American filmmaker celebrated for innovative comedies and dramas exploring female identity, coming-of-age, and contemporary social issues.
Little Women is about girls choosing their own path. The modernity of Little Women is that they refuse to follow the prescribed script.
Barbie is a symbol of the paradox of being a woman. Being perfect yet insufficient. Being strong and fragile simultaneously. Cinema can explore these contradictions.
I create not because I want to please, but because I must. Creativity is a way to survive, a way to speak when nobody listens.
There are no answers in adulthood. I make films about people who are lost, searching for meaning, just like when we were children.
Female friendship can save you. It can be more intense than romantic love, more transformative, deeper.
Coming of age is a journey of self-discovery. In Lady Bird, I wanted to show how we navigate relationships, ambitions, who we want to be.
I make films about girls who don't fit the system. Cinema should allow women to be complex, weird, imperfect.