Best DirectHer is a grassroots, volunteer organization, influencing lasting change by raising
awareness to illuminate the vital, creative contributions of noteworthy Women Directors.
Our collective of over 200 female DGA members and industry professionals formed in 2018 after, yet again, no female directors were nominated for DGA Awards in the Best Feature and Best First Time Feature Categories. All donations going directly to promoting women directors this awards season.
Jane Campion with Paige Morrow Kimball and Jen Derwingson-Peacock
Smriti Mundhra with Jen Derwingson-Peacock and Maria Burton
Maggie Gyllenhaal - 2021 First Time Feature
2019 DGA Awards
2022 DGA Awards
Daniella Eisman and Aisha Tyler
2020 DGA Awards
Catherine Hardwicke
Christine Lahti
Paige Morrow Kimball and Helen Mirren
Nicole Kassell - Winner 2020 Drama Episodic
Minkie Spiro - 2020 Winner TV Limited Series
Lena Khan
BestDirectHer in the Press
“So when the DGA Award Nominees were recently announced with this omission, a group of female directors began to ask “What is wrong with this picture?”
They took action.”
“Seeking to call out the continued exclusion of female filmmakers at awards shows and to honor those women who made some of the best, yet overlooked, movies of 2018, a group launched full-page ad, which rolled out in Variety and The DGA Awards Tribute Program as well as on social media, pays tribute to 16 women helmers and their films..”