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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.
- Jennifer Abbott (Canada)
- Sarah Abbott (Canada)
- Jennifer Abod (USA)
- Marguerite Abouet (Ivory Coast)
- Abiola Abrams (USA)
- Mona Achache (France)[1]
- 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 (Philippines)
- Barbara Albert (Austria)
- Karin Albou (France)
- Victoria Aleksanyan (Armenia)
- Lexi Alexander (USA)
- Debbie Allen (USA)
- Elizabeth Allen (USA)
- Jennifer Alleyn (Canada)
- Natalia Almada (Mexico-USA)
- Mairzee Almas (Canada)
- Chihiro Amano (Japan)
- Suzana Amaral (Brazil)
- Tata Amaral (Brazil)
- Barbra Amesbury (Canada)
- Ana Lily Amirpour (UK-USA)
- Bonnie Ammaq (Canada)
- Valerie Amponsah (Canada)
- Allison Anders (USA)
- Deborah Anderson (UK-USA)
- Gillian Anderson (USA)
- Jane Anderson (USA)
- Laurie Anderson (USA)
- Madeline Anderson (USA)
- Sarah Pia Anderson (UK-USA)
- Sini Anderson (USA)
- Kamila Andini (Indonesia)
- Momoko Ando (Japan)
- Fern Andra (USA)
- Scilla Andreen (USA)
- Joanna Angel (USA)
- Irene Angelico (Canada)
- Lucia Aniello (USA)
- Jennifer Aniston (USA)
- Catherine Annau (Canada)
- Martha Ansara (Australia)
- Jessie Anthony (Canada)
- Lisa Rose Apramian (USA)
- Shamim Ara (Pakistan)
- Danielle Arbid (Lebanon)
- Louise Archambault (Canada)
- Francesca Archibugi (Italy)
- Fanny Ardant (France)
- Jane Arden (UK)
- Asia Argento (Italy)
- Allison Argo (USA)
- Kay Armatage (Canada)
- Aviva Armour-Ostroff (Canada)
- Franny Armstrong (UK)
- Gillian Armstrong (Australia)
- Alethea Arnaquq-Baril (Canada)
- Gwen Arner (USA)[2][3]
- Andrea Arnold (UK)
- Patricia Arquette (USA)
- Rosanna Arquette (USA)
- Karen Arthur (USA)
- Natasha Arthy (Denmark)
- Larysa Artiugina (Ukraine)
- Ritva Arvelo (Finland)
- Dorothy Arzner (USA)
- Dinara Asanova (Soviet Union)
- Amma Asante (UK)
- Mari Asato (Japan)
- Katie Aselton (USA)
- Asinnajaq (Canada)
- Ratna Asmara (Indonesia)
- Dorothy A. Atabong (Canada)
- Daisy Aitkens (UK)
- Jacqueline Audry (France)
- Shona Auerbach (UK)
- Latesha Auger (Canada)
- Susan Avingaq (Canada)
- Ashley Avis (USA)
- Nurith Aviv (France)
- Ronit Avni (Canada)
- Tali Avrahami (Israel)
- Lisa Azuelos (France)
- Beth B (US)
- Jamie Babbit (US)
- Iskra Babich (Soviet Union)
- Julia Bacha
- Yamina Bachir-Chouikh (Algeria)
- Marina Rice Bader (Canada)
- Cindy Baer (US)
- Jennifer Baichwal (Canada)
- Norma Bailey (Canada)
- Paule Baillargeon (Canada)
- Robin Bain
- Catherine Bainbridge (Canada)
- Josiane Balasko (France)
- Lucille Ball (US)
- Marta Balletbò-Coll (Spain)
- Anne Bancroft (US)
- Rakhshan Bani-Etemad (Iran)
- Elizabeth Banks (US)
- Sofia Banzhaf (Canada)
