Women Directors
Women directors have long been a mainstay of film production, beginning with Alice Guy Blaché at the turn of the 19th century. However, their voices have frequently been omitted from film historical discourse. Recent efforts by the Women Film Pioneers Project has endeavored to rectify these omissions by bringing their contributions center stage. In addition to featuring women silent film directors in GME’s distribution catalogue, we have also endeavored to highlight the significant contribution women artists have made to the development of avant-garde and experimental cinema, as well as the documentary film.
Below is an alphabetical list of the women directors in GME’s distribution catalogue, together with their birth/death dates and the country with which they have most been identified. Each name is linked to the relevant web page that describes the specific DVD edition on which her work appears.
Rocío Álvarez (Spain)
Alaitz Arenzana (Spain, b. 1976)
Usue Arrieta (Spain)
Dorothy Arzner (U.S., 1897-1979)
Miriam Bajtala (Austria)
Eugènia Balcells (Spain, b. 1942)
EUGÈNIA BALCELLS
Águeda Bañón (Spain, b. 1974)
Cecilia Barriga (Spain, b. 1977)
Madeline Brandeis (U.S., 1897-1937)
Christine Noll Brinckmann (Germany, b. 1937)
Mary Ellen Bute (U.S., 1906-1983)
Helena Cabello (Spain, b. 1963)
Maite Cajaraville (Spain, b. 1967)
CHRISTINE NOLL BRINCKMANN
María Cañas (Spain, b. 1972)
Abigail Child (U.S., b. 1948)
Linda Christanell (Austria, b. 1939)
Kerstin Cmelka (Austria, b. 1974)
Liliana Couso (Spain)
Ximena Cuevas (Mexico, b. 1963)
Dorothy Davenport (Mrs. Wallace Reid) (U.S., 1895-1977)
Marta de Gonzalo (Spain, b. 1973)
Alexandra Dean (U.S.)
Maya Deren (U.S., 1917-1961)
MARGOT DIAS
Carola Dertnig (Austria, b. 1963)
Margot Dias (Netherlands, 1908-2001)
Germaine Dulac (France, 1882-1942)
Paz Encina (Paraguay, b. 1971)
Cristina Esteban (Spain, b. 1973)
Valie Export (Austria, b. 1940)
VALIE EXPORT
Holly Fisher (U.S., b. 1942)
Dora García (Spain, b. 1965)
Amy Greenfield (U.S., b. 1950)
Michaela Grill (Austria, b. 1971)
Marina Grzinic (Austria, b. 1958)
Sally Gutiérrez (Spain, b. 1965)
Alice Guy Blaché (U.S., 1873-1968)
Marilyn Halford (U.K.)
Hannah Heer (Austria)
Isabel Herguera (Spain, b. 1961)
Narcisa Hirsch (Argentina, b. 1928)
Narcisa Hirsch
María Ibarretxe (Spain)
Marie-Louise Iribe (France, 1873-1968)
Karø Goldt (Austria, b. 1967)
Edith Kiel (Germany, 1904-1993)
Friedl Kubelka vom Gröller (Austria, b. 1946)
Martina Kudláček (U.S., b. 1965)
FRIEDL KUBELKA VOM GRÖLLER
Tamara Kuselman (Spain, b. 1980)
Antonella La Sala (Spain)
Diana Larrea (Spain, b. 1972)
Maria Lassnig (Austria, 1919-2014)
Laida Lertxundi (Spain, b. 1981)
Helen Levitt (U.S., 1913-2009)
Janice Loeb (U.S., 1902-1996)
HELEN LEVITT
Marie Losier (France, b. 1972)
Rose Lowder (France, b. 1941)
Ida Lupino (U.K./U.S., 1918-1995)
Mara Mattuschka (Austria, b. 1959)
Dóra Maurer (Hungary, b. 1937)
Marisa Maza (Spain, b. 1965)
Marie Menken (U.S., 1909-1970)
Barbara Meter (Netherlands, b. 1939)
BARBARA METER
Julia Montilla (Spain, b. 1970)
Gertrude Moser-Wagner (Austria, b. 1953)
Ulrike Müller (Austria, b. 1971)
Barbara Musil (Austria, b. 1972)
Gunvor Nelson (U.S., b. 1931)
Annabel Nicolson (U.K., b. 1964)
Anaïs Nin (France, 1903-1977)
ANAÏS NIN
Maite Ninou (Spain, b. 1960)
Mabel Normand (U.S., 1892-1930)
Dore O. (Germany, 1946-2022)
Itziar Okariz (Spain, b. 1965)
Jenny Okun (U.S., b. 1953)
Izibene Oñederra (Spain, b. 1979)
Yoko Ono (Japan, b. 1933)
Daniela Ortiz (Peru, b. 1985)
John lennon and Yoko ONO
Vivian Ostrosvsky (U.S., b. 1945)
Mabel Palacín (Spain, b. 1965)
Elena Pardo (Mexico)
Claire Parker (U.S., 1906-1981)
Suzan Pitt (U.S., 1943-2019)
Lisl Ponger (Austria, b. 1947)
Michaela Pöschl (Austria, b. 1970)
CLAIRE PARKER
Olga Preobrazhenskaia (Russia, 1881-1971)
Ursula Pürrer (Austria, b. 1962)
Ania Rachmat (Netherlands)
Jackie Raynal (France, b. 1940)
Tere Recarens (Spain, b. 1967)
Lotte Reiniger (Germany, 1899-1981)
Lis Rhodes (U.K., b. 1942)
Leni Riefenstahl (Germany, 1902-2003)
LOTTE REINIGER
Billy Roisz (Austria, b. 1967)
Gaëlle Rouard (Netherlands, b. 1971)
Constanze Ruhm (Austria, b. 1965)
María Ruido (Spain, b. 1967)
Fiona Rukschcio (Austria, b. 1972)
Chieko Shiomi (Japan, b. 1938)
Esther Shub (Russia, 1894-1959)
ESTHER SHUB
Carmen Sigler (Spain, b. 1960)
Aina Šmid (Austria, b. 1957)
Anna Solanas (Spain, b. 1979)
Karo Szmit (Austria, b. 1978)
Anet van de Elzen (Netherlands, b. 1963)
Francien van Everdingen (Netherlands, b. 1969)
Aina Šmid
Nuria Vila (Spain)
Virginia Villaplana (Spain, b. 1972)
Lois Weber (U.S., 1879-1939)
Dorothy Wiley (U.S., b. 1935)
Grace Winter (Belgium)