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.

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A

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  • Jennifer Abbott (Canada)
  • Sarah Abbott (Canada)
  • Jennifer Abod (USA)
  • Marguerite Abouet (Ivory Coast)
  • Abiola Abrams (USA)
  • Mona Achache (France)
  • Nan Achnas (Indonesia)
  • Ally Acker (USA)
  • Jill Ackles (USA)
  • Kasia Adamik (Poland)
  • Catlin Adams (USA)
  • Joey Lauren Adams (USA)
  • Perry Miller Adato (USA)
  • Anita W. Addison (USA)
  • Maren Ade (Germany)
  • Harmony Adesola (Canada)
  • Elvire Adjamonsi (Benin)
  • Dianna Agron (USA)
  • Yasmin Ahmad (Malaysia)
  • Peggy Ahwesh (USA)
  • Shirikiana Aina (USA)
  • Kyōko Aizome (Japan)
  • Omolola Ajao (Canada)
  • Mania Akbari (Iran)
  • Chantal Akerman (Belgium-France)
  • Desiree Akhavan (USA)
  • Zoya Akhtar (India)
  • Nargis Akhter (Bangladesh)
  • Atuat Akkitirq (Canada)
  • Zaynê Akyol (Canada)
  • Haifaa al-Mansour (Saudi Arabia)
  • Gina Alajar (Philippines)
  • Maite Alberdi (Chile)
  • Barbara Albert (Austria)
  • Karin Albou (France)
  • Victoria Aleksanyan (Armenia)
  • Lexi Alexander (USA)
  • Debbie Allen (USA)
  • Elizabeth Allen (USA)
  • Jennifer Alleyn (Canada)
  • Natalia Almada (Mexico-USA)
  • Mairzee Almas (Canada)
  • Chihiro Amano (Japan)
  • Suzana Amaral (Brazil)
  • Tata Amaral (Brazil)
  • Barbra Amesbury (Canada)
  • Ana Lily Amirpour (UK-USA)
  • Bonnie Ammaq (Canada)
  • Valerie Amponsah (Canada)
  • Allison Anders (USA)
  • Deborah Anderson (UK-USA)
  • Erica Anderson (USA)
  • Gillian Anderson (USA)
  • Jane Anderson (USA)
  • Laurie Anderson (USA)
  • Madeline Anderson (USA)
  • Sarah Pia Anderson (UK-USA)
  • Sini Anderson (USA)
  • Kamila Andini (Indonesia)
  • Momoko Ando (Japan)
  • Fern Andra (USA)
  • Scilla Andreen (USA)
  • Joanna Angel (USA)
  • Irene Angelico (Canada)
  • Lucia Aniello (USA)
  • Jennifer Aniston (USA)
  • Catherine Annau (Canada)
  • Martha Ansara (Australia)
  • Jessie Anthony (Canada)
  • Lisa Rose Apramian (USA)
  • Shamim Ara (Pakistan)
  • Danielle Arbid (Lebanon)
  • Louise Archambault (Canada)
  • Francesca Archibugi (Italy)
  • Fanny Ardant (France)
  • Jane Arden (UK)
  • Asia Argento (Italy)
  • Allison Argo (USA)
  • Kay Armatage (Canada)
  • Aviva Armour-Ostroff (Canada)
  • Franny Armstrong (UK)
  • Gillian Armstrong (Australia)
  • Alethea Arnaquq-Baril (Canada)
  • Gwen Arner (USA)
  • Andrea Arnold (UK)
  • Patricia Arquette (USA)
  • Rosanna Arquette (USA)
  • Karen Arthur (USA)
  • Natasha Arthy (Denmark)
  • Larysa Artiugina (Ukraine)
  • Ritva Arvelo (Finland)
  • Dorothy Arzner (USA)
  • Dinara Asanova (Soviet Union)
  • Amma Asante (UK)
  • Mari Asato (Japan)
  • Katie Aselton (USA)
  • Asinnajaq (Canada)
  • Ratna Asmara (Indonesia)
  • Dorothy A. Atabong (Canada)
  • Daisy Aitkens (UK)
  • Jacqueline Audry (France)
  • Shona Auerbach (UK)
  • Latesha Auger (Canada)
  • Susan Avingaq (Canada)
  • Ashley Avis (USA)
  • Nurith Aviv (France)
  • Ronit Avni (Canada)
  • Tali Avrahami (Israel)
  • Lisa Azuelos (France)

