List of female film and television directors
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This is a list of notable female directors in motion picture and television arts.
A
- Jill Ackles (USA)
- Joey Lauren Adams (USA)
- Perry Miller Adato (USA)
- Anita W. Addison (USA)
- Yasmin Ahmad (Malaysia)
- Peggy Ahwesh (USA)
- Chantal Akerman (Belgium/France)
- Gina Alajar (Philippines)
- Barbara Albert (Austria)
- Lexi Alexander (USA)
- Debbie Allen (USA)
- Elizabeth Allen (USA)
- Ana Lily Amirpour (USA)
- Allison Anders (USA)
- Gillian Anderson (USA)
- Jane Anderson (USA)
- Sarah Pia Anderson (UK/USA)
- Danielle Arbid (Lebanon)
- Penny Arcade (USA)
- Francesca Archibugi (Italy)
- Jane Arden (UK)
- Asia Argento (Italy)
- Gillian Armstrong (Australia)
- Gwen Arner (USA)
- Andrea Arnold (UK)
- Patricia Arquette (USA)
- Rosanna Arquette (USA)
- Karen Arthur (USA)
- Natasha Arthy (Denmark)
- Dorothy Arzner (USA)
- Dinara Asanova (Soviet Union)
- Jacqueline Audry (France)
- Shona Auerbach (UK)
- Lisa Azuelos (France)
B
- Jamie Babbit (USA)
- Iskra Babich (Soviet Union)
- Yamina Bachir-Chouikh (Algeria)
- Cindy Baer (USA)
- Paule Baillargeon (Canada)
- Lucille Ball (USA)
- Josiane Balasko (France)
- Anne Bancroft (USA)
- Bang Eun-jin (South Korea)
- Rakhshan Bani-Etemad (Iran)
- Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette (Canada)
- Laurence Ferreira Barbosa (France)
- Neema Barnette (USA)
- Roseanne Barr (USA)
- Drew Barrymore (USA)
- Angela Bassett (USA)
- Joy Batchelor (UK/USA)
- Kathy Bates (USA)
- Signe Baumane (Latvia/USA)
- Jordan Bayne (USA)
- Amanda Bearse (USA)
- Gabrielle Beaumont (UK/USA)
- Aida Begic (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
- Feryal Behzad (Iran)
- Esther Bell (USA)
- Mary Lou Belli (USA)
- María Luisa Bemberg (Argentina)
- Jessica Bendinger (USA)
- Yamina Benguigui (Algeria/France)
- Amber Benson (USA)
- Amy J. Berg (USA)
- Shari Springer Berman (USA)
- Joyce Bernal (Philippines)
- Juliet Berto (France)
- Diane Bertrand (France)
- Troy Beyer (USA)
- Natalie Bible' (USA)
- Susanne Bier (Denmark)
- Kathryn Bigelow (USA)
- Anna Biller (USA)
- Patricia Birch (USA)
- Antonia Bird (UK)
- Simone Bitton (Morocco)
- Alice Guy-Blaché (France/USA)
- Sonia Blangiardo (USA)
- Lidia Bobrova (Russia)
- Anna Boden (USA)
- Icíar Bollaín (Spain)
- Natalya Bondarchuk (Soviet Union/Russia)
- Lisa Bonet (USA)
- Sandrine Bonnaire (France)
- Lizzie Borden (USA)
- Karen Boswall (UK)
- Kansas Bowling (USA)
- Muriel Box (UK)
- Maureen Bradley (Canada)
- Maryann Brandon (USA)
- Anja Breien (Norway)
- Catherine Breillat (France)
- Zabou Breitman (France)
- Zana Briski (UK)
- Tricia Brock (USA)
- Beth Broderick (USA)
- Katrina Holden Bronson (USA)
- Katherine Brooks (USA)
- Julie Brown (USA)
