# List of comic-based films directed by women

The following is a list of female directors who have directed, or are in the process of directing, a film based on comics (including comic books, comic strips, manga, and graphic novels). The films include direct-to-video as well as theatrical releases, and may be live action, animated, anime, or a combination thereof.

## Released

| Director | Film | Based on | Type | Release date |
| Marguerite Abouet | Aya of Yop City | Aya of Yop City by Marguerite Abouet and Clément Oubrerie | animated | July 17, 2013 |
| Zoya Akhtar | The Archies | Archie Andrews by John L. Goldwater, Bob Montana, and Vic Bloom | live action | December 7, 2023 |
| Lexi Alexander | Punisher: War Zone | Punisher by Gerry Conway, John Romita Sr., and Ross Andru | live action | December 5, 2008 |
| Sólveig Anspach | Lulu in the Nude | Lulu femme nue by Étienne Davodeau | live action | January 22, 2014 |
| Cecilia Aranovich | DC Super Hero Girls: Hero of the Year | DC Super Hero Girls by Lisa Yee, Shea Fontana, and Aria Moffly | animated | August 23, 2016 |
| Cecilia Aranovich | DC Super Hero Girls: Intergalactic Games | DC Super Hero Girls by Lisa Yee, Shea Fontana, and Aria Moffly | animated | May 23, 2017 |
| Cecilia Aranovich | DC Super Hero Girls: Legends of Atlantis | DC Super Hero Girls by Lisa Yee, Shea Fontana, and Aria Moffly | animated | July 22, 2018 |
| Upi Avianto | Sri Asih | Gundala by Harya "Hasmi" Suraminata | live action | November 17, 2022 |
| Andrea Berloff | The Kitchen | The Kitchen by Ollie Masters and Ming Doyle | live action | August 9, 2019 |
| Marilou Berry | Joséphine, Pregnant & Fabulous | Joséphine by Pénélope Bagieu | live action | February 10, 2016 |
| Maria Blom | Bamse and the Witch's Daughter | Bamse by Rune Andréasson | animated | December 25, 2016 |
| Anna Boden | Captain Marvel | Carol Danvers and Captain Marvel by Roy Thomas, Gene Colan, and Stan Lee | live action | March 8, 2019 |
| Charlotte Le Bon | Falcon Lake | A Sister by Bastien Vivès | live action | May 18, 2022 |
| S. J. Clarkson | Madame Web | Madame Web by Dennis O'Neil and John Romita Jr. | live action | February 14, 2024 |
| Caroline Cowan | Eva & Adam | Eva & Adam by Johan Unenge and Måns Gahrton | live action | August 27, 2021 |
| Jill Culton | Open Season | In the Bleachers by Steve Moore | animated | September 29, 2006 |
| Nia DaCosta | The Marvels | Carol Danvers and Captain Marvel by Roy Thomas, Gene Colan, and Stan Lee | live action | November 10, 2023 |
| Charlotte Dubreuil | Women Only Think That... | Women Have Only One Thing on Their Minds by Georges Wolinski | live action | March 16, 1994 |
| Catti Edfeldt | Eva & Adam – Four Birthdays and a Fiasco | Eva & Adam by Johan Unenge and Måns Gahrton | live action | January 19, 2001 |
| Yngvild Sve Flikke | Ninjababy | Fallteknikk by Inga H Sætre | live action | January 18, 2021 |
| Anne Fontaine | Gemma Bovery | Gemma Bovery by Posy Simmonds | live action | September 10, 2014 |
| Nisha Ganatra | The Hunters | Mirror Mirror by Joshua Williamson | live action | October 25, 2013 |
| Elsa Garagarza | Lego DC Super Hero Girls: Super-Villain High | DC Super Hero Girls by Lisa Yee, Shea Fontana, and Aria Moffly | animated | May 15, 2018 |
| Trisha Gum | The Lego Movie 2: The Second Part | Batman by Bob Kane and Bill Finger | animated | February 8, 2019 |
| Kosaka Harume | Sailor Moon R: The Movie | Sailor Moon by Naoko Takeuchi | animated | December 5, 1993 |
| Marielle Heller | The Diary of a Teenage Girl | The Diary of a Teenage Girl: An Account in Words and Pictures by Phoebe Gloeckner | live action | August 7, 2015 |
| Carolina Hellsgård | Ever After | Endzeit by Olivia Vieweg | live action | September 7, 2018 |