B

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  • Beth B (US)
  • Jamie Babbit (US)
  • Iskra Babich (Soviet Union)
  • Julia Bacha
  • Yamina Bachir-Chouikh (Algeria)
  • Marina Rice Bader (Canada)
  • Cindy Baer (US)
  • Jennifer Baichwal (Canada)
  • Norma Bailey (Canada)
  • Paule Baillargeon (Canada)
  • Robin Bain
  • Catherine Bainbridge (Canada)
  • Josiane Balasko (France)
  • Lucille Ball (US)
  • Marta Balletbò-Coll (Spain)
  • Anne Bancroft (US)
  • Rakhshan Bani-Etemad (Iran)
  • Elizabeth Banks (US)
  • Sofia Banzhaf (Canada)
  • Manon Barbeau (Canada)
  • Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette (Canada)
  • Laurence Ferreira Barbosa (France)
  • Laura Bari
  • Céline Baril (Canada)
  • Neema Barnette (US)
  • Roseanne Barr (US)
  • Katherine Barrell (Canada)
  • Cecilia Barriga (Chile)
  • Drew Barrymore (US)
  • Maria Basaglia (Italy)
  • Svetlana Baskova (Russia)
  • Angela Bassett (US)
  • Michal Bat-Adam (Israel)
  • Joy Batchelor (UK-US)
  • Kathy Bates (US)
  • Signe Baumane (Latvia-US)
  • Janet Baus (US)
  • Jordan Bayne (US)
  • Amanda Bearse (US)
  • Maria Beatty
  • Marjorie Beaucage (Canada)
  • Renée Beaulieu (Canada)
  • Gabrielle Beaumont (UK-US)
  • André-Line Beauparlant (Canada)
  • Aida Begić (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
  • Marcie Begleiter
  • Fatma Begum
  • Feryal Behzad (Iran)
  • Nancy Beiman (Canada)
  • Esther Bell (US)
  • Jennifer Lyon Bell (Netherlands-US)
  • Mary Lou Belli (US)
  • Edet Belzberg
  • María Luisa Bemberg (Argentina)
  • Nicol Ruiz Benavides (Chile)
  • Jessica Bendinger (US)
  • Yamina Benguigui (Algeria-France)
  • Sadie Benning (US)
  • Denyse Benoit (Canada)
  • Amber Benson (US)
  • Emmanuelle Bercot (France)
  • Amy J. Berg (US)
  • Zaida Bergroth (Finland)
  • Shari Springer Berman (US)
  • Joyce Bernal (Philippines)
  • Halle Berry (US)
  • Juliet Berto (France)
  • Diane Bertrand (France)
  • Julie Bertuccelli (France)
  • Maïwenn Le Besco (France)
  • Jane Marsh Beveridge
  • Troy Beyer (US)
  • Pooja Bhatt
  • Natalie Bible' (US)
  • Ric Esther Bienstock (Canada)
  • Susanne Bier (Denmark)
  • Kathryn Bigelow (US)
  • Anna Biller (US)
  • Patricia Birch (US)
  • Antonia Bird (UK)
  • Roshell Bissett (Canada)
  • Sophie Bissonnette (Canada)
  • Justine Bitagoye (Burundi)
  • Simone Bitton (Morocco)
  • Catherine Black (Canada, US)
  • Marthe Blackburn (Canada)
  • Annick Blanc (Canada)
  • Sonia Blangiardo (US)
  • Katja Blichfeld (US)
  • Alexis Bloom (South Africa)
  • Lidia Bobrova (Russia)
  • Marusya Bociurkiw (Canada)
  • Emily Kai Bock (Canada)
  • Anna Boden (US)
  • Sofia Bohdanowicz (Canada)
  • Sonia Bonspille Boileau (Canada)
  • Sophie Farkas Bolla (Canada)
  • Icíar Bollaín (Spain)
  • Natalya Bondarchuk (Soviet Union-Russia)
  • Lisa Bonet (US)
  • Sandrine Bonnaire (France)
  • Manju Borah
  • Uisenma Borchu (Mongolia)
  • Lizzie Borden (US)
  • Joyce Borenstein (Canada)
  • Shonali Bose (India)
  • Karen Boswall (UK)
  • Leyla Bouzid
  • Kansas Bowling (US)
  • Muriel Box (UK)
  • Maureen Bradley (Canada)
  • Madeline Brandeis (US)
  • Maryann Brandon (US)
  • Netalie Braun (Israel)
  • Janicza Bravo (US)
  • Anja Breien (Norway)
  • Catherine Breillat (France)
  • Zabou Breitman (France)
  • Pietra Brettkelly (New Zealand)
  • Amit Breuer (Canada)
  • Manon Briand (Canada)
  • Zana Briski (UK)
  • Tricia Brock (US)
  • Beth Broderick (US)
  • Sandrine Brodeur-Desrosiers (Canada)
  • Katrina Holden Bronson (US)
  • Katherine Brooks (US)
  • Julie Brown (US)
  • Christene Browne
  • Frances Buss Buch (US)
  • Miriam Bucher (US)
  • Valerie Buhagiar
  • Lee Burgess (US
  • Kathy Burke (UK)
  • Nanette Burstein (US)
  • Mira Burt-Wintonick (Canada)
  • Maria Burton (US)
  • Sophia Bush (US)
  • Akosua Busia (US)
  • Andrea Bussmann (Canada)
  • Mary Ellen Bute (US)
  • Oksana Bychkova (Russia)

C

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  • Dominique Cabrera (France)
  • Sophia Cacciola (US)
  • Anne-Marie Cadieux (Canada)
  • Diane Cailhier (Canada)
  • Liz Cairns (Canada)
  • Terril Calder (Canada)
  • Julia Cameron (US)
  • Jessica Cameron (Canada)
  • Leah Cameron (Canada)
  • Peg Campbell (Canada)
  • Tisha Campbell-Martin (US)
  • Jane Campion (New Zealand)
  • Kat Candler (US)
  • Jordan Canning (Canada)
  • Dyan Cannon (US)
  • Kay Cannon (US)
  • Dominique Cardona (Canada)
  • Fernanda Cardoso (Brazil)
  • Patricia Cardoso (Colombia-US)
  • Maggie Carey (US)
  • Edith Carlmar (Norway)
  • Erin Lee Carr (US)
  • Niki Caro (New Zealand)
  • Ana Carolina (Brazil)
  • Joan Carr-Wiggin (Canada)
  • Albertina Carri (Argentina)
  • Mélanie Carrier (Canada)
  • Shelagh Carter (Canada)
  • Kirsten Carthew (Canada)
  • Alexandra Cassavetes (US)
  • Zoe Cassavetes (US)
  • Jacqueline Castel (Canada)
  • Cecil Castellucci (US)
  • Ruth Caudeli (Spain)
  • Liliana Cavani (Italy)
  • Geneviève Dulude-De Celles (Canada)
  • Jennifer Celotta (US)
  • Thea Červenková (Czechoslovakia)
  • Gurinder Chadha (UK)
  • Lydia Chagoll (Belgium)
  • Ilene Chaiken (US)
  • Tanuja Chandra (India)
  • Sylvia Chang (Taiwan)
  • Karen Chapman (Canada)
  • Lyne Charlebois (Canada)
  • Miryam Charles (Canada)
  • Martine Chartrand (Canada)
  • Lilyan Chauvin (US)
  • Shu Lea Cheang (Taiwan)
  • Shirley Cheechoo (Canada)
  • Joan Chen (China)
  • Evelyn Spice Cherry (Canada)
  • Mabel Cheung (China)
  • Sagari Chhabra (India)
  • Patricia Chica (Canada-El Salvador)
  • Abigail Child (US)
  • Aisling Chin-Yee (Canada)
  • SJ Chiro (US)
  • Karen Cho (Canada)
  • Monia Chokri (Canada)
  • Lisa Cholodenko (US)
  • Joyce Chopra (US)
  • Julian (Mei-Yu) Chou (Taiwan)
  • Zero Chou (Taiwan)
  • Deborah Chow (Canada)
  • Věra Chytilová (Czech Republic)
  • Katerina Cizek (Canada)
  • Julie St. Claire (US)
  • Shirley Clarke (US)
  • Millefiore Clarkes (Canada)
  • Maja Classen (Germany)
  • Marie Clements (Canada)
  • Jub Clerc (Australia)
  • Susan Cohen (Canada)
  • Yulie Cohen (Israel)
  • Isabel Coixet (Spain)
  • Giada Colagrande (Italy)
  • Fabienne Colas (Canada)
  • Laurie Colbert (Canada)
  • Janis Cole (Canada)
  • Cristina Comencini (Italy)
  • Nicole Conn (US)
  • Heather Connell (US)
  • Lisa Connor (US)
  • Janice Cooke-Leonard (US)
  • Martha Coolidge (US)
  • Nancy Cooperstein (US)
  • Eleanor Coppola (US)
  • Sofia Coppola (US)
  • Cristina Kotz Cornejo (US-Argentina)
  • Larissa Corriveau (Canada)
  • Catherine Corsini (France)
  • Helena Cortesina (Spain)
  • Ghyslaine Côté (Canada)
  • Michèle Cournoyer (Canada)
  • Marie-Hélène Cousineau (Canada)
  • Courteney Cox (US)
  • Kelly Fremon Craig (US)
  • Jill Craigie (UK)
  • Barbara Cranmer (Canada)
  • Judith Crawley (Canada)
  • Leanna Creel (US)
  • Jeanne Crépeau (Canada)
  • Nancy Criss (US)
  • Suzanne Crocker (Canada)
  • Emma-Kate Croghan (Australia)
  • Caitlin Cronenberg (Canada)
  • Catherine Crouch (US)
  • Fiona Cumming (UK)
  • Carolynne Cunningham (Australia)
  • Shelley Curtis (US)
  • Thirza Cuthand (Canada)

