Women Film Directors: Active in past decade+

101. Toni Collette

Toni Collette is an Academy Award-nominated Australian actress, best known for her roles in The Sixth Sense (1999) and Little Miss Sunshine (2006).

Collette was born Toni Collett (she later added an "e") on November 1, 1972, in Blacktown, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia. She is the first of three...

102. Deborah Romare

Writer | Vincent the Artist

Deborah began her career as a child actress in Minneapolis, Minnesota at The Guthrie Theater in such stage productions as A Christmas Carol and The Taming of the Shrew.

As a teenager, Deborah moved with her family to Los Angeles and immediately began working as an actress in feature films and ...

103. Amy Williams

Producer | Rally Caps

Biography:

Amy Morrison Williams was born in Memphis, Tennessee and grew up in New York City's Lower East Side in the days when it was notorious for drugs and crime.

Her father, a college professor, had a Ph.D. in German literature; a poet, writer and photographer, he had a wide range of gifts and ...

104. Donna Robinson

Director | The Adventures of Beatle

Donna Robinson was born on July 17, 1976 in Bellevue, Washington, USA. She is a producer and director, known for Guns for Hire (2015), Pet Peeves (2009) and Little Savant (1999).

105. Trudy Sargent

Producer | Keeping Amy

Trudy's background is in sales and distribution. Through Kinowelt and Crescendo Films she released New Line Cinema titles in Eastern Europe. Their biggest releases were Rush Hour 3 and Austin Powers the Spy Who Shagged Me. To focus more on producing, she set up Red Pictures Media in London, as an ...

106. Jennifer Lynch

Director | Chained

Jennifer Lynch was born on April 7, 1968 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. She is a director and writer, known for Chained (2012), Boxing Helena (1993) and Surveillance (2008).

107. Gabrielle Lui

Producer | Sweet Seduction

Gabrielle Lui is known for Sweet Seduction (2008), A Broken Heart (2007) and Beast Beneath (2011).

108. Mo Ogrodnik

Writer | Deep Powder

Mo Ogrodnik was born in 1966. Mo is a writer and director, known for Deep Powder (2013), Uptown Girls (2003) and Ripe (1996).

109. Jenna Stone

Casting_department | From a Place of Darkness

Jenna Stone is known for From a Place of Darkness (2008), One: The Movie (2005) and Aliens from Uranus (2012).

110. Nancy Florence Savard

Producer | Katak: The Brave Beluga

Born in Quebec City, with a bachelor's degree from Laval University, Nancy Florence Savard started her television career in Montreal. After spending ten years as a journalist, designer, director, product manager and associate producer for various large media groups in Montreal and Quebec City, ...

111. Melanie Mayron

Director | Thirtysomething

Melanie Mayron was born on October 20, 1952 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. She is a director and actress, known for Thirtysomething (1987), Girlfriends (1978) and Snapshots (2018).

112. Angelina Jolie

Actress | Maleficent

Angelina Jolie is an Academy Award-winning actress who rose to fame after her role in Girl, Interrupted (1999), playing the title role in the "Lara Croft" blockbuster movies, as well as Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2005), Wanted (2008), Salt (2010) and Maleficent (2014). Off-screen, Jolie has become ...

113. Gillian Armstrong

Director | My Brilliant Career

Gillian Armstrong was born on December 18, 1950 in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia. She is a director and producer, known for My Brilliant Career (1979), Not Fourteen Again (1996) and Little Women (1994). She is married to John Pleffer. They have two children.

114. Bonita Drake

Writer | The Morning After

Bonita Drake is known for The Morning After, Shaken Not Stirred (2006) and American Burger (2014). She has been married to Johan Bromander since 2004. They have one child.

115. Diane Crespo

Producer | Arranged

Diane Crespo is known for Arranged (2007), My Last Day Without You (2011) and Clutter (2013).

116. Hermine Huntgeburth

Director | Im Kreise der Lieben

Hermine Huntgeburth was born on November 13, 1957 in Paderborn, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. She is a director and producer, known for Im Kreise der Lieben (1991), The Trio (1998) and Bibi Blocksberg (2002).