- Manon Barbeau (Canada)
- Anaïs Barbeau-Lavalette (Canada)
- Laurence Ferreira Barbosa (France)
- Laura Bari
- Céline Baril (Canada)
- Neema Barnette (US)
- Roseanne Barr (US)
- Katherine Barrell (Canada)
- Cecilia Barriga (Chile)
- Drew Barrymore (US)
- Maria Basaglia (Italy)
- Svetlana Baskova (Russia)
- Angela Bassett (US)
- Michal Bat-Adam (Israel)
- Joy Batchelor (UK-US)
- Kathy Bates (US)
- Signe Baumane (Latvia-US)
- Janet Baus (US)
- Jordan Bayne (US)[4][5][6][a]
- Amanda Bearse (US)
- Maria Beatty
- Marjorie Beaucage (Canada)
- Renée Beaulieu (Canada)
- Gabrielle Beaumont (UK-US)
- André-Line Beauparlant (Canada)
- Aida Begić (Bosnia and Herzegovina)
- Fatma Begum
- Feryal Behzad (Iran)[7][8][9]
- Nancy Beiman (Canada)
- Esther Bell (US)
- Jennifer Lyon Bell (Netherlands-US)
- Mary Lou Belli (US)
- Edet Belzberg
- María Luisa Bemberg (Argentina)
- Nicol Ruiz Benavides (Chile)[10]
- Jessica Bendinger (US)
- Yamina Benguigui (Algeria-France)
- Sadie Benning (US)
- Denyse Benoit (Canada)
- Amber Benson (US)
- Emmanuelle Bercot (France)
- Amy J. Berg (US)
- Zaida Bergroth (Finland)
- Shari Springer Berman (US)
- Joyce Bernal (Philippines)
- Halle Berry (US)
- Juliet Berto (France)
- Diane Bertrand (France)
- Julie Bertuccelli (France)
- Maïwenn Le Besco (France)
- Jane Marsh Beveridge
- Troy Beyer (US)
- Pooja Bhatt
- Natalie Bible' (US)
- Ric Esther Bienstock (Canada)
- Susanne Bier (Denmark)
- Kathryn Bigelow (US)
- Anna Biller (US)
- Patricia Birch (US)
- Antonia Bird (UK)
- Roshell Bissett (Canada)
- Sophie Bissonnette (Canada)
- Justine Bitagoye (Burundi)
- Simone Bitton (Morocco)
- Marthe Blackburn (Canada)
- Annick Blanc (Canada)
- Sonia Blangiardo (US)
- Katja Blichfeld (US)
- Alexis Bloom (South Africa)
- Lidia Bobrova (Russia)
- Marusya Bociurkiw (Canada)
- Emily Kai Bock (Canada)
- Anna Boden (US)
- Sofia Bohdanowicz (Canada)
- Sonia Bonspille Boileau (Canada)
- Sophie Farkas Bolla (Canada)
- Icíar Bollaín (Spain)
- Natalya Bondarchuk (Soviet Union-Russia)
- Lisa Bonet (US)
- Sandrine Bonnaire (France)
- Manju Borah
- Uisenma Borchu (Mongolia)
- Lizzie Borden (US)
- Joyce Borenstein (Canada)
- Shonali Bose (India)
- Karen Boswall (UK)
- Leyla Bouzid
- Kansas Bowling (US)
- Muriel Box (UK)
- Maureen Bradley (Canada)
- Madeline Brandeis (US)
- Maryann Brandon (US)
- Netalie Braun (Israel)
- Janicza Bravo (US)
- Anja Breien (Norway)
- Catherine Breillat (France)
- Zabou Breitman (France)
- Pietra Brettkelly (New Zealand)
- Amit Breuer (Canada)
- Manon Briand (Canada)
- Zana Briski (UK)
- Tricia Brock (US)
- Beth Broderick (US)
- Sandrine Brodeur-Desrosiers (Canada)
- Katrina Holden Bronson (US)
- Katherine Brooks (US)