D

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  • Cherien Dabis (US)
  • Nia DaCosta (US)
  • Eva Dahr (Norway)
  • Holly Dale (Canada)
  • Marie-Julie Dallaire (Canada)
  • Tamela D'Amico (US)
  • Aimée Danis (Canada)
  • Mireille Dansereau (Canada)
  • Gia Darling
  • Joan Darling (US)
  • Rima Das (India)
  • Julie Dash (US)
  • Charlotte Dauphin (France)
  • Byambasuren Davaa (Mongolia-Germany)
  • Dorothy Davenport (US) (also as Mrs. Wallace Reid)
  • Marie Davignon (Canada)
  • Tamra Davis (US)
  • Roxann Dawson (US)
  • Deborah Day (Canada)
  • Linda Day (US)
  • Camille de Casabianca (France)
  • Laura de Jonge (Canada)
  • Maria de Medeiros (Portugal)
  • Miranda de Pencier (Canada)
  • Charlotte de Turckheim (France)
  • Marina de Van (France)
  • Autumn de Wilde (US)
  • Rowan Deacon (UK)
  • Josephine Decker (US)
  • Tracey Deer (Canada)
  • Regine Deforges (France)
  • Donna Deitch (US)
  • Katrina del Mar (US)
  • Julie Delpy (France-US)
  • Paula Delsol (France)
  • Claire Denis (France)
  • Pouran Derakhshandeh (Iran)
  • Sophie Deraspe (Canada)
  • Maya Deren (US)
  • Dhvani Desai (India)
  • Virginie Despentes (France)
  • Arundhati Devi (India)
  • Suprabha Devi (India)
  • Aminder Dhaliwal (Canada)
  • Aishwarya R. Dhanush (India)
  • Ramona Diaz (US)
  • Katherine Dieckmann (US)
  • Susie Dietter (US)
  • Molly Dineen (UK)
  • Nia Dinata (Indonesia)
  • Mati Diop (France)
  • Zoe Dirse (Canada)
  • Abigail Disney (US)
  • Leila Djansi (US-Ghana)
  • Assia Djebar (Algeria)
  • Nana Djordjadze (Georgia)
  • Shannen Doherty (US)
  • Gail Dolgin (US)
  • Trish Dolman (Canada)
  • Mary Agnes Donoghue (US)
  • Mia Donovan (Canada)
  • Andrea Dorfman (Canada)
  • Anita Doron (Canada)
  • Doris Dörrie (Germany)
  • Nicole Dorsey (Canada)
  • Sara Dosa (US)
  • Illeana Douglas (US)
  • Elissa Down (Australia)
  • Rosvita Dransfeld (Canada)
  • Polly Draper (US)
  • Fran Drescher (US)
  • Marie Dressler (Canada)
  • Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Drew
  • Kate Drummond (Canada)
  • Julia Ducournau (France)
  • Germaine Dulac (France)
  • Alma Duncan (Canada)
  • Lena Dunham (US)
  • Jan Dunn (UK)
  • Cheryl Dunye (Liberia-US)
  • Sophie Dupuis (Canada)
  • Marguerite Duras (France)
  • Clea DuVall (US)
  • Ava DuVernay (US)
  • Gaëlle d'Ynglemare (Canada)

E

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  • Christine Edzard (France)
  • Blessing Effiom Egbe (Nigeria)
  • Michelle Ehlen (US)
  • Debra Eisenstadt (US)
  • Jihan El-Tahri (Lebanon-France-Egypt)
  • Jan Eliasberg (US)
  • Phyllis Ellis (Canada)
  • Bille Eltringham (UK-US)
  • Sheri Elwood (Canada)
  • Erma Elzy-Jones (US)
  • Anne Émond (Canada)
  • Esther Eng (US)
  • Diane English (US)
  • Jackie English (Canada)
  • Ildikó Enyedi (Hungary)
  • Nora Ephron (US)
  • Marie Epstein (France)
  • Abby Epstein (US)
  • Anna Eriksson (Finland)
  • Deniz Gamze Ergüven
  • Sarah Erulkar (UK)
  • Claudia Morgado Escanilla (Canada)
  • Danishka Esterhazy (Canada)
  • Bang Eun-jin (South Korea)
  • Yasmin Evering-Kerr (Canada)
  • Ewa Ewart (Poland)
  • Valie Export (Austria)
  • Tali Shalom Ezer (Israel)

