Only the steadfast sexism within Hollywood silences these voices. When Hollywood’s budgets are taken out of consideration, and art is appreciated as art, director representation tends towards equality. Anecdotally, my cinema classes at the University of Chicago were majority women - I was consistently led by female professors, classmates, and project leaders. Take the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF), where this year, 45% of the directors or creators were women. In smaller film festivals, without the big budgets of Hollywood, movies contain more diverse storytellers. Of course, this discrepancy is not for inequity of talent, but of opportunity. Not only has only one woman won the Academy Award for Best Director (Kathryn Bigelow for The Hurt Locker in 2009) but in 2015, only 4.1% of Hollywood directors and only 8% of screenwriters are women. There really just aren’t many influential female directors out there. Ava Duvernay, activist and director of 13th? Greta Gerwig? Sophia Coppola, perhaps? Even if you can think of a female director, it’s likely that the names don’t pop into your mind as easily. ![]() ![]() Steven Spielberg between takes | photo courtesy of
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