# List of lesbian filmmakers

This is a list of lesbian filmmakers. The names listed include directors, producers, and screenwriters of feature films, television movies, documentaries and short films; and have received coverage or been recognized in reliable, authoritative media and academic sources.

## A-L

* Kasia Adamik (Poland)
* Jane Anderson (United States)
* Sini Anderson (United States)
* Chantal Akerman (Belgium)
* Dorothy Arzner (United States)
* Jamie Babbit (United States)
* Marina Rice Bader (United States)
* Christin Baker (United States)
* Janet Baus (United States)
* Sadie Benning (United States)
* Caroline Berler (United States)
* Katja Blichfeld (United States)
* Maureen Bradley (Canada)
* Netalie Braun (Israel)
* Katherine Brooks (United States)
* Dominique Cardona (Canada)
* Ruth Caudeli (Spain)
* Ilene Chaiken (United States)
* Lisa Cholodenko (United States)
* Zero Chou (Taiwan)
* Laurie Colbert (Canada)
* Janis Cole (Canada)
* Nicole Conn (United States)
* Catherine Corsini (France)
* Jeanne Crépeau (Canada)
* Catherine Crouch (United States)
* Holly Dale (Canada)
* Donna Deitch (United States)
* Katrina del Mar (United States)
* Vicky Du (United States-Taiwan)
* Cheryl Dunye (Liberia)
* Clea DuVall (United States)
* Michelle Ehlen (United States)
* Esther Eng (United States)
* Lynne Fernie (Canada)
* Jodie Foster (United States)
* Su Friedrich (United States)
* Maya Gallus (Canada)
* Nisha Ganatra (Canada)
* Dana Goldberg (Israel)
* Rosser Goodman (United States)
* Marleen Gorris (Netherlands)
* Aurora Guerrero (United States)
* Sonali Gulati (United States)
* Jill Gutowitz (United States)
* Barbara Hammer (United States)
* Leslye Headland (United States)
* G. B. Jones (Canada)
* Ingrid Jungermann (United States)
* Ana Kokkinos (Australia)
* Jennie Livingston (United States)
* Desiree Lim (Malaysia-China-Canada)
* Phyllida Lloyd (United Kingdom)
* Tucia Lyman (United States)

## M-Z

* Angelina Maccarone (Germany)
* Liz Marshall (Canada)
* Lucrecia Martel (Argentina)
* Dee Mosbacher (United States)
* Brittani Nichols (United States)
* Ruth Novaczek (United Kingdom)
* Madeleine Olnek (United States)
* Jenni Olson (United States)
* Ulrike Ottinger (Germany)
* Jan Oxenberg (United States)
* Pratibha Parmar (United Kingdom)
* Stacie Passon (United States)
* Kimberly Peirce (United States)
* Cristina Perincioli (Switzerland)
* Justine Pimlott (Canada)
* Norma Bahia Pontes (Brazil)
* Léa Pool (Canada)
* Lourdes Portillo (United States-Mexico)
* Yvonne Rainer (United States)
* Dee Rees (United States)
* Yoruba Richen (United States)
* Marialy Rivas (Chile)
* Chloé Robichaud (Canada)
* Angela Robinson (United States)
* Patricia Rozema (Canada)
* Marja-Lewis Ryan (United States)
* Shamim Sarif (United Kingdom)
* Greta Schiller (United States)
* Céline Sciamma (France)
* Avigail Sperber (Israel)
* Ellen Spiro (United States)
* Monika Treut (Germany)
* Rose Troche (United States)
* Guinevere Turner (United States)
* Michal Vinik (Israel)
* Louise Wadley (Australia)
* Andrea Weiss (United States)
* Aerlyn Weissman (United States-Canada)
* Yvonne Welbon (United States)
* Tucky Williams (United States)
* Alice Wu (United States)
* Monica Zanetti (Australia)