Sentences with phrase «first film directed by a woman»

He's just asking whether the Academy might take notice of the first film directed by a woman, starring a woman, to crack a $ 100 million opening weekend — and beyond those milestones, it's a film that turned out so beautifully.

Not exact matches

The first superhero film to star a woman since 2005's «Elektra,» will also be the first directed by a woman.

In fact, Wonder Woman director Patty Jenkins was the first woman to direct a superhero movie and the film ended up as the highest - grossing movie ever helmed by a woman (along with being last year's third - highest grossing film domesticaWoman director Patty Jenkins was the first woman to direct a superhero movie and the film ended up as the highest - grossing movie ever helmed by a woman (along with being last year's third - highest grossing film domesticawoman to direct a superhero movie and the film ended up as the highest - grossing movie ever helmed by a woman (along with being last year's third - highest grossing film domesticawoman (along with being last year's third - highest grossing film domestically).

The movie is the first female superhero film since 2005's box office dud «Elektra,» and the first to be directed by a woman, Patty Jenkins.

The film's historical merits are greater than its artistic ones: It's Paramount first sound film, directed by Dorothy Arzner (the only women to have a sustained directing career at the time), and the star is «It» Girl, Clara Bow.

For his first film since directing the final three Hunger Games instalments, Lawrence has once again recruited Jennifer Lawrence (no relation) to play a young woman forced into a life of violence by society.

A Wrinkle In Time director Ava DuVernay is the first woman of color to direct a film with a $ 100 million - plus budget, and alongside her «little brother,» Black Panther's Ryan Coogler, she crossed another milestone this past weekend, which marked the «first time films by black directors with $ 100 million plus budgets have ever placed in the first two box office spots,» as CNN puts it.

Three years later Lupino would go on to direct The Hitch - Hiker, which has the distinction of being the first film noir directed by a woman.

Wadjda, both the first film to be shot in Saudi Arabia as well as the first to be directed by a Saudi woman, may not be infallible, but it is a sharp commentary that pierces to the heart of things just as well as its eponymous protagonist pierces our own hearts with her quirky, rebellious ways.

In a series of firsts for the festival, there were 51 rookie filmmakers represented, and eight of the 16 films in official competition were directed by women.

Take My Nose... Please: The acclaimed film, directed by the 89 year - old first time filmmaker Joan Kron (former editor at Allure Magazine for over 25 years and at New York Magazine), is a comedic point of view on women and plastic surgery.

SKA: My first question is when you were directing Sharon Stone on set, did you ever have a moment where you just kind of thought, «Wow, this film is really breaking down ageism in Hollywood by focusing on a single woman who's in her late forties and going into her fifties?»

The Watermelon Woman — the first film directed by an African - American lesbian — is among the titles screening at Liverpool Small Cinema.

Captain Marvel will be the first major Marvel film directed by a woman (Anna Boden), set for a 2019 release and starring Brie Larson as Carol Danvers.

My favourite 20: 1 of the films is the only film I saw twice at the cinema this year; 6 are directed by women; 2 are directed by the same director; 2 are animated; 1 is a documentary; Adam Driver, Jeff Bridges, Michael Shannon, Samuel L Jackson, and Joel Edgerton all appear in 2 of the films each; and 7 of the films I saw for the first time at the 2016 Sydney film festival.

This film marks the first film to cost over $ 100 million to be directed by a woman of color, neAva DuVernay.

But notably, «Daughters of Dust» would be the first film directed by an African American woman to gain theatrical distribution.

This hotly - anticipated suspense drama made history at its World Premiere at the Cannes Film Festival in 2011 as it was the first film directed by an Irish woman to be selected for inclusion in the Festival.

2014 was a banner year for female - driven horror, and arguably the first time in history when the year's best horror film was directed by a woman.

(One additional note on Best Supporting Actress to segue into surprises: Mary J. Blige is not only the first person ever nominated for Best Supporting Actress and Best Original Song in the same year, but the first actor Oscar - nominated for a film directed by a woman of color, Mudbound's Dee Rees.)

Danish filmmaker Susanne Bier has already proven herself a force in films, becoming the first — and so far only — woman to direct two films nominated for the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film (she wrote and directed 2006's After the Wedding and 2010's In a Better World).