Women have made and are making important contributions in all areas of society, as well as in various fields, including in the film industry. Today, let's take stock of the female directors who have been active in the international film industry in recent years and have a rather stylish work, just to pay tribute to all women.
/ Lulu Wang
Born on February 25, 1983 in Beijing, Chinese-American director, screenwriter and producer.
In 2007, he directed his first short film "Can-Can".
In 2014, he directed his first film "Aftermath".
In 2019, she wrote and directed the feature film "Don't Tell Her", which was nominated for the Best Screenplay Award at the 29th Gotham Independent Film Awards, for which she was nominated for the Best Female Director Award at the 3rd Hollywood Film Critics Association Awards.
Masterpiece Recommendation: "Don't Tell Her"
/ Nadine Labaki
Born on February 18, 1974 in Barbudat, Lebanon, She is a Lebanese female director, screenwriter and actress.
In 2007, the self-written and directed film Caramel premiered at the Cannes Film Festival.
In 2018, the self-written and self-directed film "What is Home" won the Jury Award in the main competition unit of the 71st Cannes International Film Festival and was nominated for best foreign language film at the 91st Academy Awards, thus becoming the second Arab female director in history to be nominated for the Academy Awards.
In 2019, he served as the chairman of the jury of a kind of attention section of the 72nd Cannes International Film Festival.
Recommended masterpiece: "What is home"
/ Greta Gerwig
Born on August 4, 1983 in California, USA.
In January 2018, he was nominated for Best Director at the 90th Academy Awards for "Miss Bird".
In March 2018, she won the Best Screenplay Award at the 2018 American Film Independent Spirit Awards for Miss Bird. In August, it ranked 27th in the 2018 Huading Awards Global Celebrity Public Image Satisfaction Survey Index.
In 2019, he directed "Little Women", which was nominated for 6 nominations for the 92nd Academy Awards.
Recommended works: "Miss Bird", "Little Women"
/ Serene Sienma
Born on November 12, 1980 in Pontoise, France, he is a screenwriter and director.
On May 25, 2019, he won the Best Screenplay Award in the main competition section of the 72nd Cannes Film Festival for "Portrait of a Burning Woman".
On December 24, 2019, he won the Best Director Award at the 24th Florida Film Critics Association Awards for "Portrait of a Burning Woman".
Recommended masterpiece: Portrait of a Burning Woman
/ Kathryn Bigelow
Born on November 27, 1951 in California, USA, she is a famous American film director, photographer and producer
On March 7, 2010, she won six glorious awards such as best film and best director at the 82nd Academy Awards for "Bomb Disposal Unit", becoming the first Ever Academy Award for Best Female Director.
On February 18, 2018, he won the Director Award at the 65th American Society of Sound Editors "Golden Scroll" Awards. In March, he became a producer of the film "Real American".
Recommended masterpiece: "Bomb Disposal Unit"
/ Sofia Coppola
Born on May 14, 1971 in Northern California, usa, american director, screenwriter and actor.
In 1999, he directed his first film " Winged Angel " was released.
In 2003, the second film, Lost in Tokyo, was released, for which she also won the 2004 Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay and the Oscar nomination for Best Director.
In 2010, "Somewhere" won the "Golden Lion Award" for Best Film at the 67th Venice Film Festival.
In 2017, he won the Best Director Award in the main competition section of the 70th Cannes Film Festival for "Under the Peony Flower", and in November, he won the Special Honor Award at the 27th Gotham Independent Film Awards.
In February 2019, film "Touching the Reef", which was written and directed, began filming.
Recommended Masterpiece: "Lost in Tokyo"
/ Patty Jenkins
Born july 24, 1971 in California, USA.
In 2003, her feature-length film debut , The Witch Head , was widely acclaimed , with lead actor Charlize Theron winning the 76th Academy Award for Best Actress.
In 2017, he directed the superhero film Wonder Woman, which won the 2017 National Critics Association Awards Focus Award.
