5 female Directors

Elaine May

Elaine May is a two-time Academy Award nominated film director, screenwriter and actress. She achieved her greatest fame, in the 1950s, from her improvisational comedy routines in partnership with Mike Nichols.

Sofia Coppola

Sofia Carmina Coppola (born May 14, 1971) is an American film director, actress, producer and Academy Award-winning screenwriter. She is the third female director, and only American woman, to be nominated for an Academy Award for Directing, the other two being Lina Wertmüller and Jane Campion.

Lina Wertmuller

Lina Wertmüller is an Italian film director of aristocratic Swiss descent. In 1976, she became the first woman ever to be nominated for an Academy Award for Directing with Seven Beauties.

Rosanna Arquette

Rosanna Lauren Arquette is an American actress, film director, and film producer.Filmography as director/producer:Searching For Debra Winger (2002)All We Are Saying (2005).

Gurinder Chada

Gurinder Chada is a British film director of Indian origin. Most of her films explore the lives of Indians living in the UK. She is most famous for the hit films Bhaji on the Beach (1993), Bend It Like Beckham (2002), Bride and Prejudice (2004) and Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging (2008).