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 May 6, 2015 9:42 am2015-05-06T12:47:57-05:00

Gail Mancuso

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The career of Emmy winner Gail Mancuso goes all the way back to the TV show Brothers, for which she served as a Script Supervisor from 1984, for 46 episodes. Performing the same task on an episode of Major Dad, Mancuso then went to work on Roseanne – which saw her move from Associate Director to one of the main directors of the show for the majority of its hugely successful nine season run.

In addition to her consistently impressive work on Roseanne, Gail Mancuso also took the helm on episodes of The Nanny, The Naked Truth, Suddenly Susan, The King Of Queens, Ellen, Friends, Dharma & Greg, The Gilmore Girls, Becker, The Tracy Morgan Show, Joey, My Name Is Earl, Scrubs, Community, 30 Rock, Cougar Town, Modern Family, Happyish, Fresh Off The Boat and Cristela. Rounding out her extensive experience, Mancuso has also taken the role of executive producer on many episodes of Ground Floor.

What She Should Direct: Her long history of delivering episodes of shows involving humour, stylized characters and tight pacing would make her a great choice to direct a Marvel movie. Thor: Ragnarok would probably be a good fit.

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