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10 groundbreaking female directors Posted: 08 Mar 2019 10:12 AM PST We’re celebrating International Women's Day by featuring some of the best female directors and highlighting their best work and groundbreaking milestones. Is there a director who you want to give a shout-out to? Let us know on Twitter. Kathryn Bigelow is an American film director, producer, and screenwriter. She worked on a number of different genre films, including Point Break and Zero Dark Thirty. She is most well-known for The Hurt Locker, for which she received an Oscar for Best Director (the first woman ever!) How to watch The Hurt Locker | FandangoNow, Prime Video, Vudu, Google Play Ava DuVernay made history in 2012 by becoming the first black woman to win the Directing Award in the U.S. dramatic competition at the Sundance Film Festival for her second feature film, Middle of Nowhere. For her work on Selma, DuVernay was the first black female director to be nominated for both a Golden Globe Award and an Oscar for Best Picture. Photo by Stephanie Moreno How to watch Selma | FandangoNow, Prime Video, Vudu, Google Play Patty Jenkins is the only female to direct a film with a budget of over $150 million. She directed blockbusters like Monster (streaming for free on The Roku Channel), Wonder Woman and is slated to direct Woman 1984. How to watch Wonder Woman | FandangoNow, Vudu, Google Play or with a subscription to HBO NOW Michelle MacLaren is a Canadian television director and producer. She has directed for some of the most popular shows on TV, including Breaking Bad, The Walking Dead, Game of Thrones and Westworld. She has been nominated for six Primetime Emmy Awards. photo by Zennie Abraham How to watch Breaking Bad | FandangoNow, Prime Video, Vudu, or with a subscription to Netflix Jennifer Lee – is the Chief Creative Officer for Walt Disney Animation Studios and is also the first female director of a Walt Disney animated feature film. She won an Academy Award for her work on Frozen and was the first female director to earn more than $1 billion in gross box office revenue. How to watch Frozen | FandangoNow, Prime Video, Vudu, or on STARZ via The Roku Channel Lesli Linka Glatter is both a film and TV director. She is best known for her work on Homeland, and has also directed episodes of Mad Men, Grey's Anatomy, The Good Wife and many other shows. How to watch Homeland | With a subscription to SHOWTIME Lina Wertmuller is an Italian screenwriter and film director. She was the first woman to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Director for Seven Beauties in 1977. She is also known for her role in the films The Seduction, Love and Anarchy, and Swept Away. How to watch Seven Beauties | FandangoNow, Prime Video, Vudu, Google Play Kelly Reichardt is a screenwriter and film director working within U.S. indie cinema. Her credits include Old Joy, Wendy and Lucy, Meek’s Cutoff, Night Moves and Certain Women. How to watch Certain Women | Prime Video, Vudu, Google Play, or with a subscription to Netflix Sofia Coppola is the daughter of filmmakers Eleanor and Francis Ford Coppola. Film is in her blood and she’s enjoyed a long career as a screenwriter, director, producer, and actress. Her most well-known directed pieces are Lost in Translation, Marie Antionette, and The Bling Ring. How to watch Lost in Translation | FandangoNow, Prime Video, Vudu, Google Play Jane Campion is the second of five women ever to be nominated for an Academy Award for Best Director and is also the only female filmmaker to receive the Palme d'Or for The Piano. How to watch The Piano | FandangoNow, Prime Video, Google Play, or with a subscription to Hulu “I don’t see myself as a female director, I see myself as a director who happens to be a woman.” -Michelle MacLaren Happy International Women’s Day! The post 10 groundbreaking female directors appeared first on The Official Roku Blog.

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