- Frances Buss Buch (USA)
- Nanette Burstein (USA)
- Maria Burton (USA)
- Sophia Bush (USA)
- Akosua Busia (USA)
C
- Dominique Cabrera (France)
- Julia Cameron (USA)
- Tisha Campbell-Martin (USA)
- Jane Campion (New Zealand)
- Kat Candler (USA)
- Dyan Cannon (USA)
- Patricia Cardoso (Colombia/USA)
- Niki Caro (New Zealand)
- Ana Carolina (Brazil)
- Albertina Carri (Argentina)
- Camille de Casabianca (France)
- Alana Cash (USA)
- Zoe Cassavetes (USA)
- Liliana Cavani (Italy)
- Jennifer Celotta (USA)
- Gurinder Chadha (UK)
- Ilene Chaiken (USA)
- Tanuja Chandra (India)
- Sylvia Chang (Taiwan)
- Lilyan Chauvin (USA)
- Joan Chen (China)
- Mabel Cheung (China)
- Patricia Chica (Canada/El Salvador)
- Abigail Child (USA)
- Lisa Cholodenko (USA)
- Rae Dawn Chong (USA)
- Joyce Chopra (USA)
- Věra Chytilová (Czech Republic)
- Shirley Clarke (USA)
- Glenn Close (USA)
- Isabel Coixet (Spain)
- Giada Colagrande (Italy)
- 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)
- Catherine Corsini (France)
- Michèle Cournoyer (Canada)
- Courteney Cox (USA)
- Leanna Creel (USA)
- Emma-Kate Croghan (Australia)
- Fiona Cumming (UK)
- Shelley Curtis (USA)
D
- Cherien Dabis (USA)
- Eva Dahr (Norway)
- Holly Dale (Canada)
- Joan Darling (USA)
- Julie Dash (USA)
- Byambasuren Davaa (Mongolia/Germany)
- Dorothy Davenport (USA) (also as Mrs. Wallace Reid)
- Tamra Davis (USA)
- Roxann Dawson (USA)
- Linda Day (USA)
- Regine Deforges (France)
- Donna Deitch (USA)
- Julie Delpy (USA)
- Claire Denis (France)
- Pouran Derakhshandeh (Iran)
- Maya Deren (USA)
- Virginie Despentes (France)
- Susie Dietter (USA)
- Abigail Disney (USA)
- Assia Djebar (Algeria)
- Nana Djordjadze (Georgia)
- Shannen Doherty (USA)
- Doris Dörrie (Germany)
- Illeana Douglas (USA)
- Elissa Down (Australia)
- Polly Draper (USA)
- Fran Drescher (USA)
- Mrs. Sidney Drew (USA)
- Germaine Dulac (France)
- Lena Dunham (USA)
- Cheryl Dunye (Liberia/USA)
- Marguerite Duras (France)
- Clea DuVall (USA)
E
- Christine Edzard (France)
- Sally El Hosaini (UK/Egypt)
- Jan Eliasberg (USA)
- Bille Eltringham (UK/USA)
- Erma Elzy-Jones (USA)
- Diane English (USA)
- Ildikó Enyedi (Hungary)
- Nora Ephron (USA)
- Abby Epstein (USA)
- Valie Export (Austria)
F
- Trey Fanjoy (USA)
- Danielle Faraldo (USA)
- Valerie Faris (USA)
- Safi Faye (Senegal)
- Rachel Feldman (USA)
- Lynne Fernie (Canada)
- Sally Field (USA)
- Chip Fields (USA)
- Kim Fields (USA)
- Martha Fiennes (UK)
- Sophie Fiennes (UK)
- Roberta Findlay (USA)
- Frauke Finsterwalder (Germany)
- Jenna Fischer (USA)
- Jennifer Flackett (USA)
- Anne Fletcher (USA)
- Shannon Flynn (USA)
- Anne Fontaine (France)
- Maya Forbes (USA)
- Sadaf Foroughi (Iran)
- Jodie Foster (USA)
- Kathryn Foster (USA)
- Lilibet Foster (USA)
- Bonnie Franklin (USA)
