# List of female film and television directors

This is a list of female film and television directors. Their works may include live action and/or animated features, shorts, documentaries, telemovies, TV programs, or videos.
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## A

* Jennifer Abbott (Canada)
* Sarah Abbott (Canada)
* Jennifer Abod (USA)
* Marguerite Abouet (Ivory Coast)
* Abiola Abrams (USA)
* Mona Achache (France)
* Nan Achnas (Indonesia)
* Ally Acker (USA)
* Jill Ackles (USA)
* Kasia Adamik (Poland)
* Catlin Adams (USA)
* Joey Lauren Adams (USA)
* Perry Miller Adato (USA)
* Anita W. Addison (USA)
* Maren Ade (Germany)
* Harmony Adesola (Canada)
* Elvire Adjamonsi (Benin)
* Dianna Agron (USA)
* Yasmin Ahmad (Malaysia)
* Peggy Ahwesh (USA)
* Shirikiana Aina (USA)
* Kyōko Aizome (Japan)
* Omolola Ajao (Canada)
* Mania Akbari (Iran)
* Chantal Akerman (Belgium-France)
* Desiree Akhavan (USA)
* Zoya Akhtar (India)
* Nargis Akhter (Bangladesh)
* Atuat Akkitirq (Canada)
* Zaynê Akyol (Canada)
* Haifaa al-Mansour (Saudi Arabia)
* Gina Alajar (Philippines)
* Barbara Albert (Austria)
* Karin Albou (France)
* Victoria Aleksanyan (Armenia)
* Lexi Alexander (USA)
* Debbie Allen (USA)
* Elizabeth Allen (USA)
* Jennifer Alleyn (Canada)
* Natalia Almada (Mexico-USA)
* Mairzee Almas (Canada)
* Chihiro Amano (Japan)
* Suzana Amaral (Brazil)
* Tata Amaral (Brazil)
* Barbra Amesbury (Canada)
* Ana Lily Amirpour (UK-USA)
* Bonnie Ammaq (Canada)
* Valerie Amponsah (Canada)
* Allison Anders (USA)
* Deborah Anderson (UK-USA)
* Gillian Anderson (USA)
* Jane Anderson (USA)
* Laurie Anderson (USA)
* Madeline Anderson (USA)
* Sarah Pia Anderson (UK-USA)
* Sini Anderson (USA)
* Kamila Andini (Indonesia)
* Momoko Ando (Japan)
* Fern Andra (USA)
* Scilla Andreen (USA)
* Joanna Angel (USA)
* Irene Angelico (Canada)
* Lucia Aniello (USA)
* Jennifer Aniston (USA)
* Catherine Annau (Canada)
* Martha Ansara (Australia)
* Jessie Anthony (Canada)
* Lisa Rose Apramian (USA)
* Shamim Ara (Pakistan)
* Danielle Arbid (Lebanon)
* Louise Archambault (Canada)
* Francesca Archibugi (Italy)
* Fanny Ardant (France)
* Jane Arden (UK)
* Asia Argento (Italy)
* Allison Argo (USA)
* Kay Armatage (Canada)
* Aviva Armour-Ostroff (Canada)
* Franny Armstrong (UK)
* Gillian Armstrong (Australia)
* Alethea Arnaquq-Baril (Canada)
* Gwen Arner (USA)
* Andrea Arnold (UK)
* Patricia Arquette (USA)
* Rosanna Arquette (USA)
* Karen Arthur (USA)
* Natasha Arthy (Denmark)
* Larysa Artiugina (Ukraine)
* Ritva Arvelo (Finland)
* Dorothy Arzner (USA)
* Dinara Asanova (Soviet Union)
* Amma Asante (UK)
* Mari Asato (Japan)
* Katie Aselton (USA)
* Asinnajaq (Canada)
* Ratna Asmara (Indonesia)
* Dorothy A. Atabong (Canada)
* Daisy Aitkens (UK)
* Jacqueline Audry (France)
* Shona Auerbach (UK)
* Latesha Auger (Canada)
* Susan Avingaq (Canada)
* Ashley Avis (USA)
* Nurith Aviv (France)
* Ronit Avni (Canada)
* Tali Avrahami (Israel)
* Lisa Azuelos (France)

## B

* Beth B (US)
* Jamie Babbit (US)
* Iskra Babich (Soviet Union)
* Julia Bacha
* Yamina Bachir-Chouikh (Algeria)
* Marina Rice Bader (Canada)
* Cindy Baer (US)
* Jennifer Baichwal (Canada)
* Norma Bailey (Canada)
* Paule Baillargeon (Canada)
* Robin Bain
* Catherine Bainbridge (Canada)
* Josiane Balasko (France)
* Lucille Ball (US)
* Marta Balletbò-Coll (Spain)
* Anne Bancroft (US)
* Rakhshan Bani-Etemad (Iran)
* Elizabeth Banks (US)
* Sofia Banzhaf (Canada)
* Manon Barbeau (Canada)
* Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette (Canada)
* Laurence Ferreira Barbosa (France)
* Laura Bari
* Céline Baril (Canada)
* Neema Barnette (US)
* Roseanne Barr (US)
* Katherine Barrell (Canada)
* Cecilia Barriga (Chile)
* Drew Barrymore (US)
* Maria Basaglia (Italy)
* Svetlana Baskova (Russia)
* Angela Bassett (US)
* Michal Bat-Adam (Israel)
* Joy Batchelor (UK-US)
* Kathy Bates (US)
* Signe Baumane (Latvia-US)
* Janet Baus (US)
* Jordan Bayne (US)
* Amanda Bearse (US)
* Maria Beatty
* Marjorie Beaucage (Canada)
* Renée Beaulieu (Canada)
* Gabrielle Beaumont (UK-US)
* André-Line Beauparlant (Canada)
* Aida Begić (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
* Fatma Begum
* Feryal Behzad (Iran)
* Nancy Beiman (Canada)
* Esther Bell (US)
* Jennifer Lyon Bell (Netherlands-US)
* Mary Lou Belli (US)
* Edet Belzberg
* María Luisa Bemberg (Argentina)
* Nicol Ruiz Benavides (Chile)
* Jessica Bendinger (US)
* Yamina Benguigui (Algeria-France)
* Sadie Benning (US)
* Denyse Benoit (Canada)
* Amber Benson (US)
* Emmanuelle Bercot (France)
* Amy J. Berg (US)
* Zaida Bergroth (Finland)
* Shari Springer Berman (US)
* Joyce Bernal (Philippines)
* Halle Berry (US)
* Juliet Berto (France)
* Diane Bertrand (France)
* Julie Bertuccelli (France)
* Maïwenn Le Besco (France)
* Jane Marsh Beveridge
* Troy Beyer (US)
* Pooja Bhatt
* Natalie Bible' (US)
* Ric Esther Bienstock (Canada)
* Susanne Bier (Denmark)
* Kathryn Bigelow (US)
* Anna Biller (US)
* Patricia Birch (US)
* Antonia Bird (UK)
* Roshell Bissett (Canada)
* Sophie Bissonnette (Canada)
* Justine Bitagoye (Burundi)
* Simone Bitton (Morocco)
* Catherine Black (Canada, US)
* Marthe Blackburn (Canada)
* Annick Blanc (Canada)
* Sonia Blangiardo (US)
* Katja Blichfeld (US)
* Alexis Bloom (South Africa)
* Lidia Bobrova (Russia)
* Marusya Bociurkiw (Canada)
* Emily Kai Bock (Canada)
* Anna Boden (US)
* Sofia Bohdanowicz (Canada)
* Sonia Bonspille Boileau (Canada)
* Sophie Farkas Bolla (Canada)
* Icíar Bollaín (Spain)
* Natalya Bondarchuk (Soviet Union-Russia)
* Lisa Bonet (US)
* Sandrine Bonnaire (France)
* Manju Borah
* Uisenma Borchu (Mongolia)
* Lizzie Borden (US)
* Joyce Borenstein (Canada)
* Shonali Bose (India)
* Karen Boswall (UK)
* Leyla Bouzid
* Kansas Bowling (US)
* Muriel Box (UK)
* Maureen Bradley (Canada)
* Madeline Brandeis (US)
* Maryann Brandon (US)
* Netalie Braun (Israel)
* Janicza Bravo (US)
* Anja Breien (Norway)
* Catherine Breillat (France)
* Zabou Breitman (France)
* Pietra Brettkelly (New Zealand)
* Amit Breuer (Canada)
* Manon Briand (Canada)
* Zana Briski (UK)
* Tricia Brock (US)
* Beth Broderick (US)
* Sandrine Brodeur-Desrosiers (Canada)
* Katrina Holden Bronson (US)
* Katherine Brooks (US)
* Julie Brown (US)
* Christene Browne
* Frances Buss Buch (US)
* Valerie Buhagiar
* Kathy Burke (UK)
* Nanette Burstein (US)
* Mira Burt-Wintonick (Canada)
* Maria Burton (US)
* Sophia Bush (US)
* Akosua Busia (US)
* Andrea Bussmann (Canada)
* Mary Ellen Bute (US)

