“The biggest challenges are always getting into the rooms that you need to get into and having people open to the types of stories that I want to tell. And I feel that just being a female director and doing that is a big deal in this country. On my third movie I worked with a French DP. I asked him has he ever worked with a woman director before? He said in France a third of directors are women; so you can’t avoid them. So I realized that the US is behind.”
![“I am blessed to live and work in [France,] a country where women filmmakers are by and large not unfairly treated. So I wouldn't have much to contribute regarding issues faced as a female director.” quote by Anne Fontaine](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/059/anne-fontaine-47068_blessed_i-am-blessed-to-live-and-work-in-france_1077014.jpg)
