After reaching new highs in 2020, the percentage of women directing top-grossing films declined in 2021, according to a new report
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After reaching new highs in 2020, the percentage of women directing top-grossing films declined in 2021, according to the from San Diego State University. Not only is this a discouraging setback for female directors, but it also impacts the number of women in key behind-the-scenes roles and the number of female characters portrayed in the films we watch. reveals that women made up 12% of directors working on the 100 top-grossing films in 2021, down from 16% in 2020. When expanding to the 250 top-grossing films, women represented 17% of directors in 2021, down from 18% in 2021.
wrote, “During the silent era, women can be said to have dominated the industry. There were over thirty women directors prior to 1920, more than at any other period of film history… the women directors were considered equal to, if not better than, their male colleagues.” Apparently, a 1920 book entitledfilm direction as a viable career choice for women looking for a vocation. By the time an updated version of the book came out in 1933, that suggestion had been eliminated.
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