## C

* Dominique Cabrera (France)
* Sophia Cacciola (US)
* Anne-Marie Cadieux (Canada)
* Diane Cailhier (Canada)
* Liz Cairns (Canada)
* Terril Calder (Canada)
* Julia Cameron (US)
* Jessica Cameron (Canada)
* Leah Cameron (Canada)
* Peg Campbell (Canada)
* Tisha Campbell-Martin (US)
* Jane Campion (New Zealand)
* Kat Candler (US)
* Jordan Canning (Canada)
* Dyan Cannon (US)
* Kay Cannon (US)
* Dominique Cardona (Canada)
* Fernanda Cardoso (Brazil)
* Patricia Cardoso (Colombia-US)
* Maggie Carey (US)
* Edith Carlmar
* Niki Caro (New Zealand)
* Ana Carolina (Brazil)
* Joan Carr-Wiggin (Canada)
* Albertina Carri (Argentina)
* Mélanie Carrier (Canada)
* Shelagh Carter (Canada)
* Kirsten Carthew (Canada)
* Alexandra Cassavetes
* Zoe Cassavetes (US)
* Jacqueline Castel (Canada)
* Cecil Castellucci
* Ruth Caudeli (Spain)
* Liliana Cavani (Italy)
* Geneviève Dulude-De Celles (Canada)
* Jennifer Celotta (US)
* Thea Červenková (Czechoslovakia)
* Gurinder Chadha (UK)
* Lydia Chagoll (Belgium)
* Ilene Chaiken (US)
* Tanuja Chandra (India)
* Sylvia Chang (Taiwan)
* Karen Chapman (Canada)
* Lyne Charlebois (Canada)
* Miryam Charles (Canada)
* Martine Chartrand (Canada)
* Lilyan Chauvin (US)
* Shu Lea Cheang (Taiwan)
* Shirley Cheechoo (Canada)
* Joan Chen (China)
* Evelyn Spice Cherry (Canada)
* Mabel Cheung (China)
* Sagari Chhabra (India)
* Patricia Chica (Canada-El Salvador)
* Abigail Child (US)
* Aisling Chin-Yee (Canada)
* SJ Chiro (US)
* Karen Cho (Canada)
* Monia Chokri (Canada)
* Lisa Cholodenko (US)
* Joyce Chopra (US)
* Zero Chou
* Deborah Chow (Canada)
* Věra Chytilová (Czech Republic)
* Katerina Cizek
* Julie St. Claire (US)
* Shirley Clarke (US)
* Millefiore Clarkes (Canada)
* Maja Classen
* Marie Clements (Canada)
* Jub Clerc (Australia)
* Susan Cohen
* Yulie Cohen (Israel)
* Isabel Coixet (Spain)
* Giada Colagrande (Italy)
* Fabienne Colas (Canada)
* Laurie Colbert (Canada)
* Janis Cole (Canada)
* Cristina Comencini (Italy)
* Nicole Conn (US)
* Heather Connell (US)
* Lisa Connor (US)
* Janice Cooke-Leonard (US)
* Martha Coolidge (US)
* Nancy Cooperstein (US)
* Eleanor Coppola (US)
* Sofia Coppola (US)
* Cristina Kotz Cornejo (US-Argentina)
* Larissa Corriveau (Canada)
* Catherine Corsini (France)
* Helena Cortesina (Spain)
* Ghyslaine Côté (Canada)
* Michèle Cournoyer (Canada)
* Marie-Hélène Cousineau (Canada)
* Courteney Cox (US)
* Kelly Fremon Craig (US)
* Barbara Cranmer (Canada)
* Judith Crawley (Canada)
* Leanna Creel (US)
* Jeanne Crépeau (Canada)
* Nancy Criss (US)
* Suzanne Crocker (Canada)
* Emma-Kate Croghan (Australia)
* Caitlin Cronenberg (Canada)
* Catherine Crouch
* Fiona Cumming (UK)
* Carolynne Cunningham
* Shelley Curtis (US)
* Thirza Cuthand (Canada)

## D

* Cherien Dabis (US)
* Nia DaCosta (US)
* Eva Dahr (Norway)
* Holly Dale (Canada)
* Marie-Julie Dallaire (Canada)
* Tamela D'Amico
* Aimée Danis (Canada)
* Mireille Dansereau (Canada)
* Gia Darling
* Joan Darling (US)
* Rima Das (India)
* Julie Dash (US)
* Charlotte Dauphin (France)
* Byambasuren Davaa (Mongolia-Germany)
* Dorothy Davenport (US) (also as Mrs. Wallace Reid)
* Marie Davignon (Canada)
* Tamra Davis (US)
* Roxann Dawson (US)
* Deborah Day (Canada)
* Linda Day (US)
* Camille de Casabianca (France)
* Laura de Jonge (Canada)
* Maria de Medeiros (Portugal)
* Miranda de Pencier (Canada)
* Charlotte de Turckheim (France)
* Marina de Van (France)
* Autumn de Wilde (US)
* Rowan Deacon (UK)
* Josephine Decker (US)
* Tracey Deer (Canada)
* Regine Deforges (France)
* Donna Deitch (US)
* Katrina del Mar (US)
* Julie Delpy (France-US)
* Paula Delsol (France)
* Claire Denis (France)
* Pouran Derakhshandeh (Iran)
* Sophie Deraspe (Canada)
* Maya Deren (US)
* Dhvani Desai (India)
* Virginie Despentes (France)
* Arundhati Devi (India)
* Suprabha Devi (India)
* Aminder Dhaliwal (Canada)
* Aishwarya R. Dhanush (India)
* Katherine Dieckmann (US)
* Susie Dietter (US)
* Nia Dinata (Indonesia)
* Mati Diop (France)
* Zoe Dirse (Canada)
* Abigail Disney (US)
* Leila Djansi (US-Ghana)
* Assia Djebar (Algeria)
* Nana Djordjadze (Georgia)
* Shannen Doherty (US)
* Gail Dolgin (US)
* Trish Dolman (Canada)
* Mary Agnes Donoghue (US)
* Mia Donovan (Canada)
* Andrea Dorfman (Canada)
* Anita Doron (Canada)
* Doris Dörrie (Germany)
* Nicole Dorsey (Canada)
* Illeana Douglas (US)
* Elissa Down (Australia)
* Rosvita Dransfeld (Canada)
* Polly Draper (US)
* Fran Drescher (US)
* Marie Dressler (Canada)
* Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Drew
* Kate Drummond (Canada)
* Julia Ducournau (France)
* Germaine Dulac (France)
* Alma Duncan (Canada)
* Lena Dunham (US)
* Jan Dunn (UK)
* Cheryl Dunye (Liberia-US)
* Sophie Dupuis (Canada)
* Marguerite Duras (France)
* Clea DuVall (US)
* Ava DuVernay (US)
* Gaëlle d'Ynglemare (Canada)

