Search: female directors
Why: We finally watched Winter's Boner last night. As I was Googling halfway through, I learned that the director Debra Granik is from Cambridge, MA, and graduated from both Brandeis and Tisch. None of those places is anything like crank haven rural Missoura. And it kind of makes me hate her / the movie / everyone who had anything to do with it.
Anyway, we started naming female directors, and we got as far as Kathryn Bigelow and "the girl who did 1492" (who turned out to be Ridley Scott).
Answer: Here are some!
The Hurt Locker (2008; first woman to win Academy Award for Best Director), Point Break (1991), 1 hour of "Wild Palms," married to James Cameron 1989-1991
The Piano (1993; second woman ever to be nominated for Best Director), Portrait of a Lady (1996)
The Kids Are All Right (2010), Laurel Canyon (2002)
Lost in Translation (2003; nominated for Best Director), Marie Antoinette (2006), The Virgin Suicides (1999), Somewhere (2010), married to Spike Jonze 1999-2003
Sleepless in Seattle (1993), You've Got Mail (1998), Julie & Julia (2009), Bewitched (2005); also wrote When Harry Met Sally (1989) but didn't direct it
Twilight (2008), Red Riding Hood (2011), Lords of Dogtown (2005), Thirteen (2003)
American Psycho (2000) [WHAT!]
Clueless (1995), Fast Times at Ridgemont High (1982), Look Who's Talking (1989), Vamps (2011)!!!!!
Lovely and Amazing (2001), Friends with Money (2006), Please Give (2010) [<-- we actually watched this not long ago because it was free on OnDemand; it's pretty dece]
Big (1988), A League of Their Own (1992), Awakenings (1990), The Preacher's Wife (1996)
It's Complicated (2009), The Holiday (2006), Something's Gotta Give (2003), What Women Want (2000), The Parent Trap (1998)
Monsoon Wedding (2001), Amelia (2009) Vanity Fair (2004), The Namesake (2006)
Boys Don't Cry (1999)
An Education (2009)
Wayne's World (1992), Black Sheep (1996), The Little Rascals (1994), The Beverly Hillbillies (1993)
Frida (2002), Across the Universe (2007)Source: MovieFone, Film.com, MetaCritic
The More You Know: Totally unrelated, but every time, every time I hear someone say "Winter's Bone," I sing this song "Winterlong," which is apparently by Neil Young, but I only know it by The Pixies. It's like a disease.
No love for Betty Thomas?
ReplyDeleteSure most of her films are crap, but she directed Private Parts, so she gets a lifetime pass for that :)
I have a serious crush on you, by the way.