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It's that time of year, The Academy Awards, the "Super Bowl for Women." It's the night where we all get catty about whose dress doesn't work, who's got a new boyfriend or girlfriend, and who looks like they haven't eaten all month.
Because the world is paying attention to Hollywood in a bigger way this week there is an opportunity to raise awareness about gross inequities in the business. So we here at Women and Hollywood are taking this opportunity to say that THERE NEED TO BE MORE WOMEN CONSIDERED FOR BEST DIRECTOR.
So we put together this video (it's only a little over a minute) highlighting some of the women directed films from this past year that were passed over. We're not trying to say that all of them should have been nominated (though we think a couple of them should have), what we are trying to say is that we have to find a way to get women directors into these conversations.
We are so tired of watching parade after parade of men being praised for their work. Last year at least we got to see Kathryn Bigelow up on the stage giving out the best director award, this year, the lack of women will be glaring. Not only are there no women directors nominated, no films directed by women are nominated for best picture.
Here are the stats again:
- In 2011, only 5% of the top grossing films in Hollywood were directed by Women. The number has decreased since 1998.
- In 84 years only 4 women -- Lina Wertmuller, Jane Campion, Sofia Coppola and Kathryn Bigelow -- have been nominated for best director. One 1 has won.
We want to acknowledge the women directed films nominated:
- Best Animated Feature: Jennifer Yuh Nelson for Kung Fu Panda 2;
- Documentary (Short Subject): The Barber of Birmingham: Foot Soldier of the Civil Rights Movement - Robin Fryday and Gail Dolgin; God Is the Bigger Elvis - Rebecca Cammisa and Julie Anderson; Saving Face - Daniel Junge and Sharmeen Obaid-Chinoy; The Tsunami and the Cherry Blossom - Lucy Walker and Kira Carstensen
- Foreign Language Film: Agnieszka Holland for In Darkness
- Short Film Animated: Wild Life - Amanda Forbis and Wendy Tilby; A Morning Stroll- Grant Orchard and Sue Goffe
- Short Film Live Action: The Shore - Terry George and Oorlagh George; Time Freak - Andrew Bowler and Gigi Causey
Please feel free to send this video out far and wide, and on Sunday, remember that women directors voices and visions are missing from this very large cultural conversation. Telling people this is a cultural problem and not just a gender equity problem is a first step.
Video link: http://youtu.be/qMB5mEPI_Zc
To go mobile use this link: http://vimeo.com/37290311
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Kim | March 3, 2012 12:59 AM
Yes, it truly is a drag how under represented women directors are; Kind of like Black directors.
Korky Day | March 2, 2012 7:31 PM
They have Best Actor and Best Actress. That's a quota system. Not so bad, eh? Apply it to other categories, or at least start with a 50-50 quota for nominees.
EndFemalePriveledge | February 26, 2012 5:20 PM
MY VAGINA ENTITLES ME TO PRIVELEGE IF YOU DON'T LAVISH US WITH MONEY AND ACCLAIM YOU ARE A MISOGYNIST
Melissa Silverstein | February 26, 2012 4:50 PM
Just to clarify- this video was created with only feature because those are the films that the best directing nominees come from.
susan grode | February 26, 2012 1:17 PM
You omitted from your list the amazing and inspiring documentary "W.A.R. : Women's Art Revolution" by Lynn Hershman Leeson, which was honored in 2011 at Sundance, The Musuem of Modern Art, arts and film institutions and received incredible reviews from every major newspaper and magazine as an important and revelatory film, but was completely ignored by the Academy.
Bitch Pack | February 26, 2012 12:20 PM
Right on, Melissa. We made a little video also- about making change for women in Hollywood-- starting at the screenplay spec level with "The Bitch List" http://youtu.be/Xb2HwXPxPkY
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J. Reitman | February 24, 2012 7:11 PM
Amazing video. We feel the same way. http://www.damemagazine.com/2012/02/18/10-female-directors-watch
Adrienne | February 24, 2012 1:25 PM
My dislike for white, 60ish, affluent arrogant Hollywood type males (and a handful of female cohorts) is growing exponentially. It feels great to hang up on them,to ignore them, and not to buy into their destructive brand of capitalism. Feels great to be free of them for a change. Thank you for the infomation and thank you for the video.
M. Solomon | February 23, 2012 6:12 PM
Great video! I hope that there is a good deal of conversation about this issue. One omission: Included in your list of nominees above should be Amanda Forbis and Wendy Tilby for Wild Life.