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.[1][2][3][4][5][6]
A-L
- Kasia Adamik (Poland)
- Jane Anderson (USA)
- Sini Anderson (USA)
- Chantal Akerman (Belgium)
- Dorothy Arzner (USA)
- Jamie Babbit (USA)
- Marina Rice Bader (USA)
- Christin Baker (USA)
- Janet Baus (USA)
- Sadie Benning (USA)
- Caroline Berler (USA)[7][8]
- Katja Blichfeld (USA)
- Maureen Bradley (Canada)
- Netalie Braun (Israel)
- Katherine Brooks (USA)
- Dominique Cardona (Canada)
- Ilene Chaiken (USA)
- Lisa Cholodenko (USA)
- Zero Chou (Taiwan)
- Laurie Colbert (Canada)
- Janis Cole (Canada)
- Nicole Conn (USA)
- Catherine Corsini (France)
- Jeanne Crépeau (Canada)
- Catherine Crouch (USA)
- Holly Dale (Canada)
- Donna Deitch (USA)
- Katrina del Mar (USA)
- Vicky Du (USA-Taiwan)[9][10]
- Cheryl Dunye (Liberia)
- Clea DuVall (USA)
- Michelle Ehlen (USA)
- Esther Eng (USA)
- Lynne Fernie (Canada)
- Jodie Foster (USA)
- Su Friedrich (USA)
- Maya Gallus (Canada)
- Nisha Ganatra (Canada)
- Dana Goldberg (Israel)
- Rosser Goodman (USA)
- Marleen Gorris (Netherlands)
- Aurora Guerrero (USA)
- Sonali Gulati (USA)
- Barbara Hammer (USA)
- Leslye Headland (USA)
- G. B. Jones (Canada)
- Ingrid Jungermann (USA)
- Ana Kokkinos (Australia)
- Jennie Livingston (USA)
- Desiree Lim (Malaysia-China-Canada)
- Phyllida Lloyd (UK)
- Tucia Lyman (USA)[11]
M-Z
- Angelina Maccarone (Germany)
- Lucrecia Martel (Argentina)
- Brittani Nichols (USA)
- Madeleine Olnek (USA)
- Jenni Olson (USA)
- Ulrike Ottinger (Germany)
- Jan Oxenberg (USA)
- Pratibha Parmar (UK)
- Stacie Passon (USA)
- Kimberly Peirce (USA)
- Cristina Perincioli (Switzerland)
- Justine Pimlott (Canada)
- Léa Pool (Canada)
- Lourdes Portillo (USA-Mexico)
- Yvonne Rainer (USA)
- Dee Rees (USA)
- Yoruba Richen (USA)
- Marialy Rivas (Chile)
- Chloé Robichaud (Canada)
- Angela Robinson (USA)
- Patricia Rozema (Canada)
- Marja-Lewis Ryan (USA)
- Greta Schiller (USA)
- Céline Sciamma (France)
- Avigail Sperber (Israel)
- Monika Treut (Germany)
- Rose Troche (USA)
- Guinevere Turner (USA)
- Michal Vinik (Israel)
- Louise Wadley (Australia)
- Andrea Weiss (USA)
- Aerlyn Weissman (USA-Canada)
- Yvonne Welbon (USA)
- Tucky Williams (USA)
- Alice Wu (USA)
- Monica Zanetti (Australia)[12][13]
See also
References
- ^ Hays, Matthew (2007). The View from Here: Conversations with Gay and Lesbian Filmmakers (1st ed.). Vancouver, BC, Canada: Arsenal Pulp Press. ISBN 978-0739483961. OCLC 85829883.
- ^ Savage, Ann M. (2008). "Women film directors and producers". Butler University. (book chapter from LGBTQ America Today: An Encyclopedia (2008), ISBN 978-0313339905)
- ^ Bartyzel, Monika (20 June 2014). "Girls on Film: 10 lesbian filmmakers you should know about". The Week.
- ^ Bendix, Trish (November 24, 2015). "50 Lesbian & Bisexual Directors Hollywood Should Be Hiring". AfterEllen. Archived from the original on November 27, 2015.
- ^ Snarker, Dorothy (November 25, 2015). "Films by 15 Queer Female Filmmakers To Stream This Thanksgiving". IndieWire.
- ^ "Forty Under 40". The Advocate. April 24, 2012.
- ^ Goh, Katie (7 December 2018). "A new documentary tells the story of lesbians on screen". Little White Lies.
- ^ Ledward, James (30 September 2018). "DYKES, CAMERA, ACTION! A History of Queer Cinema from the women who made it happen!". Gscene Magazine.
- ^ Duncanson, Jessica (January 6, 2017). "Interview: Vicky Du Talks Gaysians". FilmDoo.
- ^ "Dykes, Camera, Action! – Dialogue List" (PDF). The Film Collaborative. 2018.
- ^ King, John Paul (March 10, 2020). "Lesbian filmmaker finds horror through a queer lens with 'M.O.M.'". Washington Blade. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
- ^ Costa, Daniela (January 22, 2016). "Monica Zanetti on writing and starring in the awesome Aussie lesbian film, "Skin Deep"". AfterEllen. Archived from the original on January 25, 2016. Retrieved 14 February 2020.
- ^ Quinn, Belinda (18 November 2020). "'Ellie & Abbie (& Ellie's Dead Aunt)' director Monica Zanetti on breaking down casting barriers". NME. Retrieved 28 July 2022.
Further reading
- Elbir, Dilara (17 September 2019). "Why films about lesbian characters should be called lesbian films". Little White Lies.
- Havens, Kaitlin (May 14, 2020). "Perspective: It's time to end 'Lesbian Dead Syndrome'". The Charlatan. Vol. 49, no. 7.
- Tapponi, Róisín (28 February 2020). "It's about time film began representing the lesbian gaze". The Guardian.
External links
- Cinema Systers Film Festival (United States)
- Lethal Lesbian Film Festival (Israel)
- London Lesbian Film Festival (Canada)
- Lavender Limelight: Lesbians in Film 1998 documentary at Kanopy
- Dykes, Camera, Action! 2018 documentary by Caroline Berler