- Raquel Freire (Portugal)
- Liz Friedlander (USA)
- Kim Friedman (USA)
- Vivi Friedman (Finland/USA)
- Sarah Frost (USA)
- Soleil Moon Frye (USA)
- Pamela Fryman (USA)
G
- Bethany Joy Galeotti (USA)
- Nisha Ganatra (Canada)
- Liz Garbus (USA)
- Nicole Garcia (French Algiers)
- Jennifer Garner (USA)
- Katja von Garnier (Germany)
- Katy Garretson (USA)
- Jennie Garth (USA)
- Karen Gaviola (USA)
- Julie Gavras (France)
- Sarah Gavron (UK)
- Katrin Gebbe (Germany)
- Jennifer Getzinger (USA)
- Tina Gharavi (Iran/USA/UK/NZ)
- Maria Giese (USA)
- Melissa Gilbert (USA)
- Leah Gilliam (USA)
- Abby Ginzberg (USA)
- Lillian Gish (USA)
- Ellen Gittelsohn (USA)
- Lesli Linka Glatter (USA)
- Delphine Gleize (France)
- Alesia Glidewell (USA)
- Lana Gogoberidze (Soviet Union/Georgia)
- Whoopi Goldberg (USA)
- Dennie Gordon (USA)
- Marleen Gorris (Netherlands)
- Lisa Gottlieb (USA)
- Marita Grabiak (USA)
- Debra Granik (USA)
- Lee Grant (USA)
- Susannah Grant (USA)
- Janet Greek (USA)
- Lynnie Greene (USA)
- Maggie Greenwald (USA)
- Annie Griffin (USA/UK)
- Allison Grodner (USA)
- Sonali Gulati (India/USA)
- Alice Guy (France/USA)
- Jasmine Guy (USA)
H
- Lucile Hadžihalilović (France)
- Randa Haines (USA)
- Lisa Gay Hamilton (USA)
- Tanya Hamilton (USA)
- Barbara Hammer (USA)
- Sanaa Hamri (Morocco/USA)
- Marion Hänsel (Belgium)
- Mia Hansen-Løve (France)
- Melora Hardin (USA)
- Catherine Hardwicke (USA)
- Mary Harron (Canada)
- Jackée Harry (USA)
- Melissa Joan Hart (USA)
- Jessica Hausner (Austria)
- Goldie Hawn (USA)
- Salma Hayek (Mexico/USA)
- Helaine Head (USA)
- Julie Hébert (USA)
- Anne Heche (USA)
- Jen Heck (USA)
- Amy Heckerling (USA)
- Birgit Hein (Germany)
- Marielle Heller (USA)
- Katherine Helmond (USA)
- Heather Hemmens (USA)
- Felicia D. Henderson (USA)
- Jill Hennessy (USA)
- Astrid Henning-Jensen (Denmark)
- Jennifer Love Hewitt (USA)
- Heather Hill (USA)
- Cheryl Hines (USA)
- Lyndall Hobbs (Australia/USA)
- Victoria Hochberg (USA)
- Tamar Simon Hoffs (USA)
- Agnieszka Holland (Poland)
- Nicole Holofcener (USA)
- Solveig Hoogesteijn (Sweden/Venezuela)
- Gwyneth Horder-Payton (USA)
- Anna Maria Horsford (USA)
- Dianne Houston (USA)
- Bryce Dallas Howard (USA)
- Hu Mei (China)
- Huang Shuqin (China)
- Bronwen Hughes (Canada)
- Ann Hui (Hong Kong)
- Danielle Huillet (France)
- Bonnie Hunt (USA)
- Courtney Hunt (USA)
- Helen Hunt (USA)
- Tonya Hurley (USA)
- Anjelica Huston (USA)
I
- Indrani (USA/India)
- Laura Innes (USA)
- Diana Lee Inosanto (USA)
- Bodil Ipsen (Denmark)
- Debbie Isitt (UK)
- Julia Crawford Ivers (USA)
J
- Katie Jacobs (USA)
- Sarah Jacobson (USA)
- Jeong Jae-eun (South Korea)
- Wanda Jakubowska (Poland)
- Annabel Jankel (UK/USA)
- Agnès Jaoui (France)
- Marianne Jean-Baptiste (USA)
- Christine Jeffs (New Zealand)
