List of female film and television directors

This is a list of female film and television directors. Their works may include live action and/or animated features, shorts, documentaries, telemovies, TV programs, or videos.

A

 * Jennifer Abbott (Canada)
 * Sarah Abbott (Canada)
 * Jennifer Abod (USA)
 * Marguerite Abouet (Ivory Coast)
 * Abiola Abrams (USA)
 * Mona Achache (France)
 * Nan Achnas (Indonesia)
 * Ally Acker (USA)
 * Jill Ackles (USA)
 * Kasia Adamik (Poland)
 * Catlin Adams (USA)
 * Joey Lauren Adams (USA)
 * Perry Miller Adato (USA)
 * Anita W. Addison (USA)
 * Maren Ade (Germany)
 * Harmony Adesola (Canada)
 * Elvire Adjamonsi (Benin)
 * Dianna Agron (USA)
 * Yasmin Ahmad (Malaysia)
 * Peggy Ahwesh (USA)
 * Shirikiana Aina (USA)
 * Kyōko Aizome (Japan)
 * Omolola Ajao (Canada)
 * Mania Akbari (Iran)
 * Chantal Akerman (Belgium-France)
 * Desiree Akhavan (USA)
 * Zoya Akhtar (India)
 * Nargis Akhter (Bangladesh)
 * Atuat Akkitirq (Canada)
 * Zaynê Akyol (Canada)
 * Haifaa al-Mansour (Saudi Arabia)
 * Gina Alajar (Philippines)
 * Barbara Albert (Austria)
 * Karin Albou (France)
 * Victoria Aleksanyan (Armenia)
 * Lexi Alexander (USA)
 * Debbie Allen (USA)
 * Elizabeth Allen (USA)
 * Jennifer Alleyn (Canada)
 * Natalia Almada (Mexico-USA)
 * Mairzee Almas (Canada)
 * Chihiro Amano (Japan)
 * Suzana Amaral (Brazil)
 * Tata Amaral (Brazil)
 * Barbra Amesbury (Canada)
 * Ana Lily Amirpour (UK-USA)
 * Bonnie Ammaq (Canada)
 * Valerie Amponsah (Canada)
 * Allison Anders (USA)
 * Deborah Anderson (UK-USA)
 * Gillian Anderson (USA)
 * Jane Anderson (USA)
 * Laurie Anderson (USA)
 * Madeline Anderson (USA)
 * Sarah Pia Anderson (UK-USA)
 * Sini Anderson (USA)
 * Kamila Andini (Indonesia)
 * Momoko Ando (Japan)
 * Fern Andra (USA)
 * Scilla Andreen (USA)
 * Joanna Angel (USA)
 * Irene Angelico (Canada)
 * Lucia Aniello (USA)
 * Jennifer Aniston (USA)
 * Catherine Annau (Canada)
 * Martha Ansara (Australia)
 * Jessie Anthony (Canada)
 * Lisa Rose Apramian (USA)
 * Shamim Ara (Pakistan)
 * Danielle Arbid (Lebanon)
 * Louise Archambault (Canada)
 * Francesca Archibugi (Italy)
 * Fanny Ardant (France)
 * Jane Arden (UK)
 * Asia Argento (Italy)
 * Allison Argo (USA)
 * Kay Armatage (Canada)
 * Aviva Armour-Ostroff (Canada)
 * Franny Armstrong (UK)
 * Gillian Armstrong (Australia)
 * Alethea Arnaquq-Baril (Canada)
 * Gwen Arner (USA)
 * Andrea Arnold (UK)
 * Patricia Arquette (USA)
 * Rosanna Arquette (USA)
 * Karen Arthur (USA)
 * Natasha Arthy (Denmark)
 * Larysa Artiugina (Ukraine)
 * Ritva Arvelo (Finland)
 * Dorothy Arzner (USA)
 * Dinara Asanova (Soviet Union)
 * Amma Asante (UK)
 * Mari Asato (Japan)
 * Katie Aselton (USA)
 * Asinnajaq (Canada)
 * Ratna Asmara (Indonesia)
 * Dorothy A. Atabong (Canada)
 * Daisy Aitkens (UK)
 * Jacqueline Audry (France)
 * Shona Auerbach (UK)
 * Latesha Auger (Canada)
 * Susan Avingaq (Canada)
 * Ashley Avis (USA)
 * Nurith Aviv (France)
 * Ronit Avni (Canada)
 * Tali Avrahami (Israel)
 * Lisa Azuelos (France)

B

 * Beth B (US)
 * Jamie Babbit (US)
 * Iskra Babich (Soviet Union)
 * Julia Bacha
 * Yamina Bachir-Chouikh (Algeria)
 * Marina Rice Bader (Canada)
 * Cindy Baer (US)
 * Jennifer Baichwal (Canada)
 * Norma Bailey (Canada)
 * Paule Baillargeon (Canada)
 * Robin Bain
 * Catherine Bainbridge (Canada)
 * Josiane Balasko (France)
 * Lucille Ball (US)
 * Marta Balletbò-Coll (Spain)
 * Anne Bancroft (US)
 * Rakhshan Bani-Etemad (Iran)
 * Elizabeth Banks (US)
 * Sofia Banzhaf (Canada)
 * Manon Barbeau (Canada)
 * Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette (Canada)
 * Laurence Ferreira Barbosa (France)
 * Laura Bari
 * Céline Baril (Canada)
 * Neema Barnette (US)
 * Roseanne Barr (US)
 * Katherine Barrell (Canada)
 * Cecilia Barriga (Chile)
 * Drew Barrymore (US)
 * Maria Basaglia (Italy)
 * Svetlana Baskova (Russia)
 * Angela Bassett (US)
 * Michal Bat-Adam (Israel)
 * Joy Batchelor (UK-US)
 * Kathy Bates (US)
 * Signe Baumane (Latvia-US)
 * Janet Baus (US)
 * Jordan Bayne (US)
 * Amanda Bearse (US)
 * Maria Beatty
 * Marjorie Beaucage (Canada)
 * Renée Beaulieu (Canada)
 * Gabrielle Beaumont (UK-US)
 * André-Line Beauparlant (Canada)
 * Aida Begić (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
 * Fatma Begum
 * Feryal Behzad (Iran)
 * Nancy Beiman (Canada)
 * Esther Bell (US)
 * Jennifer Lyon Bell (Netherlands-US)
 * Mary Lou Belli (US)
 * Edet Belzberg
 * María Luisa Bemberg (Argentina)
 * Nicol Ruiz Benavides (Chile)
 * Jessica Bendinger (US)
 * Yamina Benguigui (Algeria-France)
 * Sadie Benning (US)
 * Denyse Benoit (Canada)
 * Amber Benson (US)
 * Emmanuelle Bercot (France)
 * Amy J. Berg (US)
 * Zaida Bergroth (Finland)
 * Shari Springer Berman (US)
 * Joyce Bernal (Philippines)
 * Halle Berry (US)
 * Juliet Berto (France)
 * Diane Bertrand (France)
 * Julie Bertuccelli (France)
 * Maïwenn Le Besco (France)
 * Jane Marsh Beveridge
 * Troy Beyer (US)
 * Pooja Bhatt
 * Natalie Bible' (US)
 * Ric Esther Bienstock (Canada)
 * Susanne Bier (Denmark)
 * Kathryn Bigelow (US)
 * Anna Biller (US)
 * Patricia Birch (US)
 * Antonia Bird (UK)
 * Roshell Bissett (Canada)
 * Sophie Bissonnette (Canada)
 * Justine Bitagoye (Burundi)
 * Simone Bitton (Morocco)
 * Marthe Blackburn (Canada)
 * Sonia Blangiardo (US)
 * Katja Blichfeld (US)
 * Lidia Bobrova (Russia)
 * Marusya Bociurkiw (Canada)
 * Emily Kai Bock (Canada)
 * Anna Boden (US)
 * Sofia Bohdanowicz (Canada)
 * Sonia Bonspille Boileau (Canada)
 * Sophie Farkas Bolla (Canada)
 * Icíar Bollaín (Spain)
 * Natalya Bondarchuk (Soviet Union-Russia)
 * Lisa Bonet (US)
 * Sandrine Bonnaire (France)
 * Manju Borah
 * Uisenma Borchu (Mongolia)
 * Lizzie Borden (US)
 * Joyce Borenstein (Canada)
 * Shonali Bose (India)
 * Karen Boswall (UK)
 * Leyla Bouzid
 * Kansas Bowling (US)
 * Muriel Box (UK)
 * Maureen Bradley (Canada)
 * Madeline Brandeis (US)
 * Maryann Brandon (US)
 * Netalie Braun (Israel)
 * Janicza Bravo (US)
 * Anja Breien (Norway)
 * Catherine Breillat (France)
 * Zabou Breitman (France)
 * Pietra Brettkelly (New Zealand)
 * Amit Breuer (Canada)
 * Manon Briand (Canada)
 * Zana Briski (UK)
 * Tricia Brock (US)
 * Beth Broderick (US)
 * Sandrine Brodeur-Desrosiers (Canada)
 * Katrina Holden Bronson (US)
 * Katherine Brooks (US)
 * Julie Brown (US)
 * Christene Browne
 * Frances Buss Buch (US)
 * Valerie Buhagiar
 * Kathy Burke (UK)
 * Nanette Burstein (US)
 * Mira Burt-Wintonick (Canada)
 * Maria Burton (US)
 * Sophia Bush (US)
 * Akosua Busia (US)
 * Andrea Bussmann (Canada)
 * Mary Ellen Bute (US)

