asia aregent The Heart Is Deceitful Above All Things Scarlet Diva Jamie Babbitt - Makes Comedies and Dramas with lesbian characters. Directs lots of television. Itty Bitty Titty Committee The Quiet But I'm a Cheerleader Susanne Bier - Danish director Things We Lost in the Fire After the Wedding Brothers A Corazon Abierto (Open Hearts) Once in a Lifetime The One and Only Credo Like It Never Was Before Taxi to Portugal Letter to Jonas Freud's Leaving Home Katheryn Bigelow - Big budget Action & Suspense Movie Director. The Hurt Locker Mission Zero K-19: The Widowmaker The Weight of Water Strange Days Point Break Blue Steel Near Dark The Loveless Catherine Breillat - French Director of stark and dark sexy dramas. My new personal hero. La barbe bleue (Bluebeard) Une vieille maîtresse (The Last Mistress) Anatomie de l'enfer (Anatomy of Hell) Sex Is Comedy Brève traversée (Brief Crossing) À ma soeur! (Fat Girl) Romance Parfait amour! (Perfect Love) Sale comme un ange (Dirty Like an Angel) 36 fillette (Junior Size 36) Tapage nocturne (Nocturnal Uproar) Une vraie jeune fille (A Real Young Girl) Colette Burson - Little Black Boot Coming Soon Jane Campion - Australian Director nominated for Oscar for directing The Piano. She was also the first woman to win the Palme d'Or at the Cannes Film Festival Bright Star The Portrait of a Lady Holy Smoke The Piano An Angel at My Table Sweetie Peel Zoe Cassavetes - Broken English Men Make Women Crazy Theory Gurinder Chadha - Officer of the British Empire, directs teen comedies. It's a Wonderful Afterlife Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging Paris, je t'aime Bride & Prejudice Bend It Like Beckham What's Cooking? A Nice Arrangement What Do You Call an Indian Woman Who's Funny Bhaji on the Beach Acting Our Age Sylvia Chang - Multi-genre director and actor from Taiwan Yat kor ho ba ba (Run Papa Run) 20 30 40 (2004) Seung fei (Princess D) Sam dung (Tempting Heart) Jin tian bu hui jia (Tonight Nobody Goes Home) Shao nu xiao yu San tung gui see doi (Conjugal Affair) Meng xing shi fan (Mary from Beijing) Sha Sha Jia Jia zhan qi lai (Sisters of the World Unite) Huang se gu shi (The Game they Called Sex) Zui ai (Passion) Jiu meng bu xu ji (Once Upon a Time ) Joan Chen - Chinese-born actress and director Autumn in New York Tian yu (Xiu Xiu: The Sent-Down Girl) Christine Choy - Directed a few documentaries about asian wrongful deaths In the Name of the Emperor The Shot Heard 'Round the World Who Killed Vincent Chin? Martha Coolidge - An experienced filmmaker with many comedies to her name. Had early success with Valley Girl and Real Genius. Like John Hughes, the genre may have evolved away from her. Material Girls The Prince & Me Out to Sea Three Wishes Angie Lost in Yonkers Rambling Rose Plain Clothes Real Genius Joy of Sex City Girl Valley Girl Not a Pretty Picture Sofia Coppella - the first American woman ever nominated for best director Oscar. Divorced Spike Jonze Somewhere Marie Antoinette Lost in Translation The Virgin Suicides Lick the Star Bed, Bath and Beyond Claire Denis - Prolific French Director of dramas. Rooted in Africa White Material 35 Shots of Rum Vers Mathilde The Intruder Friday Night Trouble Every Day Beau travail Nénette et Boni J'ai pas sommei Boom-Boom Keep It for Yourself No Fear, No Die Man No Run Chocolat Nora Ephron - The daughter of a pair of screen-writers. She specializes in comedies. Julie & Julia Bewitched Lucky Numbers You've Got Mail Michael Mixed Nuts Sleepless in Seattle This Is My Life Valerie Feris - Very successful and famous music video and commercial director heading feature films after the success of Little Miss Sunshine. Won Grammys. Used Guys The Abstinence Teacher Little Miss Sunshine The Check Up Jody Foster Little Man Tate Home for the Holidays Marleen Gorris- the first woman to direct a movie that won an Oscar for Best Foreign Film Heaven and Earth (Barry) Within the Whirlwind Carolina The Luzhin Defence Mrs Dalloway Antonia The Last Island Gebroken spiegels (Broken Mirrors) De stilte rond Christine M. (A Question of Silence) Lucile Hadzihalilovic - French director has been nominated for 11 film awards and won all 11. Innocence Good Boys Use Condoms Parental Guidance Catherine Hardwicke - Also a prodution designer. Her Twilight grossed $200 million. Twilight The Nativity Story Lords of Dogtown Thirteen Mary Harron - English Director who got her start writing about punk rock in England The Notorious Bettie Page American Psycho I Shot Andy Warhol Amy Heckerling - Specializing in Mainstream Comedies, not particularly romantic ones. I Could Never Be Your Woman Loser A Night at the Roxbury Clueless Look Who's Talking Too Look Who's Talking European Vacation Johnny Dangerously Fast Times at Ridgemont High Getting It Over with Jody Hill - Observe and Report The Foot Fist Way Nicole Holofcener - Casts romantic comedies, often casts Catherine Keener. Influenced by Woody Allen. Please Give Friends with Money Lovely & Amazing Walking and Talking Agnes Jaoui - French Director of dramas and comedies Parlez-moi de la pluie (Let It Rain) Comme une image (Look at Me) Le goût des autres (The Taste of Others) Miranda July - Vermont native seems to have a long and fruitful career ahead of her. Satisfaction