Director Archives - Page 9 of 13

Irish theatre and television director

Irish theatrical director and activist, co-founder of the Lyric Players Theatre in Belfast

African-American writer, composer, educator, and civil rights activist

Early Chinese-American filmmaker

Early Chinese film producer, editor and director

China’s first female scriptwriter for Cupid’s Puppets (1925), a Great Wall Film Company film co-directed by her husband

Caizhen Xie is regarded by several existing sources as the first female director of Chinese cinema who worked in China.

Early comedic actress and director of the English film industry

Theatre and silent film actress, screenwriter, producer, and director active in Hollywood during the silent era.

Silent film actor, director and writer