Women Directed Films in 2017

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January

• Underworld: Blood Wars – Directed by Anna Foerster
• Claire in Motion – Written and Directed by Annie J. Howell and Lisa Robinson
• Everybody Knows… Elizabeth Murray (Documentary) – Directed by Kristi Zea
• The 100 Years Show (Documentary Short) – Directed by Alison Klayman
• Ma – Written and Directed by Celia Rowlson-Hall
• The Bye Bye Man – Directed by Stacy Title
• Vince Giordano: There’s a Future in the Past (Documentary) – Co-Written and Co-Directed by Amber Edwards
• Strike a Pose (Documentary) – Co-Directed by Ester Gould
• Sophie and the Rising Sun – Written and Directed by Maggie Greenwald

February

• The Lure – Directed by Agnieszka Smoczynska
• This is Everything: Gigi Gorgeous (Documentary) – Directed by Barbara Kopple
• Speed Sisters (Documentary) – Directed by Amber Fares
• Sex Doll – Written and Directed by Sylvie Verheyde
• I Am Jane Doe (Documentary) – Written and Directed by Mary Mazzio
• Prevenge – Written and Directed by Alice Lowe
• A United Kingdom – Directed by Amma Asante
• 1 Night – Written and Directed by Minhal Baig
• Kedi (Documentary) – Written and Directed by Ceyda Torun
• XX (Anthology) – Directed by Roxanne Benjamin, Sofia Carrillo, Karyn Kusama, Annie Clark (St. Vincent), and Jovanka Vuckovic; Co-Written by Roxanne Benjamin and Jovanka Vuckovic
• Lovesong – Co-Written and Directed by So Yong Kim
• Everybody Loves Somebody – Written and Directed by Catalina Aguilar Mastretta
• American Fable – Written and Directed by Anne Hamilton
• Fanny’s Journey – Directed by Lola Doillon; Written by Lola Doillon and Anne Peyregne
• Kiki (Documentary) – Co-Written and Directed by Sara Jordenö

March

• Namour – Written and Directed by Heidi Saman
• Jasper Jones – Directed by Rachel Perkins
• Before I Fall – Directed by Ry-Russo Young; Written by Maria Maggenti
• The Institute – Co-Directed by Pamela Romanowsky
• Uncertain (Documentary) – Co-Written and Co-Directed by Anna Sandilands
• Kushuthara: Pattern of Love – Written and Directed by Karma Deki
• Water & Power: A California Power Heist (Documentary) – Directed by Marina Zenovich
• The Last Laugh (Documentary) – Directed by Ferne Pearlstein
• Fair Haven – Directed by Kerstin Karlhuber
• Nakom – Directed by T. W. Pittman and Kelly Daniela Norris; Co-Written by T. W. Pittman
• Viceroy’s House – Directed by Gurinder Chadha; Co-Written by Moira Buffini
• Raw – Written and Directed by Julia Ducournau
• Tickling Giants (Documentary) – Directed by Sara Taksler
• One Under the Sun – Co-Directed by Riyaana Hartley; Written by Katherine Tomlinson
• SPLit – Written and Directed by Deborah Kampmeier
• A Woman, a Part – Written and Directed by Elisabeth Subrin
• Fittest on Earth: A Decade of Fitness (Documentary) – Co-Directed by Mariah Moore
• Bluebeard – Written and Directed by Soo-youn Lee
• Prevenge – Written and Directed Alice Lowe
• The Levelling – Written and Directed by Hope Dickson Leach
• Karl Marx City (Documentary) – Co-Directed by Petra Epperlein
• The Zookeeper’s Wife – Directed by Niki Caro; Written by Angela Workman
• Carrie Pilby – Directed by Susan Johnson; Written by Kara Holden
• Despite the Falling Show – Written and Directed by Shamin Sarif
• All This Panic (Documentary) – Directed by Jenny Gage
• David Lynch: The Art Life (Documentary) – Co-Directed by Olivia Neergaard-Holm
• For Here or to Go? – Directed by Rucha Humnabadkar
• The Prison – Written and Directed by Na Hyun
• Cezanne and I – Written and Directed by Danièle Thompson