## E

* Christine Edzard (France)
* Blessing Effiom Egbe (Nigeria)
* Michelle Ehlen (US)
* Debra Eisenstadt
* Jihan El-Tahri
* Jan Eliasberg (US)
* Phyllis Ellis (Canada)
* Bille Eltringham (UK-US)
* Sheri Elwood (Canada)
* Erma Elzy-Jones (US)
* Anne Émond (Canada)
* Esther Eng (US)
* Diane English (US)
* Jackie English (Canada)
* Ildikó Enyedi (Hungary)
* Nora Ephron (US)
* Marie Epstein
* Abby Epstein (US)
* Anna Eriksson (Finland)
* Deniz Gamze Ergüven
* Claudia Morgado Escanilla (Canada)
* Danishka Esterhazy (Canada)
* Bang Eun-jin (South Korea)
* Yasmin Evering-Kerr (Canada)
* Ewa Ewart (Poland)
* Valie Export (Austria)
* Tali Shalom Ezer (Israel)

## F

* Trey Fanjoy (US)
* Mitra Farahani
* Danielle Faraldo (US)
* Coralie Fargeat (France)
* Valerie Faris (US)
* Marianne Farley (Canada)
* Vera Farmiga
* Forough Farrokhzad
* Sepideh Farsi
* Safi Faye (Senegal)
* Daniela Fejerman (Argentina)
* Rachel Feldman (US)
* Emerald Fennell (UK)
* Lynne Fernie (Canada)
* Pascale Ferran (France)
* Pepita Ferrari (Canada)
* Sally Field (US)
* Chip Fields (US)
* Kim Fields (US)
* Martha Fiennes (UK)
* Sophie Fiennes (UK)
* Denise Filiatrault (Canada)
* Lee Filipovski (Canada)
* Roberta Findlay (US)
* Frauke Finsterwalder (Germany)
* Jenna Fischer (US)
* Jennifer Flackett (US)
* Tracy Flannigan
* Luise Fleck
* Ann Marie Fleming (Canada)
* Anne Fletcher (US)
* Shannon Flynn (US)
* Anna Foerster
* Susanna Fogel (US)
* Cheryl Foggo (Canada)
* Deanne Foley (Canada)
* Sheree Folkson
* Megan Follows (Canada)
* Anne Fontaine (Luxembourg)
* Maya Forbes (US)
* Amanda Forbis (Canada)
* Victoria Forester (Canada)
* Mira Fornay (Slovakia)
* Sadaf Foroughi (Iran)
* Kyllikki Forssell (Finland)
* Sarah Fortin (Canada)
* Amparo Fortuny (Spain)
* Gwendolyn Audrey Foster (US)
* Jodie Foster (US)
* Kathryn Foster (US)
* Lilibet Foster (US)
* Tori Foster (Canada)
* Beryl Fox (Canada)
* Jennifer Fox
* Sarain Fox (Canada)
* Rana Abu Fraihah (Palestine-Israel)
* Bonnie Franklin (US)
* Raquel Freire (Portugal)
* Camelia Frieberg (Canada)
* Liz Friedlander (US)
* Kim Friedman
* Vivi Friedman (Finland-US)
* Kim Friedman (US)
* Su Friedrich (US)
* Shirley Frimpong-Manso
* Grete Frische
* Sarah Frost (US)
* Soleil Moon Frye (US)
* Pamela Fryman (US)
* Kei Fujiwara
* Belén Funes (Spain)
* Mellissa Fung (Canada)
* Kelly Fyffe-Marshall (Canada)

## G

* Bethany Joy Galeotti (US)
* Maya Gallus (Canada)
* Nisha Ganatra (Canada)
* Shruti Ganguly (India)
* Liz Garbus (US)
* Emmanuelle Schick Garcia (Canada)
* Nicole Garcia (French Algiers)
* Jennifer Garner (US)
* Jem Garrard (Canada)
* Katy Garretson (US)
* Jennie Garth (US)
* Sarah Baril Gaudet (Canada)
* Karen Gaviola (US)
* Julie Gavras (France)
* Sarah Gavron (UK)
* Katrin Gebbe (Germany)
* Ngardy Conteh George (Canada)
* Geretta Geretta
* Valeriya Gai Germanika (Russia)
* Greta Gerwig (US)
* Jennifer Getzinger (US)
* Tina Gharavi (Iran-US-UK-NZ)
* Coky Giedroyc (UK)
* Maria Giese (US)
* Melody Gilbert
* Melissa Gilbert (US)
* Leah Gilliam (US)
* Abby Ginzberg (US)
* Tess Girard (Canada)
* Lillian Gish (US)
* Ellen Gittelsohn (US)
* Rose Glass (UK)
* Lesli Linka Glatter (US)
* Delphine Gleize (France)
* Alesia Glidewell (US)
* Lana Gogoberidze (Soviet Union-Georgia)
* Dana Goldberg (Israel)
* Whoopi Goldberg (US)
* Valeria Golino (Italy)
* Rosser Goodman (US)
* Dennie Gordon (US)
* Marleen Gorris (Netherlands)
* Rachel Goslins
* Lisa Gottlieb (US)
* Danis Goulet (Canada)
* Sophie Goyette (Canada)
* Marita Grabiak (US)
* Briar Grace-Smith (New Zealand)
* Debra Granik (US)
* Anais Granofsky (Canada)
* Lee Grant (US)
* Susannah Grant (US)
* Janet Greek (US)
* Lynnie Greene (US)
* Amy Greenfield
* Lauren Greenfield
* Maggie Greenwald (US)
* Annie Griffin (US-UK)
* Allison Grodner (US)
* Iveta Grófová (Slovakia)
* Esther Gronenborn
* Patricia Gruben (Canada)
* Aurora Guerrero (US)
* Gigi Saul Guerrero (Canada)
* Luce Guilbeault (Canada)
* Sonali Gulati (India-US)
* Xiaolu Guo
* Jasmine Guy (US)
* Alice Guy-Blaché (France-US)
* Maggie Gyllenhaal (US)