117. Sherry Hormann

Director | Desert Flower

Sherry Hormann was born on April 20, 1960 in Kingston, New York, USA. She is a director and writer, known for Desert Flower (2009), Leise Schatten (1992) and Guys and Balls (2004).

118. Pascale Ferran

Director | Lady Chatterley

Pascale Ferran was born on April 17, 1960 in Paris, France. She is a director and writer, known for Lady Chatterley (2006), The Age of Potential (1995) and Bird People (2014).

119. Alison Parker

Director | The Magic Ferret

Alison Parker is a Canadian screenwriter, director, and author, residing in Los Angeles, California. She has directed and produced several award-winning short films that screened at nearly 200 film festivals around the world, most notably TIFF Kids, DC Shorts, and Whistler Film Festival. Her ...

120. Melanie Shaw

Revolutionary Road

Melanie Shaw is a writer, editor and director who has a fondness for speaking of herself in the third person.

She has worked as a writer, editor and director on films which were shown in Cannes, Tribeca and Sundance.

She graduated from NYU's film school.

She was born and raised in Los Angeles, ...

121. Gina M. Garcia

Producer | Untold

Writer-Director-Producer-Survivor - Gina M. Garcia is the 1%. Ninety-nine percent of all children abducted by a stranger are murdered within the first 24 hours, according to the National Center for Missing & Exploited Children (NCMEC). At the tender age of eight, Gina saved herself by jumping out ...

122. Juliet Snowden

Writer | Knowing

Juliet Snowden is a screenwriter, producer, and documentary director. Born and raised in Louisiana, Juliet earned a degree in English and Creative Writing from Louisiana State University and also attended University of Strathclyde in Glasgow, Scotland. After graduation, Juliet worked in publishing ...

123. Annette K. Olesen

Writer | Kamikaze

Annette K. Olesen was born on November 20, 1965 in Denmark. She is a director and writer, known for Kamikaze (2021), Borgen (2010) and Lille soldat (2008).

124. Michelle Ouellet

Director | Afterparty

Michelle Ouellet is known for Afterparty (2013), The True Heroines (2011) and Paranormal Solutions Inc. (2016).

125. Olivia Mori

Costume_department | Alita: Battle Angel

Olivia Mori is known for Alita: Battle Angel (2019), Shortbus (2006) and The Producers (2005).

126. Hannah Fidell

Writer | A Teacher

Hannah Fidell was born on October 7, 1985 in Washington, District of Columbia, USA. She is a writer and producer, known for A Teacher (2013), A Teacher (2020) and 6 Years (2015). She has been married to Jake Longstreth since September 23, 2017.

127. Stacie Passon

Director | Concussion

Stacie Passon is known for Concussion (2013), The Society (2019) and The Punisher (2017).

128. Joey Soloway

Producer | Transparent

Joey Soloway was born on September 26, 1965 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. They are a producer and writer, known for Transparent (2014), Six Feet Under (2001) and United States of Tara (2009). They were previously married to Bruce Gilbert, and for writing and directing the feature Afternoon Delight (...

129. Sini Anderson

Director | The Punk Singer

Sini Anderson is known for The Punk Singer (2013), Catherine Opie b. 1961 (2019) and Mango Kiss (2004).

130. Sarah Clara Weber

Editor | Muxmäuschenstill

Sarah Clara Weber was born in 1977 in Ebersberg, Germany. Sarah Clara is an editor and director, known for Muxmäuschenstill (2004), Moon Man (2012) and Vineta (2006).

131. Dayna Hanson

Actress | Improvement Club

Dayna Hanson is a director, writer, choreographer, actress and producer. Hanson wrote, choreographed and directed Season One, Episode Six of HBO/Duplass Brothers' Room 104--"Voyeurs," starring Sarah Hay and Dendrie Taylor--which was included in top television episodes of 2017 lists by The New York ...