April

• Girl Unbound (Documentary) – Directed by Erin Heidenreich
• Their Finest – Directed by Lone Scherfig; Written by Gaby Chiappe
• Alive and Kicking (Documentary) – Directed by Susan Glatzer; Written by Susan Glatzer and Heidi Zimmerman
• i hate myself 🙂 (Documentary) – Directed by Joanna Arnow
• Glory – Co-Written and Co-Directed by Kristina Grozeva
• By the Time It Gets Dark – Written and Directed by Anocha Suwichakornpong
• Maurizio Cattelan: Be Right Back (Documentary)
• Heal the Living – Co-Written and Directed by Katell Quillévéré
• Unforgettable – Directed by Denise Di Novi; Co-Written by Christina Hodson
• Letters from Baghdad (Documentary) – Directed by Sabine Krayenbühl and Zeva Oelbaum
• Noor – Co-Written by Ishita Moitra Udhwani, Althea Kaushal, and Shikhaa Sharma
• Jeremiah Tower: The Last Magnificent (Documentary) – Written and Directed by Lydia Tenaglia
• Tomorrow (Documentary) – Co-Directed by Mélanie Laurent
• The Penguin Counters (Documentary) – Co-Directed by Harriet Gordon Getzels
• Obit. (Documentary) – Directed by Vanessa Gould
• Below Her Mouth – Directed by April Mullen; Written by Stephanie Fabrizi
• Window Horses – Written and Directed by Ann Marie Fleming
• Buster’s Mal Heart – Written and Directed by Sarah Adina Smith

May

• Mr. Chibbs (Documentary) – Written and Directed by Jill Campbell
• Tomorrow Ever After – Written and Directed by Ela Thier
• 3 Generations – Directed by Gaby Dellal; Written by Gaby Dellal and Nikole Beckwith
• Risk (Documentary) – Directed by Laura Poitras
• The Drowning – Directed by Bette Gordon
• Paris Can Wait – Written and Directed by Eleanor Coppola
• The Wedding Plan – Written and Directed by Rama Burshtein
• Tracktown – Co-Written and Co-Directed by Alexi Pappas
• Stefan Zweig: Farewell to Europe – Co-Written and Directed by Maria Schrader
• Everything, Everything – Directed by Stella Meghie
• Paint It Black – Co-Written and Directed by Amber Tamblyn
• Icaros: A Vision – Co-Written and Co-Directed by Leonor Caraballo
• AWOL – Directed by Deb Shoval; Written by Deb Shoval and Karolina Waclawiak
• The Inland Road – Written and Directed by Jackie Van Beek
• Restless Creature: Wendy Whelan (Documentary) – Co-Directed by Linda Saffire
• Wakefield – Written and Directed by Robin Swicord
• Berlin Syndrome – Directed by Cate Shortland

June

• Wonder Woman – Directed by Patty Jenkins
• Sámi Blood – Written and Directed by Amanda Kernell
• Band Aid – Written and Directed by Zoe Lister-Jones
• Ascent (Experimental) – Written and Directed by Fiona Tan
• Megan Leavey – Directed by Gabriela Cowperthwaite; Co-Written by Pamela Gray and Annie Mumolo
• As Good As You – Directed by Heather de Michele; Written by Gretchen M. Michelfeld
• Raising Bertie (Documentary) – Directed by Margaret Byrne
• P.S. Jerusalem (Documentary) – Directed by Danae Elon
• Rough Night – Co-Written and Directed by Lucia Aniello
• Maudie – Directed by Aisling Walsh; Written by Sherry White
• Lost in Paris – Co-Written and Co-Directed by Fiona Gordon
• From Hollywood to Rose – Co-Directed by Liz Graham
• Can Hitler Happen Here? – Directed by Saskia Rifkin; Written by Catherine May Levin
• Hare Krishna! The Mantra, The Movement and the Swami Who Started It All (Documentary) – Co-Directed by Jean Griesser and Lauren Ross
• Long Live the King (Documentary) – Co-Written and Co-Directed by Trish Geiger
• The Beguiled – Written and Directed by Sofia Coppola
• The Bad Batch – Written and Directed by Ana Lily Amirpour
• Good Fortune (Documentary) – Co-Directed by Rebecca Harrell Tickell
• All the Rage (Documentary) – Co-Directed by Suki Hawley
• In Transit (Documentary) – Co-Directed by Lynn True
• Pop Aye – Written and Directed by Kirsten Tan
• Marie Curie: The Courage of Knowledge – Directed by Marie Noelle; Written by Marie Noelle and Andrea Stoll
• Look & See: A Portrait of Wendell Berry (Documentary) – Co-Directed by Laura Dunn
• The Reagan Show (Documentary) – Co-Directed by Sierra Pettengill