C

 * Dominique Cabrera (France)
 * Sophia Cacciola (US)
 * Anne-Marie Cadieux (Canada)
 * Diane Cailhier (Canada)
 * Terril Calder (Canada)
 * Julia Cameron (US)
 * Jessica Cameron (Canada)
 * Leah Cameron (Canada)
 * Peg Campbell (Canada)
 * Tisha Campbell-Martin (US)
 * Jane Campion (New Zealand)
 * Kat Candler (US)
 * Jordan Canning (Canada)
 * Dyan Cannon (US)
 * Kay Cannon (US)
 * Dominique Cardona (Canada)
 * Fernanda Cardoso (Brazil)
 * Patricia Cardoso (Colombia-US)
 * Maggie Carey (US)
 * Edith Carlmar
 * Niki Caro (New Zealand)
 * Ana Carolina (Brazil)
 * Joan Carr-Wiggin (Canada)
 * Albertina Carri (Argentina)
 * Mélanie Carrier (Canada)
 * Shelagh Carter (Canada)
 * Kirsten Carthew (Canada)
 * Alexandra Cassavetes
 * Zoe Cassavetes (US)
 * Jacqueline Castel (Canada)
 * Cecil Castellucci
 * Ruth Caudeli (Spain)
 * Liliana Cavani (Italy)
 * Geneviève Dulude-De Celles (Canada)
 * Jennifer Celotta (US)
 * Thea Červenková (Czechoslovakia)
 * Gurinder Chadha (UK)
 * Lydia Chagoll (Belgium)
 * Ilene Chaiken (US)
 * Tanuja Chandra (India)
 * Sylvia Chang (Taiwan)
 * Lyne Charlebois (Canada)
 * Miryam Charles (Canada)
 * Martine Chartrand (Canada)
 * Lilyan Chauvin (US)
 * Shu Lea Cheang (Taiwan)
 * Shirley Cheechoo (Canada)
 * Joan Chen (China)
 * Evelyn Spice Cherry (Canada)
 * Mabel Cheung (China)
 * Sagari Chhabra (India)
 * Patricia Chica (Canada-El Salvador)
 * Abigail Child (US)
 * Aisling Chin-Yee (Canada)
 * SJ Chiro (US)
 * Karen Cho (Canada)
 * Monia Chokri (Canada)
 * Lisa Cholodenko (US)
 * Joyce Chopra (US)
 * Zero Chou
 * Deborah Chow (Canada)
 * Věra Chytilová (Czech Republic)
 * Katerina Cizek
 * Julie St. Claire (US)
 * Shirley Clarke (US)
 * Millefiore Clarkes (Canada)
 * Maja Classen
 * Marie Clements (Canada)
 * Jub Clerc (Australia)
 * Susan Cohen
 * Yulie Cohen (Israel)
 * Isabel Coixet (Spain)
 * Giada Colagrande (Italy)
 * Fabienne Colas (Canada)
 * Laurie Colbert (Canada)
 * Janis Cole (Canada)
 * Cristina Comencini (Italy)
 * Nicole Conn (US)
 * Heather Connell (US)
 * Lisa Connor (US)
 * Janice Cooke-Leonard (US)
 * Martha Coolidge (US)
 * Nancy Cooperstein (US)
 * Eleanor Coppola (US)
 * Sofia Coppola (US)
 * Cristina Kotz Cornejo (US-Argentina)
 * Larissa Corriveau (Canada)
 * Catherine Corsini (France)
 * Helena Cortesina (Spain)
 * Ghyslaine Côté (Canada)
 * Michèle Cournoyer (Canada)
 * Marie-Hélène Cousineau (Canada)
 * Courteney Cox (US)
 * Kelly Fremon Craig (US)
 * Barbara Cranmer (Canada)
 * Judith Crawley (Canada)
 * Leanna Creel (US)
 * Jeanne Crépeau (Canada)
 * Nancy Criss (US)
 * Suzanne Crocker (Canada)
 * Emma-Kate Croghan (Australia)
 * Caitlin Cronenberg (Canada)
 * Catherine Crouch
 * Fiona Cumming (UK)
 * Carolynne Cunningham
 * Shelley Curtis (US)
 * Thirza Cuthand (Canada)

D

 * Cherien Dabis (US)
 * Nia DaCosta (US)
 * Eva Dahr (Norway)
 * Holly Dale (Canada)
 * Marie-Julie Dallaire (Canada)
 * Tamela D'Amico
 * Aimée Danis (Canada)
 * Mireille Dansereau (Canada)
 * Gia Darling
 * Joan Darling (US)
 * Rima Das (India)
 * Julie Dash (US)
 * Charlotte Dauphin (France)
 * Byambasuren Davaa (Mongolia-Germany)
 * Dorothy Davenport (US) (also as Mrs. Wallace Reid)
 * Marie Davignon (Canada)
 * Tamra Davis (US)
 * Roxann Dawson (US)
 * Deborah Day (Canada)
 * Linda Day (US)
 * Camille de Casabianca (France)
 * Laura de Jonge (Canada)
 * Maria de Medeiros (Portugal)
 * Miranda de Pencier (Canada)
 * Charlotte de Turckheim (France)
 * Marina de Van (France)
 * Autumn de Wilde (US)
 * Rowan Deacon (UK)
 * Josephine Decker (US)
 * Tracey Deer (Canada)
 * Regine Deforges (France)
 * Donna Deitch (US)
 * Katrina del Mar (US)
 * Julie Delpy (France-US)
 * Paula Delsol (France)
 * Claire Denis (France)
 * Pouran Derakhshandeh (Iran)
 * Sophie Deraspe (Canada)
 * Maya Deren (US)
 * Dhvani Desai (India)
 * Virginie Despentes (France)
 * Arundhati Devi (India)
 * Aminder Dhaliwal (Canada)
 * Aishwarya R. Dhanush (India)
 * Katherine Dieckmann (US)
 * Susie Dietter (US)
 * Nia Dinata (Indonesia)
 * Mati Diop (France)
 * Zoe Dirse (Canada)
 * Abigail Disney (US)
 * Leila Djansi (US-Ghana)
 * Assia Djebar (Algeria)
 * Nana Djordjadze (Georgia)
 * Shannen Doherty (US)
 * Gail Dolgin (US)
 * Trish Dolman (Canada)
 * Mary Agnes Donoghue (US)
 * Mia Donovan (Canada)
 * Andrea Dorfman (Canada)
 * Anita Doron (Canada)
 * Doris Dörrie (Germany)
 * Nicole Dorsey (Canada)
 * Illeana Douglas (US)
 * Elissa Down (Australia)
 * Rosvita Dransfeld (Canada)
 * Polly Draper (US)
 * Fran Drescher (US)
 * Marie Dressler (Canada)
 * Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Drew
 * Kate Drummond (Canada)
 * Julia Ducournau (France)
 * Germaine Dulac (France)
 * Alma Duncan (Canada)
 * Lena Dunham (US)
 * Cheryl Dunye (Liberia-US)
 * Sophie Dupuis (Canada)
 * Marguerite Duras (France)
 * Clea DuVall (US)
 * Ava DuVernay (US)
 * Gaëlle d'Ynglemare (Canada)