## H

* Alli Haapasalo (Finland)
* Joana Hadjithomas (Lebanon)
* Lucile Hadžihalilović (France)
* Mona Zandi Haghighi (Iran)
* Helen Haig-Brown (Canada)
* Randa Haines (US)
* Maha Haj (Palestine)
* Pam Hall (Canada)
* Sachi Hamano (Japan)
* Lisa Gay Hamilton (US)
* Sylvia Hamilton (Canada)
* Tanya Hamilton (US)
* Barbara Hammer (US)
* Sanaa Hamri (Morocco-US)
* Michelle Handelman (US)
* Kristin Hanggi (US)
* Teresa Hannigan (Canada)
* Marion Hänsel (Belgium)
* Mia Hansen-Løve (France)
* Banchi Hanuse (Canada)
* Neasa Hardiman (Ireland)
* Catherine Hardwicke (US)
* Mariska Hargitay (US)
* Alicia K. Harris (Canada)
* Danielle Harris (US)
* Emily Harris (United Kingdom)
* Mary Harron (Canada)
* Jackée Harry (US)
* Bobbi Jo Hart (Canada)
* Melissa Joan Hart (US)
* Phoebe Hart (Australia)
* Gail Harvey (Canada)
* Jessica Hausner (Austria)
* Goldie Hawn (US)
* Gwen Haworth (Canada)
* Salma Hayek (Mexico-US)
* Helaine Head (US)
* Leslye Headland (US)
* Julie Hébert (US)
* Anne Heche (US)
* Jen Heck (US)
* Amy Heckerling (US)
* Sian Heder (US)
* Birgit Hein (Germany)
* Manijeh Hekmat (Iran)
* Marielle Heller (US)
* Katherine Helmond (US)
* Heather Hemmens (US)
* Felicia D. Henderson (US)
* Maryam Henein (Canada)
* Jill Hennessy (Canada)
* Astrid Henning-Jensen (Denmark)
* Babette Henry (US)
* Kathleen Hepburn (Canada)
* Jennifer Love Hewitt (US)
* Sachiko Hidari (Japan)
* Heather Hill (US)
* Cheryl Hines (US)
* Ivy Ho (Hong Kong)
* Lyndall Hobbs (Australia-US)
* Victoria Hochberg (US)
* Tamar Simon Hoffs (US)
* Joanna Hogg (UK)
* Agnieszka Holland (Poland)
* Helen Holmes (US)
* Peggy Holmes (US)
* Nicole Holofcener (US)
* Mahboubeh Honarian (Iran-Canada)
* Solveig Hoogesteijn (Sweden-Venezuela)
* Zoe Leigh Hopkins (Canada)
* Gwyneth Horder-Payton (US)
* Rebecca Horn (Germany)
* Mars Horodyski (Canada)
* Anna Maria Horsford (US)
* Joan Horvath
* Sally El Hosaini (UK-Egypt)
* Dianne Houston (US)
* Bryce Dallas Howard (US)
* Tiffany Hsiung (Canada)
* Huang Hui-zhen (Taiwan)
* Huang Xi (Taiwan)
* Tasha Hubbard (Canada)
* Bronwen Hughes (Canada)
* Ann Hui (Hong Kong)
* Danielle Huillet (France)
* Bonnie Hunt (US)
* Courtney Hunt (US)
* Helen Hunt (US)
* Nicki Hunter (US)
* Tonya Hurley (US)
* Zora Neale Hurston (US)
* Anjelica Huston (US)
* Sophie Hyde (Australia)

## I

* Ansa Ikonen (Finland)
* Indrani (US-India)
* Dana Inkster (Canada)
* Laura Innes (US)
* Nyla Innuksuk (Canada)
* Diana Lee Inosanto (US)
* Bodil Ipsen (Denmark)
* Elisapie Isaac (Canada)
* Debbie Isitt (UK)
* Lula Ali Ismaïl (Canada)
* Madeline Ivalu (Canada)
* Julia Crawford Ivers (US)
* Sangita Iyer (Canada)

## J

* Mehreen Jabbar
* Annemarie Jacir
* Lisa Jackson (Canada)
* Katie Jacobs (US)
* Sarah Jacobson (US)
* Jeong Jae-eun (South Korea)
* Wanda Jakubowska (Poland)
* Anna Elizabeth James (US)
* Annabel Jankel (UK-US)
* Agnès Jaoui (France)
* Sophie Jarvis (Canada)
* Kathleen Jayme (Canada)
* Marianne Jean-Baptiste (US)
* Christine Jeffs (New Zealand)
* Patty Jenkins (US)
* Tamara Jenkins (US)
* Caytha Jentis (US)
* Katherine Jerkovic (Canada)
* Slater Jewell-Kemker (Canada)
* Renuka Jeyapalan (Canada)
* Xiao Jiang (China)
* Liu Jiayin (China)
* Xu Jinglei (China)
* Stephanie Johnes (US)
* Amy Jo Johnson (Canada)
* Karen Johnson (US)
* Kirsten Johnson (US)
* Angelina Jolie (US)
* Stephanie Joline (Canada)
* Amy Holden Jones (US)
* G. B. Jones (Canada)
* Rachel Leah Jones (US-Israel)
* Meryam Joobeur (Canada)
* Hella Joof (Denmark)
* Yashira Jordán
* Mary Jordan (Canada-US)
* Elena Jordi (Spain)
* Nana Jorjadze (Soviet Union-Georgia)
* Suma Josson (India)
* Petra Joy
* Maureen Judge (Canada)
* Miranda July (US)
* July Jung (South Korea)
* Ingrid Jungermann (US)
* Marie-Ève Juste (Canada)

## K

* Wanuri Kahiu (Kenya)
* Shahnewaz Kakoli (Bangladesh)
* Kelley Kali (US)
* Alex Kalymnios (US)
* Deborah Kampmeier
* Ellie Kanner (US)
* Nelly Kaplan
* Betty Kaplan (Argentina)
* Deborah Kaplan (US)
* Prema Karanth (India)
* Niki Karimi (Iran)
* Anna Karina
* Alexa Karolinski (Germany)
* Matia Karrell (US)
* Nicole Kassell (US)
* Daphna Kastner (Canada)
* Nancy Kates (US)
* Sandra Kaudelka (Germany)
* Ish Amitoj Kaur
* Mariko Kawana
* Naomi Kawase (Japan)
* Diane Keaton (US)
* Elodie Keene (US)
* Alan Rowe Kelly (US)
* Jennifer Kent (Australia)
* Elza Kephart (Canada)
* Amanda Kernell (Sweden)
* Sarah Kernochan (US)
* Joanna Kerns (US)
* T'Keyah Crystal Keymáh (US)
* Dorota Kędzierzawska (Poland)
* Noura Kevorkian (Syria-Canada)
* Farah Khan (India)
* Callie Khouri (US)
* Beeban Kidron (UK)
* Kaleena Kiff (US)
* Ceyda Aslı Kılıçkıran
* Clare Kilner (US)
* Gloria Ui Young Kim (Canada)
* Jacqueline Kim
* So Yong Kim (South Korea-US)
* Regina King (US)
* Eilis Kirwan (Ireland)
* Eriko Kitagawa (Japan)
* Bonnie Sherr Klein (Canada)
* Karen Knox (Canada)
* Ana Kokkinos (Australia)
* Kathy Kolla (US)
* Frances Koncan (Canada)
* Larysa Kondracki (Canada)
* Sudha Kongara (India)
* Barbara Kopple (US)
* Torill Kove (Canada)
* Leonie Krippendorff (Germany)
* Ellen Kuras (US)
* Diane Kurys (France)
* Karyn Kusama (US)
* Ayten Kuyululu (Turkey-Sweden-Australia)
* Julia Kwan (Canada)
* Sandra Kybartas (Canada)

