North African (both Berbers and Arabs) immigrant community in ...

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Sadie Benning Sadie T. Benning (born April 11, 1973) is an American artist, who has worked primarily in video, painting, drawing, sculpture, photography and sound. Benning creates experimental films and explores a variety of themes including surveillance, ge ...

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Denyse Benoit Denyse Benoit is a Canadian actress, director and screenwriter from Montreal, Quebec. She is mostly known for ''La Crue'' (1977), ''La belle Apparence'' (1979) and ''Le dernier Havre'' (1986). Early life and education Denyse Benoit was born on Ju ...

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Amber Benson Amber Nicole Benson (born January 8, 1977) is an American actress, singer, writer, director, and producer. She is best known for her role as Tara Maclay on the TV series ''Buffy the Vampire Slayer'' (1999–2002), and has also directed, produced ...

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Emmanuelle Bercot Emmanuelle Bercot (born 6 November 1967) is a French actress, film director and screenwriter. Her film '' Clément'' was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2001 Cannes Film Festival. Her 2013 film '' On My Way'' premiered in competi ...

(France) *

Amy J. Berg Amy J. Berg is an American filmmaker. Her 2006 documentary '' Deliver Us from Evil'' (2006), about sex abuse cases in the Roman Catholic Church, was nominated for an Academy Award and won Berg the Writers Guild of America Award for Best Documenta ...

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Zaida Bergroth Zaida Bergroth (born 8 February 1977) is a Finnish film director best known for her 2020 film '' Tove''. Career Bergroth was born in Kivijärvi in 1977. She graduated from the Aalto University School of Arts, Design and Architecture in 2004. He ...

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Shari Springer Berman Shari Springer Berman (born July 13, 1963) and Robert Pulcini (born August 24, 1964) are an American team of filmmakers. Biographies Both Springer Berman and Pulcini were born in New York, New York. Springer Berman graduated from Wesleyan Un ...

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Joyce Bernal Joyce E. Bernal (born May 6, 1968) is a Filipina film and television director in the Philippines who started as a film editor for Viva Films in 1994. Career On July 23, 2018, she directed the third State of the Nation Address of President Rodri ...

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Halle Berry Halle Maria Berry (; born Maria Halle Berry; August 14, 1966) is an American actress. She began her career as a model and entered several beauty contests, finishing as the first runner-up in the Miss USA pageant and coming in sixth in the Mis ...

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Juliet Berto Juliet Berto (16 January 1947 – 10 January 1990), born Annie Jamet, was a French actress, director and screenwriter. A member of the same loose group of student radicals as Anne Wiazemsky, she first appeared in Jean-Luc Godard's ''Two or Three ...

(France) *

Diane Bertrand Diane Bertrand (born 20 November 1951) is a French film director and screenwriter. Her film '' Un samedi sur la terre'' was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1996 Cannes Film Festival. Selected filmography * '' Charcuterie fine: C ...

(France) *

Julie Bertuccelli Julie Mathilde Charlotte Claire Bertuccelli is a French director born February 12, 1968, in Boulogne-Billancourt. She is particularly known for her documentary La Cour de Babel released in 2014 and the feature film The Tree (2010 film), L'Arbre ...

(France) *

Maïwenn Le Besco Maïwenn Le Besco (; born 17 April 1976), known mononymously as Maïwenn, is a French actress and filmmaker. Early life Maïwenn Le Besco was born on 17 April 1976 in Les Lilas, Seine-Saint-Denis, the daughter of artist Catherine Belkhodja. S ...

(France) *

Jane Marsh Beveridge Jane Marsh Beveridge (born Jane Smart; December 2, 1915 – September 16, 1998) was a Canadians, Canadian Film director, director, Film producer, producer, Film editing, editor, composer, screenwriter, teacher and Sculpture, sculptor. She was bes ...

Troy Beyer Troy Byer (born November 7, 1964) is an American psychologist, author, director, screenwriter, and actress. Early life and education Born in New York City to an African Americans, African-American mother and white father, Byer spent the firs ...

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Pooja Bhatt Pooja Bhatt (born 24 February 1972) is an Indian film director, actress, voice over artist and film maker. Born into the Bhatt family, she is the daughter of Indian filmmaker, Mahesh Bhatt. Bhatt played her first leading role in Mahesh Bhatt's ...

Natalie Bible' Natalie Bible' (born November 9, 1983) is an American film director, screenwriter, Film editing, editor, and film producer. Life and career Bible' was born and raised in Knoxville, Tennessee. Her first feature film ''Windsor Drive (film), Wind ...

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Ric Esther Bienstock Ric Esther Bienstock is a Canadian documentary filmmaker best known for her investigative documentaries. She was born in Montreal, Quebec and studied at Vanier College and McGill University. She has produced and directed an eclectic array of fi ...

(Canada) *

Susanne Bier Susanne Bier (; born 15 April 1960) is a Danish filmmaker. She is best known for her feature films ''Brothers'' (2004), '' After the Wedding'' (2006), ''In a Better World'' (2010), and '' Bird Box'' (2018), and the TV miniseries ''The Night Mana ...

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Kathryn Bigelow Kathryn Ann Bigelow (; born November 27, 1951) is an American filmmaker. Covering a wide range of genres, her films include ''Near Dark'' (1987), ''Point Break'' (1991), '' Strange Days'' (1995), '' K-19: The Widowmaker'' (2002), ''The Hurt Locke ...

(USA) *

Anna Biller Anna Biller is an independent American filmmaker who has directed two feature films. Biller considers herself a feminist filmmaker and consciously explores feminist themes throughout her work, including exploring the female gaze in cinema. She i ...

(USA) *

Patricia Birch Patricia Birch (born October 16, 1934) is an American dancer, choreographer, film director, and theatre director. Early life Born in Englewood, New Jersey, Birch began her career as a dancer in Broadway musicals, including ''Brigadoon (musical), ...