E

 * Christine Edzard (France)
 * Blessing Effiom Egbe (Nigeria)
 * Michelle Ehlen (US)
 * Debra Eisenstadt
 * Jihan El-Tahri
 * Jan Eliasberg (US)
 * Phyllis Ellis (Canada)
 * Bille Eltringham (UK-US)
 * Sheri Elwood (Canada)
 * Erma Elzy-Jones (US)
 * Anne Émond (Canada)
 * Esther Eng (US)
 * Diane English (US)
 * Jackie English (Canada)
 * Ildikó Enyedi (Hungary)
 * Nora Ephron (US)
 * Marie Epstein
 * Abby Epstein (US)
 * Anna Eriksson (Finland)
 * Deniz Gamze Ergüven
 * Claudia Morgado Escanilla (Canada)
 * Danishka Esterhazy (Canada)
 * Bang Eun-jin (South Korea)
 * Yasmin Evering-Kerr (Canada)
 * Ewa Ewart (Poland)
 * Valie Export (Austria)
 * Tali Shalom Ezer (Israel)

F

 * Trey Fanjoy (US)
 * Mitra Farahani
 * Danielle Faraldo (US)
 * Coralie Fargeat (France)
 * Valerie Faris (US)
 * Marianne Farley (Canada)
 * Vera Farmiga
 * Forough Farrokhzad
 * Sepideh Farsi
 * Safi Faye (Senegal)
 * Daniela Fejerman (Argentina)
 * Rachel Feldman (US)
 * Emerald Fennell (UK)
 * Lynne Fernie (Canada)
 * Pascale Ferran (France)
 * Pepita Ferrari (Canada)
 * Sally Field (US)
 * Chip Fields (US)
 * Kim Fields (US)
 * Martha Fiennes (UK)
 * Sophie Fiennes (UK)
 * Denise Filiatrault
 * Lee Filipovski (Canada)
 * Roberta Findlay (US)
 * Frauke Finsterwalder (Germany)
 * Jenna Fischer (US)
 * Jennifer Flackett (US)
 * Tracy Flannigan
 * Luise Fleck
 * Ann Marie Fleming (Canada)
 * Anne Fletcher (US)
 * Shannon Flynn (US)
 * Anna Foerster
 * Susanna Fogel (US)
 * Cheryl Foggo (Canada)
 * Deanne Foley (Canada)
 * Sheree Folkson
 * Megan Follows (Canada)
 * Anne Fontaine (Luxembourg)
 * Maya Forbes (US)
 * Amanda Forbis (Canada)
 * Victoria Forester (Canada)
 * Sadaf Foroughi (Iran)
 * Kyllikki Forssell (Finland)
 * Sarah Fortin (Canada)
 * Amparo Fortuny (Spain)
 * Gwendolyn Audrey Foster (US)
 * Jodie Foster (US)
 * Kathryn Foster (US)
 * Lilibet Foster (US)
 * Tori Foster (Canada)
 * Beryl Fox (Canada)
 * Jennifer Fox
 * Sarain Fox (Canada)
 * Rana Abu Fraihah (Palestine-Israel)
 * Bonnie Franklin (US)
 * Raquel Freire (Portugal)
 * Camelia Frieberg (Canada)
 * Liz Friedlander (US)
 * Kim Friedman
 * Vivi Friedman (Finland-US)
 * Kim Friedman (US)
 * Su Friedrich (US)
 * Shirley Frimpong-Manso
 * Grete Frische
 * Sarah Frost (US)
 * Soleil Moon Frye (US)
 * Pamela Fryman (US)
 * Kei Fujiwara
 * Mellissa Fung (Canada)
 * Kelly Fyffe-Marshall (Canada)

G

 * Bethany Joy Galeotti (US)
 * Maya Gallus (Canada)
 * Nisha Ganatra (Canada)
 * Shruti Ganguly (India)
 * Liz Garbus (US)
 * Emmanuelle Schick Garcia (Canada)
 * Nicole Garcia (French Algiers)
 * Jennifer Garner (US)
 * Jem Garrard (Canada)
 * Katy Garretson (US)
 * Jennie Garth (US)
 * Sarah Baril Gaudet (Canada)
 * Karen Gaviola (US)
 * Julie Gavras (France)
 * Sarah Gavron (UK)
 * Katrin Gebbe (Germany)
 * Ngardy Conteh George (Canada)
 * Geretta Geretta
 * Valeriya Gai Germanika (Russia)
 * Greta Gerwig (US)
 * Jennifer Getzinger (US)
 * Tina Gharavi (Iran-US-UK-NZ)
 * Coky Giedroyc (UK)
 * Maria Giese (US)
 * Melody Gilbert
 * Melissa Gilbert (US)
 * Leah Gilliam (US)
 * Abby Ginzberg (US)
 * Tess Girard (Canada)
 * Lillian Gish (US)
 * Ellen Gittelsohn (US)
 * Rose Glass (UK)
 * Lesli Linka Glatter (US)
 * Delphine Gleize (France)
 * Alesia Glidewell (US)
 * Lana Gogoberidze (Soviet Union-Georgia)
 * Dana Goldberg (Israel)
 * Whoopi Goldberg (US)
 * Valeria Golino (Italy)
 * Rosser Goodman (US)
 * Dennie Gordon (US)
 * Marleen Gorris (Netherlands)
 * Rachel Goslins
 * Lisa Gottlieb (US)
 * Danis Goulet (Canada)
 * Sophie Goyette (Canada)
 * Marita Grabiak (US)
 * Briar Grace-Smith (New Zealand)
 * Debra Granik (US)
 * Anais Granofsky (Canada)
 * Lee Grant (US)
 * Susannah Grant (US)
 * Janet Greek (US)
 * Lynnie Greene (US)
 * Amy Greenfield
 * Lauren Greenfield
 * Maggie Greenwald (US)
 * Annie Griffin (US-UK)
 * Allison Grodner (US)
 * Esther Gronenborn
 * Patricia Gruben (Canada)
 * Aurora Guerrero (US)
 * Gigi Saul Guerrero (Canada)
 * Luce Guilbeault (Canada)
 * Sonali Gulati (India-US)
 * Xiaolu Guo
 * Jasmine Guy (US)
 * Alice Guy-Blaché (France-US)
 * Maggie Gyllenhaal (US)