132. Tana Schémbori

Director | 7 cajas

Tana Schémbori was born in February 1970 in Asunción, Paraguay. She is a director and producer, known for 7 Boxes (2012), The Gold Seekers (2017) and Marilina: Atreverse A Soñar (2023).

133. Mia Engberg

Director | Belleville Baby

Mia Engberg was born on September 26, 1970 in Stockholm, Sweden. She is a director and editor, known for Belleville Baby (2013), Hypermoon (2023) and Lucky One (2019).

134. Amy Schatz

Producer | Stand Up & Shout: Songs From a Philly High School

Amy Schatz is known for Stand Up & Shout: Songs from a Philly High School (2023), We Are the Dream: The Kids of the Oakland MLK Oratorical Fest (2020) and Song of Parkland (2019).

135. Floria Sigismondi

Director | The Runaways

Floria Sigismondi is a photographer and director. Apart from her art exhibitions she is best known for directing music videos. Her trademark dilating, jittery camerawork, noticeable as early as her video for Marilyn Manson's "The Beautiful People", has been replicated by a great number of directors...

136. Melissa Garza

Visual_effects | Avatar

Melissa Garza is known for Avatar (2009), Tron: Legacy (2010) and Dirty Laundry (2014).

137. Cristina Molino

Camera_department | ¿Te vas?

Cristina Molino is known for ¿Te vas? (2010), Beyond Memories (2013) and Dance with Me (2014).

138. Leslie Iwerks

Producer | The Imagineering Story

Leslie Iwerks is an Oscar® and Emmy® nominated documentary director and producer, as well as the granddaughter of famed Disney animation legend and designer of Mickey Mouse, Ub Iwerks.

Iwerks is a graduate of the USC School of Cinema-Television and serves on the USC School of Cinematic Arts Alumni ...

139. Windy Borman

Producer | Mary Janes: The Women of Weed

Windy Borman produces digital content and live events for thought leaders so they can entertain, empower, and engage their audiences to create global change. Her films have screened at Sundance and the United Nations, garnered Best Documentary and Visionary awards on the festival circuit, and been ...

140. Alex Stapleton

Producer | Corman's World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel

Alex Stapleton is known for Corman's World: Exploits of a Hollywood Rebel (2011), The Assassination of Richard Nixon (2004) and Shut Up and Dribble (2018).

141. Chloé Robichaud

Director | Sarah préfère la course

Chloé Robichaud was born on January 31, 1988 in Quebec City, Quebec, Canada. She is a director and writer, known for Sarah Prefers to Run (2013), Pays (2016) and Féminin/Féminin (2014).

142. Ursula Meier

Director | La ligne

Ursula Meier was born on June 24, 1971 in Besançon, Doubs, France. She is a director and writer, known for The Line (2022), Home (2008) and Sister (2012).

143. Alice Winocour

Writer | Mustang

Alice Winocour was born on January 13, 1976 in Paris, France. She is a writer and director, known for Mustang (2015), Proxima (2019) and Maryland (2015).

144. Tanya Wexler

Director | Hysteria

Tanya Wexler was born on August 6, 1970 in Chicago, Illinois, USA. She is an award-winning film and TV director, known for her feature films Hysteria (2011), Ball in the House (2001) and Finding North (1998). At current, Wexler lives in New York City with her four children and their dog, Snoopy.

145. Olivia Rochette

Director | Kind Hearts

Olivia Rochette is known for Kind Hearts (2022), Because We Are Visual (2010) and Rain (2012).

146. Lynne Ramsay

Director | You Were Never Really Here

Lynne Ramsay was born on December 5, 1969 in Glasgow, Strathclyde, Scotland, UK. She is a director and writer, known for You Were Never Really Here (2017), We Need to Talk About Kevin (2011) and Ratcatcher (1999). She was previously married to Rory Stewart Kinnear.

147. Katell Quillévéré

Writer | Le temps d'aimer

Katell Quillévéré was born on January 30, 1980 in Abidjan, Côte d'Ivoire. She is a writer and director, known for Along Came Love (2023), Heal the Living (2016) and The Staple of News (2013).

