2022 Statistics

Women Behind the Scenes

Of the directors nominated for Golden Globe Awards, Academy Awards, Directors Guild of America Awards, and Critics’ Choice Awards 2008-2022:

325 nominations were presented, of which 91.1% were given to male directors (n=296) and 8.9% were given to female directors (n=29).
Nine women accounted for the 29 nominations and only 3 women directors from underrepresented racial/ethnic backgrounds received awards recognition.
The Academy Awards (6.5%, n=5) and the DGA Awards (7.9%, n=6) were the least likely to recognize women helmers. The Golden Globes featured 10.5% (n=8) women directors while the Critics’ Choice Awards gave 10.4% (n=10) of its nominations to women.
Across all 4 award shows, 19.4% of nominations (n=63) went to underrepresented helmers, whereas 80.6% (n=262) were given to their White counterparts. Although the percentage differences between award shows were not significant, the Golden Globes gave out the fewest number of nominations (17.1%, n=13) and the Critics’ Choice Awards the most (20.8%, n=20).