גם הבמאית ההיא יודעת לבנות מתח, אבל היא עושה את זה בצורה שקטה יותר.

גם means also, too, or sometimes even. Here it adds this director to a group or comparison that was already being discussed.

So גם הבמאית ההיא means something like:

that director too
or
that director also

Starting with גם gives the feeling of adding one more example.

במאית means female director.

It is the feminine form of במאי = male director or simply director in the masculine form.

The ה- at the beginning is the definite article, meaning the.

So:

• במאית = a female director
• הבמאית = the female director

A learner should notice that Hebrew often marks feminine nouns clearly, and this is one of those cases.

In Hebrew, demonstratives like this and that usually come after the noun.

So Hebrew says:

• הבמאית ההיא = that director
• האישה הזאת = this woman

This is normal Hebrew word order.

Also notice that the noun is definite too:

• הבמאית = the director
• ההיא = that

Together: that director

ההיא means that one, while הזאת means this one.

So:

• הבמאית ההיא = that director
• הבמאית הזאת = this director

In many contexts, ההיא can sound like the speaker is referring to someone already known, previously mentioned, or somewhat more distant in the conversation.

Because the subject, הבמאית ההיא, is feminine singular.

Hebrew words often agree with the gender and number of the subject. So:

• הוא יודע = he knows
• היא יודעת = she knows

Since the director here is female, the sentence uses יודעת.

Here it means knows how.

A very common Hebrew pattern is:

יודע / יודעת + infinitive

This means know how to do something.

So:

• יודעת לבנות מתח = knows how to build tension

Compare:

• היא יודעת את התשובה = she knows the answer
• היא יודעת לבשל = she knows how to cook

So the verb יודעת can work in more than one way depending on what follows it.

Yes. It is very natural.

Literally, לבנות means to build, and מתח means tension or suspense.

So לבנות מתח is basically the same idea as English to build tension or to build suspense.

It is commonly used when talking about films, books, storytelling, and dramatic technique.

Yes, the subject is already known, but repeating היא is very natural here.

אבל היא... creates a clear contrast:

• she does know how to build tension,
• but she does it differently.

The pronoun helps emphasize the switch to the second part of the sentence. In Hebrew, this is especially common in contrastive sentences.

So אבל היא עושה את זה... feels very natural and clear.

Here את is the direct object marker.

Hebrew uses את before a definite direct object. Since זה means it / this / that, and it is specific, Hebrew adds את.

So:

• היא עושה את זה = she does it

Important: this את is not the preposition meaning with. It is just marking the direct object.

Because זה is often used in Hebrew to refer to a whole action, situation, or idea, even when no masculine noun is being repeated.

In היא עושה את זה, זה means it, referring to the action of building tension.

When Hebrew refers back to an entire idea or action, זה is very commonly used as the default form.

So even though במאית is feminine, זה is completely normal here because it refers to the act, not to the director.

בצורה means in a way or in a manner.

It comes from:

• ב- = in / by
• צורה = form / shape / way

So:

• בצורה שקטה יותר = in a quieter way

This is a common Hebrew structure, similar to English expressions like:

• in a careful way
• in a different way
• in a subtle way

Because שקטה describes צורה, and צורה is a feminine singular noun.

So the adjective must agree with it:

• צורה שקטה = a quiet manner / a quiet way

Then יותר makes it comparative:

• שקטה יותר = quieter
• literally, more quiet

So the grammar is:

בצורה שקטה יותר = in a quieter way

Yes, definitely.

בשקט יותר means more quietly, and in many situations it would sound very natural.

The version in your sentence, בצורה שקטה יותר, is a little more explicit and slightly more descriptive, like saying:

in a quieter way
rather than simply
more quietly

So both are possible, but the sentence you have puts more focus on the manner or style.

Because the phrase is not referring to one specific, already-known way. It means in a quieter way in a general sense.

Compare:

• בצורה שקטה יותר = in a quieter way
• בצורה השקטה יותר would sound like in the quieter way, which is much more specific and usually not what is meant here.

So the director is definite, but the way/manner is not.

It creates a nice contrast.

The sentence first says:

• גם הבמאית ההיא יודעת לבנות מתח
  = this director also has that skill

Then it adds:

• אבל היא עושה את זה בצורה שקטה יותר
  = but she uses that skill in a quieter or subtler way

So the point is not that she lacks the ability. The point is that her style is different. That contrast is exactly what גם ... אבל ... helps express.