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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[edit]

  • Jane Anderson (United States)
  • Sini Anderson (United States)
  • Chantal Akerman (Belgium)
  • Dorothy Arzner (United States)
  • Jamie Babbit (United States)
  • Marina Rice Bader (United States)
  • Christin Baker (United States)
  • Janet Baus (United States)
  • Sadie Benning (United States)
  • Caroline Berler (United States)[7][8]
  • Katja Blichfeld (United States)
  • Maureen Bradley (Canada)
  • Netalie Braun (Israel)
  • Katherine Brooks (United States)
  • Dominique Cardona (Canada)
  • Ruth Caudeli (Spain)[citation needed]
  • Ilene Chaiken (United States)
  • Lisa Cholodenko (United States)
  • Zero Chou (Taiwan)
  • Laurie Colbert (Canada)
  • Janis Cole (Canada)
  • Nicole Conn (United States)
  • Catherine Corsini (France)
  • Jeanne Crépeau (Canada)
  • Catherine Crouch (United States)
  • Holly Dale (Canada)
  • Donna Deitch (United States)
  • Katrina del Mar (United States)
  • Vicky Du (United States-Taiwan)[9][10]
  • Cheryl Dunye (Liberia)
  • Clea DuVall (United States)
  • Michelle Ehlen (United States)
  • Esther Eng (United States)
  • Lynne Fernie (Canada)
  • Jodie Foster (United States)
  • Su Friedrich (United States)
  • Maya Gallus (Canada)
  • Nisha Ganatra (Canada)
  • Dana Goldberg (Israel)
  • Rosser Goodman (United States)
  • Marleen Gorris (Netherlands)
  • Aurora Guerrero (United States)
  • Sonali Gulati (United States)
  • Jill Gutowitz (United States)[11][12]
  • Barbara Hammer (United States)
  • Leslye Headland (United States)
  • G. B. Jones (Canada)
  • Ingrid Jungermann (United States)
  • Ana Kokkinos (Australia)
  • Jennie Livingston (United States)
  • Desiree Lim (Malaysia-China-Canada)
  • Phyllida Lloyd (United Kingdom)
  • Tucia Lyman (United States)[13]
  • M-Z[edit]

  • Lucrecia Martel (Argentina)
  • Dee Mosbacher (United States)
  • Brittani Nichols (United States)
  • Ruth Novaczek (United Kingdom)[citation needed]
  • Madeleine Olnek (United States)
  • Jenni Olson (United States)
  • Ulrike Ottinger (Germany)
  • Jan Oxenberg (United States)
  • Pratibha Parmar (United Kingdom)
  • Stacie Passon (United States)
  • Kimberly Peirce (United States)
  • Cristina Perincioli (Switzerland)
  • Justine Pimlott (Canada)
  • Léa Pool (Canada)
  • Lourdes Portillo (United States-Mexico)
  • Yvonne Rainer (United States)
  • Dee Rees (United States)
  • Yoruba Richen (United States)
  • Marialy Rivas (Chile)
  • Chloé Robichaud (Canada)
  • Angela Robinson (United States)
  • Patricia Rozema (Canada)
  • Marja-Lewis Ryan (United States)
  • Shamim Sarif (United Kingdom)
  • Greta Schiller (United States)
  • Céline Sciamma (France)
  • Avigail Sperber (Israel)
  • Ellen Spiro (United States)
  • Monika Treut (Germany)
  • Rose Troche (United States)
  • Guinevere Turner (United States)
  • Michal Vinik (Israel)
  • Louise Wadley (Australia)
  • Andrea Weiss (United States)
  • Aerlyn Weissman (United States-Canada)
  • Yvonne Welbon (United States)
  • Tucky Williams (United States)
  • Alice Wu (United States)
  • Monica Zanetti (Australia)[14][15]
  • See also[edit]

    References[edit]

    1. ^ 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.
  • ^ "The Ladies". Outfest. 2022. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
  • ^ Gutowitz, Jill (March 18, 2019). "I'm a Lesbian. Why Can't I Stop Giving My Number to Men?". Them. Retrieved 3 September 2022.
  • ^ 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[edit]

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