List of female film and television directors

^ "Jordan Bayne". HuffPost. 2015. Retrieved 28 January 2020.

^ Earnshaw, Helen (11 October 2011). "Jordan Bayne Talks The Sea Is All I Know". Female First. Retrieved 7 June 2021.

^ "Filmmaker Feryal Behzad receives lifetime award at Isfahan festival". Tehran Times. September 2, 2018. Retrieved 10 March 2020.

ISBN 0-8156-2633-9
.

ISBN 978-0822348665
.

Europa Press
(in Spanish). 15 November 2020. Retrieved 13 July 2023.
^ "Ruth Caudeli". Film Fatales. 2021. Retrieved 9 November 2023.

^ "Spanish Director Ruth Caudeli's 'Petit Mal' Get's US Theatrical Release". Occhi. January 27, 2023. Retrieved 9 November 2023.

^ "Academy Invites 397 Members: Blessing Egbe, Daniel K Daniel and Funke Akindele Bello On List". ShockNG. June 29, 2022. Retrieved 12 July 2022.

^ Husseini, Shaibu (30 October 2021). "Blessing Egbe: Lekki wives creator dreams mini series". The Guardian. Retrieved 12 July 2022.

^ Dapo (July 18, 2015). "Interview with Blessing Egbe". Indie Activity. Retrieved 12 July 2022.

^ Harper, Rachael (5 November 2020). "An Interview With: Coralie Fargeat". SciFiNow. Retrieved 5 June 2021.

UniFrance
. 2019. Retrieved 5 June 2021.

^ Shah, Simi (July 11, 2023). "Shruti Ganguly, Filmmaker, Director, and Producer". South Asian Trailblazers. Retrieved 27 February 2024.

^ Fuge, Jonathan (October 10, 2023). "Exclusive Tripped Up Clip Teases Comedy Misadventure With Leah Lewis, Ariel Winter & Sasha Fox". MovieWeb. Retrieved 27 February 2024.

^ Stewart, Sophia (June 27, 2019). "EIFF 2019 Women Directors: Meet Emily Harris – "Carmilla"". Women and Hollywood.

^ "Emily Harris". Berlinale Talents. 2019.

^ "Anna Elizabeth James". Film Fatales. 2019. Retrieved 1 April 2021.

^ Scott, Sarah (January 17, 2019). "Behind the Byline with Anna Elizabeth James". Walsworth Yearbooks. Retrieved 1 April 2021.

^ Gomez, Adrian (February 2, 2020). "'Grace'-ful landing: Writer, director Anna Elizabeth James finds a home for her independent feature in New Mexico". Albuquerque Journal. Retrieved 1 April 2021.

^ "Leonie Krippendorff". Birds Eye View. 2021. Retrieved 16 September 2022.

^ "Cocoon". Berlin International Film Festival. 2020. Retrieved 16 September 2022.

^ Meehan, Meagan J. (February 28, 2020). "Mothers of Monsters: Interview with Writer and Director Tucia Lyman". HVY Journalists. Retrieved 16 March 2020.

^ "Tucia Lyman – Director". Mothers of Monsters. 2019. Retrieved 16 March 2020.

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.

^ Lucas, Ralph (March 23, 2019). "Monika Mitchell Shoots for Netflix". Northernstars. Retrieved 4 March 2021.

^ Hill, Ruth (October 26, 2018). "Interview With Director Monika Mitchell". Media From the Heart. Retrieved 4 March 2021.

^ Lemercier, Fabien (20 December 2018). "Katharina Mückstein • Director of L'Animale". Cineuropa.

^ "Laura Neri". FilmFreeway. 2020. Retrieved 16 May 2023.

^ kgagkas (January 17, 2010). "Laura Neri's "Kill the Habit" to Premiere at Cinequest". Greek Reporter. Retrieved 16 May 2023.

^ Whitney, Nadine (June 8, 2023). "Nafiss Nia on the Poetry of Hope in That Afternoon". The Curb. Retrieved 16 February 2024.

^ "Suemay Oram: Director, Producer". Stern & Wild. 2019. Retrieved 8 January 2020.

ISBN 978-1476669595
.

^ Ohayon, Albert (September 3, 2010). "A woman's place is at home… and first base, second base, shortstop…". National Film Board of Canada. Retrieved 9 June 2021.

^ Propes, Richard (2009). ""Motherland" Review". The Independent Critic. Retrieved 20 April 2021.

^ Iacurci, Jenna (November 24, 2013). "Racing the Planet: Director Jennifer Steinman Portrays Heartbreak and Triumph in 'Desert Runners'". GALO Magazine. Retrieved 20 April 2021.

^ Simon, Brent (May 15, 2022). "How Pleasure director Ninja Thyberg delivered a balanced look at the porn industry". The A.V. Club.

^ Loayza, Beatrice (May 18, 2022). "The Business of Making 'Pleasure'". The New York Times.

^ Mitchell, Wendy (26 January 2021). "Swedish director Ninja Thyberg on the female gaze in Sundance drama 'Pleasure'". Screen Daily.