## L

* Nadine Labaki (Lebanon)
* Vlasta Lah (Argentina)
* Christine Lahti (US)
* Kalpana Lajmi (India)
* Karen Lam (Canada)
* Evelyn Lambart (Canada)
* Alix Lambert (US)
* Mary Lambert (US)
* Micheline Lanctôt (Canada)
* Jessica Landaw (US)
* Valerie Landsburg (US)
* Samantha Lang (Australia)
* Yelena Lanskaya (US-Russia)
* Tanya Lapointe (Canada)
* Brie Larson (US)
* Michelle Latimer (Canada)
* Clara Law (China)
* Teza Lawrence (Canada)
* Tracie Laymon (US)
* Alexandra Lazarowich (Canada)
* Margaret Lazarus (US)
* Elizabeth Lazebnik (Canada)
* Lauren Lazin (US)
* Caroline Leaf (US-Canada)
* Jeanne Leblanc (Canada)
* Alexandra Leclère (France)
* Mimi Leder (US)
* Carinne Leduc (Canada)
* Georgia Lee (US)
* Helen Lee (Canada)
* Iara Lee (Brazil)
* Jennifer Lee (US)
* Karin Lee (Canada)
* Min Sook Lee (Canada)
* Sook-Yin Lee (Canada)
* Wendee Lee (US)
* Kat Lehmer (US)
* Nicole G. Leier (US)
* Jennifer Jason Leigh (US)
* Julia Leigh (Australia)
* Rita Leistner (Canada)
* Valérie Lemercier (France)
* Kasi Lemmons (US)
* Marquise Lepage (Canada)
* Glory Leppänen (Finland)
* Chloé Leriche (Canada)
* Mira Lesmana (Indonesia)
* Chandler Levack (Canada)
* Naomi Levine (US)
* Anne Lévy-Morelle (Belgium)
* Mary Lewis (Canada)
* Sharon Lewis (Canada)
* Li Yu (family name: Li) (China)
* Leslie Libman (US)
* Yin Lichuan (China)
* Allison Liddi-Brown (US)
* Rakel Liekki (Finland)
* Sharon Liese (US)
* Georgina Lightning (Canada)
* Nnegest Likké (US)
* Desiree Lim (Malaysia)
* Caroline Link (Germany)
* Tatyana Lioznova (Soviet Union)
* Christine Lipinska (France)
* Marion Lipschutz (US)
* Lynne Littman (US)
* Renata Litvinova (Russia)
* Jennie Livingston (US)
* Ma Liwen (China)
* Claudia Llosa (Peru)
* Phyllida Lloyd (UK)
* Jayne Loader (US)
* Sondra Locke (US)
* Barbara Loden (US)
* Julia Loktev (US)
* Brenda Longfellow (Canada)
* Kim Longinotto (UK)
* Kamala Lopez (US)
* Sophie Lorain (Canada)
* Ariane Louis-Seize (Canada)
* Juliana Luecking (US)
* Agnieszka Lukasiak (Sweden)
* Kátia Lund (Brazil)
* Luo Luo (China)
* Ida Lupino (US)
* Joy Lusco (US)
* Noémie Lvovsky (France)
* Lottie Lyell (Australia)
* Dorothy Lyman (US)
* Tucia Lyman (US)
* Jennifer Lynch (US)
* Lisbeth Lynghøft (Denmark)
* Gillian Lynne (UK)

## M

* Kate Maberly (UK)
* Tina Mabry (US)
* Hettie MacDonald (UK)
* Shauna MacDonald (Canada)
* Michelle MacLaren (Canada-US)
* Angelina Maccarone (Germany)
* Allison Mack (US)
* Barbie MacLaurin (UK)
* Alison Maclean (Canada)
* Aoife Madden
* Mary Madeiras (US)
* Madhumitha
* Madonna (US)
* Maria Maggenti (US)
* Adriana Maggs (US)
* Sharon Maguire (UK)
* Donatella Maiorca (Italy)
* Maïwenn (France)
* Taru Mäkelä (Finland)
* Hana Makhmalbaf (Iran)
* Samira Makhmalbaf (Iran)
* Sarah Maldoror (France)
* Yassamin Maleknasr
* Anna Malle
* Nancy Malone (US)
* Laura Mañá (Spain)
* Gail Mancuso (US)
* Babette Mangolte
* Suhasini Maniratnam (India)
* Ami Canaan Mann (US)
* Andrea Mann
* Émilie Mannering (Canada)
* Michelle Manning (US)
* Dinah Manoff (US)
* Auli Mantila (Finland)
* Sophie Marceau (France)
* Frances Marion (US)
* Eisha Marjara (Canada)
* Giulia Marletta
* Alina Marazzi (Italy)
* Joanne Marcotte (Canada)
* Guylaine Maroist (Canada)
* Liz Marshall (Canada)
* Penny Marshall (US)
* Tonie Marshall (France)
* Lucrecia Martel (Argentina)
* Catherine Martin (Canada)
* Darnell Martin (US)
* Aurora Martinez
* Marsha Mason (US)
* Laetitia Masson (France)
* Mary Stuart Masterson (US)
* Anna Mastro
* Jean Mathieson (Canada)
* Yasmine Mathurin (Canada)
* Tomoko Matsunashi
* Gail Maurice (Canada)
* Elaine May (US)
* Juliet May (UK)
* Melanie Mayron (US)
* Patricia Mazuy (France)
* Trish McAdam (Ireland)
* Aoife McArdle (Ireland)
* Elske McCain
* Beth McCarthy-Miller (US)
* Claire McCarthy (Australia)
* Naomi McCormack (Canada)
* Jennette McCurdy (US)
* Paulette McDonagh (Australia)
* Sally McDonald (US)
* Francine McDougall (Australia-US)
* Christine McGlade (Canada)
* Molly McGlynn (Canada)
* Mary McGuckian (Ireland-UK)
* Danica McKellar (US)
* Ashley McKenzie (Canada)
* Nancy McKeon (US)
* Gillian McKercher (Canada)
* Tawnia McKiernan (US)
* Sheila McLaughlin (US)
* Carolyn McMaster (Canada)
* Chelsea McMullan (Canada)
* Lucile McVey (2nd Mrs. Sidney Drew) (US)
* Nancy Meckler (UK)
* Ann Medina (Canada)
* Stella Meghie (Canada)
* Anisa Mehdi (Canada)
* Deepa Mehta (Canada-India)
* Vijaya Mehta (India)
* Hu Mei (China)
* Ursula Meier (France)
* Anna Melikian (Russia)
* Kay Mellor (UK)
* Linda Mendoza (US)
* Weyni Mengesha (Canada)
* Nina Menkes
* Anjali Menon (India)
* Melanie Merkosky (Canada)
* Natalya Merkulova (Russia)
* Agnès Merlet (France)
* Marzieh Meshkini (Iran)
* Márta Mészáros (Hungary)
* Leah Meyerhoff (US)
* Nancy Meyers (US)
* Liu Miaomiao (China)
* Maude Michaud (Canada)
* Vanessa Middleton (US)
* Anne-Marie Miéville (Switzerland)
* Ina Mihalache (Canada)
* Gia Milani (Canada)
* Tamineh Milani (Iran)
* Amy Miller (Canada)
* Elisa Miller
* Rebecca Miller (US)
* Sharron Miller (US)
* Jacquelyn Mills (Canada)
* Pilar Miró (Spain)
* Fawzia Mirza (Canada)
* Efrat Mishori (Israel)
* Adrienne Mitchell (Canada)
* Dorothea Mitchell (Canada)
* Martha Mitchell (US)
* Monika Mitchell (US-Canada)
* Jill Mitwell (US)
* Ariane Mnouchkine (France)
* Siue Moffat (Canada)
* Tracey Moffat (Australia)
* Hengameh Mofid
* Michelle Mohabeer (Canada)
* Hillie Molenaar
* Josefina Molina (Spain)
* Karen Moncrieff (US)
* Nadine Monfils (Belgium)
* Caroline Monnet (Canada)
* Adriana Monti (Italy)
* Christine Moore (US)
* Jocelyn Moorhouse
* Laura Mora (Colombia)
* Soudabeh Moradian
* Jeanne Moreau (France)
* Yolande Moreau (Belgium)
* Wendy Morgan (Canada)
* Stephanie Morgenstern (Canada)
* Makoto Moriwaki (Japan)
* Carol Morley (UK)
* Judy Morris
* Dee Mosbacher
* Kim Moses (US)
* Emilia Mosquito
* Granaz Moussavi (Iran)
* Jasmin Mozaffari (Canada)
* Katharina Mückstein (Austria)
* Nimisha Mukerji (Canada)
* April Mullen (Canada)
* Kira Muratova (Soviet Union)
* Beth Murphy
* Colleen Murphy (Canada)
* Alison Murray (Canada-UK)
* Tosca Musk (Canada)
* Jinna Mutune (Kenya)
* Anna Muylaert (Brazil)
* Gloria Muzio (US)
* Toni Myers (Canada)
* Léa Mysius (France)

