Advice Quote by Leanne Pooley

I think this is an exciting time to be a female filmmaker. Trust your instincts, work harder than anyone else and learn your craft.…

— Alex Hammond

My advice to women is the same advice I would give to any young man trying to make it in the business of making…

— Ondi Timoner

Female directors really do need to support each other. Too many times I've been led to believe that my direct competition was other women,…

— Jennifer Phang

My advice for other female directors is look for people who really appreciate your vision and are willing to genuinely support you. When it…

— Linda Hoaglund

Be yourself. Forget about whether you are male or female and just work hard to become a director who truly knows her craft and…

— Mabel Cheung

Any advice I could give to female directors would be the same as for males: There will be endless difficulties, some seemingly defeating, on…

— Deniz Gamze Erguven

I never think that being a woman is so hard. Maybe don't think about your gender and be confident as you go forward rather…

— Jerusha Hess

I am an artist, and I will always be working. But a film should match my personality and should be primarily based on a…

— Hema Malini

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…

— Anne Fontaine

I've come to really believe that I have something to offer as a filmmaker, that goes beyond what I had to offer as an…

— Kasi Lemmons

Find other women to make movies with that have a shared bottom line. I did that with my first film and found an incredible…

— Meera Menon

To seek out making films that are unique and insightful, boundary-pushing and genre-bending, and not films that fit into the neat, little boxes that…

— Rania Attieh