Women Film Directors

Great movies and the women who make them. Follow me on twitter and Instagram @women_direct

[lucy-harker]

Congratulations to JESSIE BUCKLEY for winning Best Actress in a Leading Role at the 98th Academy Awards!

[oldfilmsflicker]

The Watermelon Woman, 1996 (dir. Cheryl Dunye)

[thesewickedhands]

JENNIFER LOVE HEWITT as JULIE JAMES

I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER (1997) I KNOW WHAT YOU DID LAST SUMMER (2025)

[tribeca]

‘Being 14’ director on what influenced this work: “Harsh memories. And some funny ones too. And also the question of the difficulty to recognize oneself as belonging to a group of people, to a determined society.” #tribecatogether #TFF2015

[nitratediva]

From Alice Guy’s Falling Leaves (1912).

[gusvanscant]

'The Runaways' (dir. by Floria Sigismondi) [2010]

[davinaclaires]

Naomi Scott as Mohini "Mo" Banjaree LEMONADE MOUTH (2011) dir. Patricia Riggen

[nobodys-nothing]

Toni Collette in Clockwatchers (1997) dir. Jill Sprecher

[sylkiagathario]

LEWIS PULLMAN AS CAMERON CASSMORE

REMARKABLY BRIGHT CREATURES (2026) DIR. OLIVIA NEWMAN

[angelstills]

“It’s beautiful, Colin. Do you feel it? Do you?”

The Secret Garden (1993)

[bodeckerhedron]

SEBASTIAN STAN as SIMON

➤• RED DOORS (2005) DIR. GEORGIA LEE

[a-ppunti-blog]

Sofia Coppola, Marie Antoinette, film 2006

[marril96]

Soulm8te (2026)

[oldfilmsflicker]

Something Different, 1963 (dir. Věra Chytilová)

[bodeckerhedron]

SEBASTIAN STAN as STEVE KEMP

➤• FRESH (2022) DIR. MIMI CAVE

[oldfilmsflicker]

Your Sister’s Sister, 2012 (dir. Lynn Shelton)

[theeungodlyhour]

ZUKO AVATAR AANG: THE LAST AIRBENDER (2026)