Gender Inequality The Film Industry

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Influential woman in the Film Industry….

Kathryn Bigelow

Kathryn Bigelow is one of the first and only female directors to win an Academy Award for the 2008 film ‘ The Hurt Locker’. In addition she is also the first woman to win the titles ‘Best Director’ at the Oscars, the Baftas and the DGA Awards hosted in 2010. She has released stories which combine staples of action and some philosophical bent, tough heroes with a vulnerable core , with out getting held back by anything especially gender.

Director, Screenwriter, producer

Kathleen Kennedy Producer

Kathleen Kennedy has produced over 60 films, making her one of the most successful female producers of all time. She produced Notable and famous films like Jurassic Park Trilogy. She holds the title ‘ President of Lucas Films’ after she produced the VII Episode of Star Wars.

Influential woman in the Film Industry….

Lena Dunham

Lena Dunham was the first female win a ‘ Directors Guild Award’ after working on a series titled ‘Girls’ which she gained recognition for and received a number of Emmy award nominations as well as 2 Golden awards. In addition, she also directed and wrote the 2010 released film ‘ Tiny Furniture’.

Director, Screenwriter, actress

Ava DuvernayDirector, Screenwriter, Marketer

Ava Duvernay is the first African- American female director to receive the ‘ Best Director’ award in 2012 at the Sudance Festival. She was also involved in the controversy that involved the screenplay for the film ‘Middle of Nowhere’ that didn’t receive an Oscar nomination.

• 30.8% actors who speak in a film are woman• 28.8% of women wear sexually revelling costumes where only 7.0% of

men are portrayed like that. • 26.2% of actors who are women are portrayed wearing partially nothing

, where only 9.4% of men do. • 10.7% of films feature a cast where half of the actors are women.

• Average Ratio for male to female actors is 2.25:1• An increase by 32.5% of nudity displayed on teenage females in film

from 2007-12

How woman are portrayed

Percentage of woman and men employed in the industry as Directors

Female male0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

100%

120%

Directors

91%

9%

Female male0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

100%

120%

Writers

Percentage of woman and men employed in the industry as Writers

85%

15%

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Female male0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

100%

120%

Executive Producers

Percentage of woman and men employed in the industry as Executive Producers

83%

17%

Female male0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

100%

120%

Producers

Percentage of woman and men employed in the industry as Producers

75%

25%

Female male0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

100%

120%

Editors

Percentage of woman and men employed in the industry as Editors

80%

20%

Female male0%

20%

40%

60%

80%

100%

120%

Cinematographers

Percentage of woman and men employed in the industry as Cinematographers

98%

2%