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In a study published last year, Professor Martha Lauzen of San Diego State University found that only 9% of Hollywood directors in 2008 were women – the same figure she had recorded in 1998.
… Bigelow’s [nomination] for the best directing Oscar in March [is] only the fourth time a woman has been nominated, out of more than 400 director nominations altogether (the other three were Lina Wertmüller in 1976, Jane Campion in 1993, and Sofia Coppola in 2003). No woman has ever won.
Why are there so few female film-makers?
Worst glass ceiling in the universe. As someone who went to film school, it’s hard to explain exactly how the bias against female directors works out in real life. It’s just … there. You can be anything else — a screenwriter, an editor, a DP — but heaven forbid you want to direct. People won’t laugh in your face when you tell them of your aspirations, but they might snigger behind your back.
xoxo, c. hotpoint
