Best Female Directors
Iranian-French author and filmmaker Marjane Satrapi co-directed the animated feature Persepolis (2007), based on her autobiographical graphic novels about growing up in Iran, winning the Jury Prize at Cannes.
Rie Matsumoto is a Japanese anime director and animator recognized for her highly energetic visual storytelling. She made her full directorial debut with the original series Kyousougiga in 2013, which she followed by directing the first season of Blood Blockade Battlefront in 2015. Her work is notab...
Vicky Jenson is an American animation director and storyboard artist whose career spans several major Hollywood animation studios. She made history by co-directing DreamWorks Animation's "Shrek" (2001) alongside Andrew Adamson, which became the first film to win the Academy Award for Best Animated F...
American horror anthology film (2017) notable for featuring all four of its segment directors as women, including Jovanka Vuckovic and Karyn Kusama.
