Female Horror Directors
by bannisterbergen | created - 17 Nov 2016 | updated - 17 Nov 2016 | Public
1. Julia Ducournau
Director | Grave
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, won the coveted FIPRESCI ...
2. St. Vincent
Composer | XX
St. Vincent was born on September 28, 1982 in Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA as Annie Erin Clark.
3. Roxanne Benjamin
Director | Body at Brighton Rock
Roxanne Benjamin is known for her work on Body at Brighton Rock (2019), Southbound (2015) and V/H/S (2012).
4. Sofìa Carrillo
Director | The Wandering Witch
Sofìa Carrillo is a director and art director, known for The Wandering Witch (2018), La Casa Triste (2013) and Prita Noire (2011).
5. Karyn Kusama
Director | The Invitation
Karyn Kusama was born on March 21, 1968 in Brooklyn, New York, USA as Karyn K. Kusama. She is a director and producer, known for The Invitation (2015), Girlfight (2000) and Destroyer (2018).
6. Jovanka Vuckovic
Director | XX
Jovanka Vuckovic is an award winning writer and filmmaker. She got her start in broadcasting as a visual effects artist, winning a Gemini Award (Canadian Emmy) for Best Visual Effects, then went on to edit the horror publication Rue Morgue Magazine for six and a half years. Her presence at the helm...
7. Jennifer Kent
Director | The Babadook
Jennifer Kent was born in 1969 in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. She is an actress and director, known for The Babadook (2014), The Nightingale (2018) and Monster (2005).
8. Ana Lily Amirpour
Director | A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night
Ana Lily Amirpour was born on July 25, 1976 in Margate, Kent, England. She is a director and writer, known for A Girl Walks Home Alone at Night (2014), The Bad Batch (2016) and A Little Suicide (2012).
9. Leigh Janiak
Director | Honeymoon
Leigh Janiak is a film director and screenwriter born on February 1, 1980 in Ohio, USA. She is the daughter of Karen L. Janiak and Nestor K. Janiak of Mentor, Ohio, USA. Her feature film directorial debut was horror/mystery Honeymoon (2014) starring Rose Leslie from Game of Thrones (2011), and ...
10. Jen Soska
Actress | American Mary
Identical twins, writers, directors, actors even stunt players, the Soska sisters have always loved twisted film. Even at an early age, they devoured Stephen King novels, one after another as fast as they could read - and snuck into the over 18 sections at video stores, to critique the bloody ...
11. Sylvia Soska
Actress | American Mary
Identical twins, writers, directors, actors, and even stunt players, the Soska sisters have always loved twisted film. Even at an early age, they devoured Stephen King novels, one after another as fast as they could read - and would sneak into the over 18 sections at video stores, to critique the ...
12. Veronika Franz
Writer | Ich seh, Ich seh
Veronika Franz was born in 1965 in Vienna, Austria. She is a writer and director, known for Goodnight Mommy (2014), The Lodge (2019) and The Field Guide to Evil (2018).
13. Jennifer Lynch
Director | Chained
Jennifer Lynch was born on April 7, 1968 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. She is a director and writer, known for Chained (2012), Boxing Helena (1993) and Surveillance (2008).
14. Stewart Thorndike
Actress | Eyes Wide Shut
Stewart Thorndike is a writer/director whose debut feature, Lyle, premiered to critical praise at Outfest 2014, where star Gaby Hoffmann received the Grand Jury Prize for Best Actress. She is developing two more female-driven psychological horror films to be part of a trilogy with Lyle: The Stay ...
15. Tii Ricks
Editor | Rage: Midsummer's Eve
Tii Ricks was born in Germany, in the city of Bad Hersfeld in the US Army base. She is the daughter of a Finnish mother and a American father. The family moved from Germany to New York (USA), where they settled in Brooklyn; living right beside the Verrazano-Narrows bridge in the Fort Hamilton Army ...
16. Hélène Cattet
Director | Amer
Hélène Cattet was born in 1976 in Paris, France. She is a director and writer, known for Amer (2009), The Strange Color of Your Body's Tears (2013) and Let the Corpses Tan (2017).
17. Mona Fastvold
Director | The World to Come
Mona Fastvold was born on March 7, 1986 in Oslo, Norway. She is an actress and writer, known for The World to Come (2020), The Sleepwalker (2014) and The Childhood of a Leader (2015). She was previously married to Sondre Lerche.
18. Kimberly Peirce
Director | Boys Don't Cry
Kimberly Peirce was born on September 8, 1967 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA. She is a director and writer, known for Boys Don't Cry (1999), Stop-Loss (2008) and Carrie (2013).
19. Tricia Lee
Director | Silent Retreat
Tricia Lee is an accomplished and versatile director-writer who earned her US Green Card as an "artist of extraordinary ability" with Canadian and British citizenship. She brings integrity and generous leadership to all 11 shorts and 3 award-winning features she's directed. Lee has been recognized ...
20. Laura Lau
Producer | Open Water
Laura Lau was born on March 31, 1963 in San Francisco, California, USA. She is a producer and writer, known for Open Water (2003), Silent House (2011) and Grind (1997). She has been married to Chris Kentis since 1997. They have one child.
21. Sarah Adina Smith
Director | Buster's Mal Heart
Sarah Adina Smith was born as Sarah Smith. She is a director and producer, known for Buster's Mal Heart (2016), The Midnight Swim (2014) and Room 104 (2017).
22. Ursula Dabrowsky
Writer | Inner Demon
Ursula Dabrowsky is a writer and director, known for Inner Demon (2014) and Family Demons (2009).
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