H

 * Alli Haapasalo (Finland)
 * Joana Hadjithomas (Lebanon)
 * Lucile Hadžihalilović (France)
 * Mona Zandi Haghighi (Iran)
 * Helen Haig-Brown (Canada)
 * Randa Haines (US)
 * Maha Haj (Palestine)
 * Pam Hall (Canada)
 * Sachi Hamano (Japan)
 * Lisa Gay Hamilton (US)
 * Sylvia Hamilton (Canada)
 * Tanya Hamilton (US)
 * Barbara Hammer (US)
 * Sanaa Hamri (Morocco-US)
 * Michelle Handelman (US)
 * Kristin Hanggi (US)
 * Teresa Hannigan (Canada)
 * Marion Hänsel (Belgium)
 * Mia Hansen-Løve (France)
 * Banchi Hanuse (Canada)
 * Neasa Hardiman (Ireland)
 * Catherine Hardwicke (US)
 * Mariska Hargitay (US)
 * Alicia K. Harris (Canada)
 * Danielle Harris (US)
 * Emily Harris (United Kingdom)
 * Mary Harron (Canada)
 * Jackée Harry (US)
 * Bobbi Jo Hart (Canada)
 * Melissa Joan Hart (US)
 * Phoebe Hart (Australia)
 * Gail Harvey (Canada)
 * Jessica Hausner (Austria)
 * Goldie Hawn (US)
 * Gwen Haworth (Canada)
 * Salma Hayek (Mexico-US)
 * Helaine Head (US)
 * Leslye Headland (US)
 * Julie Hébert (US)
 * Anne Heche (US)
 * Jen Heck (US)
 * Amy Heckerling (US)
 * Sian Heder (US)
 * Birgit Hein (Germany)
 * Manijeh Hekmat (Iran)
 * Marielle Heller (US)
 * Katherine Helmond (US)
 * Heather Hemmens (US)
 * Felicia D. Henderson (US)
 * Maryam Henein (Canada)
 * Jill Hennessy (Canada)
 * Astrid Henning-Jensen (Denmark)
 * Kathleen Hepburn (Canada)
 * Jennifer Love Hewitt (US)
 * Sachiko Hidari (Japan)
 * Heather Hill (US)
 * Cheryl Hines (US)
 * Ivy Ho (Hong Kong)
 * Lyndall Hobbs (Australia-US)
 * Victoria Hochberg (US)
 * Tamar Simon Hoffs (US)
 * Joanna Hogg (UK)
 * Agnieszka Holland (Poland)
 * Helen Holmes (US)
 * Peggy Holmes (US)
 * Nicole Holofcener (US)
 * Mahboubeh Honarian (Iran-Canada)
 * Solveig Hoogesteijn (Sweden-Venezuela)
 * Zoe Leigh Hopkins (Canada)
 * Gwyneth Horder-Payton (US)
 * Rebecca Horn (Germany)
 * Mars Horodyski (Canada)
 * Anna Maria Horsford (US)
 * Joan Horvath
 * Sally El Hosaini (UK-Egypt)
 * Dianne Houston (US)
 * Bryce Dallas Howard (US)
 * Tiffany Hsiung (Canada)
 * Tasha Hubbard (Canada)
 * Bronwen Hughes (Canada)
 * Ann Hui (Hong Kong)
 * Danielle Huillet (France)
 * Bonnie Hunt (US)
 * Courtney Hunt (US)
 * Helen Hunt (US)
 * Nicki Hunter (US)
 * Tonya Hurley (US)
 * Zora Neale Hurston (US)
 * Anjelica Huston (US)
 * Sophie Hyde (Australia)

I

 * Ansa Ikonen (Finland)
 * Indrani (US-India)
 * Dana Inkster (Canada)
 * Laura Innes (US)
 * Nyla Innuksuk (Canada)
 * Diana Lee Inosanto (US)
 * Bodil Ipsen (Denmark)
 * Elisapie Isaac (Canada)
 * Debbie Isitt (UK)
 * Lula Ali Ismaïl (Canada)
 * Madeline Ivalu (Canada)
 * Julia Crawford Ivers (US)
 * Sangita Iyer (Canada)

J

 * Mehreen Jabbar
 * Annemarie Jacir
 * Lisa Jackson (Canada)
 * Katie Jacobs (US)
 * Sarah Jacobson (US)
 * Jeong Jae-eun (South Korea)
 * Wanda Jakubowska (Poland)
 * Anna Elizabeth James (US)
 * Annabel Jankel (UK-US)
 * Agnès Jaoui (France)
 * Sophie Jarvis (Canada)
 * Kathleen Jayme (Canada)
 * Marianne Jean-Baptiste (US)
 * Christine Jeffs (New Zealand)
 * Patty Jenkins (US)
 * Tamara Jenkins (US)
 * Caytha Jentis (US)
 * Katherine Jerkovic (Canada)
 * Slater Jewell-Kemker (Canada)
 * Renuka Jeyapalan (Canada)
 * Xiao Jiang (China)
 * Liu Jiayin (China)
 * Xu Jinglei (China)
 * Stephanie Johnes (US)
 * Amy Jo Johnson (Canada)
 * Karen Johnson (US)
 * Kirsten Johnson (US)
 * Angelina Jolie (US)
 * Stephanie Joline (Canada)
 * Amy Holden Jones (US)
 * G. B. Jones (Canada)
 * Rachel Leah Jones (US-Israel)
 * Meryam Joobeur (Canada)
 * Hella Joof (Denmark)
 * Yashira Jordán
 * Mary Jordan (Canada-US)
 * Elena Jordi (Spain)
 * Nana Jorjadze (Soviet Union-Georgia)
 * Suma Josson (India)
 * Petra Joy
 * Maureen Judge (Canada)
 * Miranda July (US)
 * July Jung (South Korea)
 * Ingrid Jungermann (US)
 * Marie-Ève Juste (Canada)

K

 * Wanuri Kahiu (Kenya)
 * Shahnewaz Kakoli (Bangladesh)
 * Kelley Kali (US)
 * Alex Kalymnios (US)
 * Deborah Kampmeier
 * Ellie Kanner (US)
 * Nelly Kaplan
 * Betty Kaplan (Argentina)
 * Deborah Kaplan (US)
 * Prema Karanth (India)
 * Niki Karimi (Iran)
 * Anna Karina
 * Alexa Karolinski (Germany)
 * Matia Karrell (US)
 * Nicole Kassell (US)
 * Daphna Kastner (Canada)
 * Nancy Kates (US)
 * Sandra Kaudelka (Germany)
 * Ish Amitoj Kaur
 * Mariko Kawana
 * Naomi Kawase (Japan)
 * Diane Keaton (US)
 * Elodie Keene (US)
 * Alan Rowe Kelly (US)
 * Jennifer Kent (Australia)
 * Elza Kephart (Canada)
 * Amanda Kernell (Sweden)
 * Sarah Kernochan (US)
 * Joanna Kerns (US)
 * T'Keyah Crystal Keymáh (US)
 * Dorota Kędzierzawska (Poland)
 * Noura Kevorkian (Syria-Canada)
 * Farah Khan (India)
 * Callie Khouri (US)
 * Beeban Kidron (UK)
 * Kaleena Kiff (US)
 * Ceyda Aslı Kılıçkıran
 * Clare Kilner (US)
 * Gloria Ui Young Kim (Canada)
 * Jacqueline Kim
 * So Yong Kim (South Korea-US)
 * Regina King (US)
 * Eilis Kirwan (Ireland)
 * Eriko Kitagawa (Japan)
 * Bonnie Sherr Klein (Canada)
 * Karen Knox (Canada)
 * Ana Kokkinos (Australia)
 * Kathy Kolla (US)
 * Frances Koncan (Canada)
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 * Sudha Kongara (India)
 * Barbara Kopple (US)
 * Torill Kove (Canada)
 * Leonie Krippendorff (Germany)
 * Ellen Kuras (US)
 * Diane Kurys (France)
 * Karyn Kusama (US)
 * Ayten Kuyululu (Turkey-Sweden-Australia)
 * Julia Kwan (Canada)
 * Sandra Kybartas (Canada)