- Patty Jenkins (USA)
- Tamara Jenkins (USA)
- Karen Johnson (USA)
- Angelina Jolie (USA)
- G.B. Jones (Canada)
- Hella Joof (Denmark)
- Mary Jordan (Canada/USA)
- Nana Jorjadze (Soviet Union/Georgia)
- Suma Josson (India)
- Miranda July (USA)
K
- Mindy Kaling (USA)
- Alex Kalymnios (USA)
- Ellie Kanner (USA)
- Betty Kaplan (Argentina)
- Deborah Kaplan (USA)
- Prema Karanth (India)
- Niki Karimi (Iran)
- Matia Karrell (USA)
- Nicole Kassell (USA)
- Naomi Kawase (Japan)
- Diane Keaton (USA)
- Dorota Kędzierzawska (Poland)
- Elodie Keene (USA)
- Alan Rowe Kelly (USA)
- Moira Kelly (USA)
- Jennifer Kent (Australia)
- Sarah Kernochan (USA)
- Joanna Kerns (USA)
- T'Keyah Crystal Keymáh (USA)
- Farah Khan (India)
- Callie Khouri (USA)
- Beeban Kidron (UK)
- Kaleena Kiff (USA)
- Clare Kilner (USA)
- Eilis Kirwan (Ireland)
- Ana Kokkinos (Australia)
- Kathy Kolla (USA)
- Barbara Kopple (USA)
- Cristina Kotz Cornejo (USA/Argentina)
- Ellen Kuras (USA)
- Katy Kurtzman
- Diane Kurys (France)
- Karyn Kusama (USA)
- Julia Kwan (Canada)
L
- Nadine Labaki (Lebanon)
- Christine Lahti (USA)
- Kalpana Lajmi (India)
- Mary Lambert (USA)
- Micheline Lanctôt (Canada)
- Jessica Landaw (USA)
- Valerie Landsburg (USA)
- Yelena Lanskaya (USA/Russia)
- Linda Lavin (USA)
- Clara Law (China)
- Lauren Lazin (USA)
- Maïwenn Le Besco (France)
- Caroline Leaf (USA/Canada)
- Alexandra Leclère (France)
- Mimi Leder (USA)
- Jennifer Lee (USA)
- Wendee Lee (USA)
- Kat Lehmer (USA)
- Jennifer Jason Leigh (USA)
- Julia Leigh (Australia)
- Kasi Lemmons (USA)
- Alexandra Lescaze (USA)
- Naomi Levine (USA)
- Li Yu (China)
- Leslie Libman (USA)
- Allison Liddi-Brown (USA)
- Nnegest Likké (USA)
- Caroline Link (Germany)
- Tatyana Lioznova (Soviet Union)
- Marion Lipschutz (USA)
- Lynne Littman (USA)
- Renata Litvinova (Russia)
- Liu Miaomiao (China)
- Phyllida Lloyd (UK)
- Sondra Locke (USA)
- Barbara Loden (USA)
- Julia Loktev (USA)
- Kim Longinotto (UK)
- Agnieszka Lukasiak (Sweden)
- Luo Luo (China)
- Ida Lupino (USA)
- Joy Lusco (USA)
- Noémie Lvovsky (France)
- Lottie Lyell (Australia)
- Dorothy Lyman (USA)
- Jennifer Lynch (USA)
- Laurie Lynd (Canada)
- Gillian Lynne (UK)
M
- Ma Liwen (China)
- Kate Maberly (UK)
- Angelina Maccarone (Germany)
- Hettie MacDonald (UK)
- Allison Mack (USA)
- Michelle MacLaren (Canada/USA)
- Alison Maclean (Canada)
- Mary Madeiras (USA)
- Madonna (USA)
- Maria Maggenti (USA)
- Adriana Maggs (USA)
- Sharon Maguire (UK)
- Maïwenn (France)
- Hana Makhmalbaf (Iran)
- Samira Makhmalbaf (Iran)
- Sarah Maldoror (France)
- Nancy Malone (USA)
- Laura Mañá (Spain)
- Gail Mancuso (USA)
- Ami Canaan Mann (USA)
- Michelle Manning (USA)
- Dinah Manoff (USA)
- Suhasini Maniratnam (India)
- Sophie Marceau (France)
- Frances Marion (USA)
