Inclsion in the Director's Chair: Gender, Race and Age of ...

January 2019

INCLUSION IN THE DIRECTOR'S CHAIR? EXAMINING , POPULAR FILMS

USC ANNENBERG INCLUSION INITIATIVE

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FEMALES ARE OUTNUMBERED IN THE DIRECTOR'S CHAIR

PREVALENCE OF FEMALE DIRECTORS ACROSS ,

in percentages

FILMS

PERCENTAGE OF FEMALE DIRECTORS

4%

8

7.5

7.3

RATIO OF MALES

TO FEMALES

3.6

3.7 4.1

2.7

2.8

4.2

3.6

1.9 1.9

`07 `08 `09 `10 `11 `12 `13 `14 `15 `16 `17 `18

22:1

TOTAL NUMBER OF DIRECTORS

1,335

THE DIRECTOR'S CHAIR IS WHITE AND MALE

ACROSS , FILMS AND , DIRECTORS...

6%

75

Of the 80 Black or

OR WERE BLACK OR African American

AFRICAN AMERICAN

directors...

Of the 42 Asian or Asian American

directors...

39

3.1%

OR WERE ASIAN OR ASIAN AMERICAN

5

FEMALE

MALE

3

FEMALE

MALE

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FOR BLACK DIRECTORS,

WAS A BANNER YEAR

16 BLACK DIRECTORS WORKED ACROSS THE TOP GROSSING FILMS OF .

IN , BLACK DIRECTORS WORKED ACORSS THE TOP FILMS. IN , THE NUMBER WAS .

AGE IS RELATED TO DIRECTING ASSIGNMENTS FOR FEMALES

DIRECTOR GENDER BY AGE

s

s

s

s

s

s

s TOTAL

FEMALES 0

12 29

8

7

0 0 56

MALES 9 286 580 281 81

27 9 1,273

Information for 6 individuals could not be confirmed.

PIPELINE PROBLEMS: CAREER PROGRESS STALLS FOR FEMALES

PERCENTAGE OF FEMALE DIRECTORS BY MEDIA PLATFORM

27.8

25.3

18.5

4.3

23.5

PERCENTAGE POINT

DROP

FROM NARRATIVE INDEPENDENT FILMS

TO TOP GROSSING FILMS

Narrative Independent Films

1st Time Episodic TV Directors

Episodic Top-Grossing TV Directors Films

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BLACK AND ASIAN DIRECTORS ARE CROPPED OUT OF FILM

# OF BLACK DIRECTORS

8

7

7

5

2

6

7

5

4

7

6 16 80

OUT OF

OUT OF 112 112 111 109 108 121 107 107 107 120 109 112 1,335

# OF ASIAN DIRECTORS

3

3

1

4

4

2

6

0

6

5

4

4

42

OUT OF

OUT OF 112 112 111 109 108 121 107 107 107 120 109 112 1,335

`07 `08 `09 `10 `11 `12 `13 `14 `15 `16 `17 `18 TOTAL

UNDERREPRESENTED FEMALES ARE INVISIBLE AS COMPOSERS

1 301 ONLY

OUT OF

COMPOSERS WAS A WOMAN FROM AN UNDERREPRESENTED RACIAL/ETHNIC GROUP

HOLLYWOOD'S IMAGE OF A FEMALE DIRECTOR IS A WHITE WOMAN

Race/ethnicity of 46 individual female directors across 1,200 films

ARE WHITE

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ARE BLACK AFRICAN AMERICAN

ARE ASIAN

IS HISPANIC

LATINA

FEW FEMALES AT THE APEX OF ORGANIZATIONS

C SUITE

BOARD OF DIRECTORS

EXECUTIVE FILM TEAM

82.7%

75%

74.4%

TOTAL

77.2%

17.3%

25%

25.6%

22.8%

Less than 6% of all positions across the C-Suite, Boards, and Executive Teams were held by women of color.

FEMALE DIRECTORS ACROSS 1,200 TOP-GROSSING FILMS

THERE ARE

46

INDIVIDUAL FEMALE

DIRECTORS BETWEEN 2007 AND 2018

*An asterisk denotes underrepresented female directors.

Abby Kohn Angelina Jolie Anna Foerster Anne Fletcher Ava DuVernay* Betty Thomas Brenda Chapman Catherine Hardwicke Diane English Elizabeth Allen Rosenbaum Elizabeth Banks Gina Prince-Bythewood* Greta Gerwig Hallie Meyers-Shyer Jennifer Flackett Jennifer Lee

Jennifer Yuh Nelson* Jessie Nelson Jodie Foster Julie Anne Robinson Julie Taymor Kathryn Bigelow Kay Cannon Kimberly Peirce Kirsten Sheridan Lana Wachowski Lilly Wachowski Loveleen Tandan* Lucia Aniello Nancy Meyers Niki Caro

Nora Ephron Patricia Riggen* Patty Jenkins Phyllida Lloyd Sam Taylor-Johnson Sanaa Hamri* Sarah Smith Shari Springer Berman Sharon Maguire Stacy Title Stella Meghie* Susanna Fogel Susanna White Thea Sharrock Trish Sie

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