F

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  • Trey Fanjoy (US)
  • Mitra Farahani (Iran)
  • Danielle Faraldo (US)
  • Coralie Fargeat (France)
  • Valerie Faris (US)
  • Marianne Farley (Canada)
  • Vera Farmiga (US)
  • Forough Farrokhzad (Iran)
  • Sepideh Farsi (Iran)
  • Safi Faye (Senegal)
  • Daniela Fejerman (Argentina)
  • Rachel Feldman (US)
  • Emerald Fennell (UK)
  • Lynne Fernie (Canada)
  • Pascale Ferran (France)
  • Pepita Ferrari (Canada)
  • Sally Field (US)
  • Chip Fields (US)
  • Kim Fields (US)
  • Martha Fiennes (UK)
  • Sophie Fiennes (UK)
  • Denise Filiatrault (Canada)
  • Lee Filipovski (Canada)
  • Roberta Findlay (US)
  • Jeanie Finlay (UK)
  • Frauke Finsterwalder (Germany)
  • Jenna Fischer (US)
  • Jennifer Flackett (US)
  • Frances H. Flaherty (US)
  • Tracy Flannigan (US)
  • Luise Fleck (Austria)
  • Ann Marie Fleming (Canada)
  • Anne Fletcher (US)
  • Shannon Flynn (US)
  • Anna Foerster
  • Susanna Fogel (US)
  • Cheryl Foggo (Canada)
  • Deanne Foley (Canada)
  • Sheree Folkson
  • Megan Follows (Canada)
  • Anne Fontaine (Luxembourg)
  • Maya Forbes (US)
  • Amanda Forbis (Canada)
  • Victoria Forester (Canada)
  • Mira Fornay (Slovakia)
  • Sadaf Foroughi (Iran)
  • Kyllikki Forssell (Finland)
  • Sarah Fortin (Canada)
  • Amparo Fortuny (Spain)
  • Gwendolyn Audrey Foster (US)
  • Jodie Foster (US)
  • Kathryn Foster (US)
  • Lilibet Foster (US)
  • Tori Foster (Canada)
  • Beryl Fox (Canada)
  • Jennifer Fox
  • Sarain Fox (Canada)
  • Rana Abu Fraihah (Palestine-Israel)
  • Bonnie Franklin (US)
  • Raquel Freire (Portugal)
  • Camelia Frieberg (Canada)
  • Liz Friedlander (US)
  • Kim Friedman
  • Vivi Friedman (Finland-US)
  • Kim Friedman (US)
  • Su Friedrich (US)
  • Shirley Frimpong-Manso
  • Grete Frische
  • Sarah Frost (US)
  • Soleil Moon Frye (US)
  • Pamela Fryman (US)
  • Kei Fujiwara (Japan)
  • Belén Funes (Spain)
  • Mellissa Fung (Canada)
  • Kelly Fyffe-Marshall (Canada)

G

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  • Bethany Joy Galeotti (US)
  • Maya Gallus (Canada)
  • Nisha Ganatra (Canada)
  • Shruti Ganguly (India)
  • Liz Garbus (US)
  • Emmanuelle Schick Garcia (Canada)
  • Nicole Garcia (French Algiers)
  • Jennifer Garner (US)
  • Jem Garrard (Canada)
  • Katy Garretson (US)
  • Jennie Garth (US)
  • Sarah Baril Gaudet (Canada)
  • Karen Gaviola (US)
  • Julie Gavras (France)
  • Sarah Gavron (UK)
  • Katrin Gebbe (Germany)
  • Ngardy Conteh George (Canada)
  • Geretta Geretta
  • Valeriya Gai Germanika (Russia)
  • Greta Gerwig (US)
  • Jennifer Getzinger (US)
  • Tina Gharavi (Iran-US-UK-NZ)
  • Coky Giedroyc (UK)
  • Maria Giese (US)
  • Melody Gilbert
  • Melissa Gilbert (US)
  • Leah Gilliam (US)
  • Abby Ginzberg (US)
  • Tess Girard (Canada)
  • Lillian Gish (US)
  • Ellen Gittelsohn (US)
  • Rose Glass (UK)
  • Lesli Linka Glatter (US)
  • Delphine Gleize (France)
  • Alesia Glidewell (US)
  • Lana Gogoberidze (Soviet Union-Georgia)
  • Dana Goldberg (Israel)
  • Whoopi Goldberg (US)
  • Valeria Golino (Italy)
  • Sara Gómez (Cuba)
  • Rosser Goodman (US)
  • Dennie Gordon (US)
  • Marleen Gorris (Netherlands)
  • Rachel Goslins
  • Lisa Gottlieb (US)
  • Danis Goulet (Canada)
  • Sophie Goyette (Canada)
  • Marita Grabiak (US)
  • Briar Grace-Smith (New Zealand)
  • Debra Granik (US)
  • Anais Granofsky (Canada)
  • Lee Grant (US)
  • Susannah Grant (US)
  • Helen Grayson (US)
  • Janet Greek (US)
  • Lynnie Greene (US)
  • Amy Greenfield
  • Lauren Greenfield
  • Maggie Greenwald (US)
  • Ruby Grierson (Scotland)
  • Annie Griffin (US-UK)
  • Allison Grodner (US)
  • Iveta Grófová (Slovakia)
  • Esther Gronenborn
  • Patricia Gruben (Canada)
  • Aurora Guerrero (US)
  • Gigi Saul Guerrero (Canada)
  • Luce Guilbeault (Canada)
  • Sonali Gulati (India-US)
  • Xiaolu Guo
  • Jasmine Guy (US)
  • Alice Guy-Blaché (France-US)
  • Maggie Gyllenhaal (US)

