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It’s important to seek out female directors on your own, and please let us know of any female directors we may have missed on our list. [18][19], Rich, the originator of the phrase New Queer Cinema, has identified the emergence in the late 2000s of LGBT-themed mainstream films such as Brokeback Mountain, Milk, and The Kids Are All Right as a key moment in the evolution of the genre. This trans duo has supported each other through the work and change and important to Hollywood’s visual style and CGI in general. This is usually determined by a series of characteristics that are traditionally associated with queerness, such as more effeminate presentations by male characters or more masculine ones from female characters. Here are the best female directors working today. The fest also achieved gender parity last year. Since then, she’s worked on several dramatic films, North Country, The Zookeeper’s Wife, Disney’s live-action Mulan. The guilt is unreal.”, — Miranda July, writer, director and actress. Soloway was busy writing for television and building indie cred until she put Amazon TV on the map with her hit dramedy Transparent. Films of the New Queer Cinema movement typically share certain themes, such as the rejection of heteronormativity and the lives of LGBT protagonists living on the fringe of society. Woman were just 7% of all directors working in the top 250 domestic grossing films in 2016. But it can be hard to find the sites that will fuel our desires...until now. There are a lot of NOs to any YES. She also made her name directing Augustine, Disorder, and Proxima. While this is a comprehensive list of female directors, there are more women filmmakers naming names for themselves every day. An overwhelming number were being killed off in scripted TV, often simply to advance their straight counterparts’ storylines. She grappled her way to the screen with Green Street Hooligans and followed it up with the exciting Punisher: War Zone. The major film studio to discuss these issues was aptly named New Line Cinema with its Fine Line Features division. She recently directed episodes of Mrs. America. “Queer and present danger”: This page was last edited on 6 February 2021, at 23:18. Foster was nominated for an Emmy for her work on Orange Is the New Black and is fearless when it comes to choosing her directing assignments. “My husband is shooting a movie, and our son is 3, and everyone around him is not going, ‘Oh, my god, what are you going to do with your son?’ We give fathers all kinds of permission to focus on their work, to be creatively consumed, but mothers with that same determination make everyone uneasy. The subversive comedy Obvious Child helped Robespierre wade into Hollywood’s waters. 4.8%. Coppola has pedigree coming from the Godfather himself. Aesthetic excellence and flamboyance were crucial in drag performances and competitions. She’s tackled multiple genres and frequently gets involved in the writing as well. Hot Docs Canadian International Documentary Festival has announced its 2021 lineup. She’s been prolific over the past few years. She has been nominated for Emmys for her work in Mad Men and Homeland and even was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Short Film. You might have to do this as an assistant, or as a producer or writer yourself trying to attach the RIGHT director to your project. Fletcher was a renowned choreographer who stepped into the director’s chair for the breakout hit, Step Up, in 2006. This list NEEDS Anna Biller (“The Love Witch”, “Viva”) added to it! She started out as a cinematographer before stepping into the director's chair. Rees broke onto the scene with Mudbound, making history as the first black woman to earn an Academy Award nomination for Writing. Her work in character-centered dramedy creates a delicate balance between comedy and tragedy. After those two successes she worked mainly in television with episodes of Six Feet Under, Big Love, and the Anna Nicole TV Movie. So, without further ado, here is our list of amazing and accomplished directors who also happen to be women. Then she transitioned seamlessly into live action with The Darkest Minds. This list of films will be available at the Big Idea Bookstore in March 2014. Stigma and methodological barriers make it difficult to get an accurate count of the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender (LGBT) population. [4] His films also examined the relationship between sexual, social, and political oppression, which would go on to become key themes of New Queer Cinema. A true Jill-of-all-trades. Make her human.”