Apologies for the one-day delay!
How many female directors can you name off the top of your head compared to male directors? Have you noticed how few female directors are well-known? In this episode Jeff and Shanna celebrate and discuss female directors and countdown their favorite movies directed by women!
Here's the link to the Box Office Mojo list of highest-grossing directors:
http://www.boxofficemojo.com/people/?view=Director&pagenum=1&sort=sumgross&order=DESC&&p=.htm
Check the blog for the PDF file that lists over 90 female directors and their theatrically-released full-length features.
Show Notes
• Opening, Introduction, and Correction
• The Week in Review (0:02:14)
o Shanna’s Week
Kardashian: The Man That Saved OJ
Jackie: A Tale of Two Sisters
Little Boxes
o Jeff’s Week (0:11:27)
Get Out
Stop-Loss
o Our Week (0:19:19)
Middle of Nowhere
• The Main Event: Female Directors (0:23:58)
• Film Faves: Movies Directed by Women (1:08:41)
• Where You Can Find Us and Ending (1:47:01)
Shanna’s Faves Directed by Women:
12. Look Who’s Talking, Too (Amy Heckerling)
11. Stories We Tell (Sarah Polley) - Hulu
10. The Holiday (Nancy Meyers)
9. The Dressmaker (Jocelyn Miller) – Amazon Prime
8. The Secret Garden (Agnieska Holland)
7. 2 Days in New York (Julie Delpy) – Netflix
6. Diary of a Teenage Girl (Marielle Heller)
5. Wonder Woman (Patty Jenkins)
4. Bride & Prejudice (Gurinder Chadha)
3. Touchy Feely (Lynn Shelton) - Hulu
2. Mississippi Masala (Mira Nair)
1. Lovely & Amazing (Nicole Holofcener)
Jeff’s Faves Directed by Women:
12. Private Parts (Betty Thomas)
11. Winter’s Bone (Debra Granik) – Amazon Prime, Hulu
10. Zero Dark Thirty (Kathryn Bigelow)
9. Bend It Like Beckham (Gurinder Chadha)
8. Look Who’s Talking (Amy Heckerling)
7. Persepolis (Marjane Satrapi)
6. Lost in Translation (Sofia Coppola)
5. Clueless (Amy Heckerling)
4. Bride & Prejudice (Gurinder Chadha)
3. Sleepless in Seattle (Nora Ephron)
2. Wayne’s World (Penelope Spheeris)
1. A League of Their Own (Penny Marshall)
