Female Auteurs and Directors to watch
by alannasmithdreaming | created - 4 months ago | updated - 4 months ago | Public
1. Andrea Arnold
Director | American Honey
Andrea Arnold was born on April 5, 1961 in Dartford, Kent, England, UK. She is an actress and director, known for American Honey (2016), Fish Tank (2009) and Red Road (2006).
2. Chloé Zhao
Director | Nomadland
Chloé Zhao or Zhao Ting (born March 31, 1982) is a Chinese film director, screenwriter, and producer. Her debut feature film, Songs My Brothers Taught Me (2015), premiered at Sundance Film Festival. Her second feature film, The Rider (2017), was critically acclaimed and received several accolades ...
3. Reed Morano
Cinematographer | I Think We're Alone Now
Reed Morano was born on April 15, 1977 in Omaha, Nebraska, USA. She is known for directing and executive producing the pilot as well as episodes 2 & 3 of 'The Handmaid's Tale' (2017) and directing the feature film, 'Meadowland' (2015), which she also served as her own DP on. She also did double ...
4. Julia Ducournau
Director | Titane
Julia Ducournau is a French film director and screenwriter. She attended film school at La Fémis in Paris, where she studied screenwriting. In 2011, her short film JUNIOR won the Petit Rail d'Or at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival. Her first feature, the horror movie Raw (2016), won the coveted ...
5. Nia DaCosta
Writer | Candyman
Nia DaCosta was born on November 8, 1989 in Brooklyn, New York City, New York, USA. She is a writer and producer, known for Candyman (2021), Little Woods (2018) and The Marvels (2023).
6. Celine Song
Writer | Past Lives
Celine Song was born in 1988 in South Korea. She is a writer and director, known for Past Lives (2023), The Wheel of Time (2021) and Working in the Theatre (1976). She has been married to Justin Kuritzkes since June 11, 2016.
7. Léa Mysius
Writer | Ava
Léa Mysius was born in Bordeaux on 4 April 1989. She spent her first thirteen years in the Medoc region (where she filmed most of her first feature "Ava", whose eponymous character is a... thirteen-year-old girl!) Following her parents, she lived on the Reunion island until she graduated from high ...
8. Maite Alberdi
Director | La memoria infinita
Academy Awards® Nominee Director and Producer, she is the first Chilean women to be nominated to the Oscars. She has developed a particular style that is characterized by the intimate portrait of small worlds, her renowned label has led her to be one of the most important voices of Latin American ...
9. Kelsey Gillis
Actress | Nachtbird
Kelsey Gillis is an Irish - Canadian actress, writer and director, born in North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. She grew up competing and training as a high level show jumping athlete, while simultaneously studying and exploring her craft as a multifaceted artist. While having spent much of ...
10. Emma Seligman
Director | Shiva Baby
Emma Seligman was born on May 3, 1995 in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. She is a director and writer, known for Shiva Baby (2020), Bottoms (2023) and Shiva Baby (2018).
11. Jennifer Kent
Director | The Nightingale
Jennifer Kent was born on March 5, 1969 in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. She is an actress and director, known for The Nightingale (2018), The Babadook (2014) and Monster (2005).
12. Ana Lily Amirpour
Director | A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night
Ana Lily Amirpour was born in Margate, Kent, England, UK. She is a director and writer, known for A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (2014), The Bad Batch (2016) and Mona Lisa and the Blood Moon (2021).
13. Kassandra Voss
Director | Crawdaddy
Kassandra Voss is known for Crawdaddy (2023), #nofilter (2019) and Sea Monster (2017).
14. Greta Gerwig
Writer | Barbie
Greta Gerwig is an American actress, playwright, screenwriter, and director. She has collaborated with Noah Baumbach on several films, including Greenberg (2010), Frances Ha (2012), for which she earned a Golden Globe nomination, and Mistress America (2015). Gerwig made her solo directorial debut ...
15. Heidi Ewing
Director | I Carry You with Me
Heidi Ewing is a director and producer known for Jesus Camp (2006), The Boys of Baraka (2005), Detropia (2012) ,12th &Delaware (2010), Norman Lear: Just Another Version of You (2016), One of Us (2017) and Freakonomics (2010). She is currently completing her (currently untitled) first narrative ...
16. Suzanne Lindon
Actress | Seize printemps
Suzanne Lindon is an actress, director and scriptwriter. In 2020, at only twenty, she directed and acted in her first feature film Seize Printemps (Spring Blossom). The film has been selected at the Cannes Film Festival in official competition, as well at the Toronto International Film Festival. ...
17. 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 ...
18. Iuli Gerbase
Writer | A Nuvem Rosa
Iuli Gerbase is a writer and director born in Brazil. Her debut feature film, The Pink Cloud, premiered at Sundance in 2021, in the World Dramatic Competition. The film made Variety's list of the 15 Best Films From The Sundance Film Festival and was called "A refined, accomplished debut" by them. ...
19. Courtney Paige
Actress | The Lost Boys
Courtney Paige is an award winning actress, writer and director born on August 5th in Kelowna, BC. Canada. She fell in love with performing at a young age and became a member of the Kelowna Community Theatre Company when she was eleven. Paige made her breakout performance as Annika on E! ...
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