H

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  • Alli Haapasalo (Finland)
  • Joana Hadjithomas (Lebanon)
  • Lucile Hadžihalilović (France)
  • Mona Zandi Haghighi (Iran)
  • Helen Haig-Brown (Canada)
  • Randa Haines (US)
  • Maha Haj (Palestine)
  • Pam Hall (Canada)
  • Sachi Hamano (Japan)
  • Lisa Gay Hamilton (US)
  • Sylvia Hamilton (Canada)
  • Tanya Hamilton (US)
  • Barbara Hammer (US)
  • Sanaa Hamri (Morocco-US)
  • Michelle Handelman (US)
  • Kristin Hanggi (US)
  • Teresa Hannigan (Canada)
  • Marion Hänsel (Belgium)
  • Mia Hansen-Løve (France)
  • Banchi Hanuse (Canada)
  • Neasa Hardiman (Ireland)
  • Catherine Hardwicke (US)
  • Mariska Hargitay (US)
  • Alicia K. Harris (Canada)
  • Danielle Harris (US)
  • Emily Harris (United Kingdom)
  • Mary Harron (Canada)
  • Jackée Harry (US)
  • Bobbi Jo Hart (Canada)
  • Melissa Joan Hart (US)
  • Phoebe Hart (Australia)
  • Gail Harvey (Canada)
  • Jessica Hausner (Austria)
  • Goldie Hawn (US)
  • Gwen Haworth (Canada)
  • Salma Hayek (Mexico-US)
  • Helaine Head (US)
  • Leslye Headland (US)
  • Julie Hébert (US)
  • Anne Heche (US)
  • Jen Heck (US)
  • Amy Heckerling (US)
  • Sian Heder (US)
  • Birgit Hein (Germany)
  • Manijeh Hekmat (Iran)
  • Marielle Heller (US)
  • Katherine Helmond (US)
  • Heather Hemmens (US)
  • Felicia D. Henderson (US)
  • Maryam Henein (Canada)
  • Jill Hennessy (Canada)
  • Astrid Henning-Jensen (Denmark)
  • Babette Henry (US)
  • Kathleen Hepburn (Canada)
  • Jennifer Love Hewitt (US)
  • Rosemarie Hickson (US)
  • Sachiko Hidari (Japan)
  • Hikari (Japan)
  • Heather Hill (US)
  • Cheryl Hines (US)
  • Ivy Ho (Hong Kong)
  • Lyndall Hobbs (Australia-US)
  • Victoria Hochberg (US)
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  • Joanna Hogg (UK)
  • Agnieszka Holland (Poland)
  • Helen Holmes (US)
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  • Solveig Hoogesteijn (Sweden-Venezuela)
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  • Joan Horvath
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  • Bryce Dallas Howard (US)
  • Tiffany Hsiung (Canada)
  • Huang Hui-zhen (Taiwan)<!--Huang is last name.-->
  • Huang Xi (Taiwan)<!--Huang is last name.-->
  • Tasha Hubbard (Canada)
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  • Danielle Huillet (France)
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  • Anjelica Huston (US)
  • Sophie Hyde (Australia)

I

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  • Ansa Ikonen (Finland)
  • Indrani (US-India)
  • Dana Inkster (Canada)
  • Laura Innes (US)
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  • Bodil Ipsen (Denmark)
  • Elisapie Isaac (Canada)
  • Debbie Isitt (UK)
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  • Julia Crawford Ivers (US)
  • Sangita Iyer (Canada)

J

<!--Names without a Wikipedia biography must include reliable sources per WP:VERIFY and WP:NOR.-->

  • Mehreen Jabbar
  • Annemarie Jacir
  • Lisa Jackson (Canada)
  • Katie Jacobs (US)
  • Sarah Jacobson (US)
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  • Marianne Jean-Baptiste (US)
  • Christine Jeffs (New Zealand)
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  • Katherine Jerkovic (Canada)
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  • Xiao Jiang (China)
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  • Stephanie Johnes (US)
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  • Marie-Ève Juste (Canada)

K

<!--Names without a Wikipedia biography must include reliable sources per WP:VERIFY and WP:NOR.-->

  • Wanuri Kahiu (Kenya)
  • Shahnewaz Kakoli (Bangladesh)
  • Kelley Kali (US)
  • Alex Kalymnios (US)
  • Deborah Kampmeier
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  • Nelly Kaplan
  • Betty Kaplan (Argentina)
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  • Ish Amitoj Kaur
  • Mariko Kawana
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  • Noura Kevorkian (Syria-Canada)
  • Farah Khan (India)
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  • Beeban Kidron (UK)
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  • Ceyda Aslı Kılıçkıran
  • Clare Kilner (US)
  • Gina Kim (South Korea-US)
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  • Jacqueline Kim
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  • Diane Kurys (France)
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  • Ayten Kuyululu (Turkey-Sweden-Australia)
  • Julia Kwan (Canada)
  • Sandra Kybartas (Canada)

L

<!--Names without a Wikipedia biography must include reliable sources per WP:VERIFY and WP:NOR.-->

  • Melanie La Rosa (United States)
  • Nadine Labaki (Lebanon)
  • Vlasta Lah (Argentina)
  • Christine Lahti (US)
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  • Tanya Lapointe (Canada)
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  • Michelle Latimer (Canada)
  • Clara Law (China)
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  • Lauren Lazin (US)
  • Caroline Leaf (US-Canada)
  • Jeanne Leblanc (Canada)
  • Alexandra Leclère (France)
  • Mimi Leder (US)
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  • Iara Lee (Brazil)
  • Jennifer Lee (US)
  • Karin Lee (Canada)
  • Min Sook Lee (Canada)
  • Sook-Yin Lee (Canada)
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  • Jennifer Jason Leigh (US)
  • Julia Leigh (Australia)
  • Rita Leistner (Canada)
  • Valérie Lemercier (France)
  • Kasi Lemmons (US)
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  • Glory Leppänen (Finland)
  • Chloé Leriche (Canada)
  • Mira Lesmana (Indonesia)
  • Chandler Levack (Canada)
  • Naomi Levine (US)
  • Anne Lévy-Morelle (Belgium)
  • Mary Lewis (Canada)
  • Sharon Lewis (Canada)
  • Li Yu (China)<!--ÊùéÁéâ - The family name is "Li" and the given name is "Yu" so she should be listed here in the "L" category-->
  • Leslie Libman (US)
  • Yin Lichuan (China)
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  • Nnegest Likké (US)
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  • Ma Liwen (China)
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  • Kátia Lund (Brazil)
  • Luo Luo (China)
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  • Lottie Lyell (Australia)
  • Dorothy Lyman (US)
  • Tucia Lyman (US)
  • Jennifer Lynch (US)
  • Lisbeth Lynghøft (Denmark)
  • Gillian Lynne (UK)

