This listing does not claim to be exhaustive. It includes the names of women in the diverse areas of the moving image: filmmakers, producers, organizers, cinematographers, editors, actors, stylists, among others.
Please return from time to time as new information is added
In many instances the names are linked to internal and external pages.
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Maji-da Abdi | Ethiopia | Director | Producer | Film Professional
Mariam Abu Ouf | Egypt | Director
Kamla Abu Zekri | Egypt | Director
Zoulaha Abdou | Niger | Director
Esther Adagala | Kenya | Director | Communication Specialist
Aissatou Adamou | Niger | Director
Sanni Adjiké | Togo | Director
Hachimiya Ahamada | France (Comoros) | Director
Dami Akinnusi | UK | Nigeria | Director | Writer | Producer
Asma Al Bakry | Egypt | Director
Fatima Albuquerque | Mozambique | Director
Peace Anyiam-Fibresima | Nigeria | Producer | Organizer | Critic
Sokhna Amar | Senegal | Director
Raja Amari | Tunisia | Director
Gilli Apter | South Africa | Director
Gentille Assih | Togo | Director
Ibéa Julie Atondi | Republic of the Congo | Director
Amma Asante | UK | Ghana | Director
Aida Ashenafi | Ethiopia | Director
Rosalie Mbélé Atangana | Cameroon | Director
Florence Ayisi | Cameroon | Director
Opportune Aymadji | Chad | Director
Selma Baccar | Tunisia | Director
Michèle Badarou | Benin | Director
Yetnayet Bahr | Ethiopia | Director
Dawn Cooper Barnes | Liberia | Director
Nadège Batou | Republic of the Congo | Director
Farida Belghoul | France (Algeria) | Writer | Director
Ruby Bell-Gam | Nigeria | Director
Néjia Ben Mabrouk | Tunisia | Director
Yasmina Benguigui | (France) Algeria | Director
Khiti-Amina Benhachem | Morocco | Director
Dounia Benjelloun | Morocco | Director
Farida Benlyazid | (France) Morocco | Director
Mounira Bhar | Tunisia | Director
Isabelle Boni-Claverie | Cote d’Ivoire | Director
Kalthoum Bornaz | Tunisia | Director
Touda Bouanani | (France) Morocco | Director
Sandra Dodi Boukany | Democratic Republic of Congo | Director
Farida Bourquia | Morocco | Director
Sarah Bouyain | France (Burkina Faso) | Director
Sue Bruce | South Africa | Director
Seipati Bulane-Hopa | South Africa | Director | Organizer | Secretary-General of FEPACI
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Nadia Cherabi | Algeria | Director
Annie Chimbuvu Chiluba | Zambia | Director
Fatoumata Coulibaly | Mali | Director | Actor
Tsitsi Dangarembga | Zimbabwe | Director | Writer
Leila Djansi | Ghana | USA | Director
Annette Mbaye d'Erneville | Senegal | Writer
Founder of RECIDAK and Consortium of Audiovisual Communication in Africa (CCA) and veteran in the field of communication
Assiatou Bah Diallo | Guinea | Editor-in-Chief Amina Magazine | Film reviewer
As editor-in-chief for the Paris-based, French-language, Amina magazine, Assiatou provides a forum for African women in the cinema. A cinema section is a regular feature of the magazine presenting profiles and interviews of African women in all area of the visual media.