L

 * Nadine Labaki (Lebanon)
 * Vlasta Lah (Argentina)
 * Christine Lahti (US)
 * Kalpana Lajmi (India)
 * Karen Lam (Canada)
 * Evelyn Lambart (Canada)
 * Alix Lambert (US)
 * Mary Lambert (US)
 * Micheline Lanctôt (Canada)
 * Jessica Landaw (US)
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 * Samantha Lang (Australia)
 * Yelena Lanskaya (US-Russia)
 * Tanya Lapointe (Canada)
 * Brie Larson (US)
 * Michelle Latimer (Canada)
 * Clara Law (China)
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 * Tracie Laymon (US)
 * Alexandra Lazarowich (Canada)
 * Margaret Lazarus (US)
 * Elizabeth Lazebnik (Canada)
 * Lauren Lazin (US)
 * Caroline Leaf (US-Canada)
 * Jeanne Leblanc (Canada)
 * Alexandra Leclère (France)
 * Mimi Leder (US)
 * Carinne Leduc (Canada)
 * Georgia Lee (US)
 * Helen Lee (Canada)
 * Iara Lee (Brazil)
 * Jennifer Lee (US)
 * Karin Lee (Canada)
 * Min Sook Lee (Canada)
 * Sook-Yin Lee (Canada)
 * Wendee Lee (US)
 * Kat Lehmer (US)
 * Jennifer Jason Leigh (US)
 * Julia Leigh (Australia)
 * Rita Leistner (Canada)
 * Valérie Lemercier (France)
 * Kasi Lemmons (US)
 * Marquise Lepage (Canada)
 * Glory Leppänen (Finland)
 * Chloé Leriche (Canada)
 * Mira Lesmana (Indonesia)
 * Chandler Levack (Canada)
 * Naomi Levine (US)
 * Anne Lévy-Morelle (Belgium)
 * Mary Lewis (Canada)
 * Sharon Lewis (Canada)
 * Li Yu (family name: Li) (China)
 * Leslie Libman (US)
 * Yin Lichuan (China)
 * Allison Liddi-Brown (US)
 * Rakel Liekki (Finland)
 * Sharon Liese (US)
 * Georgina Lightning (Canada)
 * Nnegest Likké (US)
 * Desiree Lim (Malaysia)
 * Caroline Link (Germany)
 * Tatyana Lioznova (Soviet Union)
 * Christine Lipinska (France)
 * Marion Lipschutz (US)
 * Lynne Littman (US)
 * Renata Litvinova (Russia)
 * Jennie Livingston (US)
 * Ma Liwen (China)
 * Claudia Llosa (Peru)
 * Phyllida Lloyd (UK)
 * Jayne Loader (US)
 * Sondra Locke (US)
 * Barbara Loden (US)
 * Julia Loktev (US)
 * Brenda Longfellow (Canada)
 * Kim Longinotto (UK)
 * Kamala Lopez (US)
 * Sophie Lorain (Canada)
 * Ariane Louis-Seize (Canada)
 * Juliana Luecking (US)
 * Agnieszka Lukasiak (Sweden)
 * Kátia Lund (Brazil)
 * Luo Luo (China)
 * Ida Lupino (US)
 * Joy Lusco (US)
 * Noémie Lvovsky (France)
 * Lottie Lyell (Australia)
 * Dorothy Lyman (US)
 * Tucia Lyman (US)
 * Jennifer Lynch (US)
 * Lisbeth Lynghøft (Denmark)
 * Gillian Lynne (UK)

M

 * Kate Maberly (UK)
 * Tina Mabry (US)
 * Hettie MacDonald (UK)
 * Shauna MacDonald (Canada)
 * Michelle MacLaren (Canada-US)
 * Angelina Maccarone (Germany)
 * Allison Mack (US)
 * Barbie MacLaurin (UK)
 * Alison Maclean (Canada)
 * Aoife Madden
 * Mary Madeiras (US)
 * Madhumitha
 * Madonna (US)
 * Maria Maggenti (US)
 * Adriana Maggs (US)
 * Sharon Maguire (UK)
 * Donatella Maiorca (Italy)
 * Maïwenn (France)
 * Taru Mäkelä (Finland)
 * Hana Makhmalbaf (Iran)
 * Samira Makhmalbaf (Iran)
 * Sarah Maldoror (France)
 * Yassamin Maleknasr
 * Anna Malle
 * Nancy Malone (US)
 * Laura Mañá (Spain)
 * Gail Mancuso (US)
 * Babette Mangolte
 * Suhasini Maniratnam (India)
 * Ami Canaan Mann (US)
 * Andrea Mann
 * Émilie Mannering (Canada)
 * Michelle Manning (US)
 * Dinah Manoff (US)
 * Auli Mantila (Finland)
 * Sophie Marceau (France)
 * Frances Marion (US)
 * Eisha Marjara (Canada)
 * Giulia Marletta
 * Alina Marazzi (Italy)
 * Joanne Marcotte (Canada)
 * Guylaine Maroist (Canada)
 * Liz Marshall (Canada)
 * Penny Marshall (US)
 * Tonie Marshall (France)
 * Lucrecia Martel (Argentina)
 * Catherine Martin (Canada)
 * Darnell Martin (US)
 * Aurora Martinez
 * Marsha Mason (US)
 * Laetitia Masson (France)
 * Mary Stuart Masterson (US)
 * Anna Mastro
 * Jean Mathieson (Canada)
 * Yasmine Mathurin (Canada)
 * Tomoko Matsunashi
 * Gail Maurice (Canada)
 * Elaine May (US)
 * Juliet May (UK)
 * Melanie Mayron (US)
 * Patricia Mazuy (France)
 * Trish McAdam (Ireland)
 * Aoife McArdle (Ireland)
 * Elske McCain
 * Beth McCarthy-Miller (US)
 * Claire McCarthy (Australia)
 * Naomi McCormack (Canada)
 * Jennette McCurdy (US)
 * Paulette McDonagh (Australia)
 * Sally McDonald (US)
 * Francine McDougall (Australia-US)
 * Christine McGlade (Canada)
 * Molly McGlynn (Canada)
 * Mary McGuckian (Ireland-UK)
 * Danica McKellar (US)
 * Ashley McKenzie (Canada)
 * Nancy McKeon (US)
 * Gillian McKercher (Canada)
 * Tawnia McKiernan (US)
 * Sheila McLaughlin (US)
 * Carolyn McMaster (Canada)
 * Chelsea McMullan (Canada)
 * Lucile McVey (2nd Mrs. Sidney Drew) (US)
 * Nancy Meckler (UK)
 * Ann Medina (Canada)
 * Stella Meghie (Canada)
 * Anisa Mehdi (Canada)
 * Deepa Mehta (Canada-India)
 * Vijaya Mehta (India)
 * Hu Mei (China)
 * Ursula Meier (France)
 * Anna Melikian (Russia)
 * Kay Mellor (UK)
 * Linda Mendoza (US)
 * Weyni Mengesha (Canada)
 * Nina Menkes
 * Anjali Menon (India)
 * Melanie Merkosky (Canada)
 * Natalya Merkulova (Russia)
 * Agnès Merlet (France)
 * Marzieh Meshkini (Iran)
 * Márta Mészáros (Hungary)
 * Leah Meyerhoff (US)
 * Nancy Meyers (US)
 * Liu Miaomiao (China)
 * Maude Michaud (Canada)
 * Vanessa Middleton (US)
 * Anne-Marie Miéville (Switzerland)
 * Ina Mihalache (Canada)
 * Gia Milani (Canada)
 * Tamineh Milani (Iran)
 * Amy Miller (Canada)
 * Elisa Miller
 * Rebecca Miller (US)
 * Sharron Miller (US)
 * Jacquelyn Mills (Canada)
 * Pilar Miró (Spain)
 * Fawzia Mirza (Canada)
 * Efrat Mishori (Israel)
 * Adrienne Mitchell (Canada)
 * Dorothea Mitchell (Canada)
 * Martha Mitchell (US)
 * Monika Mitchell (US-Canada)
 * Jill Mitwell (US)
 * Ariane Mnouchkine (France)
 * Siue Moffat (Canada)
 * Tracey Moffat (Australia)
 * Hengameh Mofid
 * Michelle Mohabeer (Canada)
 * Hillie Molenaar
 * Josefina Molina (Spain)
 * Karen Moncrieff (US)
 * Nadine Monfils (Belgium)
 * Caroline Monnet (Canada)
 * Adriana Monti (Italy)
 * Christine Moore (US)
 * Jocelyn Moorhouse
 * Soudabeh Moradian
 * Jeanne Moreau (France)
 * Yolande Moreau (Belgium)
 * Wendy Morgan (Canada)
 * Stephanie Morgenstern (Canada)
 * Makoto Moriwaki (Japan)
 * Carol Morley (UK)
 * Judy Morris
 * Dee Mosbacher
 * Kim Moses (US)
 * Emilia Mosquito
 * Granaz Moussavi (Iran)
 * Jasmin Mozaffari (Canada)
 * Katharina Mückstein (Austria)
 * Nimisha Mukerji (Canada)
 * April Mullen (Canada)
 * Kira Muratova (Soviet Union)
 * Beth Murphy
 * Colleen Murphy (Canada)
 * Alison Murray (Canada-UK)
 * Tosca Musk (Canada)
 * Jinna Mutune (Kenya)
 * Anna Muylaert (Brazil)
 * Gloria Muzio (US)
 * Toni Myers (Canada)
 * Léa Mysius (France)