- Julie Brown (US)
- Christene Browne
- Frances Buss Buch (US)
- Valerie Buhagiar
- Kathy Burke (UK)
- Nanette Burstein (US)
- Mira Burt-Wintonick (Canada)
- Maria Burton (US)
- Sophia Bush (US)
- Akosua Busia (US)
- Andrea Bussmann (Canada)
- Mary Ellen Bute (US)
- Dominique Cabrera (France)
- Sophia Cacciola (US)
- Anne-Marie Cadieux (Canada)
- Diane Cailhier (Canada)
- Liz Cairns (Canada)
- Terril Calder (Canada)
- Julia Cameron (US)
- Jessica Cameron (Canada)
- Leah Cameron (Canada)
- Peg Campbell (Canada)
- Tisha Campbell-Martin (US)
- Jane Campion (New Zealand)
- Kat Candler (US)
- Jordan Canning (Canada)
- Dyan Cannon (US)
- Kay Cannon (US)
- Dominique Cardona (Canada)
- Fernanda Cardoso (Brazil)
- Patricia Cardoso (Colombia-US)
- Maggie Carey (US)
- Edith Carlmar
- Niki Caro (New Zealand)
- Ana Carolina (Brazil)
- Joan Carr-Wiggin (Canada)
- Albertina Carri (Argentina)
- Mélanie Carrier (Canada)
- Shelagh Carter (Canada)
- Kirsten Carthew (Canada)
- Alexandra Cassavetes
- Zoe Cassavetes (US)
- Jacqueline Castel (Canada)
- Cecil Castellucci
- Ruth Caudeli (Spain)[11][12]
- Liliana Cavani (Italy)
- Geneviève Dulude-De Celles (Canada)
- Jennifer Celotta (US)
- Thea Červenková (Czechoslovakia)
- Gurinder Chadha (UK)
- Lydia Chagoll (Belgium)
- Ilene Chaiken (US)
- Tanuja Chandra (India)
- Sylvia Chang (Taiwan)
- Karen Chapman (Canada)
- Lyne Charlebois (Canada)
- Miryam Charles (Canada)
- Martine Chartrand (Canada)
- Lilyan Chauvin (US)
- Shu Lea Cheang (Taiwan)
- Shirley Cheechoo (Canada)
- Joan Chen (China)
- Evelyn Spice Cherry (Canada)
- Mabel Cheung (China)
- Sagari Chhabra (India)
- Patricia Chica (Canada-El Salvador)
- Abigail Child (US)
- Aisling Chin-Yee (Canada)
- SJ Chiro (US)
- Karen Cho (Canada)
- Monia Chokri (Canada)
- Lisa Cholodenko (US)
- Joyce Chopra (US)
- Zero Chou
- Deborah Chow (Canada)
- Věra Chytilová (Czech Republic)
- Katerina Cizek
- Julie St. Claire (US)
- Shirley Clarke (US)
- Millefiore Clarkes (Canada)
- Maja Classen
- Marie Clements (Canada)
- Jub Clerc (Australia)
- Susan Cohen
- Yulie Cohen (Israel)
- Isabel Coixet (Spain)
- Giada Colagrande (Italy)
- Fabienne Colas (Canada)
- Laurie Colbert (Canada)
- Janis Cole (Canada)
- Cristina Comencini (Italy)
- Nicole Conn (US)
- Heather Connell (US)
- Lisa Connor (US)
- Janice Cooke-Leonard (US)
- Martha Coolidge (US)
- Nancy Cooperstein (US)
- Eleanor Coppola (US)
- Sofia Coppola (US)
- Cristina Kotz Cornejo (US-Argentina)
- Larissa Corriveau (Canada)
- Catherine Corsini (France)
- Helena Cortesina (Spain)
- Ghyslaine Côté (Canada)
- Michèle Cournoyer (Canada)
- Marie-Hélène Cousineau (Canada)
- Courteney Cox (US)
- Kelly Fremon Craig (US)
