Successful female directors

Sofia Coppola is the only one I can think of with an Oscar nomination and Amy Heckerling is the only other female director I can think of who’s done more than one or two movies.

Any others?

Well, I don’t know if Sofia got a nomination for directing; if not, I meant her movie got some nominations.

Leni Riefenshahl is considered one of the best directors ever, though she has been criticized(rightly) for making Nazi propaganda films.http://www.leni-riefenstahl.de/eng/bio.html

Nora Ephron directed “Sleepless in Seattle” and “You’ve Got Mail”
Penny Marshall has made quite a few movies, too.

Um. Penny Marshall.
Norah Ephron.

HA! Beat you!

Yay! My first simulpost! :smiley:

How about… [ul]
[li]Susan Seidleman[/li]
[li]Martha Coolidge[/li]
[li]Penny Marshall[/li]
Nora Ephron[/ul]

Stupid slow computer!

::kicks hard drive::

::howls with pain of stubbed toe::

Ok, ok… gotta make up for the ones already mentioned…Lina Wertmuller!

Allison Anders

Gillian Armstrong

Kathryn Bigelow

Catherine Breillat

Colette Burson

Jane Campion

Liliana Cavani

Martha Coolidge

Donna Deitch

Jodie Foster

Nicole Garcia

Mary Harron

Amy Heckerling

Nicole Holofcener

Sarah Jacobson

Diane Keaton

Sarah Kernochan

Diane Kurys

Mimi Leder

Alison Maclean

Mira Nair

Euzhan Palcy

Lea Pool

Sally Potter

Cybil Richards

Nancy Savoca

Susan Seidelman

Alex Sichel

Penelope Spheeris

Barbra Streisand

Julie Taymor

Betty Thomas

Margarethe von Trotta

Lina Wertmüller

Doris Wishman

There are many more. I limited the list to directors currently working, who have directed more than one film.

Exapno Mapcase was pretty thorough. A couple more:

Barbara Kopple, a great documentary filmmaker.

Claire Denis, director of fabulous and artsy French films.

Good work, Exapno Mapcase!

I’ll add Pratibha Parmar.

Oh, and Agnes Varda.

Gurinder Chada, most famous for writing and directing Bend it Like Beckham

Alice Guy, Lois Weber, Dorothy Arzner, Dorothy Davenport . . .

Ida Lupino directed seven feature films (none of which I’ve ever heard of) and quite a lot of TV.

Candida Royale directed a number of soft-core porn features, if that’s germane.

Two more!

Deepa Mehta and Samira Makhmalbaf.

Sofia is the first American woman to get an Oscar nomination for directing. The only other two to get nominated were Lina Wertmuller (Seven Beauties) and Jane Campion (The Piano), both mentioned by Exapno Mapcase.

Lillian Gish

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