(USA) *

Antonia Bird Antonia Jane Bird, FRSA (27 May 1951 – 24 October 2013Kate Hardi"Antonia Bird obituary" ''The Guardian'', 28 October 2013) was an English producer and director of television drama and feature films. Career In 1968, at the age of 17, Bird ...

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Roshell Bissett Roshell Bissett is a Canadian independent filmmaker who wrote and directed several short films, including the award-winning ''Cotton Candy'', and one feature-length film entitled ''Winter Lily''. Career She began making films in the early 1990 ...

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Sophie Bissonnette Sophie Bissonnette is a Canadian director, editor, writer, and producer in the Quebec film industry. After graduating from Queen's University, she began creating films in Montreal. She released most of her documentary films in the 1980s. In the ...

(Canada) * Justine Bitagoye (Burundi) *

Simone Bitton Simone Bitton (born 1955) is a French-Moroccan Documentary film, documentary filmmaker. Her films have been nominated for or won the César Award, the Marseille Festival of Documentary Film, Marseille Festival of Documentary Film Award, and the S ...

(Morocco) * Marthe Blackburn (Canada) *

Sonia Blangiardo Sonia Blangiardo (born April 18, 1968 in Brooklyn, New York, USA) is an American television soap opera director and producer. She is also the creator and director of the web series ''Tainted Dreams'', which debuted on YouTube in December 2013. Pos ...

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Katja Blichfeld Katja Blichfeld (born 1979) is an American writer, director, producer and casting director. She is known for co-creating and directing ''High Maintenance'', a Vimeo web series and HBO television series. She won a Primetime Emmy award for Outst ...

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Lidia Bobrova Lidia Bobrova (born 13 June 1952) is a Russian film director born in Zabaikalsk, Soviet Union (now Russia Russia (, , ), or the Russian Federation, is a transcontinental country spanning Eastern Europe and Northern Asia. It is the ...

(Russia) * Marusya Bociurkiw (Canada) *

Emily Kai Bock Emily Kai Bock (born 1983 or 1984) is a Canadian writer and film director. In 2017, her short film '' A Funeral for Lightning'' was included in TIFF's annual Canada's Top Ten list of the top 10 Canadian short films of the year, selected by a pane ...

(Canada) *

Anna Boden Anna Boden and Ryan K. Fleck are an American filmmaking duo. They are best known for their collaborations on the films ''Half Nelson'', '' Sugar'', '' It's Kind of a Funny Story'', ''Mississippi Grind'' and '' Captain Marvel''. Early life ...

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Sofia Bohdanowicz Sofia Bohdanowicz is a Canadian filmmaker. She is known for her collaborations with Deragh Campbell and made her List of directorial debuts, feature film directorial debut in 2016 with ''Never Eat Alone''. Her second feature film, ''Maison du Bonh ...

(Canada) * Sonia Bonspille Boileau (Canada) * Sophie Farkas Bolla (Canada) *

Icíar Bollaín Icíar Bollaín Pérez-Mínguez (born 12 June 1967) is a Spanish filmmaker and actress. Early life and education Icíar Bollaín Pérez-Mínguez was born in Madrid on 12 June 1967. She was one of twin girls to a father who was an aeronautical ...

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Natalya Bondarchuk Natalya Sergeyevna Bondarchuk (russian: Наталья Серге́евна Бондарчук) (born 10 May 1950) is a Soviet and Russian actress and film director, best known for her appearance in Andrei Tarkovsky's ''Solaris'' as "Hari". She is ...

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Lisa Bonet Lilakoi Moon (born Lisa Michelle Bonet; November 16, 1967), known professionally as Lisa Bonet (), is an American actress. She is known for playing Denise Huxtable on the sitcom ''The Cosby Show'' (1984–1992), for which she earned widespread a ...

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Sandrine Bonnaire Sandrine Bonnaire (; born 31 May 1967) is a French actress, film director and screenwriter who has appeared in more than 40 films. She won the César Award for Most Promising Actress for '' À Nos Amours'' (1983), the César Award for Best Actre ...

(France) *

Manju Borah Manju Borah ( as, মঞ্জু বৰা) is a multiple international and national award-winning Indian female film director and short story writer from Guwahati, Assam. Borah also served as Jury Member, Indian Panorama, IFFI 2007, 10th MAMI ...

Lizzie Borden Lizzie Andrew Borden (July 19, 1860 – June 1, 1927) was an American woman tried and acquitted of the August 4, 1892 axe murders of her father and stepmother in Fall River, Massachusetts. No one else was charged in the murders, and despite ost ...

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Joyce Borenstein Joyce Borenstein is a Canadian film director, animator and writer. Borenstein worked in the independent animation field in the 1970s before joining the National Film Board of Canada in the 1980s, culminating in the short animated documentary ''Th ...

(Canada) *

Shonali Bose Shonali Bose (born 3 June 1965) is an Indian film director, writer and film producer. Having made her feature film debut in 2005, she has since won such accolades as a National Film Award, a Nashville Film Festival, Bridgestone Narrative Award, ...

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Karen Boswall Karen Boswall is an independent film maker, known for documentaries that she made while living and working in Mozambique between 1993 and 2007. She is a part-time lecturer in Visual Anthropology at the University of Kent. Her films cover a range o ...

(UK) *

Leyla Bouzid Leyla Bouzid (born 1984 in Tunis), is a Tunisian screenwriter and film director. Early life and education Born in Tunis in 1984, Bouzid is the daughter of the director Nouri Bouzid. She grew up in Tunisia, spending her adolescence in Tunis. Af ...

Kansas Bowling Kansas Bowling (born August 2, 1996) is an American film director, screenwriter, cinematographer, and actress. She is best known for directing '' B.C. Butcher'' (2016) and acting in '' Once Upon a Time in Hollywood'' (2019). Early life Bowlin ...

