List of transgender film and television directors explained

This is a list of transgender or non-binary film and television directors. Their works may include live action, animated, documentary, and short films; television series and movies, web series, and videos.

Directors

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 2024-06-29 . AFI Conservatory Film SKIN Wins Gold Medal at Student Academy Awards . 2024-06-29 . American Film Institute . en.
  2. Web site: Thompson . Jazz Tangcay,Sophia Scorziello,McKinley Franklin,Jaden . Tangcay . Jazz . Scorziello . Sophia . Franklin . McKinley . Thompson . Jaden . 2023-09-15 . Student Academy Award Winners Announced by Film Academy – Film News in Brief . 2024-06-29 . Variety . en-US.
  3. Web site: 2023-12-07 . Skin . 2024-06-29 . We are moving stories . en-US.
  4. Web site: AS . TV 2 . 2023-11-18 . Norske Leo risikerte alt - vant prestisjepris i Hollywood . 2024-06-29 . TV 2 . nb-NO.
  5. Web site: AMI and Hitsby Entertainment announce casting, writing and producing teams for The Squeaky Wheel: Canada . . 28 November 2023 . November 30, 2023.
  6. News: Bajko . Matthew S. . Websites kick-start LGBT films, shows . https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220211/https://www.ebar.com/news///243320 . 2022-02-11 . live . . February 20, 2013.
  7. Erickson-Schroth, Laura. Trans Bodies, Trans Selves: A Resource for the Transgender Community. Oxford: Oxford Univ. Press, 2014. p 562.
  8. Web site: 'The People’s Joker' Is Vera Drew’s Comic-Book Origin Story . . 8 April 2024 . 23 May 2024.
  9. Web site: Director Zackary Drucker on telling Liz Carmichael's story in "The Lady and The Dale" . https://web.archive.org/web/20210208004556/https://www.glaad.org/blog/director-zackary-drucker-telling-liz-carmichaels-story-lady-and-dale . 2021-02-08 . live . . February 7, 2021.
  10. Web site: Whitney . Oliver . Rhys Ernst Wants To Make A Trilogy Of Movies About Trans Men . https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220211/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/rhys-ernst-transgender-men-adam_n_5c4b8783e4b06ba6d3bcffcf . 2022-02-11 . live . . January 26, 2019.
  11. Web site: Steakle . Kaleena . 'Disclosure' Director Sam Feder on Transgender Representation in Media . https://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220211/https://filmspeak.net/interviews/2021/1/26/disclosure-director-sam-feder-on-lgbtq-representation-in-media . 2022-02-11 . live . FilmSpeak . January 28, 2021.
  12. Web site: Santos . Moi . The Future Is Here: Trans Possibilities Intensive Fellows Reflect on Representation and Resilience . . 2021.
  13. Reynolds . Daniel . Yance Ford Becomes First Transgender Director of an Oscar-Nominated Film . . January 23, 2018.
  14. News: Ahtone . Tristan . Characters on the margins: An interview with Sydney Freeland . https://web.archive.org/web/20190611183455/https://www.hcn.org/articles/tribal-affairs-characters-on-the-margins-an-interview-with-sydney-freeland . 2019-06-11 . live . High Country News . June 10, 2019.
  15. Rodman . Monica . Meet Award-Winning Trans Filmmaker Jake Graf . . March 14, 2017.
  16. Web site: Longo . Joseph . Sundance Is Launching a Program for Trans Filmmakers . https://web.archive.org/web/20211018223934/https://www.them.us/story/sundance-launching-trans-filmmakers-program . 2021-10-18 . live . . October 18, 2021.
  17. https://www.newcityfilm.com/2024/04/16/roommates-representation-and-dog-movie-henry-hansons-trans-curb-your-enthusiasm/
  18. Web site: Dry . Jude . How Silas Howard Became the Best Trans Director Working Today . https://web.archive.org/web/20170701021311/http://www.indiewire.com/2017/06/silas-howard-transparent-trans-director-queer-punk-lgbt-1201849453/ . 2017-07-01 . live . . June 30, 2017.
  19. Web site: nainaatalwar . Horror Pride Month: Writer/Director/Activist ND Johnson . Phantom Punch Movie . June 14, 2021.
