List of lesbian filmmakers
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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 ]- Kasia Adamik (Poland)
- 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 ]- Angelina Maccarone (Germany)
- Liz Marshall (Canada)
- 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)
- Norma Bahia Pontes (Brazil)[14]
- 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)[15] [16]
See also
[edit ]- List of female film and television directors
- List of LGBT-related films directed by women
- List of gay, lesbian or bisexual people
- New Queer Cinema
- Sexuality and gender identity-based cultures
References
[edit ]- ^ 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.
- ^ Perez, Lívia (2020). "Do Cinema Novo ao vídeo lésbico feminista: a trajetória de Norma Bahia Pontes". Rebeca - Revista Brasileira de Estudos de Cinema e Audiovisual (in Portuguese). 9 (2): 37–38. doi:10.22475/rebeca.v9n2.692 . ISSN 2316-9230.
- ^ 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 ]- 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
[edit ]- Cinema Systers Film Festival (United States)
- Lethal Lesbian Film Festival (Israel)
- London Lesbian Film Festival (Canada)
- Lavender Limelight: Lesbians in Film, 1998 documentary at First Run Features
- Dykes, Camera, Action!, 2018 documentary by Caroline Berler at The Film Collaborative