FILM IN THE 1970s

THE FILM SCHOOL GENERATIONAND THE BIRTH OF THE

NEW HOLLYWOOD

The China Syndrome Three Mile IslandMarch 16, 1979 March 28, 1979

SHERRY LANSING

January 2, 1980

Named head of 20th Century-Fox

Diversity in Studio Leadership

• February 2020 report on diversity among studio heads –• 91% are white

• 82% are male

2015 report – 100% of studio heads were male.

Diversity – Film Directors (2019)

Women directors – 15%

Black directors – 5%

Asian directors – 3%

Latino directors – 2%

No films in 2019 were directed by Indigenous directors.

Jack NicholsonBatman (1989)

Agreed to reduce his up-front salary from $10M to $6M

Negotiated a percentage of the film’s earnings and merchandise sales, as well as a cut of the earnings from future sequels (none of which he appeared in)

Estimated earnings - $60M

Martin Scorsese

• Most recent project – The Irishman

• Based on the non-fiction book I Heard You Paint Houses

• 10 Oscar nominations in 2020• Limited theatrical release, followed

by streaming on Netflix

• Next project - Killers of the Flower Moon: The Osage Murders and the Birth of the FBI

• Based on the non-fiction book by David Grann

• Starring Leonardo DiCaprio, Robert DeNiro, Jesse Plemons

• Distribution: streaming on Apple TV+

GEORGE LUCAS

2013

National Medal of

Arts and Humanities

Hollywood from 1970 to 2021