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1911 Bufera d'anime; director: Elvira Notari. 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.
"Study: Women Film Directors Saw Their Numbers Shrink in 2018". The Hollywood Reporter. Archived from the original on 13 May 2023. Randall, Melissa (March 13, 2023). "The Best Female Directors: Celebrating Trailblazing Films & TV Shows". New York Film Academy. Smith, Anna (27 November 2019). "Top 100 films directed by women: What is the 'female ...
Women's cinema primarily describes cinematic works directed (and optionally produced too) by women filmmakers. The works themselves do not have to be stories specifically about women, and the target audience can be varied. It is also a variety of topics bundled together to create the work of women in film.
Helene Bertha Amalie "Leni" Riefenstahl ( German: [ˈleː.niː ˈʁiː.fn̩.ʃtaːl] ⓘ; 22 August 1902 – 8 September 2003) was a German film director, photographer and actress known for producing Nazi propaganda. [ 1][ 2][ 3] A talented swimmer and an artist, Riefenstahl became interested in dancing during her childhood, taking lessons and ...
Box office. $218.9 million [ 3] Little Women is a 2019 American coming-of-age period drama film written and directed by Greta Gerwig. It is the seventh film adaptation of the 1868 novel of the same name by Louisa May Alcott. It chronicles the lives of the March sisters—Meg, Jo, Beth, and Amy—in Concord, Massachusetts, during the 19th century.
A woman's film is a film genre which includes women-centered narratives, female protagonists and is designed to appeal to a female audience. Woman's films usually portray "women's concerns" such as problems revolving around domestic life, the family, motherhood, self-sacrifice, and romance. [ 29]
20th Century Women is a 2016 American coming-of-age comedy drama film written and directed by Mike Mills and starring Annette Bening, Elle Fanning, Greta Gerwig, Lucas Jade Zumann, and Billy Crudup. It is set in 1979 in Southern California and partly inspired by Mills's childhood. The film was produced by Annapurna Pictures in 2015. [6]
Children. 1. Arcangela Felice Assunta Wertmüller OMRI(14 August 1928 – 9 December 2021), known as Lina Wertmüller(Italian:[ˈliːnavertˈmyller]), was an Italian film directorand screenwriter. [1][2][3]She is best known for her 1970s art housefilms Seven Beauties,[4][5]The Seduction of Mimi,[6]Love and Anarchy, and Swept Away.