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Another interesting one.
Claire Denis for sure, watching Sally Potter and liking it.
Chantel and I have a thing going on and Lucrecia Martel is A-OK with me.
Recently in the Auteurs World Cup we learned of several female discoveries from Iran. To quote Kenji:
‘The Day I Became a Woman is yet another fine film from the Makhmalbaf family, it may come as a surprise to many how female directors are prominent in Iran, and it deals effectively with issues affecting women at different life stages.’
^p.s.
The Day I Became a Woman was directed by Marzieh Meshkini of the Makhmalbaf family.
I like Mary Harron a lot, such as her films American Psycho and I Shot Andy Warhol. Jane Campion’s The Piano was very good too.
Kathryn Bigelow with The Hurt Locker this year. Love Wertmullers films from the 70’s but her later films disappointed me. Agnes Varda has done some very good work.
Kathryn Bigalow has had a storied and varied career of filmmaking…really want to see the Hurt Locker…
My favorite is by far the one/two punch of Lynn Ramsey with Ratcather and Morvern callar…gritty and uncompromising films worth a watch
Coppola, just for Lost in Translation.
Agnes Varda and Chantal Akerman are two major filmmakers that cannot be missed.
Mira Nair
Amy Heckerling
Lina Wertmuller
Agnès Varda
Penny Marshall
Catherine Breillat
Zoe Cassavetes ( I loved broken english and cannot wait to see what else she does)
Shirin Neshat
Susanne Bier
Julie Delpy
Martha Fiennes
Miranda July
Ida Lupino ( You need to respect just because shes one of the pioneer female directors)
Julie Taymor
Teresa Villaverde ( Portugal director, who does really good work)
Antonia Bird
I forgot to add Penelope Spheeris. I think I have only seen one or two of her films, but I thought Wayne’s World was a pretty funny movie. I think she directed Fast Times At Ridgemont High which I have only seen clips of.
How about godmother Leni Riefenstahl…
I also really like the works of Mary Harron and hope she would do more work. I also like Tamara Jenkins and Miranda July, so far. However, I hate Breillat and, while I am aware of the Makhmalbaf clan, I refuse to even watch any of their films on moral standards alone. Iran has plenty of great directors who managed to keep their ethics.
Shakha, what are these “moral standards” you speak of.
you like Harron and Jenkins but not Breillat or the “Makhamalbaf clan”????
wow….
on moral standards alone
Immoral films or did the Makhmalbaf clan steal money from your clan?
@HAL 9000: Nope, Penelope Spheeris (a UCLA grad, like me) did not direct Fast Times at Ridgemont High. That was Amy Heckerling.
Some of Penelope’s better-known films include:
The Kid & I (2005)
The Crooked E: The Unshredded Truth About Enron (2003) (TV)
We Sold Our Souls for Rock ‘n Roll (2001)
Hollyweird (1999)
Senseless (1998)
The Decline of Western Civilization Part III (1998)
The Thing in Bob’s Garage (1998)
Black Sheep (1996)
The Little Rascals (1994)
The Beverly Hillbillies (1993)
Wayne’s World (1992)
UFO Abductions (1991) (TV)
The Decline of Western Civilization Part II: The Metal Years (1988)
Dudes (1987)
Hollywood Vice Squad (1986)
Suburbia (1984)
The Decline of Western Civilization (1981)
Penelope Spheeris,director of a representative trash vision culture…yeah,yeah,and she’s also of Greek descent.
i can definitely assume she’s the best known female cinema icon of Greek heritage (besides Nia Vardalos),so since we already have other Female Directors threads,i’ll thrown in a couple of Greek female directors who deserve a better reputation,some amongst them true artists:
Tonia Marketaki
Alinda DImitriou
Frieda Liappa
Loukia Rikaki
Eva Stefani
Lila Kourkoulakou
Antouanetta Angelidi
Angelidi Antoniou
and a new blood who has studied film in the U.S. and is founder and artistic director of the Cinematexas International Short Film Festival:
Athina Rachel Tsangari
Dimitris: Tsangari is really good, I saw a video of her work on the opening video to a museum in Athens and it was wonderful
she was one of the prominent figures for constructing videos for the opening of Acropolis museum.
i don’t know if she’s so reputable in Austin, Texas what with the Cinematexas festival and all,i only know of it being one of the most experimental U.S. festivals.
she also won a distinction in New York Underground Film Festival!
more prominent female film-makers (probably mentioned in other threads too)
Marleen Goris
Lotte Reiniger
Kinuyo Tanaka
Paula Hernandez
Clara Law
Margarethe von Trotta
Ann Hui
Germaine Dulac
Naomi Kawase
Marguerite Duras
@Frank P. Tomasul o ph.d. Thanks for correcting my mistake on thinking that it was Penelope Spheeris who directed Fastimes At Ridgemont High.
@Dmitri S. I think I have only seen Wayne’s World of Penelope Spheeris’ work, so I do not know, from not watching her other films what their quality is like. I don’t think Wayne’s World is a really great film. I just think it’s good entertainment. I found it to be a very funny film. But it’s certainly not one of the greatest films I’ve ever seen.
i don’t mind that gal,she has acquired her own cult universe,i sympathize with Wayne’s World (perhaps the beginning of her “fall-down”?),she has offered Decline of Western Civilization series as her magnum opus but i find it terribly annoying to realize she’s the most well-known Greek-American female creator when so many female ladies i’ve seen from my country have directed major works of cinema she will never see in her life!
for the record,Fast Times at Ridgemond High is probably classes higher than any feature film Spheeris ever made (i’m safely stating though i’ve never seen Suburbia)
Sofia Coppola.
I suggest Nadine Labaki……………Only has made Caramel which is a good movie with an interesting plot.
Kelly Reichardt and Barbara Loden. Even with only a few films directed between them, I consider them extremely talented and visionary filmmakers.
Sorry, I’ve been gone for some time. As for the Makhmalbaf situation, Mohsen Makhmalbaf made a film, whose name I can’t recall (I’ll get back to you with it), where, in the name of realism, he used actual political prisoners as actors. He went into one of these prisons and these prisoners were forced to work under fear of horrible things. That was enough to make me not watch any more of his films. Besides, I much prefer Kiarostami and Panahi.
Ratcatcher was amazing. Lynne Ramsay did great.
Don’t miss Birds Eye View Film Festival 2011- the UK’s only film festival which celebrates women filmmakers. The festival runs from 8-17 March 2011 and highlights include oscar-winning In a Better World by Susanne Bier and oscar nominated Lucy Walker’s feature documentary Countdown to Zero. See MUBI or www.birds-eye-view.co.uk for details.
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It is sad how few female filmmakers are around today (or maybe I’m not as aware as I should be).
I would like to know who your favorite female filmmakers are…my favorites: Maya Deren, Jane Campion, and Sofia Coppola. I’m hoping I may discover a few more women filmmakers from your posts.
Thanks!