^ Farrow, Deke (October 13, 2016). "Modesto-native filmmaker wants you to get ripped for Halloween". The Modesto Bee. Retrieved 8 January 2020.

^ Franklin, Mark (November 15, 2017). "The West and the Ruthless (2016)". Once Upon a Time in a Western. Retrieved 8 June 2021.

^ Miller, Karryn (8 July 2022). "Meet Flore Vasseur: Director, Storyteller, Novelist and Activist". Beauty Disrupted.

^ "Flore Vausseur". Unifrance.

^ Lemercier, Fabien (8 June 2023). "Virginie Verrier • Director of Marinette". Cineuropa. Retrieved 13 July 2023.

^ "Ellie & Abbie first Australian feature to open MGFF". Cinema Australia. December 5, 2019. Retrieved 14 February 2020.

^ "Monica Zanetti". Yellow Creative Management. 2019. Retrieved 14 February 2020.

Further reading

"The 100 greatest films directed by women". BBC. 25 November 2019. Archived from the original on May 14, 2020.

Erbland, Kate; Kohn, Eric; Blauvelt, Christian; Thompson, Anne; Ehrlich, David; O'Falt, Chris; Sharf, Zack; Brueggemann, Tom; Desowitz, Bill; Obenson, Tambay; Nordine, Michael (October 3, 2020). "The All-Time Greatest Films Directed by Women". IndieWire. Archived from the original on 13 May 2023.

Follows, Stephen; Kreager, Alexis; Gomes, Eleanor (May 2016). "Cut Out of the Picture: A study of gender inequality amongst film directors in the UK film industry" (PDF). Directors UK. Archived (PDF) from the original on June 5, 2021.

Follows, Stephen (July 2014). "Film Data Reports: Gender within film crews" (PDF). Stephen Follows Film Data and Education. Archived (PDF) from the original on February 22, 2017.

Follows, Stephen (August 2014). "Film Data Reports: Gender within UK film crews" (PDF). Stephen Follows Film Data and Education. Archived from the original (PDF) on February 22, 2017.

Kilday, Gregg (January 3, 2019). "Study: Women Film Directors Saw Their Numbers Shrink in 2018". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on 13 May 2023.

Randall, Melissa (March 13, 2023). "The Best Female Directors: Celebrating Trailblazing Films & TV Shows". New York Film Academy.

Smith, Anna (27 November 2019). "Top 100 films directed by women: What is the 'female gaze'?". BBC. Archived from the original on 8 December 2022.

Smith, Stacy L.; Pieper, Katherine; Choueiti, Marc (February 2017). "Inclusion in the Director's Chair? Gender, Race, & Age of Film Directors Across 1,000 Films from 2007-2016" (PDF). USC Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism. Archived (PDF) from the original on January 3, 2018.

Wu, Kathie (2012). "Women Behind the Lens: Female Filmmakers from Around the World". Subtitledonline.com. Archived from the original on March 31, 2012.

Yapp, Virginia. "The Celluloid Void Project: A Compendium of Female Film Directors". The Celluloid Void.

Books

Foster, Gwendolyn Audrey (1995). Women Film Directors: An International Bio-Critical Dictionary (1st ed.). Westport, Connecticut:
ISBN 0-313-28972-7
.

Hawley, John C., ed. (2008). "Film directors and producers: women, by Ann M. Savage". LGBTQ America Today: An Encyclopedia.
ISBN 978-0313339905. (via Butler University
Digital Commons.)

Hurd, Mary G. (2006). Women Directors and Their Films. Westport, Connecticut:
ISBN 978-0275985783
.

Mahar, Karen Ward (2006). Women Filmmakers in Early Hollywood (1st ed.).
ISBN 0801884365
.

Malone, Alicia (2018). The Female Gaze: Essential Movies Made by Women. Coral Gables, Florida: Mango Publishing.
ISBN 978-1633538375
.

Redding, Judith M.; Brownworth, Victoria A. (1997). Film Fatales: Independent Women Directors (1st ed.). Seattle, Washington:
ISBN 1-878067-97-4
.

Slide, Anthony (1996). The Silent Feminists: America's First Women Directors (1st ed.).
LCCN 96001178
.

Video

Flicker Alley (2017). "Early Women Filmmakers: An International Anthology". Kanopy.

"Pioneers: First Women Filmmakers". Kino Lorber
. 2018.

External links

Canadian Women Film Directors Database

Cut-Throat Women

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)

The Director List: Women Directors at Work at Cinefemme

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

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[17] A film by: The Women

[20] A film by: Revenge

[25] A film by: Carmilla

[29] A film by: Deadly Illusions

[37] A film by: The Knight Before Christmas

[41] A film by: A Kiss on the Nose

[48] A film by: Desert Runners

[59] A film by: Ellie & Abbie (& Ellie's Dead Aunt)

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[5] "Jordan Bayne". HuffPost. 2015. Retrieved 28 January 2020.

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[8] "Filmmaker Feryal Behzad receives lifetime award at Isfahan festival". Tehran Times. September 2, 2018. Retrieved 10 March 2020.

[9] ISBN 0-8156-2633-9
.

[10] ISBN 978-0822348665
.