148. Katie Aselton

Actress | The Freebie

Katie Aselton was born on October 1, 1978 in Milbridge, Maine, USA. She is an actress and director, known for The Freebie (2010), Old Dads (2023) and Black Rock (2012). She has been married to Mark Duplass since August 26, 2006. They have two children.

149. Clio Barnard

Director | The Selfish Giant

Clio Barnard was born in Otley, Leeds, West Yorkshire, England, UK. She is known for The Selfish Giant (2013), Ali & Ava (2021) and The Arbor (2010).

150. Lucía Puenzo

Writer | XXY

Lucía Puenzo was born on November 28, 1976 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. She is a writer and director, known for XXY (2007), The German Doctor (2013) and The Fish Child (2009).

151. Agnieszka Holland

Director | Pokot

Having graduated from FAMU in Prague film (1971), Agnieszka Holland returned to Poland and began her film career working with Krzysztof Zanussi as assistant director, and Andrzej Wajda as her mentor. Her first feature film was PROVINCIAL ACTORS (1978), one of the flagship pictures of the "cinema of...

152. Agnès Jaoui

Actress | Le goût des autres

Agnès Jaoui was born on October 19, 1964 in Antony, Hauts-de-Seine, France. She is an actress and writer, known for The Taste of Others (2000), Look at Me (2004) and Family Resemblances (1996). She was previously married to Jean-Pierre Bacri.

153. Agnès Varda

Director | Cléo de 5 à 7

Agnès Varda was born on May 30, 1928 in Ixelles, Belgium. She was a director and writer, known for Cléo from 5 to 7 (1962), Vagabond (1985) and Faces Places (2017). She was married to Jacques Demy. She died on March 29, 2019 in Paris, France.

154. Ana Carolina

Director | Mar de Rosas

Ana Carolina was born on September 27, 1943 in São Paulo, Brazil. She is a director and writer, known for Sea of Roses (1978), Paixões Recorrentes (2022) and Das Tripas Coração (1982).

155. Andrea Arnold

Director | American Honey

Andrea Arnold was born on April 5, 1961 in Dartford, Kent, England, UK. She is an actress and director, known for American Honey (2016), Fish Tank (2009) and Red Road (2006).

156. Anne-Marie Miéville

Director | Lou n'a pas dit non

Anne-Marie Miéville was born on November 11, 1945 in Lausanne, Switzerland. She is a director and writer, known for Lou n'a pas dit non (1994), Mon cher sujet (1988) and How Is It Going? (1976). She was previously married to Jean-Luc Godard.

157. Byambasuren Davaa

Director | Die Höhle des gelben Hundes

Byambasuren Davaa was born in 1971 in Ulan Bator, Mongolia. She is a director and writer, known for The Cave of the Yellow Dog (2005), Veins of the World (2020) and Die Geschichte vom weinenden Kamel (2003).

158. Catherine Breillat

Writer | À ma soeur!

Catherine Breillat is a Paris based filmmaker and writer who became famous for her distinctively personal films on sexuality, gender trouble and sibling rivalry. Accused of being a "porno auteuriste", Breillat allowed for an unbiased view of sexuality and extended the language of mainstream movies....

159. Clara Law

Director | Fu sheng

Clara Law was born on May 29, 1957 in Macao, China. She is a director and writer, known for Fu sheng (1996), The Goddess of 1967 (2000) and Drifting Petals (2021). She is married to Eddie Ling-Ching Fong.

160. Chantal Akerman

Director | Les rendez-vous d'Anna

Chantal Akerman was born on June 6, 1950 in Brussels, Belgium. She was a director and writer, known for The Meetings of Anna (1978), I, You, He, She (1974) and A Couch in New York (1996). She was married to Sonia Wieder-Atherton. She died on October 5, 2015 in Paris, France.

161. Claudia Llosa

Director | La teta asustada

Claudia Llosa was born on November 15, 1976 in Lima, Peru. She is a director and writer, known for The Milk of Sorrow (2009), Madeinusa (2006) and Loxoro (2012).