| Atsuko Ishizuka | Piano no Mori | Piano no Mori by Makoto Isshiki | animated | July 21, 2007 |
| Patty Jenkins | Wonder Woman | Wonder Woman by William Moulton Marston and Harry G. Peter | live action | June 2, 2017 |
| Patty Jenkins | Wonder Woman 1984 | Wonder Woman by William Moulton Marston and Harry G. Peter | live action | December 25, 2020 |
| Lynn Johnston | For Better or For Worse: A Storm in April | For Better or For Worse by Lynn Johnston | animated | April 1, 1997 |
| Deborah Kaplan | Josie and the Pussycats | Josie and the Pussycats by Dan DeCarlo | live action | April 11, 2001 |
| Mitsuko Kase | They Were Eleven | They Were Eleven by Moto Hagio | animated | November 1, 1986 |
| Mitsuko Kase | Bats & Terry | Bats & Terry by Yasuichi Oshima | animated | March 14, 1987 |
| Mitsuko Kase | She, the Ultimate Weapon: Another Love Song | Saikano by Shin Takahashi | animated | September 21, 2005 |
| Chiaki Kon | Junjō Romantica | Junjo Romantica: Pure Romance by Shungiku Nakamura | animated | December 20, 2012 |
| Chiaki Kon | Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Eternal Part 1 | Sailor Moon by Naoko Takeuchi | animated | January 8, 2021 |
| Chiaki Kon | Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon Eternal Part 2 | Sailor Moon by Naoko Takeuchi | animated | February 11, 2021 |
| Blandine Lenoir | Juliette in Spring | Juliette, the Ghosts Return in the Spring by Camille Jourdy | live action | June 12, 2024 |
| Murielle Magellan | The Blank Page | The Blank Page by Pénélope Bagieu and Boulet | live action | August 24, 2022 |
| Kelly Marcel | Venom: The Last Dance | Venom by Todd McFarlane and David Michelinie | live action | October 25, 2024 |
| Rie Matsumoto | King of the Restaurant of Kings | Blood Blockade Battlefront by Yasuhiro Nightow | animated | June 3, 2016 |
| Mayumi Miyasaka | Tenshi | Angel Nest by Erica Sakurazawa | live action | January 21, 2006 |
| Lauren Montgomery | Superman: Doomsday | The Death of Superman by Dan Jurgens, Louise Simonson, and Roger Stern | animated | September 18, 2007 |
| Lauren Montgomery | Wonder Woman | Wonder Woman by William Moulton Marston and Harry G. Peter | animated | March 3, 2009 |
| Lauren Montgomery | Green Lantern: First Flight | Hal Jordan by John Broome and Gil Kane | animated | July 28, 2009 |
| Lauren Montgomery | Justice League: Crisis on Two Earths | JLA: Earth 2 by Grant Morrison and Frank Quitely | animated | February 23, 2010 |
| Lauren Montgomery | Superman/Batman: Apocalypse | Superman/Batman by Jeph Loeb and Ed McGuinness | animated | September 28, 2010 |
| Lauren Montgomery | Green Lantern: Emerald Knights | Hal Jordan by John Broome and Gil Kane | animated | June 7, 2011 |
| Lauren Montgomery | Batman: Year One | Batman: Year One by Frank Miller and David Mazzucchelli | animated | October 18, 2011 |
| Lauren Montgomery | Catwoman | Catwoman by Bill Finger and Bob Kane | animated | October 18, 2011 |
| Lauren Montgomery | Justice League: Doom | JLA: Tower of Babel by Mark Waid and John Kalisz | animated | February 28, 2012 |
| Makoto Moriwaki | High School! Kimengumi Movie | High School! Kimengumi by Motoei Shinzawa | animated | July 12, 1986 |
| Makoto Moriwaki | Those Obnoxious Aliens: Date with a Spirit | Urusei Yatsura by Rumiko Takahashi | animated | June 21, 1991 |
| Makoto Moriwaki | Rakusho! Hyper Doll | Hyper Doll by Shimpei Itoh | animated | November 25, 1995 |
| Makoto Moriwaki | Alternative One: Opera Kobayashi and the Five Paintings | Tantei Opera Milky Holmes by Bushiroad | animated | August 25, 2012 |
| Makoto Moriwaki | Alternative Two: Opera Kobayashi and the Raven of the Empty Sky | Tantei Opera Milky Holmes by Bushiroad | animated | January 9, 2013 |
| Valérie Müller | Polina | Polina by Bastien Vivès | live action | November 16, 2016 |
