12 Female TV Directors Who Should Direct A Franchise Film

The conversation about the lack of female directors in Hollywood has been rumbling on for what seems like forever, but that conversation has now found itself at a crucial point. At long last, people are beginning to get specific. After decades of vague allusions to a seemingly intangible, invisible issue, the conversation is finally becoming louder, and less easy to dismiss as the supposedly irrational ramblings of radical feminism. This is thanks to the visible activism of those concerned about the situation – on social media and within the film industry itself. It is also thanks to organisations such as the Female Filmmakers Initiative – launched by the Sundance Institute and Women In Film Los Angeles – which commissioned a vital study into the barriers and opportunities facing independent filmmakers, who try to engage in filmmaking while female. This research was a three year study, and the findings of the third and final phase of it were recently delivered in a powerful and disturbing report.

Sarah Myles

Published: May 6, 2015 09:42 am

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Lesli Linka Glatter

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Director and producer Lesli Linka Glatter earned an Oscar nomination in 1985, with her short film, Tales Of Meeting And Parting. Since then, she has earned nominations for Emmys and Directors Guild Awards, among many others – as well as adding some DGA wins to her shelf, too. While she has experience in feature film (State Of Emergency, Now And Then, The Proposition), she has made television her home – building a reputation as one of the most revered producer-directors in the industry.

Glatter delivered four episodes of the celebrated series Twin Peaks, before progressing on to NYPD Blue, Murder One, Freaks and Geeks, Gilmore Girls, Grey’s Anatomy, The West Wing, Heroes, ER, House, Mad Men, True Blood, The Walking Dead, The Newsroom, Ray Donovan, Masters Of Sex, Justified, The Leftovers and Homeland.

What She Should Direct: With such experience, it seems almost too obvious to point out the fact that Lesli Linka Glatter should be offered the job of directing a James Bond sequel. As a director, she can create and build tension more effectively than many others in the business, and her action sequences are always flawless. She makes the leading of large, ensemble casts in high profile productions seem effortless, and would reinvigorate the franchise more than any other director has in over five decades.

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Sarah Myles

Sarah Myles is a freelance writer. Originally from London, she now lives in North Yorkshire with her husband and two children.