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Jocelyn Moorhouse - Remember the film 'The Dressmaker' with Kate Winslet? Jocelyn Moorhouse directed and wrote the movie and won an AFI Award for Best Screenplay for it.

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Jocelyn Moorhouse - More of the award-winning writer, director, and producer's films include 'Proof', 'Muriel's Wedding', 'How to Make an American Quilt', and 'Mental', starring Toni Colette.

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Gillian Armstrong - She specialises in feature films and documentaries and is one of Australia's most noted female directors.

Her storytelling is often written from a female perspective and with strong female leads.

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Gillian Armstrong - Classics such as 'Little Women', 'My Brilliant Career', 'Charlotte Gray', 'Death Defying Acts' are just a few of her award-winning films.

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Cate Shortland - Shortland has either won or been nominated for awards for all of her films, she's that good!

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Cate Shortland - 'Berlin Syndrome', 'Lore', 'Somersault', 'The Silence', are all her movies. Have you seen any of them?

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Jennifer Kent - Actress Jennifer Kent's directorial debut film was 'The Babadook', which won four awards upon release in 2014.

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Jennifer Kent - Her second film, 'The Nightingale', won the Special Jury Prize at the 75th Venice International Film Festival in 2018.

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Carolynne Cunningham - Cunningham (far left) is a film producer and assistant director known for co-producing 'King Kong', 'District 9', 'The Lovely Bones', and 'The Hobbit' with producer Peter Jackson.

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Carolynne Cunningham - She has helped direct 'Pitch Black', 'Peter Pan', 'Shine', and all the 'Lord of the Rings' movies.

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Samantha Lang - Lang has directed 8 movies since 1993 and in 1997, her film 'The Well' got accepted into the Cannes Film Festival.

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Samantha Lang - The director and screenplay writer has worked on 'God's Bones', 'Audacious', 'Out', 'L'idole', 'Carlotta', and 'The Killing Field' in 2014.

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Sue Brooks - She won the prestigious Golden Alexander award at The International Thessaloniki Film Festival for her film 'Road to Nhill' in 1997.

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Sue Brooks - She is also the woman behind Aussie films 'Japanese Story', 'Subdivision', and 'Looking for Grace.

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Rachel Perkins - Perkins was raised in Canberra and is best known for her films 'Radiance', 'One Night the Moon', and 'Jasper Jones'.

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Rachel Perkins - She has won 11 awards in her career so far, including two AFI awards.

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Cherie Nowlan - Nowlan is perhaps most famous for her comedy film 'Clubland' (known to the rest of the world as 'Introducing the Dwights').

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Cherie Nowlan -

'Thank God He Met Lizzie', starring Cate Blanchett, was Nowlan's directorial debut! 

Nowlan has also directed episodes on hit TV shows 'Gossip Girl', 'Dance Academy', 'Dynasty', 'Riverdale', among many.

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Elissa Down - Elissa Down is an award-winning short film director and producer. She was nominated Young Film-maker of the year at the WA Screen Awards in 1999 and 2000.

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Elissa Down - Short films that you may have heard of hers include 'Summer Angst', 'The Cherry Orchard', 'Her Outback', 'Pink Pyjamas', and more!

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Claire McCarthy -

She's a filmmaker, director, producer, screenwriter, artist, you name it!

She directed the 2018 film 'Ophelia', based on Lisa Klein's novel, which explored Shakespeare's female character of the same name.

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Claire McCarthy - McCarthy divides her time between her native Sydney and Los Angeles, and is also known for her work on the films 'The Waiting City', 'The Turning', just to name a few. 

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Jennifer Peedom -

Documentary filmmaker Jennifer Peedom won an AACTA Award for Best Documentary Under One Hour for 'Solo' in 2009.

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Jennifer Peedom - She's also the woman behind documentaries 'Sherpa', 'Mountain', and 'Miracle on Everest'.

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Amanda Brotchie - Brotchie has co-written and co-directed various episodes of 'Neighbours', ABC series 'Lowdown', and won various awards for her directorial work on the short film 'Break and Enter'.

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Amanda Brotchie - Aside from a successful director, Brotchie is also a writer and linguist.

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Ana Kokkinos - The Melbourne native was a lawyer before becoming an award-winning film director.

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Ana Kokkinos - Films of hers you may have seen are 'Anatamosi', 'Only The Brave', 'Head On', 'The Book of Revelation', and 'Blessed'.

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Julia Leigh - Julia Leigh is a famous Aussie novelist, as well as a screenwriter and film director.

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Julia Leigh - Her debut film, 'Sleeping Beauty', was accepted into Cannes Film Festival in 2011. She's also the screenwriter behind 'The Hunter', an Australian drama film.

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Hattie Dalton - Dalton is an award-winning filmmaker best known for her short film 'The Banker' starring Michael Sheen, for which she won a BAFTA.

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Hattie Dalton - More recently she directed 'Third Star', a feature film starring British actor Benedict Cumberbatch.

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Lyndall Hobbs - Film director and producer Lyndall Hobbs (far left) is famous for dating Al Pacino.

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Lyndall Hobbs - In terms of career, she stands out for her movies 'Back to the Beach' and 'Dead on Time', both films that released in the 80s.

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Sarah Watt - The late director, writer, and animator was famous for her films 'Look Both Ways' and 'My Year Without Sex'.

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Sarah Watt - Watt lost her battle to breast and bone cancer in 2011 at age 53.

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