- Eisha Marjara (Canada)
- Penny Marshall (USA)
- Tonie Marshall (France)
- Lucrecia Martel (Argentina)
- Darnell Martin (USA)
- Kellie Martin (USA)
- Marsha Mason (USA)
- Laetitia Masson (France)
- Mary Stuart Masterson (USA)
- Elaine May (USA)
- Juliet May (UK)
- Daisy von Scherler Mayer (USA)
- Melanie Mayron (USA)
- Patricia Mazuy (France)
- Aoife McArdle (Ireland)
- Claire McCarthy (Australia)
- Beth McCarthy-Miller (USA)
- Paulette McDonagh (Australia)
- Sally McDonald (USA)
- Francine McDougall (Australia/USA)
- Mary McGuckian (Ireland/UK)
- Danica McKellar (USA)
- Nancy McKeon (USA)
- Tawnia McKiernan (USA)
- Carolyn McMaster (Canada)
- Lucile McVey (2nd Mrs. Sidney Drew) (USA)
- Nancy Meckler (UK)
- Maria de Medeiros (Portugal)
- Deepa Mehta (Canada/India)
- Vijaya Mehta (India)
- Ursula Meier (France)
- Anna Melikian (Russia)
- Kay Mellor (UK)
- Linda Mendoza (USA)
- Anjali Menon (India)
- Agnès Merlet (France)
- Marziyeh Meshkini (Iran)
- Márta Mészáros (Hungary)
- Leah Meyerhoff (USA)
- Nancy Meyers (USA)
- Vanessa Middleton (USA)
- Anne-Marie Miéville (Switzerland)
- Tamineh Milani (Iran)
- Rebecca Miller (USA)
- Sharron Miller (USA)
- Gina Minervini (USA)
- Pilar Miró (Spain)
- Adrienne Mitchell (USA)
- Martha Mitchell (USA)
- Jill Mitwell (USA)
- Ariane Mnouchkine (France)
- Tracey Moffat (Australia)
- Karen Moncrieff (USA)
- Adriana Monti (Italy)
- Christine Moore (USA)
- Jeanne Moreau (France)
- Yolande Moreau (Belgium)
- Makoto Moriwaki (Japan)
- Carol Morley (UK)
- Kim Moses (USA)
- Granaz Moussavi (Iran)
- Kira Muratova (Soviet Union)
- Alison Murray (Canada/UK)
- Jeanne Roques "Musidora" (France)
- Jinna Mutune (Kenya)
- Gloria Muzio (USA)
N
- Dana Nachman (USA)
- Ruba Nadda (Arabia/Canada)
- Phyllis Nagy (USA)
- Mira Nair (India)
- Najwa Najjar (Palestine)
- Laurel Nakadate (USA)
- Isabelle Nanty (France)
- Afia Nathaniel (Pakistan)
- Mariam Ndagire (Uganda)
- Laura Neri (Belgium)
- Lisa Niemi (USA)
- J.R. Niles (USA)
- Ning Ying (China)
- Vijaya Nirmala (India)
- Elvira Notari (Italy)
- Maria Novaro (Mexico)
- Lynn Novick (USA)
- Cherie Nowlan (Australia/UK)
- Marti Noxon (USA)
O
- Mipo O (Japan)
- Alanis Obomsawin (Canada)
- Paula van der Oest (Netherlands)
- Alice O'Fredericks (Denmark)
- Susan Oliver (USA)
- Jenni Olson (USA)
- Gulshat Omarova (Kazakhstan)
- Eileen O'Meara (USA)
- Yoko Ono (USA/Japan)
- Ulrike Ottinger (Germany)
- Jackie Oudney (UK)
P
- Euzhan Palcy (Martinique)
- Sai Paranjpye (India)
- Claire Parker (USA/France)
- Francine Parker (USA)
- Gudrun Parker (Canada)
- Pratibha Parmar (Kenya/UK)
- Christine Pascal (France)
- Stacie Passon (USA)
- Paula Patton (USA)
- Barbara Peeters (USA)
- Kimberly Peirce (USA)
- Alexandra Pelosi (USA)
- Cristina Perincioli (Switzerland/Germany)
