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Male characters in films continued to heavily outnumber female characters in 2021, according to the latest It’s a Man’s (Celluloid) World study from Dr. Martha Lauzen, executive director of the Center for the Study of Women in Television and Film at San Diego State University. A hefty 85% of films featured more male than female characters, the study found. Male characters outnumbered females by almost two to one, and just 31% of films featured sole female protagonists. Only 7% of films had m...

A new study finds that for all the show business talk of inclusion, fewer female directors are getting jobs than a year ago

There were a fewer number of women directors working on Hollywood's top films in 2021, according to a new study.

A new study laments that films helmed by female directors in 2021 were not popular with moviegoers.

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5:46 AM MYT LOS ANGELES, Jan. 2 (Xinhua) -- The percentages of women directing top grossing U.S. films increased in 2020, reaching recent historic highs, said a new study published on Saturday. Women comprised 16 percent of directors working on the top 100 grossing U.S. films in 2020, up from 12 percent in 2019 and 4 percent in 2018. Women also accounted for 18 percent of directors on the top 250 films, up from 13 percent in 2019 and 8 percent in 2018, according to the latest study titled...

New Study Indicates Women Are Directing More Films, But Parity Remains Distant Tobias Carroll, provided by FacebookTwitterEmail The American film industry abounds with inequality, much of it systemic. One way that gender inequality manifests itself is in the relatively low number of films directed by women. The fact that Vulture’s Oscar Futures column currently lists 2 women as likely favorites for a Best Director nomination this year — Nomadland‘s Chloe Zhao and This is but one sign o...

2January 2021 A new study, run by the Center for the Study of Women in Television and Film at San Diego State University, has found that a record number of films were helmed by female directors in 2020. Of the top 100 grossing films, the report states that women accounted for 16% of directors, up from 12% in 2019, and a paltry 4% in 2018. Clearly, this shows that there’s still a lot of work to be done, despite the upward trend. The Celluloid Ceiling report – which has been published annua...

Women Directed Record 16% of Top-Grossing 2020 Films, Report Shows “The good news is that we’ve now seen two consecutive years of growth for women who direct,” Dr. Martha Lauzen saysRosemary Rossi | January 2, 2021 @ 5:00 AM Last Updated: January 2, 2021 @ 6:52 AM Getty The percentage of women directing top-grossing films increased in 2020 and, in fact, reached recent historic highs, according to the 23rd Annual Celluloid Ceiling Report released Saturday. While the overall p...

Women see minor gains in film production roles in 2020 and last updated 2021-01-02 14:17:19-05 SAN DIEGO (CNS) - The percentage of women working on major motion pictures inched up slightly in 2020, a San Diego State University group that studies female employment in film reported today. Overall, the percentage of women working behind the scenes on the industrys top 100 films (according to domestic box office gross) increased from 20% in 2019 to 21%, while their representation on the top 250 fil...