Women directors in Hollywood are still struggling for recognition and acceptance in a traditionally male dominated field. Do you pay attention to who directed your favorite films? How much do you know about the women who have stepped behind the camera to make some of the movies we all love?
Match the Movie title to its talented director. After each director’s name, we have placed a number to indicate how many of her movies are listed. Fill in the blanks with the movie title. How many have you seen?
Movie Titles:
A League of their Own Mulan (Live action film 2020 release)
A New Leaf North Country
Awakenings Outrage
A Wrinkle in Time Pariah
Bend It Like Beckham Persepolis
Big Pitch Perfect II
Booksmart Point Break
Boys Don’t Cry Queen of Katwe
Carrie Real Women Have Curves
Charlie’s Angels Selma
Clueless Sleepless in Seattle
Detroit Somethings’s Gotta Give
Eve’s Bayou Stories We Tell
Fast Times at Ridgemont High The Breadwinner
Frozen River The Heartbreak Kid
Girlfight The Hitch-hiker
Harlan County USA The Hurt Locker
It’s Complicated The Secret Life of Bees
Julie & Julia The Virgin Suicides
Lady Bird The Zookeeper’s Wife
Leave No Trace Thirteen
Little Women Whale Rider
Lords of Dogtown Winter’s Bone
Love & Basketball Wonder Woman
Lost in Translation Wonder Woman 1984 (TBD 2020)
Monsoon Wedding You Were Never Really Here
Monster Zero Dark Thirty
Directors:
1. Elizabeth Banks (2) __________________ __________________
2. Kathryn Bigelow (4) __________________ __________________
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3. Patricia Cardoso (1) __________________
4. Niki Caro (4) __________________ __________________
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5. Gurinder Chadha (1) __________________
6. Sofia Coppola (2) __________________ __________________
7. Ava DuVernay (2) __________________ __________________
8. Nora Ephron (2) __________________ __________________
9. Greta Gerwig (2) __________________ __________________
10. Debra Granik (2) __________________ __________________
11. Catherine Hardwicke (2) __________________ __________________
12. Amy Heckerling (2) __________________ __________________
13. Courtney Hunt (1) __________________
14. Patty Jenkins (3) __________________ __________________
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15. Karyn Kusama (1) __________________
16. Barbara Kopple (1) __________________
17. Kasi Lemmons (1) __________________
18. Ida Lupino (2) __________________ __________________
19. Penny Marshall (3) __________________ __________________
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20. Elaine May (2) __________________ __________________
21. Nancy Meyers (2) __________________ __________________
22. Mira Nair (3) __________________ __________________
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23. Kimberly Peirce (1) __________________
24. Sarah Polley (1) __________________
25. Gina Prince-Bythewood (2) __________________ __________________
26. Lynne Ramsay (1) __________________
27. Dee Rees (1) __________________
28. Marjane Satrapi (1) __________________
29. Nora Twomey (1) __________________
30. Olivia Wilde (1) __________________