M

<!--Names without a Wikipedia biography must include reliable sources per WP:VERIFY and WP:NOR.-->

  • Kate Maberly (UK)
  • Tina Mabry (US)
  • Hettie MacDonald (UK)
  • Shauna MacDonald (Canada)
  • Michelle MacLaren (Canada-US)
  • Angelina Maccarone (Germany)
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  • Alison Maclean (Canada)
  • Aoife Madden
  • Mary Madeiras (US)
  • Madhumitha
  • Madonna (US)
  • Maria Maggenti (US)
  • Adriana Maggs (US)
  • Sharon Maguire (UK)
  • Donatella Maiorca (Italy)
  • Maïwenn (France)
  • Taru Mäkelä (Finland)
  • Hana Makhmalbaf (Iran)
  • Samira Makhmalbaf (Iran)
  • Sarah Maldoror (France)
  • Yassamin Maleknasr
  • Anna Malle
  • Nancy Malone (US)
  • Michelle Mama (Canada)
  • Laura Mañá (Spain)
  • Gail Mancuso (US)
  • Babette Mangolte
  • Suhasini Maniratnam (India)
  • Ami Canaan Mann (US)
  • Andrea Mann
  • Émilie Mannering (Canada)
  • Michelle Manning (US)
  • Dinah Manoff (US)
  • Auli Mantila (Finland)
  • Sophie Marceau (France)
  • Frances Marion (US)
  • Eisha Marjara (Canada)
  • Giulia Marletta
  • Alina Marazzi (Italy)
  • Joanne Marcotte (Canada)
  • Guylaine Maroist (Canada)
  • Liz Marshall (Canada)
  • Penny Marshall (US)
  • Tonie Marshall (France)
  • Lucrecia Martel (Argentina)
  • Catherine Martin (Canada)
  • Darnell Martin (US)
  • Aurora Martinez
  • Marsha Mason (US)
  • Laetitia Masson (France)
  • Mary Stuart Masterson (US)
  • Anna Mastro
  • Yasmine Mathurin (Canada)
  • Tomoko Matsunashi
  • Gail Maurice (Canada)
  • Elaine May (US)
  • Juliet May (UK)
  • Melanie Mayron (US)
  • Patricia Mazuy (France)
  • Rosine Mbakam (Cameroon)
  • Trish McAdam (Ireland)
  • Aoife McArdle (Ireland)
  • Elske McCain
  • Beth McCarthy-Miller (US)
  • Claire McCarthy (Australia)
  • Naomi McCormack (Canada)
  • Jennette McCurdy (US)
  • Paulette McDonagh (Australia)
  • Sally McDonald (US)
  • Francine McDougall (Australia-US)
  • Christine McGlade (Canada)
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  • Tawnia McKiernan (US)
  • Sheila McLaughlin (US)
  • Carolyn McMaster (Canada)
  • Chelsea McMullan (Canada)
  • Lucile McVey (2nd Mrs. Sidney Drew) (US)
  • Nancy Meckler (UK)
  • Ann Medina (Canada)
  • Stella Meghie (Canada)
  • Anisa Mehdi (Canada)
  • Deepa Mehta (Canada-India)
  • Vijaya Mehta (India)
  • Hu Mei (China)
  • Ursula Meier (France)
  • Anna Melikian (Russia)
  • Kay Mellor (UK)
  • Linda Mendoza (US)
  • Weyni Mengesha (Canada)
  • Nina Menkes
  • Anjali Menon (India)
  • Melanie Merkosky (Canada)
  • Natalya Merkulova (Russia)
  • Agnès Merlet (France)
  • Marzieh Meshkini (Iran)
  • Márta Mészáros (Hungary)
  • Leah Meyerhoff (US)
  • Nancy Meyers (US)
  • Liu Miaomiao (China)
  • Maude Michaud (Canada)
  • Vanessa Middleton (US)
  • Anne-Marie Miéville (Switzerland)
  • Ina Mihalache (Canada)
  • Gia Milani (Canada)
  • Tamineh Milani (Iran)
  • Amy Miller (Canada)
  • Elisa Miller
  • Rebecca Miller (US)
  • Sharron Miller (US)
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  • Pilar Miró (Spain)
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  • Efrat Mishori (Israel)
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  • Martha Mitchell (US)
  • Monika Mitchell (US-Canada)
  • Jill Mitwell (US)
  • Ariane Mnouchkine (France)
  • Siue Moffat (Canada)
  • Tracey Moffat (Australia)
  • Hengameh Mofid
  • Michelle Mohabeer (Canada)
  • Hillie Molenaar
  • Josefina Molina (Spain)
  • Karen Moncrieff (US)
  • Nadine Monfils (Belgium)
  • Caroline Monnet (Canada)
  • Adriana Monti (Italy)
  • Christine Moore (US)
  • Jocelyn Moorhouse
  • Laura Mora (Colombia)
  • Soudabeh Moradian
  • Jeanne Moreau (France)
  • Yolande Moreau (Belgium)
  • Wendy Morgan (Canada)
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  • Makoto Moriwaki (Japan)
  • Carol Morley (UK)
  • Judy Morris
  • Dee Mosbacher
  • Kim Moses (US)
  • Emilia Mosquito
  • Granaz Moussavi (Iran)
  • Jasmin Mozaffari (Canada)
  • Katharina Mückstein (Austria)
  • Nimisha Mukerji (Canada)
  • April Mullen (Canada)
  • Kira Muratova (Soviet Union)
  • Beth Murphy
  • Colleen Murphy (Canada)
  • Alison Murray (Canada-UK)
  • Tosca Musk (Canada)
  • Jinna Mutune (Kenya)
  • Anna Muylaert (Brazil)
  • Gloria Muzio (US)
  • Toni Myers (Canada)
  • Léa Mysius (France)

N

<!--Names without a Wikipedia biography must include reliable sources per WP:VERIFY and WP:NOR.-->

