More than 500 influential directors, actors and other notable names in Hollywood and around the world voted on the best films ...

As 'Brokeback Mountain' returns to theaters for its 20th anniversary, a writer behind the 2005 gay neo-Western romance ...

When your first film is "Hiroshima Mon Amour" or "Eraserhead" it sets an impossibly high bar - but these directors reached it ...

Female Directors Shut Out Again at 2023 Academy Awards. Nominees this year are Steven Spielberg, Todd Field, Ruben Östlund, Martin McDonagh, and Daniel Kwan and Daniel Scheinert.

In 2022, Jane Campion won Best Director for “The Power of the Dog” but “CODA” was named Best Picture.In 2019 Alfonso Cuaron won Best Director for “Roma” only to see his film eclipsed ...

Nolan ended up winning Best Director for Oppenheimer, which also won Best Picture, but seeing a female contender in that race – especially amid Gerwig’s snub – still made it an exciting one.

He’s among the best directors ever, regardless of region, and if it weren’t for duds like The Counselor (2013) and Exodus: Gods and Kings (2014), he could’ve placed even higher.

Clockwise from top left: Edward Berger, Coralie Fargeat, Brady Corbet, Mohammad Rasoulof, Jacques Audiard, Denis Villeneuve, RaMell Ross, Payal Kapadia and Sean Baker (center).

The eight best female directors have broken records, won prestigious awards, made all types of movies from rom-coms to war films, and paved the way for others.