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Muriel Box Violette Muriel Box, Baroness Gardiner, (22 September 1905 – 18 May 1991) was an English screenwriter and director, Britain's most prolific female director, having directed 12 feature films and one featurette. Her screenplay for ''The Seventh ...

(UK) * Maureen Bradley (Canada) * Madeline Brandeis (USA) *

Maryann Brandon Maryann Brandon ''A.C.E''., is an American television and film editor. She is a frequent collaborator with J. J. Abrams. Brandon earned a Primetime Emmy Award nomination for her editing work on the popular television series ''Alias'', created by ...

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Netalie Braun Netalie Braun (Hebrew: נטעלי בראון; born June 12, 1978) is an Israeli poet, writer and filmmaker. She won the 2017 Ophir Award for the best short documentary film. Career Braun completed her BA in literature and philosophy, and an MA ...

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Anja Breien Anja Breien (born 12 July 1940) is a Norwegian film director and screenwriter. One of the leading figures of the Norwegian film industry, and one of the first women to rise to prominence as a writer-director in Norway, Breien's body of work in f ...

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Catherine Breillat Catherine Breillat (; born 13 July 1948) is a French filmmaker, novelist and professor of auteur cinema at the European Graduate School. In the film business for over 40 years, Catherine Breillat chooses to normalize previously taboo subjects in ...

(France) *

Zabou Breitman Zabou Breitman (born Isabelle Breitman; 30 October 1959), or simply Zabou, is a French actress and director. She is the daughter of actors Jean-Claude Deret and Céline Léger. At the age of four, she appeared in her first movie. Since 1981, Za ...

(France) *

Pietra Brettkelly Pietra Brettkelly (born 1965) is a New Zealand filmmaker, known for her documentaries. She is a documentary filmmaker submitted three times for Oscar consideration, a member of The Academy of Motion Pictures Arts and Sciences, and was recently ...

(New Zealand) *

Amit Breuer Amit Breuer is a Canadian-Israeli documentary filmmaker and producer. She is the founder of Amythos Media, formerly known as Amythos Films. Early life Amit Breuer was born in Israel and received her Bachelor of Arts in general history of art fro ...

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Manon Briand Manon Briand (born January 1, 1964, in Baie-Comeau, Quebec)Manon Briand
at Toronto Inte ...

(Canada) *

Zana Briski Zana Briski (born 25 October 1966) is a British people, British photographer and filmmaker, best known for ''Born into Brothels'', the 2004 Academy Awards, Oscar winner of the Academy Award for Best Documentary Feature, which she directed. She f ...

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Tricia Brock Patricia Elaine "Tricia" Baumhardt (née Brock; born July 7, 1979) is an American contemporary Christian singer-songwriter raised in Dillsboro, Indiana. She is best known as the lead vocalist of the American Christian rock band Superchick. In 2 ...

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Beth Broderick Elizabeth Alice Broderick (born February 24, 1959) is an American actress. She portrayed Zelda Spellman in the ABC/ WB television sitcom ''Sabrina the Teenage Witch'' (1996–2003).

(USA) *

Sandrine Brodeur-Desrosiers Sandrine Brodeur-Desrosiers is a Canadian film director and producer from Quebec. She is most noted for her 2019 short film '' Just Me and You (Juste moi et toi)'', which was a Canadian Screen Award nominee for Best Live Action Short Drama at the ...

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Katrina Holden Bronson Katrina Holden Bronson is an American film director, screenwriter and actress. She is the adopted daughter of actors Charles Bronson and Jill Ireland. Bronson's work as director includes '' Daltry Calhoun'' (2005). Filmography * '' The Uncann ...

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Katherine Brooks Katherine Brooks (born March 15, 1976) is an American film writer and Film director, director. Brooks is a member of the Directors Guild of America, a Jury Member for Samsung Fresh-Films 2007 (the largest teen filmmaking program in the USA) and ...

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Julie Brown Julie Ann Brown (born August 31, 1958) is an American actress, comedian, screen/television writer, singer-songwriter, and television director. Brown is known for her work in the 1980s, where she often played a quintessential valley girl charac ...

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Christene Browne Christene Browne (born 1965 in Saint Kitts) is a Canadian director and writer. Browne is the first black woman to write, produce and direct a feature film in Canada. Biography Born in St. Kitts in the Caribbean, Browne moved with her family to Ca ...

Frances Buss Buch Frances Buss Buch (June 3, 1917 – January 19, 2010) was the first female television director in the United States. Career Buch grew up in Saint Louis, Missouri, and attended Washington University. In the early 1940s she relocated to New York Cit ...

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Valerie Buhagiar Valerie Buhagiar (born May 12, 1964) is a Maltese-Canadian actress, film director and television host. She studied acting at George Brown College in Toronto, Ontario, graduating in 1986. Her debut as a filmmaker was ''The Passion of Rita Camill ...

Kathy Burke Katherine Lucy Bridget Burke (born 13 June 1964) is an English actress, comedian, writer, producer, and director. She achieved fame with her appearances on sketch shows such as ''French and Saunders'' (1988–1999) and her recurring role as Mag ...

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Nanette Burstein Nanette Burstein (born May 23, 1970) is an American film and television director. Burstein has produced, directed, and co-directed several documentaries including the Academy Award nominated and Sundance Special Jury Prize winning film ''On the R ...

(USA) * Mira Burt-Wintonick (Canada) *

Maria Burton Maria Burton is an American director, producer, and actress. She directed the feature films ''For the Love of George'' (2018), ''A Sort of Homecoming (film), A Sort of Homecoming'' (2015), ''Manna from Heaven (film), Manna From Heaven'' (2002), ...

(USA) *

Sophia Bush Sophia Anna Bush Hughes (born July 8, 1982) is an American actress. She starred as Brooke Davis in The WB/ CW drama series ''One Tree Hill'' (2003–2012), and as Erin Lindsay in the NBC police procedural drama series ''Chicago P.D.'' (2014– ...