  • Dana Nachman (US)
  • Fanta Régina Nacro
  • Ruba Nadda (Canada)
  • Janice Nadeau (Canada)
  • Phyllis Nagy (US)
  • Mira Nair (India)
  • Najwa Najjar (Palestine)
  • Laurel Nakadate (US)
  • Shasha Nakhai (Canada)
  • Isabelle Nanty (France)
  • Darlene Naponse (Canada)
  • Terre Nash (Canada)
  • Sandra Nashaat
  • Afia Nathaniel (Pakistan)
  • Zarqa Nawaz (Canada)
  • Anjali Nayar (Canada)
  • Lynne Naylor (Canada)
  • Mariam Ndagire (Uganda)
  • Jennifer Yuh Nelson
  • Laura Neri (Belgium)
  • Shirin Neshat
  • Rosie Newman (UK)
  • Jennifer Siebel Newsom (US)
  • Carol Nguyen (Canada)
  • Kim O. Nguyen (Vietnam-US)
  • Nafiss Nia (Iran-The Netherlands)
  • Jill Nicholls (UK)
  • Lisa Niemi (US)
  • Mary Nighy (UK)
  • Jessica Nilsson (Swe/Den)
  • Mika Ninagawa (Japan)
  • Vijaya Nirmala (India)
  • Miwa Nishikawa (Japan)
  • Michelle Nolden (Canada)
  • Peg Norman (Canada)
  • Mabel Normand (US)
  • Isabel Noronha (Mozambique)
  • Elvira Notari (Italy)
  • Lily Nottage (Canada)
  • Maria Novaro (Mexico)
  • Lynn Novick (US)
  • Radda Novikova (Russia)
  • Cherie Nowlan (Australia-UK)
  • Marti Noxon (US)
  • Tereza Nvotová (Slovakia)

O

<!--Names without a Wikipedia biography must include reliable sources per WP:VERIFY and WP:NOR.-->

  • Mipo O (Japan)
  • Claire Oakley (UK)
  • Melanie Oates (Canada)
  • Kim O'Bomsawin (Canada)
  • Katharine O'Brien (US)
  • Shelagh O'Brien (Canada)
  • Renee O'Connor (US)
  • Alice O'Fredericks (Denmark)
  • Eileen O'Meara (US)
  • Alanis Obomsawin (Canada)
  • Diane Obomsawin (Canada)
  • Paula van der Oest (Netherlands)
  • Naoko Ogigami (Japan)
  • Mipo Oh (Japan)
  • Linda Ohama (Canada)
  • Annette K. Olesen (Denmark)
  • Susan Oliver (US)
  • Madeleine Olnek (US)
  • Jenni Olson (US)
  • Gulshat Omarova (Kazakhstan)
  • Yoko Ono (US-Japan)
  • Midi Onodera (Canada)
  • Ngozi Onwurah (Nigeria-UK)
  • Suemay Oram (UK-Brazil)
  • Ruth Orkin (US)
  • Renée Oro (Argentina)
  • Katrin Ottarsdóttir (Faroe Islands)
  • Ulrike Ottinger (Germany)
  • Halima Ouardiri (Switzerland-Canada)
  • Jackie Oudney (UK)
  • Akosua Adoma Owusu (US)
  • Jan Oxenberg (US)
  • Kelly Oxford (Canada)

P

<!--Names without a Wikipedia biography must include reliable sources per WP:VERIFY and WP:NOR.-->

  • Nisha Pahuja (Canada)
  • Indrani Pal-Chaudhuri (US, India, Canada, UK)
  • Euzhan Palcy (Martinique)
  • Gail Palmer
  • Sai Paranjpye (India)
  • Véréna Paravel (France)
  • Megan Park (Canada)
  • Claire Parker (US-France)
  • Francine Parker (US)
  • Gudrun Parker (Canada)
  • Molly Parker (Canada)
  • Pratibha Parmar (Kenya-UK)
  • Laura Parnes
  • Christine Pascal (France)
  • Stacie Passon (US)
  • Lesley Ann Patten (Canada)
  • Paula Patton (US)
  • Nelofer Pazira
  • Barbara Peeters (US)
  • Kimberly Peirce (US)
  • Andrée Pelletier (Canada)
  • Francine Pelletier (journalist) (Canada)
  • Alexandra Pelosi (US)
  • Nadine Pequeneza (Canada)
  • Sumitra Peries
  • Cristina Perincioli (Switzerland-Germany)
  • Janet Perlman
  • Ellen Perry (US)
  • Donna Pescow (US)
  • Kristine Peterson
  • Lori Petty (US)
  • Jennifer Phang (US)
  • Carmine Pierre-Dufour (Canada)
  • Ileana Pietrobruno (Canada)
  • Lydia Dean Pilcher (US)
  • Justine Pimlott (Canada)
  • Carol Pineau
  • Agnieszka Piotrowska (UK)
  • Zuzana Piussi (Slovakia)
  • Mary Kay Place (US)
  • Jennifer Podemski (Canada)
  • Amy Poehler (US)
  • Anne Claire Poirier (Canada)
  • Laura Poitras (US)
  • Lindsey Pollard (Canada)
  • Sarah Polley (Canada)
  • Léa Pool (Switzerland-Canada)
  • Leanne Pooley (New Zealand)
  • Cynthia J. Popp (US)
  • Dawn Porter (US)
  • Lourdes Portillo (US-Mexico)
  • Natalie Portman (Israel-US)
  • Franka Potente (Germany)
  • Sally Potter (UK)
  • Brigitte Poupart (Canada)
  • Deborah Pratt (US)
  • Olga Preobrazhenskaya (Russian Empire-USSR)
  • Ellen S. Pressman (US)
  • Gaylene Preston (New Zealand)
  • Carrie Preston (US)
  • Claire Prieto (Canada)
  • Gina Prince-Bythewood (US)
  • Kardeisha Provo (Canada)
  • Lkhagvadulam Purev-Ochir (Mongolia)

Q

<!--Names without a Wikipedia biography must include reliable sources per WP:VERIFY and WP:NOR.-->

  • Vivian Qu (China)
  • Gracia Querejeta (Spain)
  • Katell Quillévéré (France)
  • Joanna Quinn (UK)