## N

* Dana Nachman (US)
* Fanta Régina Nacro
* Ruba Nadda (Canada)
* Janice Nadeau (Canada)
* Phyllis Nagy (US)
* Mira Nair (India)
* Najwa Najjar (Palestine)
* Laurel Nakadate (US)
* Shasha Nakhai (Canada)
* Isabelle Nanty (France)
* Darlene Naponse (Canada)
* Terre Nash (Canada)
* Sandra Nashaat
* Afia Nathaniel (Pakistan)
* Zarqa Nawaz (Canada)
* Anjali Nayar (Canada)
* Lynne Naylor (Canada)
* Mariam Ndagire (Uganda)
* Jennifer Yuh Nelson
* Laura Neri (Belgium)
* Shirin Neshat
* Jennifer Siebel Newsom (US)
* Carol Nguyen (Canada)
* Kim O. Nguyen (Vietnam-US)
* Nafiss Nia (Iran-The Netherlands)
* Jill Nicholls (UK)
* Lisa Niemi (US)
* Jessica Nilsson
* Mika Ninagawa (Japan)
* Vijaya Nirmala (India)
* Miwa Nishikawa (Japan)
* Michelle Nolden (Canada)
* Peg Norman (Canada)
* Mabel Normand (US)
* Isabel Noronha (Mozambique)
* Elvira Notari (Italy)
* Lily Nottage (Canada)
* Maria Novaro (Mexico)
* Lynn Novick (US)
* Radda Novikova (Russia)
* Cherie Nowlan (Australia-UK)
* Marti Noxon (US)
* Tereza Nvotová (Slovakia)

## O

* Mipo O (Japan)
* Claire Oakley (UK)
* Melanie Oates (Canada)
* Kim O'Bomsawin (Canada)
* Katharine O'Brien (US)
* Shelagh O'Brien (Canada)
* Renee O'Connor (US)
* Alice O'Fredericks (Denmark)
* Eileen O'Meara (US)
* Alanis Obomsawin (Canada)
* Diane Obomsawin (Canada)
* Paula van der Oest (Netherlands)
* Naoko Ogigami (Japan)
* Mipo Oh (Japan)
* Linda Ohama (Canada)
* Annette K. Olesen (Denmark)
* Susan Oliver (US)
* Madeleine Olnek (US)
* Jenni Olson (US)
* Gulshat Omarova (Kazakhstan)
* Yoko Ono (US-Japan)
* Midi Onodera (Canada)
* Ngozi Onwurah (Nigeria-UK)
* Suemay Oram (UK-Brazil)
* Ruth Orkin (US)
* Renée Oro (Argentina)
* Katrin Ottarsdóttir (Faroe Islands)
* Ulrike Ottinger (Germany)
* Halima Ouardiri (Switzerland-Canada)
* Jackie Oudney (UK)
* Akosua Adoma Owusu (US)
* Jan Oxenberg (US)

## P

* Nisha Pahuja (Canada)
* Indrani Pal-Chaudhuri (US, India, Canada, UK)
* Euzhan Palcy (Martinique)
* Gail Palmer
* Sai Paranjpye (India)
* Véréna Paravel (France)
* Megan Park (Canada)
* Claire Parker (US-France)
* Francine Parker (US)
* Gudrun Parker (Canada)
* Molly Parker (Canada)
* Pratibha Parmar (Kenya-UK)
* Laura Parnes
* Christine Pascal (France)
* Stacie Passon (US)
* Lesley Ann Patten (Canada)
* Paula Patton (US)
* Nelofer Pazira
* Barbara Peeters (US)
* Kimberly Peirce (US)
* Andrée Pelletier (Canada)
* Francine Pelletier (journalist) (Canada)
* Alexandra Pelosi (US)
* Nadine Pequeneza (Canada)
* Sumitra Peries
* Cristina Perincioli (Switzerland-Germany)
* Janet Perlman
* Ellen Perry (US)
* Donna Pescow (US)
* Kristine Peterson
* Lori Petty (US)
* Jennifer Phang (US)
* Carmine Pierre-Dufour (Canada)
* Ileana Pietrobruno (Canada)
* Lydia Dean Pilcher (US)
* Justine Pimlott (Canada)
* Carol Pineau
* Agnieszka Piotrowska (UK)
* Zuzana Piussi (Slovakia)
* Mary Kay Place (US)
* Jennifer Podemski (Canada)
* Amy Poehler (US)
* Anne Claire Poirier (Canada)
* Laura Poitras (US)
* Lindsey Pollard (Canada)
* Sarah Polley (Canada)
* Léa Pool (Switzerland-Canada)
* Leanne Pooley (New Zealand)
* Cynthia J. Popp (US)
* Lourdes Portillo (US-Mexico)
* Natalie Portman (Israel-US)
* Franka Potente (Germany)
* Sally Potter (UK)
* Brigitte Poupart (Canada)
* Deborah Pratt (US)
* Olga Preobrazhenskaya (Russian Empire-USSR)
* Ellen S. Pressman (US)
* Gaylene Preston (New Zealand)
* Carrie Preston (US)
* Claire Prieto (Canada)
* Gina Prince-Bythewood (US)
* Kardeisha Provo (Canada)
* Lkhagvadulam Purev-Ochir (Mongolia)

