Alice Guy Blaché - one of the first filmmakers to exist!

Dorothy Arzner - "Dance, Girl, Dance," "Christopher Strong"

Ida Lupino - "The Hitch-Hiker," "On Dangerous Ground"

Brenda Chapman - "The Prince of Egypt," "Brave"

Tina Mabry - "Mississippi Damned," "Pose," "Insecure"

Kasi Lemmons - "Eve's Bayou," "Luke Cage"

Alma Har'el - "Bombay Beach," "Honey Boy"

Catherine Hardwicke - "Thirteen," "Lords of Dogtown," "Miss Bala"

Gina Prince-Bythewood - "Love and Basketball," "Beyond the Lights," "The Woman King"

Lulu Wang - "The Farewell," "Touch"

Kathryn Bigelow - "Point Break," "The Hurt Locker"

Ava DuVernay - "A Wrinkle in Time," "Selma," "Origin"

Mira Nair - "Monsoon Wedding," "Mississippi Masala"

Julie Dash - "Daughters of the Dust"

Barbra Streisand - "Yentl," "The Prince of Tides"

Lilly and Lana (not pictured) Wachowski - The Matrix Trilogy

Claire Denis - "Beau Travail," "35 Shots of Rum"

Agnes Varda - "Cleo From 5 to 7," "Vagabond"

Regina King - "One Night in Miami"

Miranda July - "Kajillionaire," "Me and You and Everyone We Know"

Rebecca Hall - "Passing"

Nia DaCosta - "Candyman" (2021)

Elizabeth Banks - "Cocaine Bear"

Greta Gerwig - "Lady Bird," "Little Women," "Barbie"

Sarah Polley - "Women Talking"

And that's just a few! Female filmmakers forever!