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Akosua Busia Akosua Gyamama Busia (born 30 December 1966) is a Ghanaian actress, film director, author and songwriter who lives in the United Kingdom. She played Nettie Harris in the 1985 film ''The Color Purple'' alongside Whoopi Goldberg. Family and early l ...

(USA) * Andrea Bussmann (Canada) *

Mary Ellen Bute Mary Ellen Bute (November 21, 1906 – October 17, 1983) was a pioneer American film animator, producer, and director. She was one of the first female experimental filmmakers, and was the creator of some of the first electronically genera ...

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Dominique Cabrera Dominique Cabrera (born 21 December 1957) is a French film director. She has taught filmmaking at La Fémis and at Harvard University. Her film '' Nadia et les hippopotames'' was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 1999 Cannes Film ...

(France) *

Sophia Cacciola Sophia Cacciola is a Los-Angeles-based, American filmmaker, artist, and musician. Career overview Film Cacciola is known for her sociopolitical genre feature films that showcase women: '' TEN'', Magnetic, Blood of the Tribades, Clickbait, a ...

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Anne-Marie Cadieux Anne-Marie Cadieux (born September 23, 1963) is a Canadian actress, film director and screenwriter. She has won a Jutra Award for Best Supporting Actress for her role in '' Streetheart (Le Cœur au poing)'' and in 2008 was nominated for a Genie Aw ...

(Canada) * Diane Cailhier (Canada) *

Terril Calder Terril Calder is a Canadian artist and animator.Pat Mullen"Terril Calder Crafts a Duel of Sacred Teachings in Meneath" ''Point of View'', September 11, 2021. She is most noted for her short film '' Snip'', which was named to the Toronto Internation ...

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Julia Cameron Julia B. Cameron (born March 4, 1948Floor Sample, by Julia Cameron, (Tarcher, 2006; ), a memoir) is an American teacher, author, artist, poet, playwright, novelist, filmmaker, pigeon fancier, composer, and journalist. She is best known for her ...

(USA) * Jessica Cameron (Canada) *

Leah Cameron ''The Communist's Daughter'' is a Canadian comedy digital series, which premiered on CBC Gem in 2021 and is loosely based on creator, head writer and director Leah Cameron's own life.“WIDC Featured Voices: Leah Cameron, The Communist’s Daughter� ...

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Peg Campbell Peg Campbell is a Canadian filmmaker. She is most noted for her short films '' It's a Party!'', which was a Genie Award nominee for Best Live Action Short Drama at the 8th Genie Awards, and '' In Search of the Last Good Man'', which won the same ...

(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 (director), Ana Carolina (Brazil) * Joan Carr-Wiggin (Canada) * Albertina Carri (Argentina) * Mélanie Carrier (Canada) * Shelagh Carter (Canada) * Kirsten Carthew (Canada) * Alexandra Cassavetes * Zoe Cassavetes (USA) * Jacqueline Castel (Canada) * Cecil Castellucci * Liliana Cavani (Italy) * Geneviève Dulude-De Celles (Canada) * Jennifer Celotta (USA) * Thea Červenková (Czechoslovakia) * Gurinder Chadha (UK) * Lydia Chagoll (Belgium) * 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) * Aisling Chin-Yee (Canada) * SJ Chiro (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) * Jub Clerc (Australia) * 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) * Suzanne Crocker (Canada) * Emma-Kate Croghan (Australia) * Catherine Crouch * Fiona Cumming (UK) * Carolynne Cunningham * Shelley Curtis (USA) * Thirza Cuthand (Canada)

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* Cherien Dabis (USA) * Nia DaCosta (USA) * Eva Dahr (Norway) * Holly Dale (Canada) * Marie-Julie Dallaire (Canada) * Tamela D'Amico * Aimée Danis (Canada) * Mireille Dansereau (Canada) * Gia Darling * Joan Darling (USA) * Rima Das (India) * Julie Dash (USA) * Charlotte Dauphin (France) * Byambasuren Davaa (Mongolia/Germany) * Dorothy Davenport (USA) (also as Mrs. Wallace Reid) * Marie Davignon (Canada) * Tamra Davis (USA) * Roxann Dawson (USA) * Deborah Day (Canada) * Linda Day (USA) * Camille de Casabianca (France) * Laura de Jonge (Canada) * Maria de Medeiros (Portugal) * Miranda de Pencier (Canada) * Charlotte de Turckheim (France) * Marina de Van (France) * Autumn de Wilde (USA) * Rowan Deacon (UK) * Tracey Deer (Canada) * Regine Deforges (France) * Donna Deitch (USA) * Katrina del Mar (USA) * Julie Delpy (France/USA) * Paula Delsol (France) * Claire Denis (France) * Pouran Derakhshandeh (Iran) * Sophie Deraspe (Canada) * Maya Deren (USA) * Dhvani Desai (India) * Virginie Despentes (France) * Arundhati Devi (India) * Aminder Dhaliwal (Canada) * Aishwarya R. Dhanush (India) * Katherine Dieckmann (USA) * Susie Dietter (USA) * Nia Dinata (Indonesia) * Mati Diop (France) * Zoe Dirse (Canada) * Abigail Disney (USA) * Leila Djansi (USA/Ghana) * Assia Djebar (Algeria) * Nana Djordjadze (Georgia) * Shannen Doherty (USA) * Gail Dolgin (USA) * 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) * Rosvita Dransfeld (Canada) * Polly Draper (USA) * Fran Drescher (USA) * Marie Dressler (Canada) * Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Drew * Kate Drummond (Canada) * Germaine Dulac (France) * Alma Duncan (Canada) * Lena Dunham (USA) * Cheryl Dunye (Liberia/USA) * Sophie Dupuis (Canada) * Marguerite Duras (France) * Clea DuVall (USA) * Ava DuVernay (USA) * Gaëlle d'Ynglemare (Canada)

