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Films with at least one woman director had substantially higher percentages of women writers, editors, and cinematographers. On films with at least one female director, women comprised 73% of writers versus 12% on films directed exclusively by men.
- 2019 Statistics
Only 25.2% of screenwriters were women, which did not...
- 2019 Statistics
In the WGAW’s 2021 Screen Survey, 79% of women respondents reported experiencing discrimination, bullying, and/or harassment based on their gender – and 35% reported being asked about marital status or childcare while interviewing for Guild-covered work.
8 mar 2023 · In 2021, 22 percent of all editors were female, while the share of female directors and writers stood at 17 percent each. Female cinematographers are even rarer. Only six in 100 positions...
Only 19% of films were written by a female-driven team of screenwriters (i.e. by a majority of female professionals in the role of screenwriter). This report provides an overview of the gender disparity among film professionals working in the European film industry.
• Women writers increased from just 17.2% of screenwriters in 2010 to 29.6% in 2020, while BIPOC writers were 5.2% of screenwriters in 2010 and increased to 22.6% in 2020. • Both groups gained very slight shares in 2020 from the prior year.
Females accounted for 43% of characters in speaking roles (major and minor), down from 44% in 2022-23, and 46% in 2021-22. Females made up 45% of major characters in 2023-24, down from 48% in 2022-23, and 49% in 2021-22. Female characters were younger than their male counterparts.
Only 25.2% of screenwriters were women, which did not meaningfully vary by year. Netflix films (25.2%) were more likely than top-grossing movies (16.7%) to have women screenwriters overall and in 2018 (27.5% vs. 13.7%). Of the 431 producers evaluated, only 29% were women.
