Statistics on the State of Women and Hollywood
2008
FILM
- Only 6 of the top 50 grossing films (12 of the top 100 films) starred or were focused on women.
- Women comprised 9% of all directors.
- Women accounted for 12% of writers.
- Women comprised 16% of all executive producers.
- Women accounted for 23% of all producers.
- Women accounted for 17% of all editors.
- Women accounted for 25% of production managers.
- Women comprised 44% of production supervisors.
- Women accounted for 20% of all production designers.
- Women comprised 5% of sound designers.
- Women accounted for 5% of supervising sound editors.
- Women comprised 1% of key grips.
- Women accounted for 1% of gaffers.
- Women comprise only 23% of film critics at daily newspapers.
- Women comprised 22% of directors working on films appearing at the major film festivals compared to 9% on top grossing films.
- Women accounted for 19% of writers working on films appearing at festivals but only 12% on top grossing films.
- Women accounted for 33% of producers working on films appearing at festivals but only 20% of those working on top grossing films.
- Women comprised 23% of editors working on festival films compared to 17% of those working on top grossing films.
- Women comprised 9% of directors of photography working on festival films but only 4% of those working on top grossing films.
- Overall, women comprised a larger percentage of behind-the-scenes workers on documentaries than narrative features. Of all behind-the-scenes individuals working on documentaries, 29% were female and 71% were male. Of all behind-the-scenes individuals working on narrative features, 18% were female and 78% were male.
Stats above are from the Center for Study of Women in TV and Film at San Diego State University and are based on Variety’s list of top 250 grossing films.
- Women writers make up 18 percent of all film writers. (WGAW)
TV
- Women comprised 25% of all creators, executive producers, producers, directors, writers, editors, and directors of photography working on situation comedies, dramas, and reality programs.
- Women accounted for 23% of executive producers.
- Women comprise 35% of producers.
- Women made up 29% of writers.
- Women made up 9% of directors.
- Women made up 18% of editors.
- Women made up 4% of directors of photography.
Stats above are from the Center for Study of Women in TV and Film at San Diego State University and are based on Variety’s list of top 250 grossing films.
Women writers make up 28 percent of television writers. (WGAW)
2007
- In 2007, women only comprised 15% of all directors, executive producers, writers, cinematographers, and editors working on the top 250 grossing films.
- In 2007, only 6% of the top 250 grossing films were directed by women.
- In 2007, only 5 of the top 50 films starred or were focused on women.
Stats above are from the Center for Study of Women in TV and Film at San Diego State University and are based on Variety’s list of top 250 grossing films.
- Of the 6,833 single speaking characters in the film nominated for best picture from 1977-2006 only 27.3% were females. (USC)
- Women make up 27% of TV writers and 19% of film writers (WGAW)
2006
- In 2006, less than a dozen of the 307 films eligible for an Oscar were women driven (EW).
- In 2006, only 3 movies in the top 50 starred or were focused on women. (EW)
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