Women Film Pioneers 🇺🇸

Columbia University's Women Film Pioneers project has compiled more information on this subject than we could ever dream of putting up.

The following is our personal collection of articles from and about women who were producers, directors, editors, journalists, studio owners, suffragettes and cinema owners in the early days of cinema.

The links below lead to articles and movies that we have published on our site.

A
Dorothy Arzner

B
Clara Beranger
Ouida Bergère
Fannie Bourke

C
Lenore Coffee
Mabel Condon

G
Gene Gauntier
Elinor Glyn
Alice Guy

H

Gladys Hall

J
Maibelle Heikes Justice

L
Anita Loos

P

Ida May Park
Mary Pickford

R
Fanchon Royer

T
Gertrude Thanhouser

W
Elsie Jane Wilson