First on the list of women filmmakers who have received worldwide fame, rightly listed German Leni Riefenstahl. Her films "Olympia" and "Triumph of the Will", taken in the late 1930s, despite the obvious scandal (as created by order of the Nazi party), all included in the golden fund of world cinema.
Following Riefenstahl or famous Italian Lina Wertmüller over time the number of women, many have achieved in the field of cinema, has increased significantly.
Among the brightest representatives of the foreign trade director Nora Ephron can remember (starring popular painting "When Harry Met Sally," "Sleepless in Seattle", "Michael" and "You've Got Mail") Penny Marshall (on account of its movie "Big," "Awakening" ), Nancy Meyers ("What Women Want," "Something's Gotta Give," "The Holiday") or Anne Fletcher ("Step Up").
Do not forget about the daughter of legendary director Francis Ford Coppola - Sofia Coppola (author of "The Virgin Suicides" and "Lost in Translation"). At this time of Sofia is one of the most prominent figures in American independent cinema - who now say that children geniuses nature rests.
However, most of the main peak - "Oscar" for Best Director - yet managed to reach only one of the fair sex: 2010 was a year of triumph Kathryn Bigelow for the film "The Hurt Locker."
In the history of the national cinema, too, there are many shining examples of women directors: enough to remember Tatiana Lioznova ("Seventeen Moments of Spring"), Svetlana Druzhinin (trilogy of midshipmen and "Secrets of Palace Revolutions"), the author of the great comedies Alla Surikov or intellectual cinema star Cyrus Muratov .
But the most recent example of unconditional success and popularity can be considered Valeria Gai Germanicus, whose film "Everybody Dies But Me" and the TV series "School" aroused great interest and resonance.