Female directors producers writers
by rewriteable-188-736110 | created - 08 Mar 2020 | updated - 24 Nov 2021 | Public
1. Leslie Hope
Director | Lost in Space
Leslie Hope was born in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada and is a dual citizen of the US and Canada. She has directed several episodes of television including Snowpiercer (2020), Star Trek: Strange New Worlds (2022), Lost in Space (2018), The Order (2019), Murdoch Mysteries (2008), Van Helsing (2016), ...
2. Carina Adly MacKenzie
Writer | Roswell, New Mexico
Carina Adly MacKenzie is known for Roswell, New Mexico (2019), The Originals (2013) and The Flash (2014).
3. Julie Plec
Producer | The Vampire Diaries
Julie Plec was born on May 26, 1972 in Park Forest, Illinois, USA. She is a producer and writer, known for The Vampire Diaries (2009), Legacies (2018) and Cursed (2005).
4. Shelley Eriksen
Producer | Private Eyes
Shelley Eriksen is known for Private Eyes (2016), The Order (2019) and The Imperfects (2020).
5. Uta Briesewitz
Director | The Wheel of Time
Uta Briesewitz was born in Leverkusen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. She is a director and cinematographer known for "The Wheel of Time", "Stranger Things", "Fellow Travelers" and "The Wire". Uta is a graduate of the Berlin Film and Television Academy where she studied directing. She received ...
6. Laeta Kalogridis
Writer | Shutter Island
Laeta Kalogridis was born on August 30, 1965 in Winter Haven, Florida, USA. She is a writer and producer, known for Shutter Island (2010), Alita: Battle Angel (2019) and Alexander (2004).
7. Alison Schapker
Producer | Lost
Alison Schapker is known for Lost (2004), Alias (2001) and Almost Human (2013).
8. Lauren Schmidt Hissrich
Producer | The Witcher
She's American TV producer and Screenwriter, born in Ohio and graduated from Wittenberg University, in 2000 with a BA in English Literature and Creative Writing. She has written scripts for TV such as "The West Wing", "Justice", as well as has written and produced shows such as "Daredevil", "...
9. Charlotte Brändström
Director | The Lord of the Rings: The Rings of Power
CHARLOTTE BRÄNDSTRÖM is an award-winning director and graduate of the Directing Program at the American Film Institute. She speaks English, French and Swedish fluently. Most recently, Charlotte wrapped post-production as the Executive Producing Director on LORD OF THE RINGS: RINGS OF POWER; she ...
10. Sarah O'Gorman
Director | The Witcher
Sarah O'Gorman is known for The Witcher (2019), Cursed (2020) and The Last Kingdom (2015).
11. Cathy Yan
Director | Birds of Prey and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn
Cathy Yan is known for Birds of Prey (2020), Dead Pigs (2018) and According to My Mother (2016).
12. Christina Hodson
Writer | Birds of Prey and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn
Christina Hodson is a Taiwanese-British film screenwriter from London, England who is known for writing the films Birds of Prey (and the Fantabulous Emancipation of One Harley Quinn) and Bumblebee. She also wrote the scrapped DC film Batgirl, the upcoming DC film The Flash, the psychological ...
13. Patty Jenkins
Director | Wonder Woman
Patty Jenkins is a writer/director best known for directing Wonder Woman, the Warner Bros./DC Comics blockbuster of 2017, and her debut feature Monster. Patty also works in television where she is best known for the pilot and finale episode of AMC's hit show The Killing.
Patty began her career as a ...
14. Anna Foerster
Director | Underworld: Blood Wars
Anna Foerster is known for Underworld: Blood Wars (2016), Outlander (2014) and The Day After Tomorrow (2004).
15. Jennifer Getzinger
Script_department | Mad Men
Jennifer Getzinger was born in New Haven, Connecticut, USA. Jennifer is a director, known for Mad Men (2007), Ahsoka (2023) and Westworld (2016).
16. Lucretia Stinnette
Producer | Quyen
Lucretia Stinnette is known for Quyen (2015), Currency (2022) and Rio (2017).
17. Em Weinstein
Writer | Candace
Em Weinstein is a writer and director for film, theater, and television, most recently staffed on Amazon's A League of Their Own series. Em made two award winning short films that have played at festivals worldwide. Most recently, their film "In France Michelle is a Man's Name" won the Grand Jury ...
18. April Moreau
Director | Hysterical
April Moreau is a writer and director with a passion for female-driven stories. She is an alum of the AFI Directing Workshop for Women and holds a BFA in Acting from the University of Michigan. She has also studied TV Writing at UCLA Extension and improv and sketch comedy at Groundlings and UCB. ...
19. Lena Waithe
Producer | Master of None
Lena Waithe was born on May 17, 1984 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. She is a producer and writer, known for Master of None (2015), Ready Player One (2018) and Queen & Slim (2019). She has been married to Alana Mayo since November 2019.
20. April Maxey
Director | Work
April Maxey is known for Work (2022), After You Left (2019) and Stonewall 50: The Revolution (2019).
21. Lesli Linka Glatter
Director | Homeland
Lesli Linka Glatter is a director of film, network, cable, and premium cable television drama, with both pilots and episodes to her credit. Lesli's TV work includes Homeland (2011), The Newsroom (2012), The Walking Dead (2010), Justified (2010), Ray Donovan (2013), Masters of Sex (2013), Nashville ...
22. Tricia Brock
Director | Killer Diller
Tricia Brock is known for Killer Diller (2004), The Walking Dead (2010) and 30 Rock (2006).
23. Ava DuVernay
Writer | Queen Sugar
A director, producer, writer, marketer and film distributor, Ava DuVernay made her feature film debut with the documentary This is the Life (2008), a history on hip hop movement that flourished in Los Angeles in the 1990's. This was followed by series of television music documentaries which ...
24. Rachel Langer
Producer | Transplant
Rachel moved to Vancouver in 2005 from Edmonton Alberta where she studied writing for film and television at BCIT. In 2012 Rachel co-wrote and produced a digital pilot, the award winning web-series Aeternus. In 2013 Rachel was accepted into the Prime Time Television Program at the Canadian Film ...
25. Emerald Fennell
Writer | Saltburn
Emerald Lilly Fennell is an English actress, filmmaker, and writer. She has received many awards and nominations, including an Academy Award, two British Academy Film Awards, one Screen Actors Guild Award, and nominations for three Primetime Emmy Awards and three Golden Globe Awards. Fennell first ...
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