## Q

* Vivian Qu (China)
* Gracia Querejeta (Spain)
* Katell Quillévéré (France)
* Joanna Quinn (UK)

## R

* Tahani Rached (Canada)
* Deborah Raffin (US)
* Eliane Raheb (Lebanon)
* Rachel Raimist (US)
* Yvonne Rainer (US)
* Rajashree
* Soundarya Rajinikanth
* Peggy Rajski (US)
* Bhanumathi Ramakrishna
* Lynne Ramsay (UK)
* Suze Randall
* Roopa Rao (India)
* Jenny Raskin (US)
* Irma Raush (Soviet Union-Russia)
* Olga Rautenkranzová (Czechoslovakia)
* Trisha Ray
* Amy Redford (US)
* Cleo Reece (Canada)
* Jennifer Reeder (US)
* Dee Rees (US)
* Kelly Reichardt (US)
* Halina Reijn (Netherlands)
* Lotte Reiniger (Germany-UK)
* Catherine Reitman (Canada, US)
* Revathi (India)
* Shabnam Rezaei (US)
* Shonda Rhimes (US)
* Cloudy Rhodes (Australia)
* Andrea Giles Rich (US)
* Chantal Richard (France)
* Miranda Richardson (UK)
* Patricia Richardson (US)
* Salli Richardson (US)
* Yoruba Richen (US)
* Lisa Rideout (Canada)
* Leni Riefenstahl (Germany)
* Nicole Riegel (US)
* Patricia Riggen (Mexico-US)
* Diana Ringo (Finland)
* Tristan Risk (Canada)
* Marialy Rivas (Chile)
* Joan Rivers
* Chloé Robichaud (Canada)
* Angela Robinson (US)
* Jennifer Kaytin Robinson (US)
* Julie Anne Robinson (UK)
* Melanie Rodriga
* Lina Rodriguez (Canada)
* Rosemary Rodriguez (US)
* Gerry Rogers
* Juliana Rojas
* Sophy Romvari (Canada)
* Bethany Rooney (US)
* Jeanne Roques (aka Musidora) (France)
* Alison E. Rose (Canada)
* Lee Rose (US)
* Sue Rose (US)
* Elizabeth Allen Rosenbaum (US)
* Rose Rosenblatt (US)
* Tatia Rosenthal
* Theola Ross (Canada)
* Tracee Ellis Ross (US)
* Vanessa Roth
* Stephanie Rothman (US)
* Brigitte Roüan (France)
* Candida Royalle
* Patricia Rozema (Canada)
* Catarina Ruivo (Portugal)
* Marisa Ryan (US)
* Marja-Lewis Ryan (US)

## S

* Jocelyne Saab (Lebanon)
* Randa Chahal Sabag (Lebanon)
* Lynne Sachs (US)
* Jean Sagal (US)
* Leontine Sagan (Austria-Hungary)
* Michelle St. John (Canada)
* Annie St-Pierre (Canada)
* Marie-Josée Saint-Pierre (Canada)
* Tazuko Sakane (Japan)
* Gabriela Samper (Colombia)
* Helke Sander (Germany)
* Helma Sanders-Brahms (Germany)
* Isabel Sandoval (Philippines)
* Arlene Sanford (US)
* Sangeeta (Pakistan)
* Satarupa Sanyal (India)
* Shamim Sarif (UK)
* Valeria Sarmiento (Chile-France)
* Inoka Sathyangani (Sri Lanka)
* Shimako Satō (Japan)
* Marjane Satrapi (Iran-France)
* Tina Satter (US)
* Brigitte Sauriol (Canada)
* Savitri (India)
* Nancy Savoca (US)
* Lorene Scafaria (US)
* Lone Scherfig (Denmark)
* Suzanne Schiffman (France)
* Greta Schiller (US)
* Jillian Schlesinger (US)
* Roslyn Schwartz (Canada)
* Céline Sciamma (France)
* Jordan Scott (UK)
* Cynthia Scott (Canada)
* Nell Scovell (US)
* Beverly Sebastion (US)
* Lorraine Segato (Canada)
* Susan Seidelman (US)
* Amy Seimetz (US)
* Emma Seligman (Canada)
* Arna Selznick (Canada)
* Yoshiko Sembon (Japan)
* Aparna Sen (India)
* Lorraine Senna (US)
* Amy Serrano (Cuba-US)
* Coline Serreau (France)
* Mary Sexton (Canada)
* Beverly Shaffer (Canada-US)
* Lee Shallat-Chemel (US)
* Meher Afroz Shaon (Bangladesh)
* Kathleen Shannon (Canada)
* Madeline Sharafian (US)
* Jessica Sharzer (US)
* Helen Shaver (Canada-US)
* Tal Shefi (US-Israel)
* Adrienne Shelly (US)
* Angela Shelton (US)
* Lynn Shelton (US)
* Millicent Shelton (US)
* Tali Shemesh (Israel)
* Larisa Shepitko (Soviet Union)
* Kirsten Sheridan (Ireland)
* Amy Sherman-Palladino (US)
* Cindy Sherman (US)
* Domee Shi (Canada)
* Ann Shin (Canada)
* Sofia Shinas (Canada)
* Nell Shipman (Canada)
* Janell Shirtcliff (US)
* Tiffany Shlain (US)
* Tima Shomali (Jordan)
* Cate Shortland (Australia)
* Andrea Shreeman (US)
* Esfir Shub (Soviet Union)
* Mina Shum (Canada)
* Huang Shuqin (China)
* Mrs. Sidney Drew (US)
* Trish Sie (US)
* Evann Siebens (Canada)
* Lois Siegel (Canada)
* Floria Sigismondi (Canada)
* Joan Micklin Silver (US)
* Barbara Simmons (US)
* Carla Simón (Spain)
* Lisa Simon (US)
* Ellen Simpson (Canada)
* Madeleine Sims-Fewer (Canada)
* Anne-Marie Sirois (Canada)
* Thérèse Sita-Bella (Cameroon)
* Kari Skogland (Canada)
* Holly Goldberg Sloan (US)
* Jean Smith (Canada)
* Alison Snowden (UK-Canada)
* Helena Solberg (Brazil)
* Yuliya Solntseva (Soviet Union)
* Frances-Anne Solomon (UK-Canada)
* Julia Solomonoff (Argentina)
* Mingmongkol Sonakul (Thailand)
* Celine Song (Canada)
* Safiya Songhai (US)
* Susan Sontag (US)
* Jen and Sylvia Soska (Canada)
* Jane Spencer (US)
* Penelope Spheeris (US)
* Jill Sprecher (US)
* Avigail Sperber (Israel)
* Sylvia Spring (Canada)
* Emily Squires (US)
* Yael Staav (Canada)
* Nicole Stamp (Canada)
* Wendey Stanzler (US)
* Casandra Stark (US)
* J.A. Steel (US)
* Paprika Steen (Denmark)
* Johanna Stein (Canada)
* Susan Steinberg (US)
* Jennifer Steinman (US)
* Katherine Stenholm (US)
* Martha Stephens (US)
* Stella Stevens (US)
* Julie Stewart (Canada)
* Ginny Stikeman (Canada)
* Virginia L. Stone (US)
* Lynne Stopkewich (Canada)
* Brett Story (Canada)
* Barbra Streisand (US)
* Susan Strickler (US)
* Susan Stroman (US)
* Amanda Strong (Canada)
* Vera Stroyeva (Soviet Union)
* Sara Sugarman (UK)
* Sabiha Sumar (Pakistan)
* Vaishnavi Sundar (India)
* Elizabeth Sung (Hong Kong)
* Alla Surikova (Russia)
* Mouly Surya (Indonesia)
* Lela Swift (US)
* Brigitte Sy (France)
* Ramata-Toulaye Sy (France)
* Małgorzata Szumowska (Poland)

