Noteworthy Francophone Women Directors: A Sequel is a comprehensive guide that foregrounds the productions of nearly three hundred Francophone women filmmakers from France, Belgium, Switzerland, Latin American, Québec, and even Thailand. The book begins following films released after the publication of Pallister and Hottell's last volume, Francophone Women Film Directors, in 2005 and stops after the Cannes film festival in 2010.

Janis L. Pallister was distinguished university professor emeritus of romance languages at Bowling Green State University, where she taught and conducted research from 1961 to 2008 at the time of her death. Ruth A. Hottell is professor of French and chair of foreign languages at the University of Toledo, where she has taught and conducted research since 1988.