. The duo met in film school but Hollywood took notice when they released Half Nelson starring Ryan Gosling. [10][11][12][13], Not only did these films frequently reference the AIDS crisis of the 1980s, the film movement itself can be seen as a response to the crisis. Female directors get it done. Since then, Bigelow has worked in film and television. Since then she’s handled both large studio ventures like Aeon Flux, as well as cult films like The Invitation. The release of But I’m A Cheerleader was a landmark moment in Queer Cinema. Frozen II did similar numbers and she currently is the Chief Creative Officer at Disney. [4] Queer cinema filmmakers sometimes made films in genres that were typically considered mainstream, then subverting conventions by depicting the "question of pleasure" and celebrating excess, or by re-adding homosexual themes or historical elements where they had been erased through straightwashing (e.g. Debra Granik was nominated for an Academy Award for her writing on that film but her directing put us into the Ozarks with unforgiving relentlessness. Cholodenko bounced around between TV and smaller films but really became a part of the conversation with her project, The Kids Are All Right. in Derek Jarman's 1991 historical film Edward II). Five years after releasing our original "100 Best Lesbian, Bisexual, and Queer Films" list — we decided to double it (With 25 new updates for 2021!) The tone and energy of these movies reflected the assertive outrage of AIDS activist organizations of the past decade. ... launched an endowment fund for queer women and trans emerging directors… She’s made it a point to work with other women and focus on equality for all. This female director started as an actress that dominated on the screen and has now also moved behind the camera. Our mission is to make the production experience more streamlined, efficient, and pleasant. This was an arguably underground world with which many Americans were unfamiliar. Since then, the Wachowskis focused on building out that franchise and creating singular science fiction works that include Cloud Atlas and Speed Racer. Utena is maybe his masterpiece, but before Utena he was one of the directors of Sailor Moon. For LGBT films in general, see, List of lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender-related films, History of homosexuality in American film, New York Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, & Transgender Film Festival, "How Paris is Burning became a touchstone of queer cinema - The Skinny", "The 'Paris Is Burning' Director on Its Message: 'Be Yourself, "Jennie Livingston on Paris Is Burning 30 Years Later", "The Re-released 'Paris Is Burning' Brings Us into the Future", "Read The First Chapter of B. Ruby Rich's 'New Queer Cinema: The Director's Cut,' a Must-Read For Anyone Even Remotely Interested In LGBT Cinema", "New Queer Cinema: Theory, Politics, and Transgression", "Gay Pride 2015: Celebrating Todd Haynes', "Hearth of Darkness: Rob White's Todd Haynes", "Cruising With Travis Mathews: The Nightcharm Interview", "B Ruby Rich on this year's queer film festival circuit", https://web.archive.org/web/20120603121621/http://www.bfi.org.uk/sightandsound/feature/80, A Brief History of Queer Cinema at GreenCine, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=New_Queer_Cinema&oldid=1005287421, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. While not all identifying with a specific political movement, New Queer Cinema films were invariably radical, as they sought to challenge and subvert assumptions about identity, gender, class, family and society. Taymor is widely known for her styling, set design, and production values. Scafaria wrote Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist but was able to parlay that into directing her next feature, Seeking A Friend For The End Of The World. Instead, she focuses on her own independent voice, pushing modern ideas like Somewhere and Bling Ring while also bending genre and tone with Marie Antoinette and The Beguiled. Best female Directors list Female directors, A-Z. She's become a major cultural influencer. She also became a force in television with SMILF and directing the pilot of Heathers. Kusama has also worked extensively in television in both comedy and drama. Now a stalwart in television, Alexander got her start as a World Karate Champion. Queer theory and politics were emerging topics in academic circles, with proponents arguing that gender and sexual categories, such as homosexual and heterosexual, were historical social constructs, subject to change with cultural attitudes. Bigelow began her directing career in 1981 with The Loveless but she became a household name with Point Break in 1991. "[4], In her 1992 article, Rich commented on the strong gay and lesbian presence on the previous year's film festival