List of female film and television directors explained
This is a list of female film and television directors. Their works may include live action and/or animated features, shorts, documentaries, telemovies, TV programs, or videos.
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See also
Further reading
- Web site: The 100 greatest films directed by women. BBC. 25 November 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200514114954/https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20191125-the-100-greatest-films-directed-by-women-poll . May 14, 2020 . live.
- Web site: Erbland . Kate . Kohn . Eric . Blauvelt . Christian . Thompson . Anne . Ehrlich . David . O'Falt . Chris . Sharf . Zack . Brueggemann . Tom . Desowitz . Bill . Obenson . Tambay . Nordine . Michael . The All-Time Greatest Films Directed by Women . . October 3, 2020 . https://archive.today/20230513110716/https://www.indiewire.com/feature/female-directors-best-movies-directed-by-women-1202045399/ . 13 May 2023 . live.
- Web site: Follows . Stephen . Kreager . Alexis . Gomes . Eleanor . Cut Out of the Picture: A study of gender inequality amongst film directors in the UK film industry . . May 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210605164330/https://stephenfollows.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Cut-Out-of-The-Picture-Report.pdf . June 5, 2021 . live.
- Web site: Follows . Stephen . Film Data Reports: Gender within film crews . Stephen Follows Film Data and Education . July 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170222015252/http://stephenfollows.com/reports/Gender_Within_Film_Crews-stephenfollows_com.pdf . February 22, 2017 . live.
- Web site: Follows . Stephen . Film Data Reports: Gender within UK film crews . Stephen Follows Film Data and Education . August 2014 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170222015303/http://stephenfollows.com/reports/Gender_Within_UK_Film_Crews-stephenfollows_com.pdf . February 22, 2017 . dead.
- News: Kilday. Gregg. Study: Women Film Directors Saw Their Numbers Shrink in 2018. The Hollywood Reporter. January 3, 2019 . https://archive.today/20230513120458/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/general-news/women-comprised-just-8-percent-directors-top-2018-films-1172727/ . 13 May 2023 . live.
- Web site: Randall . Melissa . The Best Female Directors: Celebrating Trailblazing Films & TV Shows . . March 13, 2023.
- Web site: Smith. Anna. Top 100 films directed by women: What is the 'female gaze'?. BBC. 27 November 2019 . https://archive.today/20221208221352/https://www.bbc.com/culture/article/20191127-the-100-films-directed-by-women-what-is-the-female-gaze . 8 December 2022 . live.
- Web site: Smith. Stacy L.. Pieper. Katherine. Choueiti. Marc. Inclusion in the Director's Chair? Gender, Race, & Age of Film Directors Across 1,000 Films from 2007-2016. USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism. February 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180103032355/https://annenberg.usc.edu/sites/default/files/2017/04/06/MDSCI_Inclusion%20_in_the_Directors_Chair.pdf . January 3, 2018 . live.
- Web site: Wu . Kathie . Women Behind the Lens: Female Filmmakers from Around the World . Subtitledonline.com . 2012 . https://web.archive.org/web/20120331232616/http://www.subtitledonline.com/special-features/women-behind-the-lens-female-filmmakers-from-around-the-world. March 31, 2012 . dead.
- Web site: Yapp. Virginia. The Celluloid Void Project: A Compendium of Female Film Directors. The Celluloid Void.
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External links
Notes and References
- Web site: Mona Achache . 10 February 2023 . . fr.
- Web site: Gwen Arner . https://web.archive.org/web/20180302190811/http://www.bfi.org.uk/films-tv-people/4ce2ba3560169 . dead . March 2, 2018 . . 3 March 2023.
- Web site: Gwen Arner . . 3 March 2023.
- Web site: ÉCU Alumni Jordan Bayne. European Independent Film Festival. 25 January 2012. 28 January 2020.
- Web site: Jordan Bayne. HuffPost. 2015. 28 January 2020.
- Web site: Earnshaw . Helen . Jordan Bayne Talks The Sea Is All I Know . Female First . 11 October 2011 . 7 June 2021.
- News: Filmmaker Feryal Behzad receives lifetime award at Isfahan festival. Tehran Times. September 2, 2018. 10 March 2020.
- Book: Afkhami . Mahnaz . Friedl . Erika . In the Eye of the Storm: Women in Post-revolutionary Iran . 1994 . 134 . . 0-8156-2633-9.
- Book: Naficy . Hamid . A Social History of Iranian Cinema, Volume 4: The Globalizing Era, 1984–2010 . 2012 . 138, 434 . . 978-0822348665.
- Web site: 'La nave del olvido', una historia de "liberación" sobre el amor en Chile llega al Festival de Cine de Huelva . . 15 November 2020 . 13 July 2023 . Spanish . 'La nave del olvido', a "liberation" story about love in Chile arrives at the Huelva Film Festival.