## T

* Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers (Canada)
* Rea Tajiri
* Lisa Takeba (Japan)
* Tanya Talaga (Canada)
* Rachel Talalay (US)
* Shashwati Talukdar
* Bhavna Talwar
* Amber Tamblyn (US)
* Yuki Tanada (Japan)
* Kinuyo Tanaka (Japan)
* Loveleen Tandan
* Cyndi Tang (US)
* Amanda Tapping (Canada-US)
* Nadia Tass (Macedonia)
* Heather Taylor
* Sharine Taylor (Canada)
* Sam Taylor-Wood (UK)
* Julie Taymor (US)
* Sakane Tazuko
* Valeria Bruni Tedeschi (Italy-France)
* Nathalie Teirlinck (Belgium)
* Suzie Templeton
* Angela Tessinari (US)
* Joan Tewkesbury (US)
* Lucy Thane
* Betty Thomas (US)
* Madison Thomas (Canada)
* May Miles Thomas
* Pam Thomas (US)
* Caroline Thompson (US)
* Danièle Thompson (France)
* Jessica M. Thompson (US-Australia)
* Jody Thompson (Canada)
* Lea Thompson (US)
* Ninja Thyberg (Sweden)
* Wendy Tilby (Canada)
* Ondi Timoner (US)
* Victory Tischler-Blue
* Stacy Title (US)
* Kamala Todd (Canada)
* Loretta Todd (Canada)
* Weronika Tofilska (Poland)
* Maria Sole Tognazzi (Italy)
* Pamela Tola (Finland)
* Farkhondeh Torabi
* Gariné Torossian
* Fina Torres (Venezuela)
* Pimpaka Towira (Thailand)
* Sarah Townsend (UK)
* Wendy Toye
* Mouna Traoré (Canada)
* Lindalee Tracey (Canada)
* Jackie Traverse (Canada)
* Julie Tremble (Canada)
* Monika Treut (Germany)
* Justine Triet (France)
* Nadine Trintignant (France)
* Lexie Findarle Trivundza (US)
* Anne Troake (Canada)
* Fien Troch (Belgium)
* Rose Troche (US)
* Alice Troughton (UK)
* Athina Rachel Tsangari (Greece)
* Susan Tully (UK)
* Marie-Hélène Turcotte (Canada)
* Guinevere Turner (US)
* Aisha Tyler (US)
* Hermína Týrlová (Czechoslovakia)

## U

* Liv Ullmann (Norway)
* Sima Urale (New Zealand-Samoa)
* Urszula Urbaniak (Poland)

## V

* Esther Valiquette (Canada)
* Agnès Varda (France; born in Belgium)
* Flore Vasseur (France)
* Pam Veasey (US)
* Nicole Védrès (France)
* Ajita Suchitra Veera (India)
* Norma Safford Vela (US)
* Ingrid Veninger (Canada)
* Katherena Vermette (Canada)
* Rhayne Vermette (Canada)
* Chris Vermorcken (Belgium)
* Myriam Verreault (Canada)
* Virginie Verrier (France)
* Sandrine Veysset (France)
* Manuela Viegas (Portugal)
* Teresa Villaverde (Portugal)
* Vidhu Vincent (India)
* Michal Vinik (Israel)
* Bárbara Virgínia (Portugal)
* Wiebke von Carolsfeld (Canada)
* Katja von Garnier (Germany)
* Daisy von Scherler Mayer (US)
* Margarethe von Trotta (Germany)
* Jürgen Vsych (US)
* Johanna Vuoksenmaa (Finland)

## W

* Lana & Lilly Wachowski (US)
* Louise Wadley (Australia)
* Kristina Wagenbauer (Canada)
* Maria Wagner (US)
* Sally Wainwright (UK)
* Lucy Walker (UK)
* Mary Walker-Sawka (Canada)
* Nancy Walker (US)
* Dahvi Waller (Canada)
* Aisling Walsh (Ireland)
* Dearbhla Walsh
* Shannon Walsh (Canada)
* Laura Wandel (Belgium)
* Aloha Wanderwell (Canada)
* Lulu Wang (US)
* Rachel Ward (Australia)
* Sarah Watt (Australia)
* Kim Wayans (US)
* Dreya Weber (US)
* Lois Weber (US)
* Zhao Wei
* Claudia Weill (US)
* Leilah Weinraub (US)
* Andrea Weiss (US)
* Valerie Weiss (US)
* Aerlyn Weissman (Canada)
* Yvonne Welbon (US)
* Audrey Wells (US)
* Charlotte Wells (UK)
* Christine Welsh
* Jiang Wenli (China)
* Lina Wertmüller (Italy)
* Anne Wheeler (Canada)
* Sherry White (Canada)
* Susanna White (UK)
* Roxann Whitebean (Canada)
* Kanchi Wichmann (UK)
* Joyce Wieland (Canada)
* Nettie Wild (Canada)
* Olivia Wilde (US)
* Dawn Wilkinson (Canada)
* Dena Williams (Canada)
* JoBeth Williams (US)
* Tucky Williams (US)
* Georgina Willis (Australia)
* Chandra Wilson (US)
* Lois Wilson (US)
* Margery Wilson (US)
* Sandy Wilson (Canada)
* Doris Wishman (US)
* Agnieszka Wojtowicz-Vosloo (US)
* Christie Will Wolf (Canada)
* Mariloup Wolfe (Canada)
* Joyce Wong (Canada)
* Victoria Wood (UK)
* Kate Woods (Australia-US)
* Jacqueline Wright
* Robin Wright (US)
* Alice Wu (US)

## X

* Xue Xiaolu (China)

## Y

* Naoko Yamada (Japan)
* Tizuka Yamasaki (Brazil)
* Chikako Yamashiro (Japan)
* Yūki Yamato (Japan)
* Cathy Yan
* Ruby Yang (China)
* Yong-hi Yang
* Pamela Yates (US)
* Linda Yellen (US)
* Ning Ying (China)
* Suzi Yoonessi
* Yumi Yoshiyuki (Japan)
* Aleysa Young (Canada)
* Heather Young (Canada)
* Byun Young-joo
* Nathalie Younglai (Canada)
* Asia Youngman (Canada)
* Jessica Yu (US)

## Z

* Samia Zaman (Bangladesh)
* Sara Zandieh (Iran-US)
* Monica Zanetti (Australia)
* Yolande Zauberman (France)
* Jasmila Žbanić (Bosnia/Herzegovina)
* Ona Zee (US)
* Maryanne Zéhil (Canada)
* Mai Zetterling (Sweden)
* Chenyang Zhao (China)
* Chloé Zhao (China-US)
* Zhang Nuanxin (China)
* Binka Zhelyazkova (Bulgaria)
* Lydia Zimmermann (Spain)
* Sanja Živković (Serbia/Canada}
* Magdalena Zyzak (US)