Women Directors

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    Dwayne Johnson Talks Up 'Wonder Woman' Director Patty Jenkins for Potential Team-Up on 'Jungle Cruise'

    In an AP article, Dwayne Johnson is quoted saying 'Wonder Woman' director Patty Jenkins is someone he'd like to work with on Disney's 'Jungle Cruise'

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    'XX' Horror Anthology Trailer Teases Scary Vignettes from Four Female Filmmakers

    Horror film anthologies are typically a mixed bag. Nonetheless, next month’s XX brings one refreshing aspect of consistency when it arrives in theaters and on-demand: All four of its vignettes of murder, mayhem, and madness are helmed by female directors, including one by Karyn Kusama, whose previous full-length feature, the unsettling dinner-party thriller The Invitation, was one of 2016’s finest horror efforts (or film from any genre, for that matter).

  • NewsNick Schager

    Kirsten Dunst Lines Up 'The Bell Jar' as Directorial Debut

    'Fargo' star will adapt Sylvia Plath novel for her first feature film behind the camera, with Dakota Fanning as star

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    ACLU 'Encouraged' by Federal Probe on Dearth of Female Directors

    Federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission and Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs launched an investigation after receiving ACLU SoCal's lengthy letter citing statistical and anecdotal evidence of gender bias

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    Nancy Meyers: 'Women Can Direct Dinosaurs. Believe Me.'

    Nancy Meyers thinks more women need to make blockbusters — though she’s not interested in directing one herself. One of the few female directors to sustain a long, successful Hollywood career, Meyers — who wrote and directed The Parent Trap (1998), Something’s Gotta Give, It’s Complicated, and this month’s The Intern — told New York magazine that the Hollywood culture is undeniably biased towards male filmmakers. “Big movies are reserved for the guys, no one says it, but that’s the way it is,