- Web site: Ruth Caudeli . . 2021 . 9 November 2023.
- Web site: Spanish Director Ruth Caudeli's 'Petit Mal' Get's US Theatrical Release . Occhi . January 27, 2023 . 9 November 2023.
- Web site: Academy Invites 397 Members: Blessing Egbe, Daniel K Daniel and Funke Akindele Bello On List . ShockNG . June 29, 2022 . 12 July 2022.
- News: Husseini . Shaibu . Blessing Egbe: Lekki wives creator dreams mini series . . 30 October 2021 . 12 July 2022.
- Web site: Dapo . Interview with Blessing Egbe . Indie Activity . July 18, 2015 . 12 July 2022.
- Web site: Shah . Simi . Shruti Ganguly, Filmmaker, Director, and Producer . South Asian Trailblazers . July 11, 2023 . 27 February 2024.
- Web site: Fuge . Jonathan . Exclusive Tripped Up Clip Teases Comedy Misadventure With Leah Lewis, Ariel Winter & Sasha Fox . . October 10, 2023 . 27 February 2024.
- Web site: Stewart . Sophia . EIFF 2019 Women Directors: Meet Emily Harris – "Carmilla" . Women and Hollywood . June 27, 2019 .
- Web site: Emily Harris . . 2019 .
- Web site: Anna Elizabeth James . . 2019 . 1 April 2021.
- Web site: Scott . Sarah . Behind the Byline with Anna Elizabeth James . Walsworth Yearbooks . January 17, 2019 . 1 April 2021.
- News: Gomez . Adrian . 'Grace'-ful landing: Writer, director Anna Elizabeth James finds a home for her independent feature in New Mexico . . February 2, 2020 . 1 April 2021.
- Web site: Leonie Krippendorff . . 2021 . 16 September 2022.
- Web site: Cocoon . . 2020 . 16 September 2022.
- Web site: Meehan. Meagan J.. Mothers of Monsters: Interview with Writer and Director Tucia Lyman. HVY Journalists. February 28, 2020. 16 March 2020.
- Web site: Tucia Lyman – Director. Mothers of Monsters. 2019. 16 March 2020.
- Benini. Stefania. 2012-01-27. 'A face, a name, a story': Women's identities as life stories in Alina Marazzi's cinema. Studies in European Cinema. en. 8. 2. 129–139. 10.1386/seci.8.2.129_1. 191413586 . 1741-1548.
- Web site: Lucas . Ralph . Monika Mitchell Shoots for Netflix . Northernstars . March 23, 2019 . 4 March 2021.
- Web site: Hill . Ruth . Interview With Director Monika Mitchell . Media From the Heart . October 26, 2018 . 4 March 2021.
- Web site: Lemercier . Fabien . 20 December 2018 . Katharina Mückstein • Director of L'Animale . Cineuropa.
- Web site: Laura Neri . . 2020 . 16 May 2023.
- Web site: kgagkas . Laura Neri's "Kill the Habit" to Premiere at Cinequest . Greek Reporter . January 17, 2010 . 16 May 2023.
- Web site: Whitney . Nadine . Nafiss Nia on the Poetry of Hope in That Afternoon . . June 8, 2023 . 16 February 2024.
- Web site: Suemay Oram: Director, Producer. Stern & Wild. 2019. 8 January 2020.
- Web site: Propes . Richard . "Motherland" Review . The Independent Critic . 2009 . 20 April 2021.
- Iacurci . Jenna . Racing the Planet: Director Jennifer Steinman Portrays Heartbreak and Triumph in 'Desert Runners' . GALO Magazine . November 24, 2013 . 20 April 2021.
- Web site: Simon . Brent . How Pleasure director Ninja Thyberg delivered a balanced look at the porn industry . . May 15, 2022.
- News: Loayza . Beatrice . The Business of Making 'Pleasure' . . May 18, 2022.
- Web site: Mitchell . Wendy . Swedish director Ninja Thyberg on the female gaze in Sundance drama 'Pleasure' . . 26 January 2021.
- News: Farrow. Deke. Modesto-native filmmaker wants you to get ripped for Halloween. The Modesto Bee. October 13, 2016. 8 January 2020.
- Web site: Franklin . Mark . The West and the Ruthless (2016) . Once Upon a Time in a Western . November 15, 2017 . 8 June 2021.
- Web site: Miller . Karryn . 8 July 2022 . Meet Flore Vasseur: Director, Storyteller, Novelist and Activist . Beauty Disrupted.
- Web site: Flore Vausseur . Unifrance.
- Web site: Lemercier . Fabien . Virginie Verrier • Director of Marinette . . 8 June 2023 . 13 July 2023.
- Web site: Ellie & Abbie first Australian feature to open MGFF. Cinema Australia. December 5, 2019. 14 February 2020.
- Web site: Monica Zanetti. Yellow Creative Management. 2019. 14 February 2020.