- Barbara Cranmer (Canada)
- Judith Crawley (Canada)
- Leanna Creel (US)
- Jeanne Crépeau (Canada)
- Nancy Criss (US)
- Suzanne Crocker (Canada)
- Emma-Kate Croghan (Australia)
- Caitlin Cronenberg (Canada)
- Catherine Crouch
- Fiona Cumming (UK)
- Carolynne Cunningham
- Shelley Curtis (US)
- Thirza Cuthand (Canada)
- Cherien Dabis (US)
- Nia DaCosta (US)
- Eva Dahr (Norway)
- Holly Dale (Canada)
- Marie-Julie Dallaire (Canada)
- Tamela D'Amico
- Aimée Danis (Canada)
- Mireille Dansereau (Canada)
- Gia Darling
- Joan Darling (US)
- Rima Das (India)
- Julie Dash (US)
- Charlotte Dauphin (France)
- Byambasuren Davaa (Mongolia-Germany)
- Dorothy Davenport (US) (also as Mrs. Wallace Reid)
- Marie Davignon (Canada)
- Tamra Davis (US)
- Roxann Dawson (US)
- Deborah Day (Canada)
- Linda Day (US)
- Camille de Casabianca (France)
- Laura de Jonge (Canada)
- Maria de Medeiros (Portugal)
- Miranda de Pencier (Canada)
- Charlotte de Turckheim (France)
- Marina de Van (France)
- Autumn de Wilde (US)
- Rowan Deacon (UK)
- Josephine Decker (US)
- Tracey Deer (Canada)
- Regine Deforges (France)
- Donna Deitch (US)
- Katrina del Mar (US)
- Julie Delpy (France-US)
- Paula Delsol (France)
- Claire Denis (France)
- Pouran Derakhshandeh (Iran)
- Sophie Deraspe (Canada)
- Maya Deren (US)
- Dhvani Desai (India)
- Virginie Despentes (France)
- Arundhati Devi (India)
- Aminder Dhaliwal (Canada)
- Aishwarya R. Dhanush (India)
- Katherine Dieckmann (US)
- Susie Dietter (US)
- Nia Dinata (Indonesia)
- Mati Diop (France)
- Zoe Dirse (Canada)
- Abigail Disney (US)
- Leila Djansi (US-Ghana)
- Assia Djebar (Algeria)
- Nana Djordjadze (Georgia)
- Shannen Doherty (US)
- Gail Dolgin (US)
- Trish Dolman (Canada)
- Mary Agnes Donoghue (US)
- Mia Donovan (Canada)
- Andrea Dorfman (Canada)
- Anita Doron (Canada)
- Doris Dörrie (Germany)
- Nicole Dorsey (Canada)
- Illeana Douglas (US)
- Elissa Down (Australia)
- Rosvita Dransfeld (Canada)
- Polly Draper (US)
- Fran Drescher (US)
- Marie Dressler (Canada)
- Mr. and Mrs. Sidney Drew
- Kate Drummond (Canada)
- Julia Ducournau (France)
- Germaine Dulac (France)
- Alma Duncan (Canada)
- Lena Dunham (US)
- Jan Dunn (UK)
- Cheryl Dunye (Liberia-US)
- Sophie Dupuis (Canada)
- Marguerite Duras (France)
- Clea DuVall (US)
- Ava DuVernay (US)
- Gaëlle d'Ynglemare (Canada)
- Christine Edzard (France)
- Blessing Effiom Egbe (Nigeria)[13][14][15][b]
- Michelle Ehlen (US)
- Debra Eisenstadt
- Jihan El-Tahri
- Jan Eliasberg (US)
- Phyllis Ellis (Canada)
- Bille Eltringham (UK-US)
- Sheri Elwood (Canada)
- Erma Elzy-Jones (US)
- Anne Émond (Canada)
- Esther Eng (US)
- Diane English (US)
- Jackie English (Canada)
- Ildikó Enyedi (Hungary)
