Filmmakers

African American Women Feature Film Directors, compiled by Yvonne Welbon

This list is constantly under development. Filmography links and data courtesy of The Internet Movie Database

Debbie Allen
Out of Sync (1995)
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Maya Angelou
Down in the Delta (1998)
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Neema Barnette
Civil Brand (2002)
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Troy Beyer
Let's Talk About Sex (1998)
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Love Don't Cost a Thing (2003)

Theresa Brown
The Right Girl (2001)

Shari Carpenter
Kali's Vibe (2002)
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Marlies Carruth
Girlfriends (1996)

Ayoka Chenzira
Alma's Rainbow (1992)
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Hanelle Culpepper
Within (2007)

Julie Dash
Daughters of the Dust
(1991)
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Bridgett Davis
Naked Acts (1995)
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Demane Davis
Black & White & Red All Over (1997)
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Lift (2001)
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Zeinabu irene Davis
Compensation (1999)
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Cheryl Dunye
The Watermelon Woman (1996) IMDB Listing
Stranger Inside
(2001) IMDB Listing
My Baby's Daddy
(2003) IMDB Listing
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Romell Foster-Owens
The Three Mustakels (1990)

Heather Foxworth, M.D.
Trouble I've Seen (1990)

Geretta/Geretta
Sweetiecakes (2001)

C.A. Griffith
Del Otro Lado
(The Other Side)
(1999)

Sanaa Hamri
Something New (2006)

Leslie Harris
Just Another Girl on the IRT (1993)
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Monika Harris
The Promised Land (1995)

Peggy Hayes
Nandi (1998)
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Coquie Hughes
Gotta Git My Hair Did (2000)
Hell's Most Wanted (2001)
If I Wuz Yo Gyrl (2002)
Daughters of the Concrete (2004)

Kasi Lemmons
Eve's Bayou (1997)
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The Caveman's Valentine
(2001)
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Talk to Me (2007)

Audrey Lewis
The Gifted (1993)
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Nnegest Likke
Phat Girlz (2006)

Jessie Maple
Will (1981)
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Twice as Nice (1989)
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Darnell Martin
I Like It Like That
(1994)
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Prison Song (2001)
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Vanessa Middleton
30 Years to Life (2001)

Shelia Norman
Reunion (2006)

Ruby Oliver
Leola: Love Your Mama (1989)
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Euzhan Palcy
A Dry White Season
(1989)
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Yvette Plummer
State of Mind (1998)
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Kathleen Collins Prettyman
Losing Ground (1982)
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Gina Prince-Bythewood
Love and Basketball (2000)
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Angela Robinson
D.E.B.S (2005)
Herbie Fully Loaded (2005)

Millicent Shelton
Ride (1998)
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Joy Shannon/
Joy S'hani Ache
From Rags to Reality (2001)
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All that Jazzin (2001)
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Jennifer Sharp
The Inevitable Undoing of Jay Brooks (2007)

Cauleen Smith
Drylongso (Ordinary)
(1998)
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Tressie Souders
A Woman's Error (1922)
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Karen Stone, M.D.
Medipaid Queens (1995)

Alison Swan
Mixing Nia (1998)
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Christine Swanson
All About You (2001)
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Crossing the King's Highway (2006)
Clarksdale (2007)

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Faith Trimel
Black Aura on an Angel (2004)

Liz White
Othello (1961)
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Maria P. Williams
Flames of Wrath (1923)
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Dominique Wirtschafter
If I'd Known I was a Genius (2007)


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