The Danish Girl was directed by a man.
The Danish Girl is a 2015 British-American romantic drama film directed by Tom Hooper , based on the 2000 fictional novel of the same name by David Ebershoff and loosely inspired by the lives of Danish painters Lili Elbe and Gerda Wegener . Thomas George Hooper ( born 5 October 1972 ) is a British film and television director of English and Australian background . After graduating , he directed episodes of Quayside , Byker Grove , EastEnders and Cold Feet on British television .