In response to one of my favorite blogs out there: Women & Hollywood, I have decided to compile a list of some of the great(est) WOMEN directors in the biz. I think one of the greatest difficulties in doing this is that many of their films are not well marketed, there are exceptions of course; however, these women are also not as acknowledged for their work as many of their male peers are (ahem, Oscars). So while this list is certainly a work in progress, the remembering and the watching of these women's films is a positive act in and of itself. I also want to acknowledge those women in the independent film world that are great to me and will soon, hopefully, be seen as great on a larger scale (if they aren't already)...
Claire Denis
Deepa Mehta
Julie Taymor
Mira Nair
Sarah Schenck
Maria Agui Carter
Aviva Kempner
Ildikó Enyedi
Adrienne Shelly
Rebecca Miller
Question: Is it because some of these women work in documentary (and narrative) film that they fly under the radar of what is a great director?
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