: The UK TV industry has attracted stinging criticism from special interest groups and trade bodies after all eight nominated Directors at theThe We Are Doc Women collective, which is currently calling for broadcasters to bring in a 50% gender quota for directors on factual shows, said it will be contacting major broadcasters and production houses over the “saddening and angering” lack of female representation, while Directors UK criticized the lack of opportunities for diverse talent in...
We Are Doc Women’s statement described the male-only nomination shock as “one step forward and two steps back.” The collective wrote to BAFTA in 2020 after a similar eventuality had taken place and last year’s Director: Factual nomination crop was 50/50 split, with Teresa Griffiths taking home the award for BBC Two’sSurviving 9:11’s Baby Surgeons: Delivering MiraclesWe Are Doc Women added: “Whilst BAFTA and the rest of the TV and content industry virtue-signal around diversity, it would appear that women directors are simply still not getting on the lists.
In response, BAFTA Deputy Chair Sara Putt told Deadline progress in many areas of the Craft noms and in the Emerging Talent category, where the split is 50/50 including writers and directors, is “not translating effectively enough through the whole talent pipeline.”nominees is not reflected anot enough support them through the middle of their careers, a major focus for Directors UK.
“As an Agent – in my day job – I know this does not adequately reflect the talented women in our industry, and within BAFTA we will be looking closely at this in terms of our entry requirements for Awards. We will also use the data from this year’s entries to identify the areas of under representation that we will focus on in future BAFTA talent initiatives.