  20. Web site: Selene Kapsaski . FilmFreeway.
  21. Web site: Aja . Trans Filmmaker Lex Kennedy Pushes For Positive Narratives About Black Transgender Men . https://web.archive.org/web/20210701051338/https://www.gayemagazine.com/post/lgbtq-filmmaker-sir-lex-kennedy-pushes-for-positive-narratives-about-black-transgender-men . 2021-07-01 . live . Gaye . June 30, 2021.
  22. Web site: Interview: Creator of 'Eden's Garden' . https://web.archive.org/web/20150919024718/http://www.dapperq.com/2015/07/interview-creator-of-edens-garden/ . 2015-09-19 . live . DapperQ . July 14, 2015.
  23. Kellaway . Mitch . WATCH: Web Series Brothers Explores Lives of Transgender Men . https://archive.today/20140601181907/http://www.advocate.com/politics/transgender/2014/06/01/watch-web-series-%E2%80%98brothers%E2%80%99-explores-lives-transgender-men . 2014-06-01 . live . . June 1, 2014.
  24. News: Gunz . Rafaella . Meet the trans filmmaker taking the world of documentary by storm . https://web.archive.org/web/20170512214636/http://www.gaystarnews.com/article/mattioli-the-trans-filmmaker/ . 2017-05-12 . live . . 10 May 2017.
  25. Web site: Nava Mau . Free the Bid.
  26. Donnelly . Matt . Janet Mock Signs Landmark Overall Netflix Deal (EXCLUSIVE) . . June 19, 2019.
  27. News: Slepian . Katya . Canadian actor Elliot Page announces he is transgender . . December 1, 2020.
  28. News: Harris . Paul . Transsexual film-maker Kimberly Reed wows America with Prodigal Sons . https://web.archive.org/web/20130909125508/http://www.theguardian.com/world/2010/feb/07/kimberly-reed-prodigal-sons-transsexual . 2013-09-09 . live . . 6 February 2010.
  29. Ramachandran . Naman . Isabel Sandoval Calls for Layered and Complex Trans Characters in Film and TV – BFI London Film Festival . . October 15, 2021.
  30. Book: Kunziar, Alice. The Queer German Cinema. Stanford University Press. 2000. Stanford.
  31. Marlin . Natalie . Jane Schoenbrun: 'I wanted the film to feel like we're lost in the haze of the internet' . . April 25, 2022.
  32. News: D'Souza . Shaad . Kokomo City director D Smith: 'A lot of trans documentaries are snoozefests' . . 19 July 2023 . 11 January 2024.
  33. Zukin . Meg . 'Salacia' Filmmaker Tourmaline on Spotlighting Black Trans Lives and the LGBT Journey to Mainstream Recognition . . July 2, 2020.
  34. News: Staff . Trans filmmaker Wu Tsang gets 'MacArthur Genius Grant' . https://web.archive.org/web/20190618231215/https://www.losangelesblade.com/2018/10/05/trans-filmmaker-wu-tsang-gets-macarthur-genius-grant/ . 2019-06-18 . live . Los Angeles Blade . October 5, 2018.
  35. Web site: Raven Two Feathers Filmmakers Firelight Media . 2023-02-10 . www.firelightmedia.tv.
  36. Web site: Emmy-nominated Guam filmmaker sets movie on island . https://web.archive.org/web/20210603024539/https://www.pncguam.com/emmy-nominated-guam-filmmaker-sets-movie-on-island/ . 2021-06-03 . live . Pacific News Center . June 3, 2021.
  37. News: Burkholder . Katie . Transgender Writer and Director Lana Wachowski Makes History with The Matrix 4 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190913204755/https://thegavoice.com/culture/transgender-writer-and-director-lana-wachowski-makes-history-with-the-matrix-4/ . 2019-09-13 . live . . August 22, 2019.
  38. News: Davies . Caroline . Sweney . Mark . Film director Lilly Wachowski comes out as transgender woman . https://web.archive.org/web/20160309052013/http://www.theguardian.com/film/2016/mar/09/matrix-director-lilly-wachowski-comes-out-as-a-transgender-woman . 2016-03-09 . live . . 9 March 2016.
  39. Web site: Frater . Patrick . SGIFF Premiere: ‘Some Women’ Focuses on Singapore’s Unseen Transgender History . Variety . Variety Media, LLC. . 11 June 2024 . English . 2021-11-30.
  40. Web site: Campbell X: Experimenting with narrative to find your voice . Scottish Documentary Institute . 1 September 2020.

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