circuit and coined the phrase "New Queer Cinema" to describe a growing movement of similarly themed films being made by gay and lesbian independent filmmakers, chiefly in North America and the United Kingdom. In January of 2021, a GoFundMe campaign was created to help keep the venue open during the pandemic: She’s recently debuted her Gloria Steinem biopic, The Glorias. Kim was born in Korea but has been working consistently in Hollywood since 2006. She brings you into characters lives and leaves you there, allowing you to make your own decisions about them. [7], These directors were making their films at a time when the gay community was facing new challenges from the AIDS crisis in the 1980s and the conservative political wave brought on by the presidency of Ronald Reagan in the United States and the government of Margaret Thatcher in the United Kingdom. Before her meteoric rise, Dunham toured the country with her indie film Tiny Furniture. [4] Another influence on Queer cinema was the Brazilian filmmaker Héctor Babenco, whose film Kiss of the Spider Woman, from 1985, depicted a man in prison, who is seduced by his cellmate. Leder can handle big science fiction but always grounds it in personal struggles. Still, she made an indelible mark on comedy and is poised for a noisy comeback. 88% of the films had no female directors. Since then she’s refined her character work with the painfully funny, Landline. Soloway has directed many episodes of the series and for her other Amazon show, I Love Dick. She’s making the leap to American films after, with Bergman Island. very time there is an open directing assignment, a list of possible directors is put together. [4] The issue of "lesbian invisibility" had been raised in Queer cinema, since more funding went to gay male filmmakers than lesbian directors, as is the case with the heterosexual/mainstream film industry, and as such, much of queer cinema focused on the "construction of male desire. Banks has articulated the desire to make bigger movies and tackle huge-budget films. Andrea Mirza named director of female industry support group ReFrame. She started with an episode of L.A. Law and did a series of TV movies. In 2013, she directed the anthology film, Palo Alto, based on James Franco’s book of the same title. LGBT/queer films not by openly LGBT/queer directors. Master the art of visual storytelling with our FREE video series on directing and filmmaking techniques. In 2019, she directed one of the year's best films, Hustlers. In some places, such as the New Haven colony, male and female homosexual acts were punishable by death (e.g., Katz, 1976). B. Ruby Rich. “That leaves queer people and queer people of color less able to respond to the harmful effects of discrimination when it does happen.” The lack of data on queer BIPOC farmers is also prevalent in academia, said Jaclyn Wypler , a Ph.D. candidate at the University of Wisconsin-Madison who studies queer and transgender sustainable farmers in conservative rural communities. [5]:220 AIDS activist videos, in particular, had a strong influence on the themes and imagery in New Queer Cinema as many of its notable figures were directly involved with AIDS activism. She’s previously directed episodes of Modern Family, Man with a Plan, and Black-ish. She’s also dominated TV work, with several episodes of Casual. She’s since focused on her own work and creating personal stories. Jenkins’ style and vision made Wonder Woman a blockbuster smash, and the follow-up, Wonder Woman 1984, looks like a blast. Queer Love in Film and Television: ... Woods tells Den of Geek that the directors gave him license to be ... is the first female lead in a Pixar film. In 2010, no one knew who Jennifer Lawrence was but then she debuted in a little film called Winter’s Bone by this female director. Harron is great at keeping an audience guessing and highlighting our darkest thoughts and feelings. Winocour wrote the 2015 smash, Mustang, and immediately parlayed that into a directing career. There are countless talented female filmmakers out there, and any list for a prospective director should include many of them. In 1998, Slums Of Beverly Hills burst through the indie scene and into the mainstream. Though less prolific than others, Streisand forged a path that helped many female directors. Then a little show called ​Westworld broke out and became a major hit. Now she’s got The Stand-In due soon — her first feature in a few years. Headland was a playwright who transitioned to TV writing for the cult classic, Terriers. She's spent a lot of time since in TV, working on some of the biggest comedies like You’re the Worst and Alone Together. When Davis emerged from the music video landscape of the late '80s and early 90’s, she