162. Danièle Huillet

Director | Sicilia!

Danièle Huillet was born on May 1, 1936 in Paris, France. She was a director and editor, known for Sicily! (1999), Class Relations (1984) and The Chronicle of Anna Magdalena Bach (1968). She was married to Jean-Marie Straub. She died on October 9, 2006 in Cholet, Maine-et-Loire, France.

163. Dorota Kedzierzawska

Director | Nic

Dorota Kedzierzawska was born on June 1, 1957 in Lódz, Lódzkie, Poland. She is a director and writer, known for Nothing (1998), Time to Die (2007) and Crows (1994).

164. Eliane Caffé

Director | Narradores de Javé

Eliane Caffé was born in 1961 in São Paulo, Brazil. She is a director and writer, known for Narradores de Javé (2003), The Cambridge Squatter (2016) and Kenoma (1998).

165. Isabel Coixet

Director | My Life Without Me

Isabel Coixet was born on April 9, 1960 in Sant Adrià de Besòs, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain. She is a director and writer, known for My Life Without Me (2003), The Secret Life of Words (2005) and The Bookshop (2017).

166. Lina Wertmüller

Writer | Pasqualino Settebellezze

During the 1970s, Lina Wertmüller emblazoned her name into the pantheon of Italian cinema with a series of intensely polemical, deeply controversial and wonderfully entertaining films. Among the most politically outspoken and iconoclastic members of the second generation of postwar directors - the ...

167. Kira Muratova

Director | Nastroyshchik

Kira Muratova was born on November 5, 1934 in Soroca, Romania [now Moldova]. She was a director and writer, known for Nastroyshchik (2004), Vtorostepennye lyudi (2001) and The Asthenic Syndrome (1989). She was married to Aleksandr Muratov and Yevgeni Golubenko. She died on June 6, 2018 in Odessa, ...

168. Liliana Cavani

Director | L'ospite

Liliana Cavani was born on January 12, 1933 in Carpi, Emilia-Romagna, Italy. She is a director and writer, known for L'ospite (1971), Dove siete? Io sono qui (1993) and The Night Porter (1974).

169. Liv Ullmann

Actress | Viskningar och rop

Liv Ullmann's father was a Norwegian engineer who used to work abroad, so as a child she lived in Tokyo, Canada, New York and Oslo. In the mid-1950s she made her stage debut and in 1957 made her film debut. She really became successful, however, when she began to work for Swedish director Ingmar ...

170. Lone Scherfig

Director | An Education

Writer/director Lone Scherfig graduated from The National Film School of Denmark in 1984. Her first feature film, THE BIRTHDAY TRIP (1990), was selected for Panorama in Berlin, the New Directors section at MOMA in New York and won the Grand Jury Prix in Rouen. Her next film, ON OUR OWN (1998), ...

171. Lucrecia Martel

Director | La mujer sin cabeza

Born in 1966 in Salta in the North of Argentina,Lucrecia Martel settled down in Buenos Aires where she attended the ENERC (National Film School). She started by directing a few shorts among which Historias Breves I: Rey muerto (1995), which garnered several awards in the international film festival...

172. Margarethe von Trotta

Director | Hannah Arendt

Margarethe von Trotta was born in Berlin in 1942. In the 1960s she moved to Paris where she worked for film collectives, collaborating on scripts and co-directing short films. She also pursued an acclaimed acting career, starring in films by well known German directors such as Rainer Werner ...

173. Su Friedrich

Director | Hide and Seek

Su Friedrich is known for Hide and Seek (1996), Sink or Swim (1990) and Gut Renovation (2012).

174. Nicole Garcia

Writer | Mal de pierres

Nicole Garcia was born on April 22, 1946 in Oran, France [now Algeria]. She is an actress and writer, known for From the Land of the Moon (2016), My American Uncle (1980) and Alias Betty (2001).

