Female Directors See ‘Complete Reversal’ of Progress as 2025 Marks 5% Drop in Film Work, Study Finds
Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal in "Hamnet" from director Chloé Zhao (Focus Features) Female directors suffered a “complete reversal of any progress” in 2025, according to a new study out of USC’s ...
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Women directors make up 8% of this year's 100 top-grossing filmmakers in a steep drop from 2024, study shows
A new study describes 2025 as a "Great Recession" for women directors, with just 9 women directors attached to the 100 top-grossing films at the U.S. box office. According to the latest report from ...
Films by male directors ruled the box office this summer. The boys-only cadre of helmers included Gareth Edwards ("Jurassic World: Rebirth"), James Gunn ("Superman"), Joseph Kosinski ("F1"), and Len ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. "Nomadland" director Chloé Zhao at the 93rd Academy Awards on April 25, 2021 in Los Angeles. (ABC via Getty Images) For a while ...
An annual study found that “progress has stalled” for female directors, with films helmed by women hitting a 7-year low in 2025. Just nine women (8.1%) were behind the camera for 2025’s fictional ...
The annual Annenberg Inclusion Initiative report out of USC finds that only nine women directors worked on the 100 top-grossing films of the year. By Mia Galuppo Senior Entertainment Reporter ...
The Alliance of Women Directors will host their inaugural Back to Set Symposium later this month, touting hands-on workshops with top industry executives. Emmy-nominated producer Betsy Beers ...
The 2026 Academy Awards are just around the corner. Zhao is one of just nine women who have ever been nominated for Best Director. After the Academy Awards' first ceremony in 1929, it took until 1976 ...
While reflecting on working with 'Die My Love' director Lynne Ramsay, the actress said she's found "a commonality in female directors" that many men don't have. By Katherine Schaffstall Jennifer ...
Writing for The New Yorker about the dearth of big budget films with women directors back in 2015, film critic Richard Roeper predicted, “Today’s leading independent visionaries are tomorrow’s ...
Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Films by male directors ruled the box office this summer. The boys-only cadre of helmers included Gareth Edwards (“Jurassic World: ...
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