N

 * Dana Nachman (US)
 * Fanta Régina Nacro
 * Ruba Nadda (Canada)
 * Janice Nadeau (Canada)
 * Phyllis Nagy (US)
 * Mira Nair (India)
 * Najwa Najjar (Palestine)
 * Laurel Nakadate (US)
 * Shasha Nakhai (Canada)
 * Isabelle Nanty (France)
 * Darlene Naponse (Canada)
 * Terre Nash (Canada)
 * Sandra Nashaat
 * Afia Nathaniel (Pakistan)
 * Zarqa Nawaz (Canada)
 * Anjali Nayar (Canada)
 * Lynne Naylor (Canada)
 * Mariam Ndagire (Uganda)
 * Jennifer Yuh Nelson
 * Laura Neri (Belgium)
 * Shirin Neshat
 * Jennifer Siebel Newsom (US)
 * Carol Nguyen (Canada)
 * Nafiss Nia (Iran-The Netherlands)
 * Jill Nicholls (UK)
 * Lisa Niemi (US)
 * Jessica Nilsson
 * Mika Ninagawa (Japan)
 * Vijaya Nirmala (India)
 * Miwa Nishikawa (Japan)
 * Michelle Nolden (Canada)
 * Peg Norman (Canada)
 * Mabel Normand (US)
 * Isabel Noronha (Mozambique)
 * Elvira Notari (Italy)
 * Lily Nottage (Canada)
 * Maria Novaro (Mexico)
 * Lynn Novick (US)
 * Radda Novikova (Russia)
 * Cherie Nowlan (Australia-UK)
 * Marti Noxon (US)

O

 * Mipo O (Japan)
 * Claire Oakley (UK)
 * Kim O'Bomsawin (Canada)
 * Katharine O'Brien (US)
 * Shelagh O'Brien (Canada)
 * Renee O'Connor (US)
 * Alice O'Fredericks (Denmark)
 * Eileen O'Meara (US)
 * Alanis Obomsawin (Canada)
 * Diane Obomsawin (Canada)
 * Paula van der Oest (Netherlands)
 * Naoko Ogigami (Japan)
 * Mipo Oh (Japan)
 * Linda Ohama (Canada)
 * Annette K. Olesen (Denmark)
 * Susan Oliver (US)
 * Madeleine Olnek (US)
 * Jenni Olson (US)
 * Gulshat Omarova (Kazakhstan)
 * Yoko Ono (US-Japan)
 * Midi Onodera (Canada)
 * Ngozi Onwurah (Nigeria-UK)
 * Suemay Oram (UK-Brazil)
 * Ruth Orkin (US)
 * Renée Oro (Argentina)
 * Katrin Ottarsdóttir (Faroe Islands)
 * Ulrike Ottinger (Germany)
 * Halima Ouardiri (Switzerland-Canada)
 * Jackie Oudney (UK)
 * Akosua Adoma Owusu (US)
 * Jan Oxenberg (US)

P

 * Nisha Pahuja (Canada)
 * Indrani Pal-Chaudhuri (US, India, Canada, UK)
 * Euzhan Palcy (Martinique)
 * Gail Palmer
 * Sai Paranjpye (India)
 * Véréna Paravel (France)
 * Megan Park (Canada)
 * Claire Parker (US-France)
 * Francine Parker (US)
 * Gudrun Parker (Canada)
 * Molly Parker (Canada)
 * Pratibha Parmar (Kenya-UK)
 * Laura Parnes
 * Christine Pascal (France)
 * Stacie Passon (US)
 * Lesley Ann Patten (Canada)
 * Paula Patton (US)
 * Nelofer Pazira
 * Barbara Peeters (US)
 * Kimberly Peirce (US)
 * Andrée Pelletier (Canada)
 * Francine Pelletier (journalist) (Canada)
 * Alexandra Pelosi (US)
 * Nadine Pequeneza (Canada)
 * Sumitra Peries
 * Cristina Perincioli (Switzerland-Germany)
 * Janet Perlman
 * Ellen Perry (US)
 * Donna Pescow (US)
 * Kristine Peterson
 * Lori Petty (US)
 * Jennifer Phang (US)
 * Carmine Pierre-Dufour (Canada)
 * Ileana Pietrobruno (Canada)
 * Lydia Dean Pilcher (US)
 * Justine Pimlott (Canada)
 * Carol Pineau
 * Agnieszka Piotrowska (UK)
 * Mary Kay Place (US)
 * Jennifer Podemski (Canada)
 * Amy Poehler (US)
 * Anne Claire Poirier (Canada)
 * Laura Poitras (US)
 * Lindsey Pollard (Canada)
 * Sarah Polley (Canada)
 * Léa Pool (Switzerland-Canada)
 * Leanne Pooley (New Zealand)
 * Cynthia J. Popp (US)
 * Lourdes Portillo (US-Mexico)
 * Natalie Portman (Israel-US)
 * Franka Potente (Germany)
 * Sally Potter (UK)
 * Brigitte Poupart (Canada)
 * Deborah Pratt (US)
 * Olga Preobrazhenskaya (Russian Empire-USSR)
 * Ellen S. Pressman (US)
 * Gaylene Preston (New Zealand)
 * Carrie Preston (US)
 * Claire Prieto (Canada)
 * Gina Prince-Bythewood (US)
 * Kardeisha Provo (Canada)
 * Lkhagvadulam Purev-Ochir (Mongolia)