175. Márta Mészáros

Director | Örökbefogadás

Márta Mészáros was born on September 19, 1931 in Budapest, Hungary. She is a director and writer, known for Adoption (1975), Diary for My Children (1984) and Diary for My Lovers (1987). She was previously married to Miklós Jancsó, Laszlo Karda and Jan Nowicki.

176. Miranda July

Writer | Me and You and Everyone We Know

Filmmaker Magazine rated her #1 in their "25 New Faces of Indie Film" in 2004!

She is a performance artist and published short story writer. Since becoming a filmmaker, her debut feature, Me and You and Everyone We Know (2005) has won several film awards.

Daughter of Lindy Hough and Richard ...

177. Marleen Gorris

Director | Antonia

Marleen Gorris was born on December 9, 1948 in Roermond, Limburg, Netherlands. She is a director and writer, known for Antonia's Line (1995), A Question of Silence (1982) and Broken Mirrors (1984).

178. Caroline Link

Director | Nirgendwo in Afrika

Caroline Link was born on June 2, 1964 in Bad Nauheim, Hesse, Germany. She is a director and writer, known for Nowhere in Africa (2001), Beyond Silence (1996) and Annaluise & Anton (1999).

179. Christine Jeffs

Director | Sunshine Cleaning

Christine Jeffs was born on January 29, 1963 in Lower Hutt, Wellington, New Zealand. She is a director and writer, known for Sunshine Cleaning (2008), Rain (2001) and Stroke (1993).

180. Doris Dörrie

Writer | Kirschblüten - Hanami

Dörrie completed her schooling at a humanistic high school, from which she graduated in 1973 with her Abitur. In the same year he spent two years in the USA. There she studied film and acting at the Drama Department at the University of the Pacific in Stockton, California. This was followed by ...

181. Jessica Hausner

Director | Little Joe

Jessica Hausner was born on October 6, 1972 in Vienna, Austria. She is a director and writer, known for Little Joe (2019), Lourdes (2009) and Amour Fou (2014).

182. Julie Taymor

Director | Frida

Julie Taymor is an Academy Award-nominated director, known for such films as Frida (2002) and Across the Universe (2007).

She was born on December 15, 1952, in Newton, Massachusetts, a suburb of Boston. Her father, Melvin Lester Taymor, was a gynecologist. Her mother, Elizabeth Bernstein, was a ...

183. Lisa Cholodenko

Director | The Kids Are All Right

Lisa Cholodenko earned an MFA at Columbia University Film School where she made an award-winning short film Dinner Party (1997) Her feature High Art (1998) won the National Society of Film Critics award for Ally Sheedy's performance and The Waldo Salt Screenwriting award at Sundance. Both "High Art...

184. Mary Harron

Director | American Psycho

Mary Harron (born January 12, 1953) is a Canadian filmmaker and screenwriter. She gained recognition for her role in writing and directing several independent films, including I Shot Andy Warhol (1996), American Psycho (2000), and The Notorious Bettie Page (2005). She co-wrote American Psycho and ...

185. Rachel Talalay

Director | Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare

Rachel Talalay was born in Chicago, Illinois. Her parents, Paul and Pamela, moved to Baltimore to work/teach at Johns Hopkins when she was 6 years old. After graduation from Yale University with a bachelor's degree in mathematics, she met Director John Waters and entered the movie business as a ...

186. Patty Jenkins

Director | Wonder Woman

Patty Jenkins is a writer/director best known for directing Wonder Woman, the Warner Bros./DC Comics blockbuster of 2017, and her debut feature Monster. Patty also works in television where she is best known for the pilot and finale episode of AMC's hit show The Killing.

Patty began her career as a ...

187. Tamara Jenkins

Director | The Savages

Tamara Jenkins was born on May 2, 1962 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. She is a director and writer, known for The Savages (2007), Private Life (2018) and Slums of Beverly Hills (1998). She has been married to Jim Taylor since 2002. They have one child.

