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.{{cite book|last=Hays|first=Matthew|title=The View from Here: Conversations with Gay and Lesbian Filmmakers|date=2007|publisher=Arsenal Pulp Press|edition=1st|location=Vancouver, BC, Canada|isbn=978-0739483961|oclc=85829883|url=https://arsenalpulp.com/Books/T/The-View-from-Here}}{{cite web|last=Savage|first=Ann M.|title=Women film directors and producers|url=https://digitalcommons.butler.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1012&context=ccom_papers|work=Butler University|date=2008}} (book chapter from LGBTQ America Today: An Encyclopedia (2008), {{ISBN|978-0313339905}}){{Cite web|last=Bartyzel|first=Monika|url=http://theweek.com/articles/446007/girls-film-10-lesbian-filmmakers-should-know-about|title=Girls on Film: 10 lesbian filmmakers you should know about|work=The Week|date=20 June 2014}}{{Cite web|last=Bendix|first=Trish|url=http://www.afterellen.com/tv/463421-50-lesbian-bisexual-directors-hollywood-hiring|title=50 Lesbian & Bisexual Directors Hollywood Should Be Hiring|website=AfterEllen|date=November 24, 2015|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151127012755/http://www.afterellen.com/tv/463421-50-lesbian-bisexual-directors-hollywood-hiring|archivedate=November 27, 2015}}{{Cite web|last=Snarker|first=Dorothy|url=http://www.indiewire.com/2015/11/films-by-15-queer-female-filmmakers-to-stream-this-thanksgiving-210979/|title=Films by 15 Queer Female Filmmakers To Stream This Thanksgiving|website=IndieWire|date=November 25, 2015}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.advocate.com/arts-entertainment/features/2012/04/24/forty-under-40#article-content|title=Forty Under 40|work=The Advocate|date=April 24, 2012}}
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- 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){{cite web|last=Goh|first=Katie|title=A new documentary tells the story of lesbians on screen |url=https://lwlies.com/articles/dykes-camera-action-a-history-of-lesbian-cinema-caroline-berler/|work=Little White Lies|date=7 December 2018}}{{cite web|last=Ledward|first=James|title=DYKES, CAMERA, ACTION! A History of Queer Cinema from the women who made it happen!|url=https://www.gscene.com/news/dykes-camera-action-a-history-of-queer-cinema-from-the-women-who-made-it-happen/|website=Gscene Magazine|date=30 September 2018}}
- Katja Blichfeld (United States)
- Maureen Bradley (Canada)
- Netalie Braun (Israel)
- Katherine Brooks (United States)
- Dominique Cardona (Canada)
- Ruth Caudeli (Spain){{Citation needed|date=June 2024|reason=Source must specifically verify that Caudeli is lesbian.}}
- 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){{cite web|last=Duncanson|first=Jessica|title=Interview: Vicky Du Talks Gaysians|url=https://www.filmdoo.com/blog/2017/01/06/vicky-du-talks-gaysians/|website=FilmDoo|date=January 6, 2017}}{{cite web|title=Dykes, Camera, Action! – Dialogue List|url=https://www.thefilmcollaborative.org/films/img/dialoguelists/DYKES_CAMERA_ACTION_Dialogue_List_090418.pdf|website=The Film Collaborative|date=2018}}
- 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){{cite web|title=The Ladies |url=https://outfestla2022.eventive.org/films/the-ladies-62a3b498ba31c900d1275afb |website=Outfest |date=2022 |access-date=3 September 2022}}{{cite web |last=Gutowitz |first=Jill |title=I'm a Lesbian. Why Can't I Stop Giving My Number to Men? |url=https://www.them.us/story/why-cant-i-stop-giving-my-number |website=Them |date=March 18, 2019 |access-date=3 September 2022}}
- 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){{cite news|last=King|first=John Paul|title=Lesbian filmmaker finds horror through a queer lens with 'M.O.M.'|url=https://www.washingtonblade.com/2020/03/10/lesbian-filmmaker-finds-horror-through-a-queer-lens-with-m-o-m/|work=Washington Blade|date=March 10, 2020|access-date=16 March 2020}}
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M-Z
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- Angelina Maccarone (Germany)
- Liz Marshall (Canada)
- Lucrecia Martel (Argentina)
- Dee Mosbacher (United States)
- Brittani Nichols (United States)
- Ruth Novaczek (United Kingdom){{citation needed|date=June 2024|reason=WP:V + WP:BLP}}
- 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){{Cite journal |last=Perez |first=Lívia |date=2020 |title=Do Cinema Novo ao vídeo lésbico feminista: a trajetória de Norma Bahia Pontes |url=https://rebeca.socine.org.br/1/article/view/692/427 |journal=Rebeca - Revista Brasileira de Estudos de Cinema e Audiovisual |language=pt |volume=9 |issue=2 |pages=37–38 |doi=10.22475/rebeca.v9n2.692 |issn=2316-9230|doi-access=free }}
- 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){{cite web|last=Costa|first=Daniela|title=Monica Zanetti on writing and starring in the awesome Aussie lesbian film, "Skin Deep"|url=https://www.afterellen.com/movies/470507-monica-zanetti-writing-starring-awesome-aussie-lesbian-film-skin-deep|website=AfterEllen|date=January 22, 2016|access-date=14 February 2020|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160125172943/https://www.afterellen.com/movies/470507-monica-zanetti-writing-starring-awesome-aussie-lesbian-film-skin-deep|archivedate=January 25, 2016}}{{cite web|last=Quinn |first=Belinda |title='Ellie & Abbie (& Ellie's Dead Aunt)' director Monica Zanetti on breaking down casting barriers |url=https://www.nme.com/en_au/features/ellie-abbie-ellies-dead-aunt-director-monica-zanetti-on-breaking-down-casting-barriers-2819133 |website=NME |date=18 November 2020 |access-date=28 July 2022}}
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See also
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References
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Further reading
- {{cite magazine|last=Elbir|first=Dilara|title=Why films about lesbian characters should be called lesbian films|url=https://lwlies.com/articles/why-films-about-lesbian-characters-should-be-called-lesbian-films/|magazine=Little White Lies|date=17 September 2019}}
- {{cite news|last=Havens|first=Kaitlin|title=Perspective: It's time to end 'Lesbian Dead Syndrome'|url=http://charlatan.ca/2020/05/perspective-its-time-to-end-lesbian-dead-syndrome/|work=The Charlatan|volume=49|issue=7|date=May 14, 2020}}
- {{cite news|last=Tapponi|first=Róisín|title=It's about time film began representing the lesbian gaze|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/feb/28/its-about-time-film-began-representing-the-lesbian-gaze-portrait-of-a-lady-on-fire|work=The Guardian|date=28 February 2020}}
External links
- [https://www.cinemasysters.com/ Cinema Systers Film Festival] (United States)
- [https://www.lethallesbian.com/english Lethal Lesbian Film Festival] (Israel)
- [http://www.llff.ca/ London Lesbian Film Festival] (Canada)
- [https://www.firstrunfeatures.com/lavenderlimelightdvd.html Lavender Limelight: Lesbians in Film], 1998 documentary at First Run Features
- [https://www.kanopy.com/product/lavender-limelight Lavender Limelight: Lesbians in Film], at Kanopy
- [http://www.thefilmcollaborative.org/films/dykescameraaction Dykes, Camera, Action!], 2018 documentary by Caroline Berler at The Film Collaborative
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