The Directors Guild of America is celebrating its 80th anniversary this year, and it’s doing so by essentially forgetting that female directors even exist.

The DGA polled its members asking what they consider the 80 greatest directorial achievements in feature films since the Guild’s founding in 1936. Of the resulting 80 on the list, there is one, single, lone woman: Kathryn Bigelow.

Bigelow, who became the first woman to win the Best Directing Oscar at the 2009 Academy Awards, ranked number 56 on the list for her Best Picture-winning film “The Hurt Locker.” It’s somewhat more of a sting that Bigelow’s ex-husband, James Cameron, appears just above her at number 55 for his film “Avatar,” which went head-to-head with “The Hurt Locker” at the 2009 Oscars and lost.

“Many organizations and critics groups have compiled similar lists, but this was an opportunity for the people who actually do the job to focus specifically on the work of the director and his or her team,” the DGA’s list begins.

If it is indeed the people “doing the job” voting for the best at the job, it shouldn’t be surprising then that a group that’s made up of a male majority would then vote for men. It’s been proven that men hire men, even when a woman equally as qualified for the job is available. As much is true in Hollywood as it is in all fields. It would thus make sense that men vote for men as well.

The DGA asserts that 22 percent of its membership is female, but only 13.7 percent (2,189) of is members voted in this poll. That would put the female participation in this poll at a dismally low number. Add that to the fact that historically there are simply fewer female directed films from which to choose, and no wonder only one woman made the cut. (Though we at Women and Hollywood could easily choose quite a few to swap into this list.)

The only answer is to invite more women into the DGA, which the organization says it’s devoted to doing. But that relies on studios and production companies actually hiring women to direct, which has been a long, uphill battle. Hopefully by the time the DGA’s next milestone anniversary rolls around, there will be much more women on this list.