lesbian filmmakers
by kwroten-89591 | created - 30 Apr 2017 | updated - 17 Oct 2018 | Public
1. Chantal Akerman
Director | Les rendez-vous d'Anna
Chantal Akerman was born on June 6, 1950 in Brussels, Belgium. She was a director and writer, known for The Meetings of Anna (1978), I, You, He, She (1974) and A Couch in New York (1996). She was married to Sonia Wieder-Atherton. She died on October 5, 2015 in Paris, France.
2. Jamie Babbit
Director | But I'm a Cheerleader
Jamie Babbit was born on November 16, 1970 in Shaker Heights, Ohio, USA. She is a director and producer, known for But I'm a Cheerleader (1999), Silicon Valley (2014) and Girls (2012). She was previously married to Karey Dornetto.
3. Rose Troche
Director | Go Fish
Rose Troche was born in 1964 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. She is a director and producer, known for Go Fish (1994), The Safety of Objects (2001) and Bedrooms and Hallways (1998).
4. Lisa Cholodenko
Director | The Kids Are All Right
Lisa Cholodenko earned an MFA at Columbia University Film School where she made an award-winning short film Dinner Party (1997) Her feature High Art (1998) won the National Society of Film Critics award for Ally Sheedy's performance and The Waldo Salt Screenwriting award at Sundance. Both "High Art...
5. Dorothy Arzner
Director | Christopher Strong
Dorothy Arzner, the only woman director during the "Golden Age" of Hollywood's studio system--from the 1920s to the early 1940s and the woman director with the largest oeuvre in Hollywood to this day--was born January 3, 1897 (some sources put the year as 1900), in San Francisco, California, to a ...
6. Kimberly Peirce
Director | Boys Don't Cry
Kimberly Peirce was born on September 8, 1967 in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, USA. She is a director and producer, known for Boys Don't Cry (1999), Stop-Loss (2008) and Carrie (2013).
7. Patricia Rozema
Director | Into the Forest
Patricia Rozema was born on August 20, 1958 in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. She is a director and writer, known for Into the Forest (2015), Mansfield Park (1999) and Grey Gardens (2009).
8. Dee Rees
Director | Mudbound
Writer/Director Dee Rees is an alumna of New York University's graduate film program and a Sundance Screenwriting & Directing Lab Fellow.
In 2018, Dee became the first Black woman nominated for an Oscar in the Best Adapted Screenplay category for her highly-acclaimed film Mudbound (2017). The film, ...
9. Stacie Passon
Director | Concussion
Stacie Passon is known for Concussion (2013), The Society (2019) and The Punisher (2017).
10. Cheryl Dunye
Director | The Watermelon Woman
Cheryl Dunye was born on May 13, 1966 in Liberia. She is a director and producer, known for The Watermelon Woman (1996), The Owls (2010) and Mommy Is Coming (2012).
11. Marina Rice Bader
Director | Ava's Impossible Things
Marina Rice Bader is known for Ava's Impossible Things (2016), Anatomy of a Love Seen (2014) and Raven's Touch (2015).
12. Brittani Nichols
Writer | Abbott Elementary
Originally from Chicago, Brittani Nichols is a writer, actor, and comedian living in Los Angeles. Suicide Kale, the feature she produced, wrote, and starred, won numerous awards including the Audience Award at Outfest and Newfest. Brittani has appeared on the Emmy-nominated television shows, ...
13. Desiree Akhavan
Director | Appropriate Behavior
Desiree Akhavan was born on December 27, 1984 in New York City, New York, USA. She is a director and actress, known for Appropriate Behavior (2014), The Miseducation of Cameron Post (2018) and The Bisexual (2018).
14. Ingrid Jungermann
Director | Women Who Kill
Ingrid Jungermann is a television and film writer-director known for Women Who Kill, F to 7th, In The Dark, Queer as Folk, The Serpent Queen, and Orphan Black: Echoes. They have been nominated for a WGA Award, an Independent Spirit Award, and earned their MFA in Directing at NYU Tisch School of the...
15. Sonia Sebastián
Director | The Virgin of Highland Park
Sonia Sebastian is an award-winning filmmaker who has directed numerous high-profile actors such as Dermot Mulroney, Penelope Ann Miller, Jamie Lynn Sigler, Alexandra Billings, and Jane Badler, among many others. She is in post-production of her fourth feature film, "The Kiss List," starring Megan ...
16. Angela Robinson
Writer | D.E.B.S.
Angela Robinson was born on February 14, 1971 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. She is a producer and writer, known for D.E.B.S. (2004), Professor Marston & the Wonder Women (2017) and D.E.B.S. (2003). She is married to Alexandra Kondracke. They have one child.
17. Amy York Rubin
Director | Dead to Me
Amy York Rubin is known for Dead to Me (2019), SMILF (2017) and Angie Tribeca (2016).
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