- Nora Ephron (US)
- Marie Epstein
- Abby Epstein (US)
- Anna Eriksson (Finland)
- Deniz Gamze Ergüven
- Claudia Morgado Escanilla (Canada)
- Danishka Esterhazy (Canada)
- Bang Eun-jin (South Korea)
- Yasmin Evering-Kerr (Canada)
- Ewa Ewart (Poland)
- Valie Export (Austria)
- Tali Shalom Ezer (Israel)
- Trey Fanjoy (US)
- Mitra Farahani
- Danielle Faraldo (US)
- Coralie Fargeat (France)
- Valerie Faris (US)
- Marianne Farley (Canada)
- Vera Farmiga
- Forough Farrokhzad
- Sepideh Farsi
- Safi Faye (Senegal)
- Daniela Fejerman (Argentina)
- Rachel Feldman (US)
- Emerald Fennell (UK)
- Lynne Fernie (Canada)
- Pascale Ferran (France)
- Pepita Ferrari (Canada)
- Sally Field (US)
- Chip Fields (US)
- Kim Fields (US)
- Martha Fiennes (UK)
- Sophie Fiennes (UK)
- Denise Filiatrault (Canada)
- Lee Filipovski (Canada)
- Roberta Findlay (US)
- Frauke Finsterwalder (Germany)
- Jenna Fischer (US)
- Jennifer Flackett (US)
- Tracy Flannigan
- Luise Fleck
- Ann Marie Fleming (Canada)
- Anne Fletcher (US)
- Shannon Flynn (US)
- Anna Foerster
- Susanna Fogel (US)
- Cheryl Foggo (Canada)
- Deanne Foley (Canada)
- Sheree Folkson
- Megan Follows (Canada)
- Anne Fontaine (Luxembourg)
- Maya Forbes (US)
- Amanda Forbis (Canada)
- Victoria Forester (Canada)
- Sadaf Foroughi (Iran)
- Kyllikki Forssell (Finland)
- Sarah Fortin (Canada)
- Amparo Fortuny (Spain)
- Gwendolyn Audrey Foster (US)
- Jodie Foster (US)
- Kathryn Foster (US)
- Lilibet Foster (US)
- Tori Foster (Canada)
- Beryl Fox (Canada)
- Jennifer Fox
- Sarain Fox (Canada)
- Rana Abu Fraihah (Palestine-Israel)
- Bonnie Franklin (US)
- Raquel Freire (Portugal)
- Camelia Frieberg (Canada)
- Liz Friedlander (US)
- Kim Friedman
- Vivi Friedman (Finland-US)
- Kim Friedman (US)
- Su Friedrich (US)
- Shirley Frimpong-Manso
- Grete Frische
- Sarah Frost (US)
- Soleil Moon Frye (US)
- Pamela Fryman (US)
- Kei Fujiwara
- Belén Funes (Spain)
- Mellissa Fung (Canada)
- Kelly Fyffe-Marshall (Canada)
- Bethany Joy Galeotti (US)
- Maya Gallus (Canada)
- Nisha Ganatra (Canada)
- Shruti Ganguly (India)[16][17]
- Liz Garbus (US)
- Emmanuelle Schick Garcia (Canada)
- Nicole Garcia (French Algiers)
- Jennifer Garner (US)
- Jem Garrard (Canada)
- Katy Garretson (US)
- Jennie Garth (US)
- Sarah Baril Gaudet (Canada)
- Karen Gaviola (US)
- Julie Gavras (France)
- Sarah Gavron (UK)
- Katrin Gebbe (Germany)
- Ngardy Conteh George (Canada)
- Geretta Geretta
- Valeriya Gai Germanika (Russia)
- Greta Gerwig (US)
- Jennifer Getzinger (US)
- Tina Gharavi (Iran-US-UK-NZ)
- Coky Giedroyc (UK)
- Maria Giese (US)
- Melody Gilbert
- Melissa Gilbert (US)
- Leah Gilliam (US)
- Abby Ginzberg (US)
- Tess Girard (Canada)