Q

 * Vivian Qu (China)
 * Gracia Querejeta (Spain)
 * Katell Quillévéré (France)
 * Joanna Quinn (UK)

R

 * Tahani Rached (Canada)
 * Deborah Raffin (US)
 * Eliane Raheb (Lebanon)
 * Yvonne Rainer (US)
 * Rajashree
 * Soundarya Rajinikanth
 * Peggy Rajski (US)
 * Bhanumathi Ramakrishna
 * Lynne Ramsay (UK)
 * Suze Randall
 * Roopa Rao (India)
 * Jenny Raskin (US)
 * Irma Raush (Soviet Union-Russia)
 * Olga Rautenkranzová (Czechoslovakia)
 * Trisha Ray
 * Amy Redford (US)
 * Cleo Reece (Canada)
 * Jennifer Reeder (US)
 * Dee Rees (US)
 * Kelly Reichardt (US)
 * Halina Reijn (Netherlands)
 * Lotte Reiniger (Germany-UK)
 * Catherine Reitman (Canada, US)
 * Revathi (India)
 * Shabnam Rezaei (US)
 * Shonda Rhimes (US)
 * Cloudy Rhodes (Australia)
 * Andrea Giles Rich (US)
 * Chantal Richard (France)
 * Miranda Richardson (UK)
 * Patricia Richardson (US)
 * Salli Richardson (US)
 * Yoruba Richen (US)
 * Lisa Rideout (Canada)
 * Leni Riefenstahl (Germany)
 * Nicole Riegel (US)
 * Patricia Riggen (Mexico-US)
 * Diana Ringo (Finland)
 * Tristan Risk (Canada)
 * Marialy Rivas (Chile)
 * Joan Rivers
 * Chloé Robichaud (Canada)
 * Angela Robinson (US)
 * Jennifer Kaytin Robinson (US)
 * Julie Anne Robinson (UK)
 * Melanie Rodriga
 * Lina Rodriguez (Canada)
 * Rosemary Rodriguez (US)
 * Gerry Rogers
 * Juliana Rojas
 * Sophy Romvari (Canada)
 * Bethany Rooney (US)
 * Jeanne Roques (aka Musidora) (France)
 * Alison E. Rose (Canada)
 * Lee Rose (US)
 * Sue Rose (US)
 * Elizabeth Allen Rosenbaum (US)
 * Rose Rosenblatt (US)
 * Tatia Rosenthal
 * Theola Ross (Canada)
 * Tracee Ellis Ross (US)
 * Vanessa Roth
 * Stephanie Rothman (US)
 * Brigitte Roüan (France)
 * Candida Royalle
 * Patricia Rozema (Canada)
 * Catarina Ruivo (Portugal)
 * Marisa Ryan (US)
 * Marja-Lewis Ryan (US)

S

 * Jocelyne Saab (Lebanon)
 * Randa Chahal Sabag (Lebanon)
 * Lynne Sachs (US)
 * Jean Sagal (US)
 * Leontine Sagan (Austria-Hungary)
 * Michelle St. John (Canada)
 * Annie St-Pierre (Canada)
 * Marie-Josée Saint-Pierre (Canada)
 * Tazuko Sakane (Japan)
 * Gabriela Samper (Colombia)
 * Helke Sander (Germany)
 * Helma Sanders-Brahms (Germany)
 * Isabel Sandoval (Philippines)
 * Arlene Sanford (US)
 * Sangeeta (Pakistan)
 * Satarupa Sanyal (India)
 * Shamim Sarif (UK)
 * Valeria Sarmiento (Chile-France)
 * Inoka Sathyangani (Sri Lanka)
 * Shimako Satō (Japan)
 * Marjane Satrapi (Iran-France)
 * Tina Satter (US)
 * Brigitte Sauriol (Canada)
 * Savitri (India)
 * Nancy Savoca (US)
 * Lorene Scafaria (US)
 * Lone Scherfig (Denmark)
 * Suzanne Schiffman (France)
 * Greta Schiller (US)
 * Jillian Schlesinger (US)
 * Roslyn Schwartz (Canada)
 * Céline Sciamma (France)
 * Jordan Scott (UK)
 * Cynthia Scott (Canada)
 * Nell Scovell (US)
 * Beverly Sebastion (US)
 * Lorraine Segato (Canada)
 * Susan Seidelman (US)
 * Amy Seimetz (US)
 * Emma Seligman (Canada)
 * Arna Selznick (Canada)
 * Yoshiko Sembon (Japan)
 * Aparna Sen (India)
 * Lorraine Senna (US)
 * Amy Serrano (Cuba-US)
 * Coline Serreau (France)
 * Mary Sexton (Canada)
 * Beverly Shaffer (Canada-US)
 * Lee Shallat-Chemel (US)
 * Meher Afroz Shaon (Bangladesh)
 * Kathleen Shannon (Canada)
 * Jessica Sharzer (US)
 * Helen Shaver (Canada-US)
 * Tal Shefi (US-Israel)
 * Adrienne Shelly (US)
 * Angela Shelton (US)
 * Lynn Shelton (US)
 * Millicent Shelton (US)
 * Tali Shemesh (Israel)
 * Larisa Shepitko (Soviet Union)
 * Kirsten Sheridan (Ireland)
 * Amy Sherman-Palladino (US)
 * Cindy Sherman (US)
 * Domee Shi (Canada)
 * Ann Shin (Canada)
 * Sofia Shinas (Canada)
 * Nell Shipman (Canada)
 * Janell Shirtcliff (US)
 * Tiffany Shlain (US)
 * Tima Shomali (Jordan)
 * Cate Shortland (Australia)
 * Esfir Shub (Soviet Union)
 * Mina Shum (Canada)
 * Huang Shuqin (China)
 * Mrs. Sidney Drew (US)
 * Trish Sie (US)
 * Evann Siebens (Canada)
 * Lois Siegel (Canada)
 * Floria Sigismondi (Canada)
 * Joan Micklin Silver (US)
 * Barbara Simmons (US)
 * Carla Simón (Spain)
 * Lisa Simon (US)
 * Ellen Simpson (Canada)
 * Madeleine Sims-Fewer (Canada)
 * Anne-Marie Sirois (Canada)
 * Thérèse Sita-Bella (Cameroon)
 * Kari Skogland (Canada)
 * Holly Goldberg Sloan (US)
 * Jean Smith (Canada)
 * Alison Snowden (UK-Canada)
 * Helena Solberg (Brazil)
 * Yuliya Solntseva (Soviet Union)
 * Frances-Anne Solomon (Canada-Trinidad and Tobago)
 * Julia Solomonoff (Argentina)
 * Mingmongkol Sonakul (Thailand)
 * Celine Song (Canada)
 * Safiya Songhai (US)
 * Susan Sontag (US)
 * Jen and Sylvia Soska (Canada)
 * Jane Spencer (US)
 * Penelope Spheeris (US)
 * Jill Sprecher (US)
 * Avigail Sperber (Israel)
 * Sylvia Spring (Canada)
 * Emily Squires (US)
 * Yael Staav (Canada)
 * Nicole Stamp (Canada)
 * Wendey Stanzler (US)
 * Casandra Stark (US)
 * J.A. Steel (US)
 * Paprika Steen (Denmark)
 * Johanna Stein (Canada)
 * Susan Steinberg (US)
 * Jennifer Steinman (US)
 * Katherine Stenholm (US)
 * Martha Stephens (US)
 * Stella Stevens (US)
 * Julie Stewart (Canada)
 * Ginny Stikeman (Canada)
 * Virginia L. Stone (US)
 * Lynne Stopkewich (Canada)
 * Brett Story (Canada)
 * Barbra Streisand (US)
 * Susan Strickler (US)
 * Susan Stroman (US)
 * Amanda Strong (Canada)
 * Vera Stroyeva (Soviet Union)
 * Sara Sugarman (UK)
 * Sabiha Sumar (Pakistan)
 * Vaishnavi Sundar (India)
 * Elizabeth Sung (Hong Kong)
 * Alla Surikova (Russia)
 * Mouly Surya (Indonesia)
 * Lela Swift (US)
 * Brigitte Sy (France)
 * Ramata-Toulaye Sy (France)
 * Małgorzata Szumowska (Poland)