- Ellen Perry (USA)
- Donna Pescow (USA)
- Lori Petty (USA)
- Jennifer Phang (USA)
- Jada Pinkett Smith (USA)
- Agnieszka Piotrowska (UK)
- Mary Kay Place (USA)
- Sarah Polley (Canada)
- Léa Pool (Switzerland/Canada)
- Leanne Pooley (New Zealand)
- Cynthia J. Popp (USA)
- Natalie Portman (USA)
- Franka Potente (Germany)
- Sally Potter (UK)
- Deborah Pratt (USA)
- Olga Preobrazhenskaya (Russian Empire/USSR)
- Ellen S. Pressman (USA)
- Carrie Preston (USA)
- Gaylene Preston (New Zealand)
- Gina Prince-Bythewood (USA)
Q
- Vivian Qu (China)
- Joanna Quinn (UK)
R
- Deborah Raffin (USA)
- Yvonne Rainer (USA)
- Lynne Ramsay (UK)
- Jenny Raskin (USA)
- Irma Raush (Soviet Union/Russia)
- Amy Redford (USA)
- Dee Rees (USA)
- Template:Jan Marlyn Reesman (USA)
- Kelly Reichardt (USA)
- Lotte Reiniger (Germany/UK)
- Shonda Rhimes (USA)
- Andrea Giles Rich (USA)
- Chantal Richard (France)
- Patricia Richardson (USA)
- Salli Richardson (USA)
- Leni Riefenstahl (Germany)
- Patricia Riggen (Mexico/USA)
- Angela Robinson (USA)
- Julie Anne Robinson (UK)
- Rosemary Rodriguez (USA)
- Bethany Rooney (USA)
- Lee Rose (USA)
- Sue Rose (USA)
- Rose Rosenblatt (USA)
- Tracee Ellis Ross (USA)
- Stephanie Rothman (USA)
- Brigitte Roüan (France)
- Patricia Rozema (Canada)
- Catarina Ruivo (Portugal)
- Marisa Ryan (USA)
S
- Jean Sagal (USA)
- Leontine Sagan (France)
- Helke Sander (Germany)
- Helma Sanders-Brahms (Germany)
- Arlene Sanford (USA)
- Satarupa Sanyal (India)
- Valeria Sarmiento (Chile/France)
- Shimako Satō (Japan)
- Marjane Satrapi (Iran/France)
- Nancy Savoca (USA)
- Lone Scherfig (Denmark)
- T.M. Scorzafava (USA)
- Cynthia Scott (Canada)
- Nell Scovell (USA)
- Jillian Schlesinger (USA)
- Beverly Sebastion (USA)
- Susan Seidelman (USA)
- Aparna Sen (India)
- Lorraine Senna (USA)
- Coline Serreau (France)
- Beverly Shaffer (Canada/USA)
- Lee Shallat-Chemel (USA)
- Jessica Sharzer (USA)
- Helen Shaver (Canada/USA)
- Adrienne Shelly (USA)
- Lynn Shelton (USA)
- Millicent Shelton (USA)
- Larisa Shepitko (Soviet Union)
- Kirsten Sheridan (Ireland)
- Cindy Sherman (USA)
- Amy Sherman-Palladino (USA)
- Nell Shipman (Canada)
- Cate Shortland (Australia)
- Esfir Shub (Soviet Union)
- Mina Shum (Canada)
- Jennifer Siebel Newsom (USA)
- Floria Sigismondi (Canada)
- Joan Micklin Silver (USA)
- Barbara Simmons (USA)
- Lisa Simon (USA)
- Kari Skogland (Canada)
- Holly Goldberg Sloan (USA)
- Yuliya Solntseva (Soviet Union)
- Frances-Anne Solomon (Canada/Trinidad and Tobago)
- Julia Solomonoff (Argentina)
- Jill Soloway (USA)
- Susan Sontag (USA)
- Jane Spencer (USA)
- Penelope Spheeris (USA)
- Jill Sprecher (USA)
- Emily Squires (USA)
- Julie St. Claire (USA)
- Wendey Stanzler (USA)
- Alex Stapleton (USA)
- Susan Steinberg (USA)
- Stella Stevens (USA)
