Gay filmmakers

Waters is one of the kings of camp and trash cinema. American filmmaker Ira Sachs released Passages last year to much acclaim. His film The Wedding Banquet follows a gay Taiwanese immigrant who marries a Chinese woman to place his parents and has to hide his gay partner from them.

Jarman was an English artist, filmmaker, writer, poet, and activist who died of an AIDS-related illness at age 52 in Many of his films were experimental. Many gay critics discern a hidden gay subtext in her films, such as "Christopher Strong".

Van Sant is considered one of the main directors of the New Queer Cinema movement, and has been nominated for two Oscars. Ozon is a French director whose films often deal with themes of sexual identity. Thankfully, some directors make it their career mission to make as many queer movies as they can.

Fassbinder died at the young age of 37, but made over 40 films in his career. Almodovar is widely considered to be one of the best directors of his generation, winning two Oscars and having his films nominated for nine. He had previously directed several other queer movies.

The impact LGBTQ+ people have had on Hollywood is immeasurable. These filmmakers keep returning to gay stories, and we love them for it! Fassbinder was a German filmmaker and one of the major figures of the New German Cinema movement in the '60s and '70s.

Glass is a young British filmmaker who has only made two movies, both of which are queer. Her first film Saint Maud was released inand her second, Love Lies Bleedingcomes out this year. But the thing they all gay in common is that they keep returning to queer stories for their films.

Some of these filmmakers are near the beginning of their careers with only a few movies to their names, but filmmakers have made dozens of films. Most of his movies have queer characters and themes. Her biopic Bessieabout singer Bessie Smith, won four Emmys.

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By continuing to use our site, you agree to our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use. These filmmakers keep returning to gay stories, and we love them for it! Inhe made Ammonitea fictional story based on a speculative romance between British paleontologist Mary Anning and her friend Charlotte Murchison.

Here's our rundown of the 20 most important and influential LGBTQ+ directors in cinema history. English filmmaker Francis Lee has two films under his belt and both of them are queer.

Haigh had big success in with his gay film All of Us Strangersbut had two previous gay films before that, including the movie sequel to Lookingthe show he executive produced for HBO. Haynes is a great director who has been nominated for two Golden Globes, an Oscar, and ten Independent Spirit Awards, winning two of those.

Arzner was gay, and cultivated a masculine look in her clothes and appearance (some feel as camouflage to hide the boy's club that was Hollywood). The first came from directing Good Will Huntingthe second for directing Milkabout assassinated gay politician Harvey Milk.

HII films, often starring the drag queen Divine, set the tone for weird queer cinema for years. Shutterstock 20 Directors who have made more than one gay movie.