Female Directors

I knew someone would bring up Wachowski sooner or later 🤣

though I probably could have guessed who 🤣

😁 I just couldn't help myself 😁

quietdriver3 said:Larry Wachowski

Gade, you beat me to it. 🙂

It would definitely be Maya Deren, specifically her masterpiece *Meshes of the Afternoon*.

Věra Chytilová 🙏 🙏 🙏
Daisies (Daisies) and The Apple gama (The Apple gama).

Well, looks like some director of mediocre films is teaming up with the same director or screenwriter to shoot a sequel to Creepshow...

Barbra Streisand's work on 'Yentl' and 'The Prince of Tides'

Mira Nair's contributions to 'Salaam Bombay!' and 'Monsoon Wedding'

Agnès Varda - Le Bonheur, Cléo de 5 à 7
Agnieszka Holland - test footage
Liliana Cavanni - Night Porter, Ripley's performance

Sofia Coppola's ''The Virgin Suicides'', though ''Lost in Translation'' works too...

She’s not exactly my favorite, but we can't just gloss over her—Mimi Leder. She did so much great TV work, like on ER, and then there's Peacekeeper, which was actually one of those rare big-budget movies directed by a woman. And look, I’m not really a huge fan of hers, but you absolutely have to mention Nora Ephron too.

Sofia Coppola's Lost in Translation.
Jane Campion's The Piano.
Sally Potter's Orlando...

Alexander Moore73 said:She isn't exactly top-tier, but we shouldn't just gloss over her—Mimi Leder directed quite a bit of TV (like FBI) and Peacekeeper, which was one of those rare big-budget films actually helmed by a woman.

I suppose I’d argue she’s only being brought up in this thread simply because she's a woman—nothing more than that, I guess.😉

Marguerite Duras

Sofia Coppola👍 I am seriously counting down the days until I can finally see Marie-Antoinette

penelope pitstop said:Upon seeing this thread's title, she was the very first person who came to mind. She is the woman responsible for gifting me one of my absolute favorite films of all time, the virgin suicides. While most people will inevitably bring up Lost in Translation first, that particular film never left quite as profound an impression on me as the former. It is beautiful, tender, possessed of a fairytale atmosphere, and paired with the most exquisite soundtrack imaginable—quite simply, a cinematic treat.🙏 🙏 🙏 So, I told myself: even if a woman follows up such a masterpiece with total garbage, she will always be royalty in my eyes. (To be clear, I am not suggesting that Lost in Translation is garbage. Far from it. Nor is Marie-Antoinette, which I actually haven't seen yet and am looking forward to quite a bit...)

I agree with everything said, though I must elevate one of my favorites to my absolute favorite, my all-time favorite film.

TUTUOLA said:Věra Chytilová 🙏's 🙏 🙏
Daisies and The Apple gama.

I have quite an affinity for Daisies myself, but what can one actually expect from The Apple gama?

fadedwalker96 said:Jane Campion - The Piano

It’s fine, I suppose, but my personal favorite is An Angel at My Table👍 👍

And that's about it... nothing else comes to mind right now... it's not as if they aren't making them anymore...😬 😳

Hmm... Lexi Alexander making a movie about hooligans... You know, there aren't actually enough of them to justify a whole list without being totally unfair. Though, if we're talking favorites, my top pick has to be Agnieszka Holland.

Piano, Lost in Translation 🙏🙏🙏
Nobody ever talks about Jasmila; Grbavica is an absolute masterpiece.

...Steven Spielberg 😍 😍 😍