Top Female Directors of 2023

2023 was a historic low for women leads/co-leads of top films

Only 30 of the 100 top-grossing movies in 2023 had a girl or woman in a lead or co-lead role. This is a substantial downturn from 2022 when 44 ...

Beyond 'Barbie', how have female directors fared at the UK box ...

Of the top 100 highest-grossing films at the UK box office in 2023, just 13 were directed by women, with two additional female co-directors ...

Roundup: Study shows female directors still bumping up against ...

3 (Xinhua) -- The landscape of Hollywood has long been dominated by male directors, but 2023 saw female directors helm some of the biggest box ...

Your Guide to the Feature Films by Women Directors at the 2024 ...

On the surface, it would seem that 2023 was a landmark year for women filmmakers — Greta Gerwig directed the highest-grossing film of the ...

Learn How Women Directors Broke a Record at Cannes 2023

The journey toward gender parity among women directors at the acclaimed film festival is a slow one. But this year brings some concrete signs of ...

8 best female directors ever, ranked | Digital Trends

8 best female directors ever, ranked · 8. Chloe Zhao · 7. Sofia Coppola · 6. Penny Marshall · 5. Ava DuVernay · 4. Jane Campion · 3. Nora Ephron · 2.

List of films directed by women - Wikipedia

... best foreign film, the first time awarded to a female film director. 1995 ... 2023 The Starling Girl; director: Laurel Parmet; 2023 There's Something ...

All Female-Directed Films Releasing in 2024 - The Women's Direction

... women in the top-grossing US films found that only 16% of directors in the top 250 grossing films for 2023 were women [1]. Which is actually ...

10 Favourite Women-Directed Films of 2023 - Muses of Media

... directors, The Marvels came out alright and was a delight. Women ... Song's film is certainly one of the best feature film debuts.

Top Female Directors - Arc Studio Blog

Ava DuVernay is another female director who is making waves in Hollywood. She first gained recognition for her work on the critically acclaimed ...

Study: Female directors still hitting Hollywood's glass ceiling

In 2023, only four of the top films were directed by women of color. And in terms of ethnic diversity, just 26 of the 116 directors came from ...

The new Spanish female film directors - TALENTO A BORDO

In 2021, Pilar Palomero (Schoolgirls). In 2022, Clara Roquet (Libertad). In 2023, Alauda Ruiz de Azúa (Lullaby). And in 2024, except for an ...

Statistics | Women and Hollywood

4) Kathryn Bigelow, Chloé Zhao, and Jane Campion are the only women to ever win the Academy Award for Best Director. Only seven women have ever been ...

Oscars Nominate A Record 3 Films Directed By Women For Best ...

Triet also became the ninth woman ever to be nominated in the Best Director category, standing alongside contenders including Bradley Cooper, ...

The Best Female Directors and Their Trailblazing Work

The Best Female Directors: Celebrating Trailblazing Films & TV Shows · Holly Morris directed The Babushkas of Chernobyl (2015) · Nomadland (2020) ...

Movies With Female Directors Snubbed By Academy Awards

For example, Justine Triet, nominated for Best Director for Anatomy of a Fall (2023), is only the eighth woman nominated for the category.

6 female directors to compete for the Palme d'Or at 2023 Cannes ...

6 female directors to compete for the Palme d'Or at 2023 Cannes Film Festival ... top honor, the Palme d'Or, as will a record number of films ...

10 Female Directors of Color You Should Know Now - BET

Julie Dash - Julie Dash is the mother of Black female directors — back in 1982 ... Shola Lynch - Best known for her award-winning docs FREE ANGELA & All ...

22 Black Female Directors You Should Know - CherryPicks

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Studios Slighted Female Directors In 2023, Employing Fewer ...

2023 saw a record for women in film, with Greta Gerwig's Barbie becoming the highest-grossing woman-helmed film of all time. Several other top ...