Ok, we might be a teensy bit biased, but in our humble opinion, women directors have been slaying the game all throughout the first three months of this year! This quarterly roundup, along with our weekly interviews and daily social media updates, is our way of shining a bright spotlight on the talented women directors with profiles in our database. This is only a small sampling of the vast quantity of amazing work being created by women directors on Free The Bid.
In addition to crafting the incredible commercial work, branded content, short films, and music videos below, directors in our database have been conquering the worlds of TV, feature film, documentary, and more. Watch this space—our next newsletter will include examples of women directors’ work within these fields, as well!
If you’re a woman director or a production company representative, make sure to let us know about your upcoming work so we can feature it in our next newsletter! If you are an agency creative, and will be working on a project with a woman director, let us know so that we can interview you for the website. If you are at an agency or a brand who has not yet taken the pledge (gasp!), let us know immediately! If you want to sign up to receive this newsletter in your inbox, let us know!
INTERNATIONAL WOMEN'S DAY
Anna Ginsburg | CNN | Strange Beast | FREE THE BID
Basha de Bruijn | FCB Amsterdam | PinkRabbit | FREE THE BID
Brittany “B.Monét” Fennell | Levi’s x Girlgaze | FREE THE BID
Elise Holowicki | “#ChangetheGame” | Google Play | FREE THE BID
Hanna Maria Heidrich | Vodafone | Santo London | Believe Media | FREE THE BID
Phoebe Arnstein | “Ella” | Annex Films | LINK
Viivi Huuska | Stockwomann | Diktator | LINK



Work Directed By . . .
Adi Halfin | Toyota | Dentsu | Lief | LINK
Agostina Galvez | Coach x i-D | Radical Media | FREE THE BID INTERVIEW
Alex Prager | Hermes | Arts & Sciences | LINK
Alma Har’el | Coca-Cola | Wieden + Kennedy | Epoch | LINK
Aoife McArdle | State Farm | DDB | Anonymous & Somesuch | LINK
Autumn de Wilde | Facebook | Anonymous | LINK
Becky Martin | Sky Q | Brothers & Sisters | 2AM | LINK
Bianca Giaever | Soap & Glory | David | M ss ngp eces | LINK
Cass Bird | Dior Beauty | LINK
Daisy Zhou | Spotify & Saturday Morning | Saturday Morning | Public Record | LINK
Dee Rees | Walmart | Publicis Worldwide | Anonymous | LINK
Elisha Smith-Leverock | Emmi | Erdmann Peisker | Markenfilm Schweiz | FREE THE BID INTERVIEW
Elle Ginter | McDonald’s | We Are Unlimited | Sanctuary | FREE THE BID INTERVIEW
Emily Kai Bock | Toyota Rav-4 | The & Partnership | Somesuch | LINK
Emma Luchini | McDonald’s | DDB Paris | Stink | LINK
Erin Sarofsky | Apple | Sarofsky | FREE THE BID INTERVIEW
Eva Michon | Chanel Chance | Lief | LINK
Faride Schroeder | Televisa | Mujeres Estelares | Películas Imaginarias | LINK
Gaysorn Thavat | Visa | Clemenger Sydney | GrandLarge | LINK
Georgi Banks-Davies | Carwow | Creature | Skunk | LINK
Georgia Hudson | Skoda | Fallon London | Park Pictures | FREE THE BID INTERVIEW
Gracie Otto | Bonds | Leo Burnett Melbourne | Playtime | LINK
Haley Geffen & Meg Oepen | Under Armour | Bodega | FREE THE BID INTERVIEW
Hellin Kay | We.Ar Parrot | LINK



