Actress/producer/director Elizabeth Banks has spoken about the limited opportunities for women in Hollywood.
Somewhat surprisingly, all of this upheaval failed to significantly jostle the percentages of women working in film. According to the latest, women comprised 39% of directors, writers, producers, executive producers, editors, and cinematographers working on independently and domestically produced feature-length films screening at 20 high-profile film festivals in the U.S. from July 2021 through June 2022. This represents an increase of 1 measly percentage point from 2020-21.
Focusing solely on directors, women made up 44% of helmers on independently produced documentaries and 35% on narrative features, but only 12% on top grossing films. These comparisons reveal the considerable gap between the number of women whoIn other roles, on independent features women fared best as producers , followed by executive producers , writers , editors , and cinematographers .