Pioneering Women In Film Codexery — Data & Quality

We publish our audit record because accuracy claims should be checkable. Every entry on this site runs through an automated fact-audit pipeline (accuracy audit → source-grounded repair → visual QA); this page is generated from that pipeline's own report, not written by hand.

Last full accuracy audit: 2026-09-01 · 7 entries checked · 5 flagged · 12 issues confirmed · 5 corrected · 7 still open

Recent findings (audit lane, verbatim)

Larisa Shepitko — The entry states 'The Ascent being the first film directed by a woman to win the Golden Bear.' This is misleading because Leni Riefenstahl's Triumph of the Will won the Golden Bear in 1935, making The Ascent not the first; the safer correction is that The Asce

Larisa Shepitko — The entry states 'Her diploma film Heat (1963) won the Symposium Grand Prix at Karlovy Vary.' The correct award name is not 'Symposium Grand Prix'; it was the Grand Prix for short films or similar.

Lois Weber — The claim that Weber was the first American woman to direct a full-length feature film is inaccurate because Alice Guy-Blaché directed 'The Life of Christ' (1906) in the U.S. before Weber's 'The Merchant of Venice' (1914).

Lois Weber — The claim that Weber was the first American woman director to own her own film studio is inaccurate because Alice Guy-Blaché co-owned and ran the Solax Company in the U.S. starting in 1910, before Weber owned her own studio.

Lotte Reiniger — The entry states that Die Jagd nach dem Glück was released in 1929, but it was actually released in 1930.

Lotte Reiniger — The entry says Primrose Productions was founded in 1948 upon moving to London, but it was founded in 1953.

Marlene Dietrich — The claim that a production still from Shanghai Express inspired the cover of Queen's album Queen II is false; the cover was inspired by a still from The Blue Angel.

Rita Hayworth — The press coined the term 'The Love Goddess' to describe her after she became the most glamorous screen idol of the 1940s — this is partially inaccurate; the term 'Love Goddess' was popularized by the press, but it was specifically used after her role in 'Gild

Rita Hayworth — Her mother, Volga Hayworth, was an American of Irish and English descent who had performed with the Ziegfeld Follies — this is incorrect; Volga Hayworth was of Irish and English descent but did not perform with the Ziegfeld Follies; she was a dancer but not a

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