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Women Film 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 (Philippin ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Film Director
A film director or filmmaker is a person who controls a film's artistic and dramatic aspects and visualizes the screenplay (or script) while guiding the film crew and actors in the fulfillment of that Goal, vision. The director has a key role in choosing the Casting (performing arts), cast members, production design and all the creative aspects of filmmaking in cooperation with the Film producer, producer. The film director gives direction to the cast and crew and creates an overall vision through which a film eventually becomes realized or noticed. Directors need to be able to mediate differences in creative visions and stay within the budget. There are many pathways to becoming a film director. Some film directors started as screenwriters, cinematographers, Film producer, producers, Film editing, film editors or actors. Other film directors have attended film school. Directors use different approaches. Some Outline (list), outline a general plotline and let the actors impro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Première (magazine)
''Première'' is a French film magazine based in Paris and published by Hachette Filipacchi since 1976. Editions are, or have been, published in other markets. History The French film magazine ''Première'' was launched in November 1976 by Jean-Pierre Frimbois and Marc Esposito and originally published by the Lagardère Group. Since 2016, it has been published by Hildegarde. US edition The U.S. version of the magazine was launched by News Corporation, based in New York City and Los Angeles, with its July/August 1987 edition. Their mission was to "reflect The Second Golden Age of the Movies". Susan Lyne was the founding editor, and among those working for the magazine was Peter Biskind, who spent a decade at the magazine as executive editor. He said that, early on, the magazine "gave us a lot of freedom to do hard-hitting, in-depth reporting." Critic Glenn Kenny joined the US staff in June 1996, and served as a critic and later as senior editor until it ceased publication. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yasmin Ahmad
Yasmin binti Ahmad (7 January 1958 – 25 July 2009) was a Malaysian film director, writer and scriptwriter. She was the executive creative director at Leo Burnett Kuala Lumpur. Her television commercials and films are well known in Malaysia for being humorous and touching. Her work crossed cross-cultural barriers, particularly her ads for Petronas, the national oil and gas company. Her works have won multiple awards both within Malaysia and internationally. In Malaysia, her films were highly controversial due to their depiction of events and relationships, which have been considered 'forbidden' by social conservatives, especially hard-line interpretations of Islam. She was a central figure of the "first" New Wave of Malaysian cinema. Early life Yasmin was born in Kampung Bukit Treh in Muar, Johor, on 7 January 1958. A graduate in arts majoring in politics and psychology from Newcastle University in England, she worked as a trainee banker in 1982 for two weeks and then worked ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dianna Agron
Dianna Elise Agron ( ; born April 30, 1986) is an American actress and singer. List of Dianna Agron performances, Her work spans screen and stage, and her accolades include a Screen Actors Guild Award and nomination for a Brit Award. Agron began acting in small theater productions in her youth, before making her screen debut in 2006. After early attention with recurring television roles, she had her breakthrough role, breakthrough with her starring role as Quinn Fabray in the Fox Broadcasting Company, Fox musical comedy drama series ''Glee (TV series), Glee'' (20092015). After her breakthrough success in ''Glee'', Agron began working more in film, first starring in the popular Young adult fiction, young adult adaptation ''I Am Number Four (film), I Am Number Four'' (2011) as List of Lorien Legacies characters#Sarah Hart, Sarah Hart before taking on films aimed at more diverse audiences, including the 2013 mob-comedy ''The Family (2013 film), The Family'' and 2015's ''Bare (film) ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elvire Adjamonsi
Elvire Adjamonsi (born February 18, 1971) is a Beninese filmmaker, actor, journalist and cultural developer. She is known for her documentary films and for her work in creating and managing film festivals and cultural institutions across Africa. Biography Adjamonsi was born in Benin, and completed her BA in Visual communication at the Pan African Institute for Development (IPD) in Burkina Faso. She made her first documentary film shortly after finishing her studies. ''De l'eau toute l'année'' (Water All Year) is a 26-minute film about the mini-dams in Burkina Faso. Her script, "BIDOSSESSI", won second place in the APROMEDIA competition, held in collaboration with Alliance Française de Bangui. The script was selected in 2004 to participate in the Sud Ecriture development workshop in Morocco and Tunisia, which is supported by the Organisation internationale de la Francophonie, Centre national du cinéma et de l'image animée, and the Hubert Balls Foundation. In 2010 she wrote ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Harmony Adesola
''Being Black in Halifax'' is a Canadian documentary film and television series, which premiered in 2020 on CBC Television and CBC Gem. Created in conjunction with Fabienne Colas's Being Black in Canada foundation, the series selects several emerging filmmakers each year to create and produce short documentary films about Black Canadian life and experience in Halifax, Nova Scotia, which are screened at the Halifax Black Film Festival before being broadcast as an episode of the CBC's ''Absolutely Canadian'' series and streamed on CBC Gem. The series is a companion to '' Being Black in Toronto'', a similar collaboration between the CBC and Colas' Toronto Black Film Festival. The four films in the 2020 series were Francesca Ekwuyasi's "Black + Belonging", Bradley Bright's "Normal", Latesha Auger's "The Journey of Self Love" and Harmony Adesola's "Youth Hiphop and Halifax". Four more films — "Farrin" by Lily Nottage, "The Search for Healing" by Tyler Simmonds, "A Passion Made New ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Maren Ade
