Marleen Gorris

Marleen Gorris is a Dutch lesbian filmmaker known for Antonia's Line (Antonia, 1995, Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film) — a multigenerational epic about women's lives in a Dutch village that is also a feminist and subtly queer work — and Mrs. Dalloway (1997), starring Vanessa Redgrave. Antonia's Line made her the first woman to win the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar. She has been openly lesbian throughout her career and has spoken about the feminist politics embedded in her filmmaking.