Directed by Women
Greatest films directed by female directors.
Today, I have to tell you about something that we underappreciate... We know prominent names in movie industry and the %90 percent of those names belong to male directors, right? And we sometimes ignore the producers, directors and writers of the most popular and highly appreciated movies if they are not directed by Nolan, PTA, or Tarantino. Yet, you know what? Ever since the dawn of movie industry, women played an important role in shaping what cinema is; cinema was even considered as a 'feminine' field back in the day, and Alice Guy-Blache was the pioneer back in 1896. She even directed a short film called 'The Consequences of Feminism' in 1906 in which she discussed gender and turned gender norms upside down. What a queeenn!
Probably the most popular misconception is about the movies where masculinity is being represented. Most probably, you know the back story of American Psycho; a female director directed this movie, right? But the story, and the exploitation of 'masculinity' is prominent in the movie. Considering the flow and story, we unconsciously think in gender stereotypes and don't even think of the director being a woman. Yet there are a lot of 'feminine' movies directed by male directors. Keep this in mind and always run away from gender norms.
As I follow with the most popular films of female directors, you will see how some of the most popular or award-winning films were directed by women and we forgot to give any credits to them. With the hopes of influencing more females on film industry, I have prepared this list with numbers of great films directed by female directors.
Alice Guy-Blache was the woman who directed Falling Leaves, The Consequences of Feminism and A Sticky Woman.
Agnes Varda directed one of the most prominent French movies as Le Bonheur, Vagabond and Cleo from 5 to 7.
The Wachowski Sisters made Bound and The Matrix series that we all love and thought to be the best movie series ever made when we first met with cinema.
Charlotte Wells rewarded us with Aftersun.
Karyn Kusama directed Jennifer's Body and The Invitation.
Claire Denis directed Beau Travail, Trouble Every Day and a big number of acclaimed movies.
Julia Docournau directed Raw and Titane.
Nora Ephron directed You've Got Mail, Sleepless in Seattle, Julie&Julia and Bewitched.
Nancy Meyers directed The Intern, The Parent Trap, The Holiday and others.
Greta Gerwig, as you know she is the mind behind Barbie, Lady Bird and Frances Ha.
Chloe Zhao directed Eternals and Nomadland.
Justine Triet directed Anatomy of a Fall and Sibyl.
Catherine Breillat directed Fat Girl and Anatomy of Hell.
Valerie Faris co-directed Little Miss Sunshine, Ruby Sparks, and Battle of the Sexes.
Marjane Satrapi co-directed Persepolis and directed The Voices(2014), and Radioactive.
Céline Sciamma directed Tomboy, Portrait of a Lady on Fire, and Petite Maman
Veronika Franz co-directed The Lodge, Goodnight Mommy and others.
Deniz Gamze Güven directed the award-winning Mustang and 3 other movies.
Kathryn Bigelow directed The Hurt Locker and Point Break.
Emerald Fennell directed Promising Young Woman and Saltburn.
Emma Seligman directed Shiva Baby and Bottoms.
Lynne Ramsey directed You Were Never Really Here and We Need to Talk About Kevin.
Nia DaCosta directed Candyman(2021)
Rose Glass directed Love Lies Bleeding and Saint Maud.
Anna Biller was the genius behind The Love Witch.
Jane Campion directed The Piano, The Power of the Dog.
Mary Harron directed American Psycho...
Sofia Coppola directed Lost in Translation, Marie Antoinette, Priscilla, The Virgin Suicides and more.