Women have always been a force in filmmaking, but often their talents were suppressed by a male dominated industry.. Alice Guy-Blanche was a pioneer filmmaker, who paved the way to opening doors over for filmmakers of the silent. Lois Weber was compatible to contemporary legends like Charlie Chaplin and Cecile B. DeMille. But until the rise of feminism in the late 60’s, female filmmaker’s voices were suppressed until such directors as Penny Marshall, Katheryn Bigelow, Soffia Coppola, and Jane Campion began to push through into the main stream and begin finally winning Academy Awards. Through interviews and clips from documentaries like “Be Natural: The Untold Story of Alice Guy-Blaché”, and “This Changes Everything”, and various films directed by prominent women directors, we will examine the dynamics of sexism in the film industry, the challenges women have met and often overcome, and the artistic achievements of female directors over the years.