Mainstream films directed by women were are hard to come by, and it feels odd to say that in 2022, when a film (Nomadland) directed by a woman (Chloe Zhao) won the Academy Award for Best Director and Best Picture in 2021 and a film (Wonder Woman) directed by a woman (Patty Jenkins) earned $822,824,522 at the global box office in 2017, making it the third highest-grossing movie of that year. But that is still the state of cinema in 2022.
Women directors are still in the vast minority, but some of the world’s most memorable films have been provided by visionary women like these.Read MoreMovieWeb – Feed