In January 2019, the TNT crime drama "I Am the Night" was broadcast.
On June 5, 2020, the film "Wonder Woman 2" was released in North America.
Recommended masterpieces: "Female Demon Head", "Wonder Woman"
/ Jane Campion
Born on 30 April 1954 in Wellington, New Zealand, she is a famous New Zealand female director.
In 1986, he won the Palme d'Or for short films at the Cannes Film Festival for "Peel".
In 1990, he won the Silver Lion Award at the Venice Film Festival.
In 1993, "Piano Lesson" won the Palme d'Or at the 46th Cannes Film Festival and the 66th Academy Award for Best Original Screenplay.
In 2020, he directed the film "The Power of Dogs".
The only woman in the history of the Cannes International Film Festival to win the Palme d'Or, and the only director to win both the Palme d'Or feature film and short film awards.
Recommended Masterpiece: Piano Lessons
/ Nora Evne
Born in the United States on May 19, 1941, he died on June 27, 2012.
In 1989, the love film "When Harry Meets Sally", which was written and supervised, was critically acclaimed.
In 1993, the self-written and self-directed "Sleepless Seattle" became a classic in Hollywood romance films.
Since then, a series of works such as "Angels Are Not Defensive", "Electronic Love Letters", and "Family with Fairy Wives" have given her the title of "Love Film Master".
In 2009, Nora Aphron launched the transformational film Julie and Julia, starring Meryl Streep and Amy Adams, for which she served as a writer, director and producer.
Recommended masterpiece: "Julie and Julia"
/ Luquesia Martel Lucrecia Martel
Born on December 14, 1966 in Salta, Argentina.
In 2001, "The Swamp" was nominated for the Golden Bear Award for Best Picture at the 51st Berlin International Film Festival.
In 2004, "The Virgin" was nominated for the Palme d'Or in the main competition section of the 57th Cannes Film Festival.
In 2008, "Headless Woman" at the 61st Cannes Film Festival, nominated for the Palme d'Or in the main competition unit.
Recommended Masterpiece: "Swamp"
/ Kawa Real Flower
Born in Tokyo on October 18, 1972.
Female photographer, photography masterpieces "Flowing Dreams", "Psychedelic Flowers", "Eternal Flowers".
In 2007, he directed "Evil Girl Flower Queen", which triggered a "curling river fever".
In 2012, he directed the film "Wolf".
In 2019, he directed the movie "Human Disqualification".
Masterpiece Recommendation: "Wolf"
/ Naomi Kawase
Born on May 30, 1969 in Nara, Japan.
In 1997, "Suzaku of Cuteness", which depicted the changes on the farm, won the Director Newcomer Award and the Golden Camera Award in the competition section of the 56th Cannes International Film Festival.
In 2000, Firefly won the International Film Critic Award and the CICAE/ARTE Prize at the 53rd Locarno International Film Festival in Switzerland, and the Best Actress Award at the Buenos Aires International Film Festival.
In 2003, "The Two Trees of Sarro" was shortlisted for the competition section of the 56th Cannes International Film Festival, and the Film Handbook was the top ten of the year in 2003.
Recommended masterpiece: "Suzaku of Meng"
/ Mira Nair
Born on October 15, 1957 in Odisha, India, he is an actor, director, screenwriter and producer.
In 1988, the first feature film, Good Morning Mumbai, won the Golden Camera Award at the 1988 Cannes Film Festival.
In 1991, "Massala, Mississippi" won the Golden West Ark Award for Best Film at the 48th Venice International Film Festival.
In 2001, "Monsoon Wedding" won the Golden Lion Award for Best Film at the 58th Venice International Film Festival.
In 2002, "The September 11 Incident Book" won the UNESCO Prize at the 59th Venice International Film Festival.
In 2012, the director of "Strangers in the Lahore Teahouse" was selected as the opening film of the 69th Venice Film Festival.
