Women directed record number of films in 2020, according to study But there's still a long, long way to go 3rd January 2021 'Portrait of a Lady on Fire' director Céline Sciamma alongside stars Noémie Merlant (left) and Adèle Haenel (right). CREDIT: Julien Hekimian/Getty Images A record-breaking proportion of women directed movies in 2020, according to a new study from America’s San Diego State University. The university’s Centre for the Study of Women in Television and Film found that women made up 16% of directors working on the 100 highest-grossing films in 2020, up from 12% in 2019 and just 4% in 2018, per