- Lillian Gish (US)
- Ellen Gittelsohn (US)
- Rose Glass (UK)
- Lesli Linka Glatter (US)
- Delphine Gleize (France)
- Alesia Glidewell (US)
- Lana Gogoberidze (Soviet Union-Georgia)
- Dana Goldberg (Israel)
- Whoopi Goldberg (US)
- Valeria Golino (Italy)
- Rosser Goodman (US)
- Dennie Gordon (US)
- Marleen Gorris (Netherlands)
- Rachel Goslins
- Lisa Gottlieb (US)
- Danis Goulet (Canada)
- Sophie Goyette (Canada)
- Marita Grabiak (US)
- Briar Grace-Smith (New Zealand)
- Debra Granik (US)
- Anais Granofsky (Canada)
- Lee Grant (US)
- Susannah Grant (US)
- Janet Greek (US)
- Lynnie Greene (US)
- Amy Greenfield
- Lauren Greenfield
- Maggie Greenwald (US)
- Annie Griffin (US-UK)
- Allison Grodner (US)
- Esther Gronenborn
- Patricia Gruben (Canada)
- Aurora Guerrero (US)
- Gigi Saul Guerrero (Canada)
- Luce Guilbeault (Canada)
- Sonali Gulati (India-US)
- Xiaolu Guo
- Jasmine Guy (US)
- Alice Guy-Blaché (France-US)
- Maggie Gyllenhaal (US)
- Alli Haapasalo (Finland)
- Joana Hadjithomas (Lebanon)
- Lucile Hadžihalilović (France)
- Mona Zandi Haghighi (Iran)
- Helen Haig-Brown (Canada)
- Randa Haines (US)
- Maha Haj (Palestine)
- Pam Hall (Canada)
- Sachi Hamano (Japan)
- Lisa Gay Hamilton (US)
- Sylvia Hamilton (Canada)
- Tanya Hamilton (US)
- Barbara Hammer (US)
- Sanaa Hamri (Morocco-US)
- Michelle Handelman (US)
- Kristin Hanggi (US)
- Teresa Hannigan (Canada)
- Marion Hänsel (Belgium)
- Mia Hansen-Løve (France)
- Banchi Hanuse (Canada)
- Neasa Hardiman (Ireland)
- Catherine Hardwicke (US)
- Mariska Hargitay (US)
- Alicia K. Harris (Canada)
- Danielle Harris (US)
- Emily Harris (United Kingdom)[18][19][c]
- Mary Harron (Canada)
- Jackée Harry (US)
- Bobbi Jo Hart (Canada)
- Melissa Joan Hart (US)
- Phoebe Hart (Australia)
- Gail Harvey (Canada)
- Jessica Hausner (Austria)
- Goldie Hawn (US)
- Gwen Haworth (Canada)
- Salma Hayek (Mexico-US)
- Helaine Head (US)
- Leslye Headland (US)
- Julie Hébert (US)
- Anne Heche (US)
- Jen Heck (US)
- Amy Heckerling (US)
- Sian Heder (US)
- Birgit Hein (Germany)
- Manijeh Hekmat (Iran)
- Marielle Heller (US)
- Katherine Helmond (US)
- Heather Hemmens (US)
- Felicia D. Henderson (US)
- Maryam Henein (Canada)
- Jill Hennessy (Canada)
- Astrid Henning-Jensen (Denmark)
- Kathleen Hepburn (Canada)
- Jennifer Love Hewitt (US)
- Sachiko Hidari (Japan)
- Heather Hill (US)
- Cheryl Hines (US)
- Ivy Ho (Hong Kong)
- Lyndall Hobbs (Australia-US)
- Victoria Hochberg (US)
- Tamar Simon Hoffs (US)
- Joanna Hogg (UK)
- Agnieszka Holland (Poland)
- Helen Holmes (US)
- Peggy Holmes (US)
- Nicole Holofcener (US)
- Mahboubeh Honarian (Iran-Canada)
- Solveig Hoogesteijn (Sweden-Venezuela)
- Zoe Leigh Hopkins (Canada)