- Lynne Stopkewich (Canada)
- Barbra Streisand (USA)
- Susan Strickler (USA)
- Susan Stroman (USA)
- Vera Stroyeva (Soviet Union)
- Susanna Styron (USA)
- Sara Sugarman (UK)
- Sabiha Sumar (Pakistan)
- Lela Swift (USA)
T
- Lisa Takeba (Japan)
- Rachel Talalay (USA)
- Yuki Tanada (Japan)
- Kinuyo Tanaka (Japan)
- Cyndi Tang (USA)
- Amanda Tapping (Canada/USA)
- Nadia Tass (Macedonia)
- Sam Taylor-Wood (UK)
- Julie Taymor (USA)
- Valeria Bruni Tedeschi (Italy/France)
- Angela Tessinari (USA)
- Joan Tewkesbury (USA)
- Tiffani Thiessen (USA)
- Betty Thomas (USA)
- Pam Thomas (USA)
- Caroline Thompson (USA)
- Danièle Thompson (France)
- Lea Thompson (USA)
- Fina Torres (Venezuela)
- Pimpaka Towira (Thailand)
- Sarah Townsend (UK)
- Monika Treut (Germany)
- Nadine Trintignant (France)
- Rose Troche (USA)
- Margarethe von Trotta (Germany)
- Alice Troughton (UK)
- Charlotte de Turckheim (France)
- Aisha Tyler (USA)
U
- Liv Ullman (Norway)
- Sima Urale (New Zealand/Samoa)
- Urszula Urbaniak (Poland)
V
- Marina de Van (France)
- Agnès Varda (France; born in Belgium)
- Pam Veasey (USA)
- Ajita Suchitra Veera (India)
- Norma Safford Vela (USA)
- Sandrine Veysset (France)
- Manuela Viegas (Portugal)
- Teresa Villaverde (Portugal)
- Jürgen Vsych (USA)
W
- Lana Wachowski (USA)
- Lilly Wachowski (USA)
- Maria Wagner (USA)
- Sally Wainwright (UK)
- Lucy Walker (UK)
- Nancy Walker (USA)
- Aisling Walsh (Ireland)
- Shannon Walsh (Canada)
- Rachel Ward (Australia)
- Sarah Watt (Australia)
- Kim Wayans (USA)
- Lois Weber (USA)
- Claudia Weill (USA)
- Adrienne Weiss (USA)
- Aerlyn Weissman (Canada)
- Lina Wertmüller (Italy)
- Anne Wheeler (Canada)
- Susanna White (UK)
- Kanchi Wichmann (UK)
- Joyce Wieland (Canada)
- JoBeth Williams (USA)
- Kathlyn Williams (USA)
- Kelli Williams (USA)
- Kimberly Williams-Paisley (USA)
- Chandra Wilson (USA)
- Lois Wilson (USA)
- Margery Wilson (USA)
- Rita Wilson (USA)
- Sandy Wilson (Canada)
- Doris Wishman (USA)
- Agnieszka Wojtowicz-Vosloo (USA)
- Natalie Wood (UK)
- Kate Woods (Australia/USA)
- Gwen Wynne (USA)
X
- Xiao Jiang (China)
- Xu Jinglei (China)
- Xue Xiaolu (China)
Y
- Naoko Yamada (Japan)
- Tizuka Yamasaki (Brazil)
- Ruby Yang (China)
- Pamela Yates (USA)
- Linda Yellen (USA)
- Jessica Yu (USA)
Z
- Sara Zandieh (Iran/USA)
- Jasmila Žbanić (Bosnia/Herzegovina)
- Mai Zetterling (Sweden)
- Binka Zhelyazkova (Bulgaria)
- Lydia Zimmermann (Spain)
See also
- List of female film directors
- List of film and television directors
- List of women writers
- Women's cinema
References
External links
- FemaleDirectors.com
- SAWNET directors
- Women Behind the Lens : Female Filmmakers from Around the World at subtitledonline.com
- The Directors List
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