Masterpiece Recommendation: Strangers at lahore Tea House
/ Xu Anhua
Born on May 23, 1947 in Anshan, Liaoning Province, she graduated from the University of Hong Kong and is a female director, producer and screenwriter in Hong Kong, China.
In 1990, he filmed the semi-autobiographical film "Ketu Autumn Hate", and won the Best Director Award at the four Hong Kong Film Awards.
In 2011, he received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Asian Film Awards.
He won the Best Director Award at the 9th Asian Film Awards on 25 March 2015, the Hong Kong and Taiwan Director Award at the 6th China Film Directors Association 2014 Annual Commendation Conference on 12 April 2015, and the Best Director Award at the 34th Hong Kong Film Awards on 19 April 2015 for "The Golden Age".
On April 15, 2018, he won the Best Director Award at the 37th Hong Kong Film Awards for "When the Moon Rises".
Recommended masterpieces: "Woman Forty", "Day and Night in Tin Shui Wai", "Sister Tao"
/ Zhang Aijia
Born on July 21, 1953 in Taiwan, Taiwanese actress, singer and director.
In 1972, he participated in his first film "Dragon Tiger King Kong".
In 1976, she won the Best Supporting Actress Award at the 13th Golden Horse Awards for "Biyuntian".
In 1986, she won the Best Actress Award at the 6th Hong Kong Film Awards and the Best Actress Award at the 23rd Taiwan Film Golden Horse Awards for "The Favourite".
In 1995, he directed "Little Girl Fishing" and won the Best Film Award and best screenplay award at the 40th Asia-Pacific Film Festival.
In 1999, he directed "Heartbeat" and won the Academy Award for Best Screenplay.
In 2002, she won the Hong Kong Film Awards and the Best Actress Award at the 7th Hong Kong Film Critics Association and the 7th Hong Kong Film Golden Bauhinia Awards for "Long Time on Earth".
In 2016, he won the Best Screenplay Award at the 2015 Hong Kong Film Critics Circle Awards for "Nian Nian".
In March 2018, she won the Best Actress and Lifetime Achievement Award at the 12th Asian Film Awards, the Best Screenplay Award at the 37th Hong Kong Film Awards in April, and the Best Screenplay Award at the 37th Hong Kong Film Awards on April 15 for "Love and Affection". On September 12, he won the 6th "Top Ten Chinese Films" Annual Director Award. On October 30, the screenwriter's film "Love and Affection" won the 9th "China Film Association Cup" Excellent Film Drama Award.
Recommended Masterpiece: "Nian Nian"
/ Li Yu
Born in December 1973 in Shandong Province.
In 1996, he embarked on a career as a director for directing the film "Sister".
In 2000, the first documentary-style feature film, This Summer, won the Elvira Natalie Award at the 58th Venice International Film Festival, the Special Prize for Asian Film at the Youth Forum of the Berlin International Film Festival in Germany, and the Special Award for Best Asian Film at the 51st Berlin International Film Festival.
In 2002, the film script "Bashang Street" won the Best Original Screenplay Award at the Busan Film Festival and the PPP Gothenburg Foundation Award.
In 2005, he directed the ethical theme film "Red Face" and was nominated for the Golden Lion Award for Best Film at the 62nd Venice International Film Festival, and won the Venice International Film Festival International League Art Film Award.
In 2007, he directed the love film "Apple", which was nominated for the Golden Bear Award for Best Film at the 57th Berlin International Film Festival, and won the Jury Award at the 5th Bangkok International Film Festival and the Honorary Award for Screenplay at the 6th Tribeca Film Festival in New York.
In 2010, "Guanyin Mountain" won the Best Artistic Contribution Award at the 23rd Tokyo International Film Festival and the Best Film Award at the Asian Film Festival in Barcelona, Spain.
Recommended masterpiece: "Guanyin Mountain"