July

• 7 From Etheria (Anthology) – Written and Directed by Karen Lam, Heidi Lee Douglas, Arantxa Echevarria, Martha Goddard, Anna Elizabeth James, Barbara Stepansky, and Rebecca Thomson
• Swim Team (Documentary) – Directed by Lara Stolman
• The Rehearsal – Directed by Alison Maclean; Written by Alison Maclean and Emily Perkins
• 500 Years (Documentary) – Directed by Pamela Yates
• Julius Caesar (Filmed Stage Production) – Directed by Phyllida Lloyd
• To the Bone – Written and Directed by Marti Noxon
• Birthright: A War Story (Documentary) – Directed by Civia Tamarkin; Written by Civia Tamarkin and Luchina Fisher
• False Confessions – Co-Directed by Marie-Louise Bischofberger
• Desert Hearts (Theatrical Re-Release) – Directed Donna Deitch; Written by Natalie Cooper
• Swallows and Amazons – Directed by Philippa Lowthorpe; Written by Andrea Gibb
• The Wrong Light (Documentary) – Co-Directed by Josie Swantek
• Landline – Directed by Gillian Robespierre; Written by Gillian Robespierre and Elisabeth Holm
• Women Who Kill – Written and Directed by Ingrid Jungermann
• Midnight Return: The Story of Billy Hayes and Turkey (Documentary) – Written and Directed by Sally Sussman
• Rumble: The Indians Who Rocked the World (Documentary) – Co – Directed by Catherine Bainbridge
• Strange Weather  – Written and Directed by Katherine Dieckmann
• From the Land of the Moon  –  Co-Written and Directed by Nicole Garcia
• Detroit – Directed by Kathryn Bigelow
• An Inconvenient Sequel: Truth to Power (Documentary) – Co-Directed by Bonnie Cohen

August

• Step (Documentary) – Directed by Amanda Lipitz
• Fun Mom Dinner  – Directed by Alethea Jones; Written by Julie Yaeger Rudd
• This Time Tomorrow  – Written and Directed by Lina Rodriguez
• Planetarium  – Co-Written and Directed by Rebecca Zlotowski
• Whose Streets? (Documentary)  –  Co-Directed by Sabaah Folayan
• The Farthest (Documentary) – Written and Directed by Emer Reynolds
• The Ice Cream Truck – Written and Directed by Megan Freels Johnston
• Lemon – Co-Written and Directed by Janicza Bravo
• Served Like a Girl (Documentary) – Co-Written and Directed by Lysa Heslov
• Polina  – Written and Co-Directed by Valérie Müller
• Stasis  – Written and Directed by Nicole Jones-Dion
• Beach Rats  – Written and Directed by Eliza Hittman
• The Long Night of Francisco Sanctis  – Co-Written and Co-Directed by Andrea Testa

