5 Female directors...

• Gurinder Chadha- born on 10th Janurary 1960. British film director of indian origin. Most of her films explore the lives of indian living in the UK.

Filmography
Angus, Thongs and Perfect Snogging (2008)
Paris, je t'aime (2006) segment "Quais de Seine"
The Mistress of Spices (2005) (screenplay only)
Bride and Prejudice (2004)
Bend It Like Beckham (2002)
What's Cooking? (2000)
Rich Deceiver (1995), BBC two-part drama
A Nice Arrangement (1994)
What Do You Call an Indian Woman Who's Funny? (1994)
Bhaji on the Beach (1993)
Acting Our Age (1992)
Pain, Passion and Profit (1992) (V)
I'm British But... (1990) (TV)

• Kimberly Peirce- born on September 8th, 1967, is an American film director.

Filmography
"The Last Good Breath" (1994) (16mm short - director & writer)
Leopard of Tomorrow Program at 1994 Locarno International Film Festival[1]
Boys Don't Cry (1999) (director & writer)
The L Word (2006) (director - 1 episode (Lifeline - 3x05), TV series)
Stop-Loss (2008) (director & writer)

• Diane Keaton- born on Janruary 5th 1946. American film director, actresses and producer

Filmography

Unstrung heros
The First Wives Club
Hanging Up

• Maria Maggenti- born in 1962 and is a film director and screenwriter for film and television.

Filmography
Puccini for Beginners (2006)
The Love Letter (1999)
The Incredibly True Adventure of Two Girls in Love (1995)
La Donna è mobile (1994)
Name Day (1993)
Waiting for War (1991)
The Love Monster (1990)
Doctors, Liars & Women (1988)

• Sharon Maguire- born in 1960 and is as film director in the UK.

Filmography
The Thing is... Babies (1991)
The Thing is... Hotels (1991)
The Godfather (1993)
In at Number Ten (1994)
Yo Picasso (1994)
Rumer Godden: An Indian Affair (1995)
H.G. Wells: Bromley Boy (1996)
H.G. Wells: The Panther and the Jaguar (1996)
Dame Henrietta's Dream (1997)
Bridget Jones's Diary (2001)
Incendiary (2008)