Makes thoughful coming-of-age movies

Italian American director frequently casts herself.

Makes comedies and dramas with lesbian characters. Directs lots of television.

Danish director

Big budget Action & Suspense Movie Director.

French Director of stark and dark sexy dramas. My new personal hero.

Romantic Comedies

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

Romantic Comedies, compared to Sophia Coppela

Officer of the British Empire, directs teen comedies

Multi-genre director and actor from Taiwan

Chinese-born actress and director

Directed a few documentaries about asian wrongful deaths

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.

The first American woman ever nominated for best director Oscar. Divorced Spike Jonze

Prolific French Director of dramas. Rooted in Africa

The daughter of a pair of screen-writers. She specializes in comedies.

Very successful and famous music video and commercial director heading feature films after the success of Little Miss Sunshine. Won Grammys.

Super-successful lead actress also directs.

Her Tales of Meeting and Parting was nominated for an Academy Award as Live Action Short. Directs for television also.

Directs light mega-character comedies and television

The first woman to direct a movie that won an Oscar for Best Foreign Film

French director has been nominated for 11 film awards and won all 11.

Also a prodution designer. Her Twilight grossed $200 million.

English Director who got her start writing about punk rock in England

Specializing in mainstream comedies, not particularly romantic ones.

Totally not a woman.

Known for his ability to take a joke.

Casts romantic comedies, often casts Catherine Keener. Influenced by Woody Allen

French Director of dramas and comedies

Vermont native seems to have a long and fruitful career ahead of her

Won Oscar for Best Documentary in 1973 and 2002. Wrote 9 1/2 weeks

Modern horror and drama. Also directed top Madonna videos

Director of Drama and Action Movies and television

Seemingly the only African American director, specializes in drama

German Oscar winner for Best Foreign Language Film. Directs dramas and comedies

Survived critical reviews of Boxing Helena and now makes horror movies.

Description

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".

Argentinian director makes films described as "artistic" and "puzzling".

American director of ghetto-centric dramas and musicals. The other female african american director

Canadian director of suspense, drama and documentaries

Toronto-based Indian director of dramas and romances. Her Water was nominated for best foreign language Oscar.

Super successful and sought after director of top-flight romantic comedies. Leads Penny Marshall as the female director with greatest cumulative film proceeds.

Makes highly-rated interpersonal dramas. Influenced by Henry Miller.

Award winning and prolific Indian Director of romance, drama and documentaries

Low budget drive-in exploitation fare in the 70s and early 80s. Several cult classics.

Best known for directing Boys Don't Cry.

British director

Scottish Director

Directs very popular, very highly reviewed Independent films

Made drive-in exploitation movies in the 60s and 70s. Was a partner in Dimension Pictures and the first woman to be awarded a Director's Guild Fellowship.

Directs music documentaries and mainstream comedies, plus Suburbia.

Wouldn't that be funny if Barbra Streisand directed acidic documentaries in the vein of Micheal Moore? That would be awesome.

Tony award-winning director of historical dramas and musical dramas. Designs costumes and puppets.

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.

German based in Paris, her movies often feature a strong female protagonist with a political motive or background.

Italian director who got started as an assistant director to Fellini. First woman to grab a best director Oscar nomination. Has directed 30 films. Her film "Swept Away" was remade by Guy Ritchie and Madonna.