Female Filmmakers
Submitted by dgeiser13 on Thu, 01/31/2008 - 04:10
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- Directors
- Chantal Akerman
- Gillian Armstrong
- Shari Springer Berman
- Susanne Bier
- Kathryn Bigelow
- Antonia Bird
- Catherine Breillat
- Jane Campion
- Niki Caro
- Lisa Cholodenko
- Isabel Coixet
- Laurie Collyer - Nuyorican Dream (1999); SherryBaby (2006)
- Sofia Coppola - The Virgin Suicides (1999); Lost in Translation (2003); Marie Antoinette (2006)
- Tamra Davis
- Claire Denis
- Maya Deren
- Nora Ephron
- Anne Fletcher - Step Up (2006); 27 Dresses (2008); The Proposal (2009)
- Catherine Hardwicke - Thirteen (2003); Lords of Dogtown (2005); The Nativity Story (2006); Twilight (2008)
- Mary Harron
- Amy Heckerling
- Nicole Holofcener
- Courtney Hunt
- Patty Jenkins
- Tamara Jenkins
- Callie Khouri
- Karyn Kusama
- Mimi Leder
- Kasi Lemmons
- Ida Lupino
- Darnell Martin
- Rebecca Miller
- Deepa Mehta
- Nancy Meyers
- Mira Nair
- Kimberly Peirce
- Lynne Ramsey
- Leni Riefenstahl
- Cate Shortland
- Jill Sprecher
- Julie Taymor
- Agnes Varda
- Lina Wertmuller
- Screenwriters
- Jane Goldman
- Melissa Rosenberg
- Diane Thomas
- Cinematographers
- Maryse Alberti
- Uta Briesewitz
- Agnes Godard
- Ellen Kuras
- Jeanne Lapoirie
- Rain Li
- Reed Morano
- Amy Vincent
- Mandy Walker
- Editors
- Dede Allen
- Lisa Zeno Churgin
- Anne V. Coates
- Dody Dorn
- Adrienne Fazan - An American in Paris (1951); Singin' in the Rain (1952); Lust for Life (1956); Some Came Running (1958)
- Sarah Flack - The Limey (1999, Steven Soderbergh); Book of Shadows: Blair Witch 2 (2000, Joe Berlinger); Full Frontal (2002, Steven Soderbergh); Lost in Translation (2003, Sofia Coppola); Looking for Kitty (2004, Edward Burns); The Baxter (2005, Michael Showalter); Block Party (2005, Michel Gondry); Marie Antoinette (2006, Sofia Coppola); Dan in Real Life (2007, Peter Hedges); Away We Go (2009); Somewhere (2010)
- Verna Fields
- Tina Hirsch - Death Race 2000 (1975);
- Anne Bauchens
- Margaret Booth
- Maryann Brandon
- Tricia Cooke
- Carol Littleton
- Marcia Lucas
- Mary Jo Markey
- Sally Menke
- Susan E. Morse
- Geraldine Peroni
- Tatiana S. Riegel
- Thelma Schoonmaker
- Mary Sweeney
If youre looking for more good female cinematographers, Uta Briesowitz is worth checking out...
Thanks for the heads up!
Also, for directors, I would recommend Mary Harron, Ildiko Enyedi, Claire Denis, and Julie Taymour
Thanks. I've barely thought about directors yet. I'm familiar with all you've mentioned except Enyedi.