- Gwyneth Horder-Payton (US)
- Rebecca Horn (Germany)
- Mars Horodyski (Canada)
- Anna Maria Horsford (US)
- Joan Horvath
- Sally El Hosaini (UK-Egypt)
- Dianne Houston (US)
- Bryce Dallas Howard (US)
- Tiffany Hsiung (Canada)
- Huang Hui-zhen (Taiwan)
- Huang Xi (Taiwan)[20][21]
- Tasha Hubbard (Canada)
- Bronwen Hughes (Canada)
- Ann Hui (Hong Kong)
- Danielle Huillet (France)
- Bonnie Hunt (US)
- Courtney Hunt (US)
- Helen Hunt (US)
- Nicki Hunter (US)
- Tonya Hurley (US)
- Zora Neale Hurston (US)
- Anjelica Huston (US)
- Sophie Hyde (Australia)
- Ansa Ikonen (Finland)
- Indrani (US-India)
- Dana Inkster (Canada)
- Laura Innes (US)
- Nyla Innuksuk (Canada)
- Diana Lee Inosanto (US)
- Bodil Ipsen (Denmark)
- Elisapie Isaac (Canada)
- Debbie Isitt (UK)
- Lula Ali Ismaïl (Canada)
- Madeline Ivalu (Canada)
- Julia Crawford Ivers (US)
- Sangita Iyer (Canada)
- Mehreen Jabbar
- Annemarie Jacir
- Lisa Jackson (Canada)
- Katie Jacobs (US)
- Sarah Jacobson (US)
- Jeong Jae-eun (South Korea)
- Wanda Jakubowska (Poland)
- Anna Elizabeth James (US)[22][23][24][d]
- Annabel Jankel (UK-US)
- Agnès Jaoui (France)
- Sophie Jarvis (Canada)
- Kathleen Jayme (Canada)
- Marianne Jean-Baptiste (US)
- Christine Jeffs (New Zealand)
- Patty Jenkins (US)
- Tamara Jenkins (US)
- Caytha Jentis (US)
- Katherine Jerkovic (Canada)
- Slater Jewell-Kemker (Canada)
- Renuka Jeyapalan (Canada)
- Xiao Jiang (China)
- Liu Jiayin (China)
- Xu Jinglei (China)
- Stephanie Johnes (US)
- Amy Jo Johnson (Canada)
- Karen Johnson (US)
- Kirsten Johnson (US)
- Angelina Jolie (US)
- Stephanie Joline (Canada)
- Amy Holden Jones (US)
- G. B. Jones (Canada)
- Rachel Leah Jones (US-Israel)
- Meryam Joobeur (Canada)
- Hella Joof (Denmark)
- Yashira Jordán
- Mary Jordan (Canada-US)
- Elena Jordi (Spain)
- Nana Jorjadze (Soviet Union-Georgia)
- Suma Josson (India)
- Petra Joy
- Maureen Judge (Canada)
- Miranda July (US)
- July Jung (South Korea)
- Ingrid Jungermann (US)
- Marie-Ève Juste (Canada)
- Wanuri Kahiu (Kenya)
- Shahnewaz Kakoli (Bangladesh)
- Kelley Kali (US)
- Alex Kalymnios (US)
- Deborah Kampmeier
- Ellie Kanner (US)
- Nelly Kaplan
- Betty Kaplan (Argentina)
- Deborah Kaplan (US)
- Prema Karanth (India)
- Niki Karimi (Iran)
- Anna Karina
- Alexa Karolinski (Germany)
- Matia Karrell (US)
- Nicole Kassell (US)
- Daphna Kastner (Canada)
- Nancy Kates (US)
- Sandra Kaudelka (Germany)
- Ish Amitoj Kaur
- Mariko Kawana
- Naomi Kawase (Japan)
- Diane Keaton (US)
- Elodie Keene (US)
- Alan Rowe Kelly (US)
- Jennifer Kent (Australia)
- Elza Kephart (Canada)
- Amanda Kernell (Sweden)
- Sarah Kernochan (US)
- Joanna Kerns (US)
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