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1912 Algie the Miner; director: Alice Guy-Blaché (uncredited) first western directed by a woman. 1914 The Merchant of Venice; director: Lois Weber; the first full-length feature film directed by a woman. 1915 The Hypocrites; director: Lois Weber. 1916 Miss Peasant; director: Olga Preobrazhenskaya. 1916 Shoes; director: Lois Weber.
Mamma Mia! directed by Phyllida Lloyd became the #5 highest-grossing film of 2008 [104] and the highest-grossing film ever in the United Kingdom. [105] Lloyd's next film, the Margaret Thatcher biopic The Iron Lady (2012) grossed $114 million worldwide. [106] Debbie Isitt has directed successful mainstream films, including "Confetti" and the ...
Wonder Woman eventually became the highest-grossing film directed by a woman, surpassing previous record holder Mamma Mia! by Phyllida Lloyd. [26] However, in 2019, Frozen II directed by Jennifer Lee (with Chris Buck ) and Captain Marvel , directed by Anna Boden (with Ryan Fleck ) became number one and two respectively, dropping Wonder Woman ...
The Mattel-backed project was the highest-grossing film of 2023 and made Gerwig the first solo female director to helm a film that earned $1 billion at the box office. Many commentators expected ...
“Barbie” remained the No. 1 movie for four consecutive weekends and eventually became the highest-grossing movie directed solely by a woman. It’s currently the 14th-biggest domestic release ...
In the 2019 update, the center for the Study of Women in Television and Film has been studying women's employment with the top-grossing films and TV for over 20 years. The 2018 study reported women make up (from the top 250 films): [9] 8% of directors; 16% of writers; 4% of cinematographers; 26% of producers; 21% of executive producers; 21% of ...
Overall, women accounted for 22% of all directors, writers, producers, executive producers, editors and cinematographers working on the 250 top-grossing films. That was a decline from 24% in 2022.
It was also the highest-grossing movie directed by a woman until it was surpassed by Patty Jenkins' Wonder Woman in 2017. [19] It is the third highest-grossing film of 2008 internationally (i.e. outside North America) with an international total of $458.4 million and the thirteenth highest gross of 2008 in North America (the US and Canada) with ...