E

* Christine Edzard (France) * Blessing Effiom Egbe (Nigeria) * Michelle Ehlen (USA) * Debra Eisenstadt * Jihan El-Tahri * Jan Eliasberg (USA) * Phyllis Ellis (Canada) * Bille Eltringham (UK/USA) * Sheri Elwood (Canada) * Erma Elzy-Jones (USA) * Anne Émond (Canada) * Esther Eng (USA) * Diane English (USA) * Jackie English (Canada) * Ildikó Enyedi (Hungary) * Nora Ephron (USA) * Marie Epstein * Abby Epstein (USA) * Anna Eriksson (Finland) * Deniz Gamze Ergüven * Claudia Morgado Escanilla (Canada) * Danishka Esterhazy (Canada) * Bang Eun-jin (South Korea) * Yasmin Evering-Kerr (Canada) * Ewa Ewart (Poland) * Valie Export (Austria) * Tali Shalom Ezer (Israel)

F

* Trey Fanjoy (USA) * Mitra Farahani * Danielle Faraldo (USA) * Coralie Fargeat (France) * Jonathan Dayton and Valerie Faris, 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) * Pascale Ferran (France) * Pepita Ferrari (Canada) * Sally Field (USA) * Chip Fields (USA) * Kim Fields (USA) * Martha Fiennes (UK) * Sophie Fiennes (UK) * Denise Filiatrault * Lee Filipovski (Canada) * 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 (director), Shannon Flynn (USA) * Anna Foerster * Susanna Fogel (USA) * Cheryl Foggo (Canada) * Deanne Foley (Canada) * Sheree Folkson * Megan Follows (Canada) * Anne Fontaine (Luxembourg) * Maya Forbes (USA) * Wendy Tilby and Amanda Forbis, Amanda Forbis (Canada) * Victoria Forester (Canada) * Sadaf Foroughi (Iran) * Kyllikki Forssell (Finland) * Sarah Fortin (Canada) * Gwendolyn Audrey Foster (USA) * Jodie Foster (USA) * Kathryn Foster (USA) * Lilibet Foster (USA) * Tori Foster (Canada) * Beryl Fox (Canada) * Jennifer Fox (documentary filmmaker), Jennifer Fox * Sarain Fox (Canada) * 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 * Mellissa Fung (Canada) * Kelly Fyffe-Marshall (Canada)

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) * Jem Garrard (Canada) * Katy Garretson (USA) * Jennie Garth (USA) * Karen Gaviola (USA) * Julie Gavras (France) * Sarah Gavron (UK) * Katrin Gebbe (Germany) * Ngardy Conteh George (Canada) * Geretta Geretta * Valeriya Gai Germanika (Russia) * 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) * Danis Goulet (Canada) * Sophie Goyette (Canada) * Marita Grabiak (USA) * Briar Grace-Smith (New Zealand) * Debra Granik (USA) * Anais Granofsky (Canada) * Lee Grant (USA) * 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) * Luce Guilbeault (Canada) * Sonali Gulati (India/USA) * Xiaolu Guo * Jasmine Guy (USA) * Alice Guy-Blaché (France/USA)

H

* Alli Haapasalo (Finland) * Joana Hadjithomas (Lebanon) * Lucile Hadžihalilović (France) * Mona Zandi Haghighi (Iran) * Helen Haig-Brown (Canada) * Randa Haines (USA) * Maha Haj (Palestine) * Pam Hall (artist), 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) * Teresa Hannigan (Canada) * Marion Hänsel (Belgium) * Mia Hansen-Løve (France) * Banchi Hanuse (Canada) * Neasa Hardiman (Ireland) * Catherine Hardwicke (USA) * Alicia K. Harris (Canada) * Danielle Harris (USA) * Emily Harris (United Kingdom) * Mary Harron (Canada) * Jackée Harry (USA) * Bobbi Jo Hart (Canada) * 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 (director), 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 (actress), Helen Holmes (USA) * Peggy Holmes (USA) * Nicole Holofcener (USA) * Mahboubeh Honarian (Iran/Canada) * Solveig Hoogesteijn (Sweden/Venezuela) * Zoe Leigh Hopkins (Canada) * Gwyneth Horder-Payton (USA) * Rebecca Horn (Germany) * Anna Maria Horsford (USA) * Joan Horvath (filmmaker), 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

* Ansa Ikonen (Finland) * 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) * Sangita Iyer (Canada)

J

* Mehreen Jabbar * Annemarie Jacir * Lisa Jackson (filmmaker), Lisa Jackson (Canada) * Katie Jacobs (USA) * Sarah Jacobson (USA) * Jeong Jae-eun (South Korea) * Wanda Jakubowska (Poland) * Anna Elizabeth James (USA) * Annabel Jankel (UK/USA) * Agnès Jaoui (France) * Sophie Jarvis (Canada) * Marianne Jean-Baptiste (USA) * Christine Jeffs (New Zealand) * Patty Jenkins (USA) * Tamara Jenkins (USA) * Caytha Jentis (USA) * Katherine Jerkovic (Canada) * Slater Jewell-Kemker (Canada) * Renuka Jeyapalan (Canada) * Xiao Jiang (China) * Liu Jiayin (China) * Xu Jinglei (China) * Stephanie Johnes (USA) * Amy Jo Johnson (Canada) * Karen Johnson (producer), Karen Johnson (USA) * Angelina Jolie (USA) * Stephanie Joline (Canada) * G. B. Jones (Canada) * Rachel Leah Jones (USA-Israel) * Meryam Joobeur (Canada) * Hella Joof (Denmark) * Yashira Jordán * Mary Jordan (filmmaker), Mary Jordan (Canada/USA) * Elena Jordi (Spain) * Nana Jorjadze (Soviet Union/Georgia) * Suma Josson (India) * Petra Joy * Maureen Judge (Canada) * Miranda July (USA) * July Jung (South Korea) * 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) * Amanda Kernell (Sweden) * 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) * Gloria Ui Young Kim (Canada) * Jacqueline Kim * So Yong Kim (South Korea-USA) * Regina King (USA) * Eilis Kirwan (Ireland) * Eriko Kitagawa (Japan) * Bonnie Sherr Klein (Canada) * Karen Knox (Canada) * Ana Kokkinos (Australia) * Kathy Kolla (USA) * Frances Koncan (Canada) * Larysa Kondracki (Canada) * Barbara Kopple (USA) * Torill Kove (Canada) * Leonie Krippendorff (Germany) * Ellen Kuras (USA) * Diane Kurys (France) * Karyn Kusama (USA) * Julia Kwan (Canada) * Sandra Kybartas (Canada)

