Xie Caizhen

Caizhen Xie is regarded by several existing sources as the first female director of Chinese cinema who worked in China.

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Pearl Ing

Pearl Ing, or Yin Mingzhu, was the first woman to play the leading role in a film made in Shanghai, the earliest center of Chinese filmmaking.

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Mary Manning

Mary Manning was one of a handful of women active behind the camera in Ireland’s two waves of silent film production.

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