Jasmin Tarasin | Westfield | Photoplay | LINK
Jessica Barclay Lawton | Master Builder’s Association of Victoria | Truce Films | LINK
Jennifer Sheridan | Shell | VaynerMedia | Missing Link | LINK
Kat Keene | Verizon | Rokkan | LINK
Kathi Prosser | KFC | Ogilvy & Mather, Sydney | The Sweet Shop | LINK
Kathryn Ferguson | Selfridges | Lief | LINK
Kim Gehrig | Gap | Yard NYC | Somesuch | LINK
Kim Nguyen | GA Lottery | BBDO | Bob Industries | FREE THE BID INTERVIEW
Kinga Burza | Special K | Leo Burnett London | Forever Pictures | FREE THE BID INTERVIEW
Lauren Caris Cohan | Max Factor | Adam and Eve London | Stink | LINK
Leonn Ward | ASOS Face + Body | Black Dog | LINK
Lisa Gunning | OnStar | Campbell Ewald | Black Label | LINK
Leonora Lonsdale | National Literacy Trust | Lief | LINK
Lisa Immordino Vreeland | “Art of Style” | M2M | GrandLarge | LINK
Liza Mandelup | “Camp Sundown” | The Atlantic Selects | Caviar | LINK
Lotte van Raalte | Ace & Tate | HALAL | LINK
Melanie Bridge | Commbank | M&C Saatchi, Sydney | The Sweet Shop | LINK
Melissa Silverman | Panera Bread | Funny Or Die | Anomaly | LINK
Michelle Dougherty | Apple | Imaginary Forces | FREE THE BID INTERVIEW
Mona El Mansouri | “Lost Chances” | Soup Film | LINK
Natalia Leite | The North Face | Sid Lee | Humble | LINK
Nathini van der Meer | Adidas | Rosco Productions | Udox | LINK
Nicole Ackerman | Samsung | New Life Films | LINK
Nicole Dorsey | Bank Of America | Groupe Connect | Eskimo | FREE THE BID INTERVIEW



Nina Meredith | Intel | Intel Agency Inside | Pulse | FREE THE BID INTERVIEW
Paola Morabito | Blue Apron | Droga5 NY | Knucklehead | FREE THE BID INTERVIEW
Sara Dunlop | Facebook India | Rattling Stick | LINK
Stacey Lee | Sol (MillerCoors) | Alma DDB | m ss ng p eces | LINK
Stella Scott | Nike | Pulse | LINK
Suzanne Kim | Running Bare | LINK
Tabitha Denholm | Gap | JN Productions | LINK
Tania Verduzco | Robinson’s Fruit Shoot | Saatchi & Saatchi | Blink | LINK
Tatia Pilieva | Ford | GTB | Pulse | LINK
Tiny Bullet | BBC Sport Relief | BBC Creative | Thomas Thomas | FREE THE BID INTERVIEW
Valerie Faris (of duo Dayton/Faris) | E*Trade | MullenLowe | Bob Industries | LINK



MUSIC VIDEO
Adinah Dancyger | Okay Kaya – “Dance Like You” | LINK
Allie Avital | Maggie Lindemann – “Obsessed” | Partizan | LINK
Ava DuVernay | Jay-Z – “Family Feud” | Anonymous | LINK
Azsa West & Valentine Freeman | The Ruby Suns – “The Zipper” | FREE THE BID INTERVIEW
Beatrice Pegard | Cats on Trees – “Keep on Dancing” | La Pac | LINK
Cara Stricker | Chloe & Halle – “The Kids Are Alright” | Anonymous | LINK
Claire Marie Vogel | Lake Street Dive – “I Can Change” | Kode Media | LINK
Hannah Lux Davis | DJ Khaled ft. Demi Lovato – “I Believe”| London Alley | LINK
India Sleem | Allie X – “Casanova” | LINK
Jennifer Juniper Stratford | “Scary Love” | Wondros | LINK
Katy Wang | Toto Bona Loku – “Ma Mama” | Partizan | LINK



Mimi Cave | Tune-Yards – “Heart Attack” | Doomsday | LINK
Nadia Lee Cohen | Kali Uchis ft. Tyler the Creator, Bootsy Collins – “After The Storm” | Anonymous | LINK
Natalie Rae | Leon Bridges – “Bad Bad News” + “Bet Ain’t Worth The Hand” | Sanctuary | FREE THE BID INTERVIEW
Olivia Bee | Sunflower Bean – “Twentytwo” | Iconoclast | LINK
Quinn Wilson | Lizzo – “Fitness” | LINK
Sarah McColgan | Sean Paul, David Guetta ft. Becky G – “Mad Love” | Hound | LINK
Sheila Johansson | Seinabo Sey – “I Owe You Nothing” | New Land | LINK
Sophia Ray | Amber Mark – “Love Me Right” | Partizan | LINK
Sophie Muller | Kylie Minogue – “Dancing” | Anonymous | LINK



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