September

• Kill Me Please – Written and Directed by Anita Rocha Da Silveira
• Dalida – Written and Directed by Lisa Azuelos
• Viceroy’s House – Written and Directed by Gurinder Chadha; Co-Written by Moira Buffini
• I Do… Until I Don’t –  Written and Directed by Lake Bell
• Spettacolo (Documentary) – Co-Directed by Chris Shellen
• Home Again   – Written and Directed by Hallie Meyers-Shyer
• Lipstick Under My Burkha  – Directed by Alankrita Shrivastava; Written by Alankrita Shrivastava, Suhani Kanwar, and Gazal Dhaliwal
• Motherland (Documentary)  –  Directed by Ramona S. Diaz
• Heroin(e) (Documentary) – Directed by Elaine McMillion Sheldon
• Trophy (Documentary)  – Co-Directed Christina Clusiau
• School Life (Documentary) – Co-Directed by Neasa Ní Chianáin
• Company Town (Documentary)  – Written and Directed by Natalie Kottke-Masocco and Erica Sardarian
• Nobody’s Watching – Directed by Julia Solomonoff; Written by Julia Solomonoff and Christina Lazaridi
• First They Killed My Father – Directed by Angelina Jolie; Written by Angelina Jolie and Loung Ung
• Red Trees (Documentary) – Directed by Marina Willer; Co-Written by Marina Willer and Leena Telén
• Battle of the Sexes – Co-Directed by Valerie Faris
• Woodshock – Written and Directed by Kate Mulleavy and Laura Mulleavy
• Unrest (Documentary)  –  Directed by Jennifer Brea; Written by Jennifer Brea and Kim Roberts
• Bobbi Jene (Documentary)  –  Directed by Elvira Lind
• Supergirl (Documentary) – Directed by Jessie Auritt
• The Tiger Hunter – Co-Written and Directed by Lena Khan
• Loving Vincent –  Co-Written and Co-Directed by Dorota Kobiela
• Slipaway – Co-Written and Co-Directed by Julia Butler
• Teach Us All (Documentary)  –  Written and Directed by Sonia Lowman
• I Am Another You (Documentary) – Directed by Nanfu Wang
• The Sound – Written and Directed by Jenna Mattison
• Different Flowers – Written and Directed by Morgan Dameron
• Signature Move – Directed by Jennifer Reeder; Written by Lisa Donato and Fawzia Mirza
• Stopping Traffic: The Movement to End Sex Trafficking (Documentary) – Directed by Sadhvi Siddhali Shree
• Take Every Wave: The Life of Laird Hamilton (Documentary) – Directed by Rory Kennedy
• The Untold Tales of Armistead Maupin (Documentary) – Directed by Jennifer M. Kroot
• Tam Cam: The Untold Story – Directed by Veronica Ngo
• The Pathological Optimist (Documentary) – Directed by Miranda Bailey

October

• Chavela (Documentary) – Co-Directed by Catherine Gund and Daresha Kyi
• Barracuda –  Co-Directed by Julia Halperin
• Take My Nose…Please! (Documentary)  –  Directed by Joan Kron
• Faces Places (Documentary)  –  Co-Directed by Agnès Varda
• Maineland (Documentary) – Directed by Miao Wang
• The Cadillac Tramps: Life On The Edge (Documentary) – Written and Directed by Jamie Sims Coakley
• M.F.A. – Directed by Natalia Leite; Written by Leah McKendrick
• How to Break Up with Your Douchebag – Co-Written and Directed by Gabriela Tagliavini
• Gnome Alone – Co-Directed by Shelly Shenoy; Co-Written by Zina Zaflow
• Professor Marston and the Wonder Women – Written and Directed by Angela Robinson
• The Party – Written and Directed by Sally Potter
• The Departure (Documentary) – Co-Written and Directed by Lana Wilson
• Kingdom of Us (Documentary) – Directed by Lucy Cohen
• Wasted! The Story of Food Waste (Documentary) – Directed by Anna Chai and Nari Kye
• Tempestad (Documentary) – Written and Directed by Tatiana Huezo
• I Am Not a Witch – Written and Directed by Rungano Nyoni
• Never Here – Written and Directed by Camille Thoman
• Somebody’s Mother – Directed by Gabriela Tollman; Written by Gabriela Tollman and Evelyne Tollman
• One of Us (Documentary) – Directed by Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady
• A Silent Voice – Directed by Naoko Yamada; Written by Reiko Yoshida
• The Strange Ones  – Co-Directed by Lauren Wolkstein
• Heal (Documentary) – Written and Directed by Kelly Noonan Gores
• Novitiate – Written and Directed by Margaret Betts
• The Divine Order – Written and Directed by Petra Volpe
• Maya Dardel – Co-Written and Co-Directed by Magdalena Zyzak
• Suck It Up – Directed by Jordan Canning; Written by Julia Hoff
• Mr. Roosevelt – Written and Directed by Noël Wells
• Wexford Plaza – Written and Directed by Joyce Wong