directed comedies like CB4, Billy Madison and Half Baked. POPULATION It Is Difficult to Determine the Size of the LGBT Population. Since then she’s directed three episodes of New Girl and The Meddler. Nair started in documentary film, but quickly shifted into creating personal stories like Monsoon Wedding and The Namesake. Polley stepped away from acting in 2010 to pursue directing full time. While she has only directed one film, she’s also an accomplished novelist and continues to tell stories. That’s why we’re going to go over an extensive list of the best female directors. A graphic novelist, Satrapi broke into directing after adapting her own graphic novel, Persepolis, to the big screen. Her latest film, Dumplin', was released to great acclaim and belongs on any top female directors list. She’s truly royalty of independent cinema, working to create singular visions about often controversial subjects. "New Queer Cinema" is a term first coined by the academic B. Ruby Rich in Sight & Sound magazine in 1992 to define and describe a movement in queer-themed independent filmmaking in the early 1990s. of directors on the top 1,300 films 2007-2019 were women. Fifty percent of the directors in the festival program are women. I never bothered to date and I hate sex very much. Releasing Unbroken, By The Sea, and First They Killed My Father. Lee cut her teeth in the animated world as a writer on projects like Wreck-It Ralph. [5]:192, The identification of Queer cinema probably emerged in the mid-1980s through the influence of Queer theory, which aims to "challenge and push further debates on gender and sexuality" as developed by feminist theory and "confuse binary essentialisms around gender and sexual identity, expose their limitations", and depict the blurring of these roles and identities. Jarman's public promotion of gay rights and equality have established him as an influential activist within the LGBT community. Heller started in Hollywood as an actress but made noise in a big way with Diary of a Teenage Girl. Killing it much? If you saw The Babadook, chances are you still haven’t gotten a good night's sleep. All the films feature explicitly gay and lesbian protagonists and subjects; explicit and unapologetic depictions of or references to gay sex; and a confrontational and often antagonistic approach towards heterosexual culture. It’ll be interesting to see how she rises in Hollywood. Probably the time I was the most regular as a writer was college. An important influence on the development of Queer cinema was Rainer Werner Fassbinder's 1970s and 1980s European art films, which added a "gay and queer sensibility" to film (e.g., Querelle from 1982, based on Genet's novel). Also because as Hollywood changes and looks to a new progressive future, anyone who isn't focused on inclusivity will be left in the dust. [4] Queer cinema filmmakers called for a "multiplicity of voices and sexualities" and equally had a "collection of different aesthetics" in their work. This New Zealand director achieved universal acclaim for her work on Whale Rider. She’s also dominated the television landscape directing episodes of The Mindy Project, New Girl, Casual, Shameless, G.L.O.W., Love, and AP Bio. Caro’s visual style is unique and refreshing. She knows how to convert big action and big heart. Since then, Prince-Bythewood has worked in television, independent cinema, and is about to drop an action film with Charlize Theron on Netflix called The Old Guard. Another in the Coppola family tree, Sofia branched out from her father's prestige mafia movies. Kent is another director whose career started as an actress and shifted over time. [21], "Queer cinema" redirects here. Yuh Nelson had previously only worked in animation as a story artist until she put her stamp on the Kung-Fu Panda franchise by directing the 2nd and 3rd films. This determined British director can do it all, helming the musical Mamma Mia! In the next article, we'll go through the process of how to become a director. 1 The following statistics are the best estimates from surveys around the world. Recently she’s focused on creating interesting characters, as seen in her Amelia Earhart biopic, Amelia, and her chess movie, Queen of Katwe. For the better part of the past thirty years, Linka Glatter has been a go-to director in television. A wave of bold Georgian films are bringing the stories of women, immigrants, queer people, and other marginalized groups to the foreground. Leder has been directing consistently for the past 30 years. [5]:221 These films commented on the failure of the Ronald Reagan administration to respond to the AIDS epidemic and the social stigma experienced by the gay community. 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