L

* Nadine Labaki (Lebanon) * Vlasta Lah (Argentina) * Christine Lahti (USA) * Kalpana Lajmi (India) * Karen Lam (Canada) * Evelyn Lambart (Canada) * Alix Lambert (USA) * Mary Lambert (director), Mary Lambert (USA) * Micheline Lanctôt (Canada) * Jessica Landaw (USA) * Valerie Landsburg (USA) * Samantha Lang (Australia) * Yelena Lanskaya (USA/Russia) * Tanya Lapointe (Canada) * Brie Larson (USA) * Michelle Latimer (Canada) * Clara Law (China) * Teza Lawrence (Canada) * Tracie Laymon (USA) * Alexandra Lazarowich (Canada) * Margaret Lazarus (USA) * Elizabeth Lazebnik (Canada) * Lauren Lazin (USA) * Caroline Leaf (USA/Canada) * Jeanne Leblanc (Canada) * Alexandra Leclère (France) * Mimi Leder (USA) * Carinne Leduc (Canada) * Georgia Lee (director), Georgia Lee (USA) * Helen Lee (director), Helen Lee (Canada) * Iara Lee (Brazil) * Jennifer Lee (filmmaker), 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) * Rita Leistner (Canada) * Valérie Lemercier (France) * Kasi Lemmons (USA) * Marquise Lepage (Canada) * Glory Leppänen (Finland) * Chloé Leriche (Canada) * Mira Lesmana (Indonesia) * Chandler Levack (Canada) * Naomi Levine (USA) * Anne Lévy-Morelle (Belgium) * Mary Lewis (Canadian actress), Mary Lewis (Canada) * Sharon Lewis (Canada) * Li Yu (director), Li Yu (China) * Leslie Libman (USA) * Yin Lichuan (China) * Allison Liddi-Brown (USA) * Rakel Liekki (Finland) * 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 (USA) * Sondra Locke (USA) * Barbara Loden (USA) * Julia Loktev (USA) * Brenda Longfellow (Canada) * Kim Longinotto (UK) * Kamala Lopez (USA) * Sophie Lorain (Canada) * Ariane Louis-Seize (Canada) * Juliana Luecking (USA) * Agnieszka Lukasiak (Sweden) * Kátia Lund (Brazil) * Luo Luo (China) * Ida Lupino (USA) * Joy Lusco (USA) * Noémie Lvovsky (France) * Lottie Lyell (Australia) * Dorothy Lyman (USA) * Tucia Lyman (USA) * Jennifer Lynch (USA) * Lisbeth Lynghøft (Denmark) * Gillian Lynne (UK)

M

* Kate Maberly (UK) * Tina Mabry (USA) * Hettie MacDonald (UK) * Shauna MacDonald (Canadian actress), Shauna MacDonald (Canada) * Michelle MacLaren (Canada/USA) * Angelina Maccarone (Germany) * Allison Mack (USA) * Barbie MacLaurin (UK) * Alison Maclean (Canada) * Aoife Madden * Mary Madeiras (USA) * Madhumitha (director), Madhumitha * Madonna (entertainer), Madonna (USA) * Maria Maggenti (USA) * Adriana Maggs (USA) * Sharon Maguire (UK) * Donatella Maiorca (Italy) * Maïwenn (France) * Taru Mäkelä (Finland) * 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 * Émilie Mannering (Canada) * Michelle Manning (USA) * Dinah Manoff (USA) * Auli Mantila (Finland) * Sophie Marceau (France) * Frances Marion (USA) * Eisha Marjara (Canada) * Giulia Marletta * Alina Marazzi (Italy) * Joanne Marcotte (Canada) * Guylaine Maroist (Canada) * Liz Marshall (Canada) * Penny Marshall (USA) * Tonie Marshall (France) * Lucrecia Martel (Argentina) * Catherine Martin (director), Catherine Martin (Canada) * Darnell Martin (USA) * Aurora Martinez * Marsha Mason (USA) * Laetitia Masson (France) * Mary Stuart Masterson (USA) * Anna Mastro * Jean Mathieson (Canada) * Yasmine Mathurin (Canada) * Tomoko Matsunashi * Gail Maurice (Canada) * Elaine May (USA) * Juliet May (UK) * 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) * Christine McGlade (Canada) * Molly McGlynn (Canada) * Mary McGuckian (Ireland/UK) * Danica McKellar (USA) * Ashley McKenzie (director), Ashley McKenzie (Canada) * Nancy McKeon (USA) * Gillian McKercher (Canada) * Tawnia McKiernan (USA) * Sheila McLaughlin (USA) * Carolyn McMaster (Canada) * Chelsea McMullan (Canada) * Mr. & Mrs. Sidney Drew, Lucile McVey (2nd Mrs. Sidney Drew) (USA) * Nancy Meckler (UK) * 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) * Weyni Mengesha (Canada) * Nina Menkes * Anjali Menon (India) * Melanie Merkosky (Canada) * Natalya Merkulova (Russia) * Agnès Merlet (France) * Marziyeh Meshkini (Iran) * Márta Mészáros (Hungary) * Leah Meyerhoff (USA) * Nancy Meyers (USA) * Liu Miaomiao (director), Liu Miaomiao (China) * Maude Michaud (Canada) * Vanessa Middleton (USA) * Anne-Marie Miéville (Switzerland) * Ina Mihalache (Canada) * Gia Milani (Canada) * Tamineh Milani (Iran) * Amy Miller (Canada) * Elisa Miller * Rebecca Miller (USA) * Sharron Miller (USA) * Jacquelyn Mills (Canada) * Pilar Miró (Spain) * Fawzia Mirza (Canada) * Efrat Mishori (Israel) * Adrienne Mitchell (Canada) * Dorothea Mitchell (Canada) * Martha Mitchell (director), Martha Mitchell (USA) * Monika Mitchell (USA/Canada) * Jill Mitwell (USA) * Ariane Mnouchkine (France) * Siue Moffat (Canada) * Tracey Moffat (Australia) * Hengameh Mofid * Michelle Mohabeer (Canada) * Hillie Molenaar * Karen Moncrieff (USA) * Nadine Monfils (Belgium) * Caroline Monnet (Canada) * Adriana Monti (Italy) * Christine Moore (director), Christine Moore (USA) * Jocelyn Moorhouse * Soudabeh Moradian * Jeanne Moreau (France) * Yolande Moreau (Belgium) * Wendy Morgan (director), Wendy Morgan (Canada) * 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 (filmmaker), 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) * Shasha Nakhai (Canada) * 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) * Carol Nguyen (Canada) * 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) * Lily Nottage (Canada) * Maria Novaro (Mexico) * Lynn Novick (USA) * Radda Novikova (Russia) * Cherie Nowlan (Australia/UK) * Marti Noxon (USA)