November

• The Light of the Moon – Written and Directed by Jessica M. Thompson
• Lady Bird – Written and Directed by Greta Gerwig
• It Happened in L.A. – Written and Directed by Michelle Morgan
• Most Beautiful Island – Written and Directed by Ana Asensio
• Uncle Gloria: One Helluva Ride (Documentary) – Directed by Robyn Symon
• No Dress Code Required (Documentary) – Directed by Cristina Herrera Borquez
• Battlecreek – Directed by Alison Eastwood; Written by Anthea Anka
• 11/8/16 (Documentary) – Co-Directed by Sheena M. Joyce, Petra Epperlein, Alma Har’el, Alison Klayman, Ciara Lacy, Martha Shane, and Elaine Mcmillion Sheldon
• The Journey Is the Destination – Co-Written and Directed by Bronwen Hughes
• Elliot the Littlest Reindeer – Written and Directed by Jennifer Westcott
• Bitch – Written and Directed by Marianna Palka
• Gold Star – Written and Directed by Victoria Negri
• Destination Unknown (Documentary) – Directed by Claire Ferguson
• Requiem for a Running Back (Documentary) – Directed by Rebecca Carpenter
• Qarib Qarib Singlle – Directed by Tanuja Chandra; Written by Tanuja Chandra and Gazal Dhaliwal
• Rebels on Pointe (Documentary) – Written and Directed by Bobbi Jo Hart
• The Breadwinner – Directed by Nora Twomey; Written by Anita Doron and Deborah Ellis
• Big Sonia (Documentary) – Co-Directed by Leah Warshawski
• Mudbound – Co-Written and Directed by Dee Rees
• Cook Off! – Co-Directed by Cathryn Michon; Co-Written by Cathryn Michon and Wendi McLendon-Covey
• Saving Capitalism (Documentary) – Co-Directed by Sari Gilman
• Bombshell: The Hedy Lamarr Story (Documentary) – Directed by Alexandra Dean
• Barbra: The Music… The Mem’ries… The Magic! (Documentary) – Co-Directed by Barbra Streisand
• Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars (Documentary) – Directed by Lili Fini Zanuck

December

• Daisy Winters – Written and Directed by Beth LaMure
• The Dancer –  Directed by Stéphanie Di Giusto; Written by Stéphanie Di Giusto and Sarah Thiebaud
• 32 Pills: My Sister’s Suicide (Documentary)  – Directed by Hope Litoff
• Kepler’s Dream –  Directed by Amy Glazer; Co-Written by Amy Glazer and Sylvia Brownrigg
• Badsville – Directed by April Mullen
• The White King –  Co-Written and Co-Directed by Alex Helfrecht
• Bill Frisell: A Portrait (Documentary)  – Written and Directed by Emma Franz
• The Rape of Recy Taylor (Documentary) – Written and Directed by Nancy Buirski
• D-Love – Directed by Elena Beuca
• Arthur Miller: Writer (Documentary) – Directed by Rebecca Miller
• Just Within Reach – Co-Written and Directed by Anna Bamberger
• Interior Teresa (Short) – Written and Directed by Meredith Alloway
• Miss Kiet’s Children (Documentary) – Written and Co-Directed by Petra Lataster-Czisch
• Permanent – Written and Directed by Colette Burson
• Killing for Love (Documentary) – Co-Written and Co-Directed by Karin Steinberger
• Spent – Written and Directed by Lisa Mikitarian
• Pitch Perfect 3 – Directed by Trish Sie; Written by Kay Cannon