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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 . Top
1995 Antonia's Line; director: Marleen Gorris; Academy Award for best foreign film, the first time awarded to a female film director. 1995 Strange Days; director: Kathryn Bigelow; 1996 Fire; director: Deepa Mehta; 1996 Unstrung Heroes; director: Diane Keaton; 1996 White Men Are Cracking Up; director: Ngozi Onwurah
Academy Award for Best Director: Year Name Film Status Notes 1976: Lina Wertmüller: Seven Beauties: Nominated First woman to be nominated for Best Director. 1993: Jane Campion: The Piano: Nominated 2003: Sofia Coppola: Lost in Translation: Nominated 2009: Kathryn Bigelow: The Hurt Locker: Won First woman to win for Best Director. 2017: Greta ...
From tentpole director Cathy Yan to Sundance breakout Radha Blank and more, put these female filmmakers on your radar right now.
Of the 90 films that won Best Picture and were also nominated for Best Director, 69 won the award. [7] [8] The award has been criticised in recent years for failing to recognise female directors. [9] Of the 257 individual directors nominated in the history of the award, only 9 have been women; [10] and only 3 of the 76 winners have been women. [11]
The biggest year for best picture noms for movies produced by women was 2019, delivering eight films with female producers attached, including Kwak Sin-ae, who would become the first woman of ...
Nicole Kidman made a vow in 2017 to work with a woman director every 18 months. To say she has made good on that promise would be an understatement. The Oscar winner has teamed up with a women ...
In 2019, the BBC polled 368 film experts from 84 countries to name the 100 best films by women directors. The top three named were (in ascending order) Jeanne Dielman, 23 quai du Commerce, 1080 Bruxelles, directed by Chantal Akerman; Cléo from 5 to 7, directed by Agnès Varda; and The Piano, directed by Jane Campion. Varda was the most-named ...