Maren Ade (; born 12 December 1976) is a German film director, screenwriter and producer. Ade lives in Berlin, teaching screenwriting at the Film Academy Baden-Württemberg in Ludwigsburg. Together with Janine Jackowski and Jonas Dornbach, she runs the production company Komplizen Film. She is best known for her film '' Toni Erdmann'', which was nominated for an Academy Award. Early life and education Ade was born in Karlsruhe, West Germany. As a teenager, she directed her first short films. In 1998, she began studying film production and media management, and later film direction at the University of Television and Film (HFF) in Munich, Manohla Dargis (May 22, 2016)The Director of ‘Toni Erdmann' Savors Her Moment at Cannes''New York Times''. which she successfully completed in 2004. Career In 2001, Ade co-founded the film production company Komplizen Film together with Janine Jackowski, a fellow graduate from HFF. It was with Komplizen Film that she produced her final st ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Anita W
Anita or ANITA may refer to: Arts * ''Anita'' (1967 film), an Indian film * ''Anita'' (2009 film), an Argentine film * ''Anita'' (2021 film), a Hong Kong film *'' Anita: Swedish Nymphet'', a 1973 erotic film People * Anita (given name), people with the given name Anita Places * Anita, Indiana, a former town in Johnson County, Indiana *Anita, Iowa, city in Cass County, Iowa * Anita, Pennsylvania *Batey Anita Airport, in Consuelo, Dominican Republic *Lake Anita State Park, state park in Cass County, Iowa, US *Santa Anita (other) Science and technology *''Amblypodia anita'', a species of blue butterfly *ANITA grade, a group of plants consisting of the most basal angiosperm lineages *Antarctic Impulsive Transient Antenna experiment *Sumlock ANITA calculator * Analysing Interferometer for Ambient Air, a monitoring system used on the International Space Station Storms *Hurricane Anita, an Atlantic hurricane in 1977 *Tropical Storm Anita (other) See also * An ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Perry Miller Adato
Perry Miller Adato (December 22, 1920 – September 16, 2018) was an American documentary film producer and director and writer. Adato was born Lillian Perry Miller in Yonkers, New York. At age 18 she moved to Greenwich Village. She married Neil M. Adato on September 11, 1955. They had two children, Lauren and Michelle. Early life From a very young age Perry Miller Adato was interested in performing. She would perform for her mother, brother and sister in a small Yonkers apartment that her late father left for them. Her widowed mother Ida (Block) Miller managed apartment buildings to provide for her family. During her high school career Perry acted and continued to pursue her acting career during World War II. Career At the end of World War II Adato worked at the United Nations as a film consultant hoping to use film as a catalyst for social change. After working at the United Nations Miller moved to Paris in the 1950s and began to develop her documentary skills. While in Pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joey Lauren Adams
Joey Lauren Adams (born January 9, 1968) is an American actress and director. Adams starred in ''Chasing Amy'', for which she was nominated for the Golden Globe Award for Best Actress – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy, and played smaller roles in other Kevin Smith View Askewniverse films. Career Adams was born to Karen Bonner and Lyle Adams in North Little Rock, Arkansas. She has two older siblings and grew up going to Park Hill Baptist Church in North Little Rock. She began her film career in 1977 with a small role in '' Exorcist II: The Heretic''. After that she began to find larger roles. In 1991, she appeared in "Top of the Heap", the 100th episode of '' Married... with Children'', and then starred in its short-lived spinoff. In 1993, Adams landed her first major film role as Simone in Richard Linklater's '' Dazed and Confused''. In the same year, she appeared in the ''Saturday Night Live'' spinoff film '' Coneheads'' as one of Connie Conehead's friends. Two years later, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Catlin Adams
Catlin Adams (born October 11, 1950) is an American actress, acting coach and film director. As an actress, she appeared in films including '' The Jerk'' and '' The Jazz Singer''. Early life Catlin Adams was born as Nira Barab on October 11, 1950, in Los Angeles, California. At 14, Adams became the youngest actress to join the Actors Studio. There, she studied with her teacher and mentor, Lee Strasberg, until his death. She was also mentored by Stella Adler, Harold Clurman, Lee Grant, Gary Austin and Ellen Burstyn. Career Adams is a graduate of the American Film Institute. She made a TV film, ''"Wanted: A Perfect Guy''", starring young Ben Affleck. This TV film won two Emmys and a Directors Guild Award. Four years later, Adams directed the feature film '' Sticky Fingers'', which she co-wrote and co-produced with Melanie Mayron. One of Adams' first acting roles came in the 1968 TV series '' The Rat Patrol.'' She is a founding member of the improv comedy group, T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kasia Adamik
Katarzyna "Kasia" Adamik (born 28 December 1972) is a Polish director and storyboard artist. She has directed TV series including ''1983'', ''Axis Mundi'', and '' Absentia.'' Her debut film feature as director, ''Bark!'', was in competition at Sundance Film Festival. Adamik and Olga Chajdas shared the award for Best TV Show at the Polish Film Awards for directing drama ''The Pack''. A ''Hollywood Reporter'' article listed her among "four of the country's most prominent directors", naming her alongside the fellow Polish directors she worked on for conspiracy thriller series ''1983'', which was Netflix's first Polish original series. Personal life Adamik was born in Warsaw, the daughter of Polish film director Agnieszka Holland and Slovak opera director Laco Adamík. Her aunt is film director Magdalena Łazarkiewicz. She graduated in graphics from the Academy of Fine Arts in Brussels. She came out as a lesbian in 2012. Career Adamik debuted in the film industry in 1993. Sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