188. Debra Granik

Director | Leave No Trace

Debra Granik (born February 6, 1963) is an American New York City-based independent film and documentary film director and screenwriter. She is most known for 2004's Down to the Bone, which starred Vera Farmiga, 2010's Winter's Bone, which starred Jennifer Lawrence in her breakout performance and ...

189. Susan Seidelman

Director | Desperately Seeking Susan

Susan Seidelman was born on December 11, 1952 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA. She is a director and producer, known for Desperately Seeking Susan (1985), Sex and the City (1998) and Smithereens (1982).

190. Mimi Leder

Producer | The Morning Show

Mimi Leder was born on January 26, 1952 in New York City, New York, USA. She is a producer and director, known for The Morning Show (2019), On the Basis of Sex (2018) and Deep Impact (1998). She has been married to Gary Werntz since January 26, 1986. They have one child. She was previously married ...

191. Marjane Satrapi

Director | Persepolis

Marjane Satrapi was born on November 22, 1969 in Rasht, Iran. She is a director and actress, known for Persepolis (2007), The Voices (2014) and Chicken with Plums (2011). She is married to Mattias Ripa. She was previously married to Reza.

192. Gurinder Chadha

Writer | Bend It Like Beckham

Gurinder Chadha was born in Kenya, and grew up in Southall, London, England. She began her career as a news reporter with BBC Radio, directed several award winning documentaries for the BBC, and began an alliance with the British Film Institute (BFI) and Channel Four. In 2001, Chadha set up her own...

193. Diane English

Writer | Murphy Brown

Diane English was born on May 18, 1948 in Buffalo, New York, USA. She is a writer and producer, known for Murphy Brown (1988), The Women (2008) and Double Rush (1995). She was previously married to Joel Shukovsky.

194. Darnell Martin

Director | I Like It Like That

Darnell Martin was born on January 7, 1964 in Bronx, New York, USA. She is a director and writer, known for I Like It Like That (1994), Cadillac Records (2008) and Do the Right Thing (1989). She is married to Giuseppe Ducrot.

195. Audrey Wells

Writer | The Hate U Give

Audrey Wells was born on January 25, 1960 in San Francisco, California, USA. She was a writer and producer, known for The Hate U Give (2018), Guinevere (1999) and George of the Jungle (1997). She was married to Brian Lane Larky, John James Radzik, Jeffrey D Robinson and Mr Wells. She died on ...

196. Lana Wachowski

Writer | The Matrix

Lana Wachowski and her sister Lilly Wachowski, also known as the Wachowskis, are the duo behind such ground-breaking movies as The Matrix (1999) and Cloud Atlas (2012). Born to mother Lynne, a nurse, and father Ron, a businessman of Polish descent, Wachowski grew up in Chicago and formed a tight ...

197. Nadine Labaki

Actress | Et maintenant on va où?

Nadine Labaki was born on February 18, 1974 in Beirut, Lebanon. She is an actress and director, known for Where Do We Go Now? (2011), Capernaum (2018) and Caramel (2007). She has been married to Khaled Mouzanar since October 2007.

198. Rebecca Miller

Writer | Maggie's Plan

Rebecca Miller was born on September 15, 1962 in Roxbury, Connecticut, USA. She is an actress and writer, known for Maggie's Plan (2015), Personal Velocity (2002) and Angela (1995). She has been married to Daniel Day-Lewis since November 13, 1996. They have two children.

199. Penny Marshall

Actress | Laverne & Shirley

Penny Marshall was born Carole Penny Marshall on October 15, 1943 in Manhattan. The Libra was 5' 6 1/2", with brown hair and green eyes. She was the daughter of Marjorie (Ward), a tap dance teacher, and Anthony "Tony" Marshall, an industrial film director. She was the younger sister of filmmakers ...

200. Sam Taylor-Johnson

Director | Nowhere Boy

Sam Taylor-Johnson was born on March 4, 1967 in London, England, UK. She is a director and producer, known for Nowhere Boy (2009), Fifty Shades of Grey (2015) and Love You More (2008). She has been married to Aaron Taylor-Johnson since June 21, 2012. They have two children. She was previously ...