| Mika Ninagawa | Sakuran | Sakuran by Moyoco Anno | live action | February 24, 2007 |
| Mika Ninagawa | Helter Skelter | Helter Skelter by Kyoko Okazaki | live action | July 14, 2012 |
| Alice O'Fredericks | Father of Four | Far til fire by Kaj Engholm and Olav Hast | live action | November 2, 1953 |
| Alice O'Fredericks | Father of Four in the Snow | Far til fire by Kaj Engholm and Olav Hast | live action | November 1, 1954 |
| Alice O'Fredericks | Father of Four in the Country | Far til fire by Kaj Engholm and Olav Hast | live action | November 7, 1955 |
| Alice O'Fredericks | Father of Four in the City | Far til fire by Kaj Engholm and Olav Hast | live action | November 12, 1956 |
| Alice O'Fredericks | Father of Four and Uncle Sofus | Far til fire by Kaj Engholm and Olav Hast | live action | November 25, 1957 |
| Alice O'Fredericks | Father of Four and the Wolf Cubs | Far til fire by Kaj Engholm and Olav Hast | live action | November 10, 1958 |
| Alice O'Fredericks | Father of Four on Bornholm | Far til fire by Kaj Engholm and Olav Hast | live action | December 26, 1959 |
| Alice O'Fredericks | Father of Four with Full Music | Far til fire by Kaj Engholm and Olav Hast | live action | December 15, 1961 |
| Agnès Obadia | Joséphine | Joséphine by Pénélope Bagieu | live action | June 19, 2013 |
| Marie-Pascale Osterrieth | The Demon Stirs | Le Démon de midi by Florence Cestac | live action | June 22, 2005 |
| Keiko Oyamada | Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland | Little Nemo by Winsor McCay | animated | July 15, 1989 |
| Gina Prince-Bythewood | The Old Guard | Old Guard by Greg Rucka and Leandro Fernández | live action | July 10, 2020 |
| Marjane Satrapi | Persepolis | Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi | animated | June 27, 2007 |
| Marjane Satrapi | Chicken with Plums | Chicken with Plums by Marjane Satrapi | live action | October 26, 2011 |
| Marjane Satrapi | Radioactive | Radioactive: Marie & Pierre Curie: A Tale of Love and Fallout by Lauren Redniss | live action | September 14, 2019 |
| Kiyoko Sayama | Angel Sanctuary | Angel Sanctuary by Kaori Yuki | animated | August 25, 2000 |
| Dagmar Seume | Wendy – The Film | Wendy by DC Thomson and Egmont Ehapa | live action | January 26, 2017 |
| Cate Shortland | Black Widow | Black Widow by Stan Lee, Don Rico, and Don Heck | live action | July 9, 2021 |
| Gail Simone | Red Sonja: Queen of Plagues | Red Sonja by Dynamite Entertainment | animated | August 2, 2016 |
| Shari Springer Berman | American Splendor | American Splendor and Our Cancer Year by Harvey Pekar, Robert Crumb, Gary Dumm, Frank Stack, and Joyce Brabner | live action | August 15, 2003 |
| Noriko Takao | Saint Young Men | Saint Young Men by Hikaru Nakamura | animated | May 10, 2013 |
| Noriko Takao | Saint Oniisan | Saint Young Men by Hikaru Nakamura | animated | August 23, 2013 |
| Rachel Talalay | Tank Girl | Tank Girl by Jamie Hewlett and Alan Martin | live action | March 31, 1995 |
| The Wachowskis | Speed Racer | Mach GoGoGo by Tatsuo Yoshida | live action | May 9, 2008 |
| Naoko Yamada | K-On! The Movie | K-On! by Kakifly | animated | December 3, 2011 |
| Naoko Yamada | A Silent Voice | A Silent Voice by Yoshitoki Ōima | animated | September 17, 2016 |
| Cathy Yan | Birds of Prey | Birds of Prey by Jordan B. Gorfinkel and Chuck Dixon | live action | February 7, 2020 |
| Chloé Zhao | Eternals | Eternals by Jack Kirby | live action | November 5, 2021 |

## Upcoming

| Director | Film | Based on | Type | Release date |
| Victoria Mahoney | The Old Guard 2 | Old Guard by Greg Rucka and Leandro Fernández | live action | July 2, 2025 |
| M. J. Bassett | Red Sonja | Red Sonja by Dynamite Entertainment | live action | 2025 |