[11] Europa Press
(in Spanish). 15 November 2020. Retrieved 13 July 2023.

[12] "Ruth Caudeli". Film Fatales. 2021. Retrieved 9 November 2023.

[13] "Spanish Director Ruth Caudeli's 'Petit Mal' Get's US Theatrical Release". Occhi. January 27, 2023. Retrieved 9 November 2023.

[14] "Academy Invites 397 Members: Blessing Egbe, Daniel K Daniel and Funke Akindele Bello On List". ShockNG. June 29, 2022. Retrieved 12 July 2022.

[15] Husseini, Shaibu (30 October 2021). "Blessing Egbe: Lekki wives creator dreams mini series". The Guardian. Retrieved 12 July 2022.

[16] Dapo (July 18, 2015). "Interview with Blessing Egbe". Indie Activity. Retrieved 12 July 2022.

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[19] UniFrance
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[21] Shah, Simi (July 11, 2023). "Shruti Ganguly, Filmmaker, Director, and Producer". South Asian Trailblazers. Retrieved 27 February 2024.

[22] Fuge, Jonathan (October 10, 2023). "Exclusive Tripped Up Clip Teases Comedy Misadventure With Leah Lewis, Ariel Winter & Sasha Fox". MovieWeb. Retrieved 27 February 2024.

[23] Stewart, Sophia (June 27, 2019). "EIFF 2019 Women Directors: Meet Emily Harris – "Carmilla"". Women and Hollywood.

[24] "Emily Harris". Berlinale Talents. 2019.

[26] "Anna Elizabeth James". Film Fatales. 2019. Retrieved 1 April 2021.

[27] Scott, Sarah (January 17, 2019). "Behind the Byline with Anna Elizabeth James". Walsworth Yearbooks. Retrieved 1 April 2021.

[28] Gomez, Adrian (February 2, 2020). "'Grace'-ful landing: Writer, director Anna Elizabeth James finds a home for her independent feature in New Mexico". Albuquerque Journal. Retrieved 1 April 2021.

[30] "Leonie Krippendorff". Birds Eye View. 2021. Retrieved 16 September 2022.

[31] "Cocoon". Berlin International Film Festival. 2020. Retrieved 16 September 2022.

[32] Meehan, Meagan J. (February 28, 2020). "Mothers of Monsters: Interview with Writer and Director Tucia Lyman". HVY Journalists. Retrieved 16 March 2020.

[33] "Tucia Lyman – Director". Mothers of Monsters. 2019. Retrieved 16 March 2020.

[34] S2CID 191413586
.

[35] Lucas, Ralph (March 23, 2019). "Monika Mitchell Shoots for Netflix". Northernstars. Retrieved 4 March 2021.

[36] Hill, Ruth (October 26, 2018). "Interview With Director Monika Mitchell". Media From the Heart. Retrieved 4 March 2021.

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[39] "Laura Neri". FilmFreeway. 2020. Retrieved 16 May 2023.

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[42] Whitney, Nadine (June 8, 2023). "Nafiss Nia on the Poetry of Hope in That Afternoon". The Curb. Retrieved 16 February 2024.

[43] "Suemay Oram: Director, Producer". Stern & Wild. 2019. Retrieved 8 January 2020.

[44] ISBN 978-1476669595
.

[45] Ohayon, Albert (September 3, 2010). "A woman's place is at home… and first base, second base, shortstop…". National Film Board of Canada. Retrieved 9 June 2021.

[46] Propes, Richard (2009). ""Motherland" Review". The Independent Critic. Retrieved 20 April 2021.

[47] Iacurci, Jenna (November 24, 2013). "Racing the Planet: Director Jennifer Steinman Portrays Heartbreak and Triumph in 'Desert Runners'". GALO Magazine. Retrieved 20 April 2021.

[49] Simon, Brent (May 15, 2022). "How Pleasure director Ninja Thyberg delivered a balanced look at the porn industry". The A.V. Club.

[50] Loayza, Beatrice (May 18, 2022). "The Business of Making 'Pleasure'". The New York Times.

[51] Mitchell, Wendy (26 January 2021). "Swedish director Ninja Thyberg on the female gaze in Sundance drama 'Pleasure'". Screen Daily.

[52] Farrow, Deke (October 13, 2016). "Modesto-native filmmaker wants you to get ripped for Halloween". The Modesto Bee. Retrieved 8 January 2020.

[53] Franklin, Mark (November 15, 2017). "The West and the Ruthless (2016)". Once Upon a Time in a Western. Retrieved 8 June 2021.

[54] Miller, Karryn (8 July 2022). "Meet Flore Vasseur: Director, Storyteller, Novelist and Activist". Beauty Disrupted.

[55] "Flore Vausseur". Unifrance.

[56] Lemercier, Fabien (8 June 2023). "Virginie Verrier • Director of Marinette". Cineuropa. Retrieved 13 July 2023.

[57] "Ellie & Abbie first Australian feature to open MGFF". Cinema Australia. December 5, 2019. Retrieved 14 February 2020.

[58] "Monica Zanetti". Yellow Creative Management. 2019. Retrieved 14 February 2020.

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