American LGBTQ film directors

The list American LGBTQ film directors includes Angelina Jolie, Drew Barrymore, Kevin Spacey, Jodie Foster and Shane Dawson. The list consists of 328 members.

1.

Angelina Jolie

American, Actress

Overview: Angelina Jolie (born Angelina Jolie Voight; June 4, 1975) is an American actress, filmmaker and humanitarian. The recipient of numerous accolades, including an Academy Award and three Golden Globe Awards ...

Date of birth: 4 June 1975

Age: 49

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 6" (168 cm)

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21st-century American diarists 7T

American bisexual actresses 167T

American people who self-identify as being of Iroquois descent 6T
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Drew Barrymore

American, Actress

Overview: Drew Blythe Barrymore (born February 22, 1975) is an American actress, producer, talk show host and author. A member of the Barrymore family of actors, she has received several awards and nominations ...

Date of birth: 22 February 1975

Age: 50

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 4" (163 cm)

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American LGBT women artists 5T

American bisexual actresses 154T

Sober people 34T
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Kevin Spacey

American, Actor

Overview: Kevin Spacey Fowler (born July 26, 1959) is an American actor. Known for his work on stage and screen, he has received numerous accolades, including two Academy Awards, a BAFTA Award, a Golden Globe Award ...

Date of birth: 26 July 1959

Age: 65

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 10" (178 cm)

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Actors from South Orange, New Jersey 13T

Actors from Essex County, New Jersey 43T

American HIV/AIDS activists 272T
4.

Jodie Foster

American actress (born 1962)

Overview: Alicia Christian "Jodie" Foster (born November 19, 1962) is an American actress and filmmaker. She is the recipient of numerous accolades, including two Academy Awards, three BAFTA Awards, three Golden ...

Date of birth: 19 November 1962

Age: 62

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 3" (160 cm)

Partner: Alexandra Hedison (Married)

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American LGBT actresses 43T

American LGBT actors 309T

American women television directors 306T
5.

Shane Dawson

American, Internet Celebrity

Overview: Shane Lee Yaw (born July 19, 1988), known professionally as Shane Dawson, is an American YouTuber, actor, writer, director, and musician. He was one of the first people to rise to fame on video-sharing ...

Date of birth: 19 July 1988

Age: 36

Nationality: American

Occupation: Internet Celebrity

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 11" (180 cm)

Partner: Ryland Adams (Married)

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American bisexual male actors 68T

Lakewood High School (California) alumni 23T

American bisexual musicians 139T
6.

Carrie Brownstein

American musician, writer, and actress (born 1974)

Overview: Carrie Rachel Brownstein (born September 27, 1974) is an American musician, actress, writer, director, and comedian. She first came to prominence as a member of the band Excuse 17 before forming the rock ...

Date of birth: 27 September 1974

Age: 50

Nationality: American

Occupation: Musician

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 5" (165 cm)

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Bisexual women musicians 167T

21st-century American LGBT people 2,257T

20th-century American LGBT people 1,644T
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Alexandra Hedison

American actress and photographer

Overview: Alexandra Hedison (born July 10, 1969) is an American photographer, director, and actor. She is married to the actress Jodie Foster.

Date of birth: 10 July 1969

Age: 55

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 10" (178 cm)

Partner: Jodie Foster (Married)

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Women documentary filmmakers 402T

American women photographers 821T

Actresses of Italian descent 660T
8.

Clea DuVall

American actress, writer, producer, and director

Overview: Clea Helen D'Etienne DuVall (born September 25, 1977) is an American actress, writer, producer, and director. She is known for her appearances in films such as The Faculty (1998), But I'm a Cheerleader ...

Date of birth: 25 September 1977

Age: 47

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 5" (165 cm)

Partner: Mia Weier (Married)

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21st-century American LGBT people 2,257T

American lesbian artists 157T

American women television directors 304T
9.

Andy Warhol

American artist, film director, and producer (1928–1987)

Overview: Andy Warhol (born Andrew Warhola; August 6, 1928 – February 22, 1987) was an American artist, film director, and producer who was a leading figure in the visual art movement known as pop art. His works ...

Date of birth: 6 August 1928

Date of death: 22 February 1987

Age: 58 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Artist

Gender: Male

Height: 5' 10" (178 cm)

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LGBT photographers from the United States 85T

WFUNA Lithograph Program 8T

20th-century American screenwriters 1,962T
10.

Guinevere Turner

American actress and writer

Overview: Guinevere Jane Turner (born May 23, 1968) is an American actress, screenwriter, and film director. She has written such films as American Psycho and The Notorious Bettie Page and played the lead role of ...

