The number of women working in leadership roles on top-grossing films has increased by just 7% over the past 25 years, according to the annual Celluloid Ceiling report released by the Center for the Study of Women in Television and Film at San Diego State.
Calling women still “dramatically underrepresented” in the industry, Dr. Martha Lauzen, founder and executive director of the Center for the Study of Women in Television and Film, said that after all the attention that's been brought to the issue over the years, “one would expect more substantial gains.”
In 1998, the first year of the Celluloid Ceiling project, women comprised 17% of directors, writers, producers, executive producers, editors, and cinematographers working on the top 250 grossing U.S. films. More than two decades later, women account for 24% of individuals in those roles, according to the latest report. Sign up for NBC San Diego newsletters.
“It took the accumulation of over two decades of advocacy efforts, research reports and an EEOC investigation to double the percentage of women directors from 9% to 18%, and women are still dramatically underrepresented in that role,” Lauzen said. “One can only imagine that it will take the same amount of effort to increase the numbers of women working in other positions, such as cinematographers and editors.
Women comprised just 7% of cinematographers working on the top 250 grossing films of 2022, up three percentage points from 4% in 1998. The number of editors barely budged over the same period, increasing from 20% in 1998 to 21% in 2022.U.S. & World
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