R

<!--Names without a Wikipedia biography must include reliable sources per WP:VERIFY and WP:NOR.-->

  • Tahani Rached (Canada)
  • Deborah Raffin (US)
  • Eliane Raheb (Lebanon)
  • Rachel Raimist (US)
  • Yvonne Rainer (US)
  • Rajashree
  • Soundarya Rajinikanth
  • Peggy Rajski (US)
  • Bhanumathi Ramakrishna
  • Lynne Ramsay (UK)
  • Suze Randall
  • Roopa Rao (India)
  • Jenny Raskin (US)
  • Irma Raush (Soviet Union-Russia)
  • Olga Rautenkranzová (Czechoslovakia)
  • Trisha Ray
  • Amy Redford (US)
  • Cleo Reece (Canada)
  • Jennifer Reeder (US)
  • Dee Rees (US)
  • Kelly Reichardt (US)
  • Halina Reijn (Netherlands)
  • Lotte Reiniger (Germany-UK)
  • Catherine Reitman (Canada, US)
  • Revathi (India)
  • Shabnam Rezaei (US)
  • Shonda Rhimes (US)
  • Cloudy Rhodes (Australia)
  • Andrea Giles Rich (US)
  • Chantal Richard (France)
  • Miranda Richardson (UK)
  • Patricia Richardson (US)
  • Salli Richardson (US)
  • Yoruba Richen (US)
  • Lisa Rideout (Canada)
  • Leni Riefenstahl (Germany)
  • Nicole Riegel (US)
  • Patricia Riggen (Mexico-US)
  • Diana Ringo (Finland)
  • Tristan Risk (Canada)
  • Marialy Rivas (Chile)
  • Joan Rivers
  • Chloé Robichaud (Canada)
  • Angela Robinson (US)
  • Jennifer Kaytin Robinson (US)
  • Julie Anne Robinson (UK)
  • Melanie Rodriga
  • Lina Rodriguez (Canada)
  • Rosemary Rodriguez (US)
  • Gerry Rogers
  • Juliana Rojas
  • Sophy Romvari (Canada)
  • Bethany Rooney (US)
  • Jeanne Roques (France)
  • Alison E. Rose (Canada)
  • Lee Rose (US)
  • Sue Rose (US)
  • Elizabeth Allen Rosenbaum (US)
  • Rose Rosenblatt (US)
  • Tatia Rosenthal
  • Theola Ross (Canada)
  • Tracee Ellis Ross (US)
  • Vanessa Roth
  • Stephanie Rothman (US)
  • Brigitte Roüan (France)
  • Candida Royalle
  • Patricia Rozema (Canada)
  • Catarina Ruivo (Portugal)
  • Marisa Ryan (US)
  • Marja-Lewis Ryan (US)

S

<!--Names without a Wikipedia biography must include reliable sources per WP:VERIFY and WP:NOR.-->

  • Jocelyne Saab (Lebanon)
  • Randa Chahal Sabag (Lebanon)
  • Lynne Sachs (US)
  • Jean Sagal (US)
  • Leontine Sagan (Austria-Hungary)
  • Michelle St. John (Canada)
  • Annie St-Pierre (Canada)
  • Marie-Josée Saint-Pierre (Canada)
  • Tazuko Sakane (Japan)
  • Gabriela Samper (Colombia)
  • Helke Sander (Germany)
  • Helma Sanders-Brahms (Germany)
  • Isabel Sandoval (Philippines)
  • Arlene Sanford (US)
  • Sangeeta (Pakistan)
  • Satarupa Sanyal (India)
  • Shamim Sarif (UK)
  • Valeria Sarmiento (Chile-France)
  • Inoka Sathyangani (Sri Lanka)
  • Shimako Satō (Japan)
  • Marjane Satrapi (Iran-France)
  • Tina Satter (US)
  • Brigitte Sauriol (Canada)
  • Savitri (India)
  • Nancy Savoca (US)
  • Lorene Scafaria (US)
  • Lone Scherfig (Denmark)
  • Suzanne Schiffman (France)
  • Greta Schiller (US)
  • Jillian Schlesinger (US)
  • Roslyn Schwartz (Canada)
  • Céline Sciamma (France)
  • Jordan Scott (UK)
  • Cynthia Scott (Canada)
  • Nell Scovell (US)
  • Beverly Sebastion (US)
  • Lorraine Segato (Canada)
  • Susan Seidelman (US)
  • Amy Seimetz (US)
  • Emma Seligman (Canada)
  • Arna Selznick (Canada)
  • Yoshiko Sembon (Japan)
  • Aparna Sen (India)
  • Lorraine Senna (US)
  • Amy Serrano (Cuba-US)
  • Coline Serreau (France)
  • Mary Sexton (Canada)
  • Beverly Shaffer (Canada-US)
  • Lee Shallat-Chemel (US)
  • Meher Afroz Shaon (Bangladesh)
  • Kathleen Shannon (Canada)
  • Madeline Sharafian (US)
  • Jessica Sharzer (US)
  • Helen Shaver (Canada-US)
  • Tal Shefi (US-Israel)
  • Adrienne Shelly (US)
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  • Liv Ullmann (Norway)
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  • Esther Valiquette (Canada)
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  • Xue Xiaolu (China)

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  • Naoko Yamada (Japan)
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  • Cathy Yan
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  • Jessica Yu (US)

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  • Samia Zaman (Bangladesh)
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  • Jasmila Žbanić (Bosnia/Herzegovina)
  • Ona Zee (US)
  • Maryanne Zéhil (Canada)
  • Mai Zetterling (Sweden)
  • Chenyang Zhao (China)
  • Chloé Zhao (China-US)
  • Zhang Nuanxin (China)<!--Surname is first. See Chinese surname.-->
  • Binka Zhelyazkova (Bulgaria)
  • Lydia Zimmermann (Spain)
  • Sanja Živković (Serbia/Canada}
  • Magdalena Zyzak (US)

See also

  • List of Female Academy Award winners and nominees for non-gendered categories
  • List of lesbian filmmakers
  • List of LGBT-related films directed by women
  • Women's cinema
  • List of film and television directors

Notes

References

Further reading

Books

  • (via Butler University Digital Commons.)

Video

  • 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