Date of birth: 23 May 1968

Age: 57

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 2" (157 cm)

Partner: Tracy Chapman (Long-Term)

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American women television writers 735T

Lambda Literary Award for Drama winners 23T

Screenwriters from Massachusetts 195T
11.

Anthony Perkins

American actor and director

Overview: Anthony Perkins (April 4, 1932 – September 12, 1992) was an American actor, director, and singer. He was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor for his second film, Friendly Persuasion ...

Date of birth: 4 April 1932

Date of death: 12 September 1992

Age: 60 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 6' 2" (188 cm)

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Cannes Film Festival Award for Best Actor winners 87T

20th-century male singers 5,297T

Brooks School alumni 29T
12.

Cynthia Mort

American film director

Overview: Cynthia Mort (born June 18, 1956) is an American director, screenwriter, and producer. Mort has worked primarily in television since beginning her career in 1994, writing for the sitcom Roseanne. Her ...

Date of birth: 18 June 1956

Age: 68

Nationality: American

Occupation: Writer

Gender: Female

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American women television producers 668T

Screenwriters from Michigan 111T

Women television producers 947T
13.

Haley Webb

American actor

Overview: Haley Webb (born November 25, 1985) is an American actress and filmmaker. She acts primarily in film and television and is the founder of the production company Legion of Horribles. Webb's most recent ...

Date of birth: 25 November 1985

Age: 39

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 6" (168 cm)

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21st-century American women pianists 79T

21st-century American women singers 2,630T

Women film editors 177T
14.

Brian J. Smith

American actor

Overview: Brian Jacob Smith (born October 12, 1981) is an American actor, known for his role as Will Gorski in the Netflix-produced series Sense8, Lieutenant Matthew Scott in the military science fiction television ...

Date of birth: 12 October 1981

Age: 43

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actor

Gender: Male

Height: 6' (183 cm)

Partner: Matt Consalvo (Dating)

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Male actors from Dallas, Texas 97T

People from Allen, Texas 40T

LGBT people from Texas 207T
15.

Melanie Mayron

American actress and director

Overview: Melanie Joy Mayron (born October 20, 1952) is an American actress and director of film and television. Mayron is best known for portraying the role of photographer Melissa Steadman on the ABC drama th ...

Date of birth: 20 October 1952

Age: 72

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 6" (168 cm)

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LGBT television directors 102T

LGBT film directors 554T

21st-century American Jews 3,012T
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Leanna Creel

American former actress, film producer, film director, screenwriter and photographer

Overview: Leanna Creel (born August 27, 1970) is an American actress, film producer, film director, screenwriter and photographer.

Date of birth: 27 August 1970

Age: 54

Nationality: American

Occupation: Actress

Gender: Female

Height: 5' 3" (160 cm)

Partner: Rinat Greenberg (Married)

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Identical triplets 10T

American triplets 17T

American LGBT screenwriters 277T
17.

Tom Ford

American fashion designer and filmmaker

Overview: Thomas Carlyle Ford (born August 27, 1961) is an American fashion designer and filmmaker. He launched his eponymous luxury brand in 2006, having previously served as the creative director at Gucci and ...

Date of birth: 27 August 1961

Age: 63

Nationality: American

Occupation: Fashion Designer

Gender: Male

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American gay writers 972T

LGBT film directors 561T

American LGBT directors 63T
18.

Julie Cypher

Film director

Overview: Julie Cypher (born August 24, 1964) is an American filmmaker best known for being the former partner of musician Melissa Etheridge.

Date of birth: 24 August 1964

Age: 60

Nationality: American

Occupation: Director

Gender: Female

Partner: Matthew Hale (Married)

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Moody College of Communication alumni 124T

LGBT people from Kansas 37T

American women film directors 688T
19.

Lana Wachowski

American filmmakers

Overview: Lana Wachowski (born June 21, 1965 and formerly known as Larry Wachowski) and Lilly Wachowski (born December 29, 1967 and formerly known as Andy Wachowski) are American film and television directors, ...

Date of birth: 21 June 1965

Age: 59

Nationality: American

Occupation: Film Director

Gender: Male

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20th-century American screenwriters 1,746T

American women television writers 652T

21st-century American screenwriters 625T
20.

Jed Johnson

American designer and film director

Overview: Jed Johnson (December 30, 1948 – July 17, 1996) was an American interior designer and film director. Initially hired by Andy Warhol to sweep floors at Warhol's Factory, he subsequently moved in with ...

Date of birth: 30 December 1948

Date of death: 17 July 1996

Age: 47 (age at death)

Nationality: American

Occupation: Designer

Gender: Male

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TWA Flight 800 11T

LGBT film directors 629T

Victims of aviation accidents or incidents in 1996 26T