Me and You and Everyone We Know Nest of Tens Sarah Kernochan - Won Oscar for Best Documentary in 1973 and 2002. Wrote 9 1/2 weeks. Thoth All I Wanna Do Marjoe Mary Lambert - Also Directed top Madonna videos. High Midnight The Attic 14 Women Clubland Pet Semetary 2 Grand Isle Pet Semetary Siesta Mimi Leder - Director of Drama and Action Movies and television Mandrake the Magician Pay It Forward Sentimental Journey Deep Impact The Peacemaker Kasi Lemmons - Seemingly the only African American director, specializes in drama Black Nativity Talk to Me The Caveman's Valentin Dr. Hugo Eve's Bayou Caroline Link - German Oscar winner for Best Foreign Language Film. Directs dramas and comedies Im Winter ein Jahr (A Year Ago in Winter) Nirgendwo in Afrika (Nowhere in Africa) Pünktchen und Anton (Annaluise & Anton) Jenseits der Stille (Beyond Silence) Sommertage Glück zum Anfassen Bunte Blumen Jennifer Chambers Lynch - Survived Critical reviews of Boxing Helena and now makes horror movies. Hisss Survellance Boxing Helena Maria Maggenti - Puccini for Beginners The Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls in Love Penny Marshall - Known best as Laverne DeFazio on Laverne and Shirley, she is also a star Producer and Director. She was the first female director to direct a film which made more than $100 million (Big). She repeated that success with "A League of their Own". Riding in Cars with Boys The Preacher's Wife Renaissance Man A League of Their Own Awakenings Big Jumpin' Jack Flash Lucrecia Martel - Argentinian director makes films described as "artistic" and "puzzling". La mujer sin cabeza (The Headless Woman) La niña santa (The Holy Girl) La ciénaga (The Swamp) Besos rojos (1991) Piso 24 (1989) El 56 (1988) Darnell Martin - American director of ghetto-centric dramas and musicals. Cadillac Records Prison Song I Like It Like That Alison McClean - Canadian director of suspense, drama and documentaries The Choices We Make Persons of Interest Jesus' Son Crush Kitchen Sink Deepa Mehta - Toronto-based Indian director of dramas and romances. Her Water was nominated for best foreign language Oscar. Heaven on Earth Water The Republic of Love Bollywood/Hollywood Earth Fire Camilla Sam & Me Martha, Ruth & Edie Nancy Meyers - Super successful and sought after director of top-flight romantic comedies. Leads Penny Marshall as the female director with greatest cumulative film proceeds. F*** Force Five The Holiday Something's Gotta Give What Women Want The Parent Trap Rebecca Miller - Makes highly-rated interpersonal dramas. Influenced by Henry Miller. The Private Lives of Pippa Lee The Ballad of Jack and Rose Personal Velocity Angela Mira Nair - Award winning Indian Director of romance, drama and documentaries Amelia New York, I love you Migration The Namesake Vanity Fair Hysterical Blindness Monsoon Wedding The Laughing Club of India My Own Country Kama Sutra: A Tale of Love The Perez Family Mississippi Masala Salaam Bombay! So Far From India India Cabaret Barbara Peters - low budget drive-in exploitation fare in the 70s and early 80s Humanoids from the Deep Starhops Summer School Teachers Bury Me an Angel The Dark Side of Tomorrow Kimberly Pierce - Stop-Loss Boys Don't Cry Sally Potter - British director Rage Yes The Man Who Cried The Tango Lesson Orlando I Am an Ox, I Am a Horse, I Am a Man, I Am a Woman The Gold Diggers London Story Thriller Lynn Ramsey - Scottish Director We Need to Talk About Kevin Morvern Callar Ratcatcher Gasman Small Deaths Kill the Day Kelly Reichardt - Directs very popular, very highly reviewed Independent films Wendy and Lucy Old Joy River of Grass Penelope Spheeris - Directs Documentaries and Mainstream Comedies The Kid & I Senseless The Decline of Western Civilization III Black Sheep The Little Rascals The Beverly Hillbillies Wayne's World The Decline of Western Civilization II Dudes The Boys Next Door The Decline of Western Civilization Suburbia Barbra Streisand - The singer The Mirror Has Two Faces The Prince of Tides Yentl Julie Taymor - Tony award-winning director of historical dramas and musical dramas. Designs costumes and puppets. The Tempest Across the Universe Frida Titus Betty Thomas - Started at Second City comedy troupe, got one of her Emmys as an actress on Hill Street Blues. Experienced Director and producer of very light comedies. Dallas Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel John Tucker Must Die I Spy 28 Days Doctor Dolittle Private Parts The Brady Bunch Movie Only You Margarethe von Trotta - German based in Paris, her movies often feature a strong female protagonist with a political motive or background. Vision - Aus dem Leben der Hildegard von Bingen (Vision) Ich bin die Andere (I Am the Other Woman) Rosenstrasse Das Versprechen (The Promise) Il lungo silenzio (The Long Silence) L'africana (The African Woman) Paura e amore (Three Sisters) Die Geduld der Rosa Luxemburg Heller Wahn (Friends and Husbands) Die bleierne Zeit (The German Sisters) Schwestern oder Die Balance des Glücks (Sisters, or the Balance of Happiness) Das zweite Erwachen der Christa Klages (The Second Awakening of Christa Klages) Die verlorene Ehre der Katharina Blum oder: Wie Gewalt entstehen und wohin sie führen kann (The Lost Honor of Katharina Blum)