O

* Mipo O (Japan) * Claire Oakley (UK) * Kim O'Bomsawin (Canada) * Katharine O'Brien (USA) * Shelagh O'Brien (Canada) * 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) * Linda Ohama (Canada) * 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) * 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) * Megan Park (Canada) * 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) * Nadine Pequeneza (Canada) * Sumitra Peries * Cristina Perincioli (Switzerland/Germany) * Janet Perlman * Ellen Perry (USA) * Donna Pescow (USA) * Kristine Peterson * Lori Petty (USA) * Jennifer Phang (USA) * Carmine Pierre-Dufour (Canada) * Ileana Pietrobruno (Canada) * Lydia Dean Pilcher (USA) * Justine Pimlott (Canada) * Carol Pineau * Agnieszka Piotrowska (UK) * Mary Kay Place (USA) * Jennifer Podemski (Canada) * 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 (director), Olga Preobrazhenskaya (Russian Empire/USSR) * Ellen S. Pressman (USA) * Gaylene Preston (New Zealand) * Carrie Preston (USA) * Claire Prieto (Canada) * Gina Prince-Bythewood (USA) * Kardeisha Provo (Canada) * Lkhagvadulam Purev-Ochir (Mongolia)

Q

* Vivian Qu (China) * Gracia Querejeta (Spain) * Joanna Quinn (UK)

R

* Tahani Rached (Canada) * Deborah Raffin (USA) * Eliane Raheb (Lebanon) * Yvonne Rainer (USA) * Rajashree (novelist), Rajashree * Soundarya Rajinikanth * Peggy Rajski (USA) * Bhanumathi Ramakrishna * Lynne Ramsay (UK) * Suze Randall * Roopa Rao (India) * Jenny Raskin (USA) * Irma Raush (Soviet Union/Russia) * Olga Rautenkranzová (Czechoslovakia) * Trisha Ray * Amy Redford (USA) * Cleo Reece (Canada) * Jennifer Reeder (USA) * Dee Rees (USA) * Kelly Reichardt (USA) * Lotte Reiniger (Germany/UK) * Catherine Reitman (Canada, USA) * 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) * Lisa Rideout (Canada) * Leni Riefenstahl (Germany) * Patricia Riggen (Mexico/USA) * Diana Ringo (Finland) * Tristan Risk (Canada) * Marialy Rivas (Chile) * Joan Rivers * Chloé Robichaud (Canada) * Angela Robinson (director), Angela Robinson (USA) * Jennifer Kaytin Robinson (USA) * Julie Anne Robinson (UK) * Melanie Rodriga * Lina Rodriguez (Canada) * Rosemary Rodriguez (USA) * Gerry Rogers * Juliana Rojas * Sophy Romvari (Canada) * Bethany Rooney (USA) * Musidora, Jeanne Roques (France) * Alison E. Rose (Canada) * Lee Rose (director), Lee Rose (USA) * Sue Rose (USA) * Elizabeth Allen Rosenbaum (USA) * Rose Rosenblatt (USA) * Tatia Rosenthal * Theola Ross (Canada) * 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) * Annie St-Pierre (Canada) * Marie-Josée Saint-Pierre (Canada) * Tazuko Sakane (Japan) * Gabriela Samper (Colombia) * Helke Sander (Germany) * Helma Sanders-Brahms (Germany) * Isabel Sandoval (Philippines) * Arlene Sanford (USA) * Sangeeta (Pakistani actress), 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 (actress), Savitri (India) * Nancy Savoca (USA) * Lorene Scafaria (USA) * Lone Scherfig (Denmark) * Suzanne Schiffman (France) * Greta Schiller (USA) * Jillian Schlesinger (USA) * Roslyn Schwartz (Canada) * Céline Sciamma (France) * Jordan Scott (filmmaker), 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) * Mary Sexton (Canada) * 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) *Tima Shomali (Jordan) * Cate Shortland (Australia) * Esfir Shub (Soviet Union) * Mina Shum (Canada) * Huang Shuqin (China) * Mr. & Mrs. Sidney Drew, Mrs. Sidney Drew (USA) * Trish Sie (USA) * Evann Siebens (Canada) * Lois Siegel (Canada) * Floria Sigismondi (Canada) * Joan Micklin Silver (USA) * Barbara Simmons (USA) * Lisa Simon (USA) * Ellen Simpson (Canada) * Madeleine Sims-Fewer (Canada) * 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 (director), Jane Spencer (USA) * Penelope Spheeris (USA) * Jill Sprecher (USA) * Avigail Sperber (Israel) * Sylvia Spring (Canada) * Emily Squires (USA) * Nicole Stamp (Canada) * Wendey Stanzler (USA) * Casandra Stark (USA) * J.A. Steel (USA) * Paprika Steen (Denmark) * Johanna Stein (Canada) * Susan Steinberg (producer), Susan Steinberg (USA) * Jennifer Steinman (USA) * Katherine Stenholm (USA) * Martha Stephens (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) * Alla Surikova (Russia) * Mouly Surya (Indonesia) * Lela Swift (USA) * Brigitte Sy (France) * Ramata-Toulaye Sy (France) * Małgorzata Szumowska (Poland)

