Since 1998, the number of women working behind-the-scenes on the top films of the year has only increased by 5.3%.
Last year, film and TV saw historic highs for the inclusion of women working on the top-grossing films of the year, and 2021 promised to increase those numbers.
Even with Chloé Zhao becoming the second woman to win an Oscar for directing Nomadland and being the first woman of color to win the award, and Jane Campion being a front-runner for The Power of the Dog, 2021 saw a slight decline in the number of women directing films, according to the Center for the Study of Women in Television and Film’s Celluloid Ceiling report.
The study, conducted by Dr. Martha Lauzen at San Diego State University, discovers that women comprise 25% of directors, writers, producers, executive producers, editors, and cinematographers working on the top 250 grossing films of 2021. This number is a slight increase from the 23% in 2020.
Author: Alyssa Miller
This article comes from No Film School and can be read on the original site.
