Esther Eng
Early Chinese-American filmmaker
Early Chinese-American filmmaker
Early Chinese film producer, editor and director
Early Chinese film costume designer, producer, writer and actor
Theatre and silent film actress, screenwriter, producer, and director active in Hollywood during the silent era.
Lois Weber was the leading female director-screenwriter in early Hollywood.
English actress, producer and memoirist
Maria Dronke made a significant contribution to the theatre in her adopted country of New Zealand.
Davina Whitehouse’s career in performance spanned 70 years, from theatre and film roles in Britain between the 1920s and the 1940s to radio, theatre, television and film roles in New Zealand from the 1950s to the 2000s.
She was one of the first New Zealand women to enter the male-dominated field of film-making.
Having produced the films Picnic at Hanging Rock (Weir, 1975) and Gallipoli (Weir, 1981) Patricia Lovell is regarded as one of Australia’s most successful film producers.