Angèle Diabang Brener | Senegal | Director
Omah Diegu | Nigeria | Director
Adrienne Diop | Senegal | Director
Alice Diop | France | Senegal | Director
Amy Collé Diop | Senegal | Director
Mati Diop | France | Senegal | Director
Rokhaya Diop | Senegal | Director
Fumane Diseko | South Africa | Director
Assia Djebar | Algeria | Director | Writer
Benjamine Douamba | Burkina Faso | Director
Nadia El Fani | Tunisia | Director
Jihan El-Tahri | France | Egypt | Director
Marie-Claire Elisabeth | Seychelles | Director
Taghreed Elsanhouri | Sudan | Director
Dalila Ennadre | Morocco | Director
Lola Fani-Kayode | Nigeria | Director
Nadia Fares | Switzerland | Egypt | Director
Safaa Fathy | Egypt | Director | Writer
Safi Faye | Senegal | Director
Ana Rocha Fernandes | (Germany) Cape Verde | Director
Margaret Fobé Fombé | Cameroon | Director
Anne-Laure Folly Reimann | Togo | Director
Moira Forjaz | Mozambique | Zimbabwe | Director
Blandine Foumane | Cameroon | Director
Aminatta Forna | United Kingdom (Sierra Leone) | Television Journalist | Writer | Director
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Sara Gadalla | Sudan | Director
Hala Galal | Egypt | Director
Winnie Gamisha | Uganda | Director
Lucy Gebre-Egziabher | Ethiopia | Director
Izza Genini | Morocco | Director
Ginindza Nozizwe | South Africa | Director
Maïmouna Gueye | Senegal | Director Baya Hachemi | Algeria | Director
Claude Haffner | France (Republic of Congo) | Director | Film Critic
Claudia Haïdara Yoka | Republic of Congo | Director
Sham-Jeanne Hakizimana | Burundi | Director
Mariama Hima | Niger | Director
Rakia Mango Idi | Niger | Director
Henriette Ilboudo | Burkina Faso | Director
Martine Condé Ilboudo | Guinea | Burkina Faso | Director
Valérie Kaboré | Burkina Faso | Director
Wanuri Kahiu | Kenya | Director
Wanjiru Kairu | Kenya | Director
Nicole Kalisa | Rwanda | Director
Arsène Kamango | Democratic Republic of Congo | Director
Wajuhi Kamau | Kenya | Director
Mali Kambandu | Zambia | Director
Nadia Kamel | Egypt | Director
Jeanne d'Arc Kamugwera | Rwanda | Director
Caroline Kamya | Uganda | Director
Fatou Kandé-Senghor | Senegal | Intellectual | Producer | Artist | Director
Rumbi Katedza | Zimbabwe | Director
Rahmatou Keita | Niger | Director
Kenyou Rosine Kenmoe | Cameroon | Director
Hala Khalil | Egypt | Director
Nadine Khan | Egypt | Director
Mariane Khoury | Egypt | Director
Wanjiru Kinyanjui | Kenya | Director
Kadiatou Konaté | Mali | Director
Kenyou Rosine Kenmoe | Cameroon | Director
Suzanne Kourouma | Burkina Faso | Director
Rachida Krim | Algeria | Director
Manouchka Kelly Labouba | Gabon | Director
Noelle Laloupo |Bénin | Director
Palesa ka Letlaka-Nkosi | South Africa | Director
Osvalde Lewat-Hallade | Cameroon | Director
Kilaba Ngansem Lhape (ex Eugénie) | Democratic Republic of Congo | Director
Werewere Liking | Cote d’Ivoire | Cameroon | Director | Writer | Painter | Theater Director
Nnegest Likké | United States (Ethiopia) | Director
Ana Lucia Ramos Lisboa | Cape Verde | Director
Hala Lofti | Egypt | Director
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Aïssa Maïga |Senegal | Mali | Actor | Director
Joyce Makwenda | Zimbabwe | Director
Sarah Maldoror | Angola | Guadeloupe | Director
Ouméma Mamadali | Comoros | Director
Busisiwe Mary-Ann N Mandishona | South Africa | Director
Chouna Mangondo | Democratic Republic of Congo | Director
Siam Marley | Cote d’Ivoire | Filmmaking Professional
Taouss Matton | Algeria | Director
Jerose Chantal Mbongue | Cameroon | Director
Salem Mekuria | Ethiopia | Director
Soraya Mire | Somalia | Director
Flora M'mbugu-Schelling | Tanzania | Director
Imane Mesbahi | Morocco | Director
Angie Mills | South Africa | Producer/Director/Script Developer
