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Highest percentage of female filmmakers in Hollywood recorded in 2019 over past 10 years, as per USC study
FirstpostThe number of women behind the camera on Hollywood movies jumped to record levels in 2019, with 12 female directors helming directing top-grossing films including Frozen II, Captain Marvel and Hustlers The number of women behind the camera on Hollywood movies jumped to record levels in 2019, with 12 directing top-grossing films including Frozen II, Captain Marvel and Hustlers, two studies showed on Thursday, 2 January. Women made up 10.6% of directors of the top movies last year, more than double the percentage in 2018 and the highest percentage of female directors in the past decade, a study by the Annenberg Inclusion Initiative at the University of Southern California found. Read: Frozen 2 dominates global box office to become the sixth Disney film of 2019 to enter $1bn club The push for more diversity in directing and producing roles has been a major topic in Hollywood for more than a decade, and was given extra impetus by the #MeToo and Time’s Up movements, fueled by the sexual harassment scandal that has roiled the entertainment industry. Yet only one woman - Kathryn Bigelow for The Hurt Locker in 2010 - has ever won a best director Oscar, and only four women have been nominated for Hollywood’s top awards since 2008, including the Oscars, Golden Globes, Directors Guild Awards, and Critics Choice Awards.
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