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* Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers (Canada) * Rea Tajiri * Lisa Takeba (Japan) * Tanya Talaga (Canada) * 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 * Sharine Taylor (Canada) * Sam Taylor-Wood (UK) * Julie Taymor (USA) * Sakane Tazuko * Valeria Bruni Tedeschi (Italy/France) * Nathalie Teirlinck (Belgium) * Suzie Templeton * Angela Tessinari (USA) * Joan Tewkesbury (USA) * Lucy Thane * Betty Thomas (USA) * Madison Thomas (Canada) * May Miles Thomas * Pam Thomas (USA) * Caroline Thompson (USA) * Danièle Thompson (France) * Jessica M. Thompson (USA/Australia) * Jody Thompson (Canada) * Lea Thompson (USA) * Ninja Thyberg (Sweden) * Wendy Tilby and Amanda Forbis, Wendy Tilby (Canada) * Ondi Timoner (USA) * Victory Tischler-Blue * Stacy Title * Kamala Todd (Canada) * Loretta Todd (Canada) * Maria Sole Tognazzi (Italy) * Pamela Tola (Finland) * 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) * Lexie Findarle Trivundza (USA) * Anne Troake (Canada) * Fien Troch (Belgium) * Rose Troche (USA) * Alice Troughton (UK) * Athina Rachel Tsangari (Greece) * Susan Tully (UK) * Marie-Hélène Turcotte (Canada) * Guinevere Turner (USA) * Aisha Tyler (USA) * Hermína Týrlová (Czechoslovakia)

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* Liv Ullmann (Norway) * Sima Urale (New Zealand/Samoa) * Urszula Urbaniak (Poland)

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* Esther Valiquette (Canada) * Agnès Varda (France; born in Belgium) * Pam Veasey (USA) * Nicole Védrès (France) * Ajita Suchitra Veera (India) * Norma Safford Vela (USA) * Ingrid Veninger (Canada) * Katherena Vermette (Canada) * Rhayne Vermette (Canada) * Chris Vermorcken (Belgium) * Myriam Verreault (Canada) * Sandrine Veysset (France) * Manuela Viegas (Portugal) * Teresa Villaverde (Portugal) * Vidhu Vincent (India) * Michal Vinik (Israel) * Bárbara Virgínia (Portugal) * Wiebke von Carolsfeld (Canada) * Katja von Garnier (Germany) * Daisy von Scherler Mayer (USA) * Margarethe von Trotta (Germany) * Jürgen Vsych (USA) * Johanna Vuoksenmaa (Finland)

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* The Wachowskis, Lana & Lilly Wachowski (USA) * Louise Wadley (Australia) * Kristina Wagenbauer (Canada) * Maria Wagner (USA) * Sally Wainwright (UK) * Lucy Walker (director), Lucy Walker (UK) * Mary Walker-Sawka (Canada) * Nancy Walker (USA) * Dahvi Waller (Canada) * Aisling Walsh (Ireland) * Dearbhla Walsh * Shannon Walsh (Canada) * Laura Wandel (Belgium) * Aloha Wanderwell (Canada) * Lulu Wang (filmmaker), 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 (filmmaker), 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) * Roxann Whitebean (Canada) * Kanchi Wichmann (UK) * Joyce Wieland (Canada) * Nettie Wild (Canada) * Olivia Wilde (USA) * Dawn Wilkinson (Canada) * Dena Williams (Canada) * JoBeth Williams (USA) * Tucky Williams (USA) * Georgina Willis (Australia) * Chandra Wilson (USA) * Lois Wilson (actress), Lois Wilson (USA) * Margery Wilson (USA) * Sandy Wilson (director), Sandy Wilson (Canada) * Doris Wishman (USA) * Agnieszka Wojtowicz-Vosloo (USA) * Christie Will Wolf (Canada) * Mariloup Wolfe (Canada) * Joyce Wong (director), 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)

Y

* 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) * Aleysa Young (Canada) * Heather Young (filmmaker), Heather Young (Canada) * Byun Young-joo * Nathalie Younglai (Canada) * Jessica Yu (USA)

Z

* Samia Zaman (Bangladesh) * Sara Zandieh (Iran/USA) * Yolande Zauberman (France) * Jasmila Žbanić (Bosnia/Herzegovina) * Ona Zee (USA) * Maryanne Zéhil (Canada) * Mai Zetterling (Sweden) * Chenyang Zhao (China) * Chloé Zhao (China/USA) * Zhang Nuanxin (China) * Monica Zanetti (Australia) * Binka Zhelyazkova (Bulgaria) * Lydia Zimmermann (Spain) * Magdalena Zyzak (USA)

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References

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 {{DEFAULTSORT:Female film and television directors Women film directors, * Women television directors, * Lists of women by occupation, Film and television directors Women's mass media, Film and television directors Lists of television people, Female film and television directors Lists of film directors, Female

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