Omelga Hlengiwe Mthiyane | South African | Director
Laurette Mokrani | Algeria | Director
Jacqueline Moustache-Belle | Seychelles | Director
Aida Muluneh | Ethiopia | Director | Photographer
Anne Mungai | Kenya | Director
Cathrine Musola Kaseketi (Also spelled Catherine) | Zambia | Director
Clarisse Muvuba Mwimbu | Democratic Republic of Congo | Director
Zanele Muholi | South Africa | Video Artist | Photographer
Fanta Régina Nacro | Burkina Faso | Director
Benjamine Nama | Burkina Faso | Director
Kethiwe Ngcobo | South Africa | Great Britain | Director
Martine Ndah | Cote d’Ivoire | Director
Villant Ndasowa | Malawi | Director | Film Festival organizer
Maimouna N'Diaye | Guinea | Director
Amina N'Diaye Leclerc | Senegal | Director | Painter
Spès Ndongozi | Burundi | Director
Angebi Ngeleba | Democratic Republic of Congo | Director
Farida Nyamachumbe | Tanzania | Director
Yvonne Kafui Nyarku | Ghana | Director
Lupita Nyong’o | Kenya | Director
Akua Ofosuhene | Ghana | Director
Debrah Ogazuma | Nigeria | Director
Branwen Okpako | Nigeria | Director
Elizabeth Okodo | Kenya | Director
Evelyn Onobrauche | Nigeria | Director
Ngozi Onwurah | Nigeria | UK | Director
Funmi Osoba | Nigeria | Director
Zulfah Otto-Sallies | South Africa | Director | Writer
Mary Wagaturi Otuka | Kenya | Director
Franceline Oubda | Burkina Faso | Director
Aminata Ouedraogo | Burkina Faso | Director | Secretary General
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Marie Clémence Blanc Paes | Madagascar | Producer
Miriam Patzanza | Zimbabwe | Director | Producer
Monique Phoba | Democratic Republic of Congo | Director
Bridget Pickering | Namibia | Director | Producer
Maganthrie Pillay | South Africa | Director
Elaine Proctor | South Africa | Director
Veronica Quarshie-Nai | Ghana | Director
Simonette Rasoampanina | Madagascar | Director
Danièle Roy | Burkina Faso | Director
Michka Saäl | Tunisia | Director
Djamila Saharoui | Algeria | Director
Horria Saïhi | Algeria | Director
Denise Salazar | Angola | Director
Alimata Salembéré | Burkina Faso | A Founding Member of FESPACO
Irene Sanga | Tanzania | Director
Kadidia Sanogo | Burkina Faso | Director
Zina Saro-Wiwa | UK | Nigeria | Director
Seynabou Sarr | Senegal | Director
Cilia Sawadogo | Burkina Faso | Director
Minky Schlesinger | South Africa | Director
Mariam Kane Selly | Senegal | Director
Arice Siapi | Cameroon | Director | Festival Organizer
Ingrid Sinclair | Great Britain/Zimbabwe | Director
Thérèse Sita-Bella | Cameroon | Director | Journalist (deceased 2006)
Fatma Skandrani | Tunisia | Director
Venessa Ebote Sona | Cameroon | Director
Khadidiatou Sow | Senegal | Director
Efua Sutherland | Ghana | Director | Writer (deceased 1996)
Khady Sylla | Senegal | Director
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Florence Tan | Cameroon | Director
Rahel Tewelde | Eritrea | Director
Aicha Thiam | Senegal | Director
Rama Thiaw | Senegal | Director
Bridget Thompson | South Africa | Director
Moufida Tlatli | Tunisia | Director
Najwa Tlili | Tunisia | Director
Aissatou Laba Touré | Senegal | Director
Apolline Traore | Burkina Faso | Director
Awa Traore | Mali | Director
Prudence Uriri | Zimbabwe | Director
Eunice Wadikonyana | Botswana |Director
Felicité Wouassi | Cameroon | Actor (interview in French)
Ruth Weiss | South Africa | Director
Lindy Wilson | South Africa | Director
Zara Mahamat Yacoub | Chad | Director
Dommie Yambo-Odotte | Kenya | Director
Florentine Yameogo | Burkina Faso | Director
Léonie Zowe Yangba Republic of Central Africa | Director
Hiba Youssri | Egypt | Director
Fatma Zohra Zamoun | Algeria | Writer | Director
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