T

 * Elle-Máijá Tailfeathers (Canada)
 * Rea Tajiri
 * Lisa Takeba (Japan)
 * Tanya Talaga (Canada)
 * Rachel Talalay (US)
 * Shashwati Talukdar
 * Bhavna Talwar
 * Amber Tamblyn (US)
 * Yuki Tanada (Japan)
 * Kinuyo Tanaka (Japan)
 * Loveleen Tandan
 * Cyndi Tang (US)
 * Amanda Tapping (Canada-US)
 * Nadia Tass (Macedonia)
 * Heather Taylor
 * Sharine Taylor (Canada)
 * Sam Taylor-Wood (UK)
 * Julie Taymor (US)
 * Sakane Tazuko
 * Valeria Bruni Tedeschi (Italy-France)
 * Nathalie Teirlinck (Belgium)
 * Suzie Templeton
 * Angela Tessinari (US)
 * Joan Tewkesbury (US)
 * Lucy Thane
 * Betty Thomas (US)
 * Madison Thomas (Canada)
 * May Miles Thomas
 * Pam Thomas (US)
 * Caroline Thompson (US)
 * Danièle Thompson (France)
 * Jessica M. Thompson (US-Australia)
 * Jody Thompson (Canada)
 * Lea Thompson (US)
 * Ninja Thyberg (Sweden)
 * Wendy Tilby (Canada)
 * Ondi Timoner (US)
 * Victory Tischler-Blue
 * Stacy Title (US)
 * Kamala Todd (Canada)
 * Loretta Todd (Canada)
 * Maria Sole Tognazzi (Italy)
 * Pamela Tola (Finland)
 * Farkhondeh Torabi
 * Gariné Torossian
 * Fina Torres (Venezuela)
 * Pimpaka Towira (Thailand)
 * Sarah Townsend (UK)
 * Wendy Toye
 * Mouna Traoré (Canada)
 * Lindalee Tracey (Canada)
 * Jackie Traverse (Canada)
 * Julie Tremble (Canada)
 * Monika Treut (Germany)
 * Justine Triet (France)
 * Nadine Trintignant (France)
 * Lexie Findarle Trivundza (US)
 * Anne Troake (Canada)
 * Fien Troch (Belgium)
 * Rose Troche (US)
 * Alice Troughton (UK)
 * Athina Rachel Tsangari (Greece)
 * Susan Tully (UK)
 * Marie-Hélène Turcotte (Canada)
 * Guinevere Turner (US)
 * Aisha Tyler (US)
 * Hermína Týrlová (Czechoslovakia)

U

 * Liv Ullmann (Norway)
 * Sima Urale (New Zealand-Samoa)
 * Urszula Urbaniak (Poland)

V

 * Esther Valiquette (Canada)
 * Agnès Varda (France; born in Belgium)
 * Flore Vasseur (France)
 * Pam Veasey (US)
 * Nicole Védrès (France)
 * Ajita Suchitra Veera (India)
 * Norma Safford Vela (US)
 * Ingrid Veninger (Canada)
 * Katherena Vermette (Canada)
 * Rhayne Vermette (Canada)
 * Chris Vermorcken (Belgium)
 * Myriam Verreault (Canada)
 * Virginie Verrier (France)
 * Sandrine Veysset (France)
 * Manuela Viegas (Portugal)
 * Teresa Villaverde (Portugal)
 * Vidhu Vincent (India)
 * Michal Vinik (Israel)
 * Bárbara Virgínia (Portugal)
 * Wiebke von Carolsfeld (Canada)
 * Katja von Garnier (Germany)
 * Daisy von Scherler Mayer (US)
 * Margarethe von Trotta (Germany)
 * Jürgen Vsych (US)
 * Johanna Vuoksenmaa (Finland)

W

 * Lana & Lilly Wachowski (US)
 * Louise Wadley (Australia)
 * Kristina Wagenbauer (Canada)
 * Maria Wagner (US)
 * Sally Wainwright (UK)
 * Lucy Walker (UK)
 * Mary Walker-Sawka (Canada)
 * Nancy Walker (US)
 * Dahvi Waller (Canada)
 * Aisling Walsh (Ireland)
 * Dearbhla Walsh
 * Shannon Walsh (Canada)
 * Laura Wandel (Belgium)
 * Aloha Wanderwell (Canada)
 * Lulu Wang (US)
 * Rachel Ward (Australia)
 * Sarah Watt (Australia)
 * Kim Wayans (US)
 * Dreya Weber (US)
 * Lois Weber (US)
 * Zhao Wei
 * Claudia Weill (US)
 * Leilah Weinraub (US)
 * Andrea Weiss (US)
 * Valerie Weiss (US)
 * Aerlyn Weissman (Canada)
 * Yvonne Welbon (US)
 * Audrey Wells (US)
 * Charlotte Wells (UK)
 * Christine Welsh
 * Jiang Wenli (China)
 * Lina Wertmüller (Italy)
 * Anne Wheeler (Canada)
 * Sherry White (Canada)
 * Susanna White (UK)
 * Roxann Whitebean (Canada)
 * Kanchi Wichmann (UK)
 * Joyce Wieland (Canada)
 * Nettie Wild (Canada)
 * Olivia Wilde (US)
 * Dawn Wilkinson (Canada)
 * Dena Williams (Canada)
 * JoBeth Williams (US)
 * Tucky Williams (US)
 * Georgina Willis (Australia)
 * Chandra Wilson (US)
 * Lois Wilson (US)
 * Margery Wilson (US)
 * Sandy Wilson (Canada)
 * Doris Wishman (US)
 * Agnieszka Wojtowicz-Vosloo (US)
 * Christie Will Wolf (Canada)
 * Mariloup Wolfe (Canada)
 * Joyce Wong (Canada)
 * Victoria Wood (UK)
 * Kate Woods (Australia-US)
 * Jacqueline Wright
 * Robin Wright (US)
 * Alice Wu (US)

X

 * Xue Xiaolu (China)

Y

 * Naoko Yamada (Japan)
 * Tizuka Yamasaki (Brazil)
 * Chikako Yamashiro (Japan)
 * Yūki Yamato (Japan)
 * Cathy Yan
 * Ruby Yang (China)
 * Yong-hi Yang
 * Pamela Yates (US)
 * Linda Yellen (US)
 * Ning Ying (China)
 * Suzi Yoonessi
 * Yumi Yoshiyuki (Japan)
 * Aleysa Young (Canada)
 * Heather Young (Canada)
 * Byun Young-joo
 * Nathalie Younglai (Canada)
 * Asia Youngman (Canada)
 * Jessica Yu (US)

Z

 * Samia Zaman (Bangladesh)
 * Sara Zandieh (Iran-US)
 * Yolande Zauberman (France)
 * Jasmila Žbanić (Bosnia/Herzegovina)
 * Ona Zee (US)
 * Maryanne Zéhil (Canada)
 * Mai Zetterling (Sweden)
 * Chenyang Zhao (China)
 * Chloé Zhao (China-US)
 * Zhang Nuanxin (China)
 * Monica Zanetti (Australia)
 * Binka Zhelyazkova (Bulgaria)
 * Lydia Zimmermann (Spain)
 * Magdalena Zyzak (US)