Comments on: Women Directors: Out of the Hollywood Loop? http://www.amptoons.com/blog/archives/2003/04/22/women-directors-out-of-the-hollywood-loop/ Feminist, anti-racist, pro-fat, plus whatever else we feel like talking about. Fri, 25 Jul 2008 02:31:08 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.1 By: Radfem http://www.amptoons.com/blog/archives/2003/04/22/women-directors-out-of-the-hollywood-loop/#comment-170615 Radfem Thu, 10 Aug 2006 00:03:15 +0000 http://www.amptoons.com/blog/archives/2003/04/22/women-directors-out-of-the-hollywood-loop/#comment-170615 The percentage is very small, and having women presidents at the helm of the DGA(Betty Thomas is V.P. this year and successful in directing comedic and dramatic television productions as well as motion pictures, being one of the first female directors to helm a film that earned over $100,000, 000. She can also act. She won an Emmy for her work on Hill Street Blues. ) hasn't helped much because it's still seen as a men's profession and there are many other problems. The field of cinemotography is even worse. There are good female directors who haven't been nominated for awards even when their films were better, and few Oscar nominees overall. If female directors get nominated, it's usually either in the screenwriting category(for films they wrote and directed) or for documentaries, where they've had a bit more success, though I think that field is at least slightly less hostile to female directors. The percentage is very small, and having women presidents at the helm of the DGA(Betty Thomas is V.P. this year and successful in directing comedic and dramatic television productions as well as motion pictures, being one of the first female directors to helm a film that earned over $100,000, 000. She can also act. She won an Emmy for her work on Hill Street Blues. ) hasn’t helped much because it’s still seen as a men’s profession and there are many other problems. The field of cinemotography is even worse.

There are good female directors who haven’t been nominated for awards even when their films were better, and few Oscar nominees overall. If female directors get nominated, it’s usually either in the screenwriting category(for films they wrote and directed) or for documentaries, where they’ve had a bit more success, though I think that field is at least slightly less hostile to female directors.

]]> By: tanya http://www.amptoons.com/blog/archives/2003/04/22/women-directors-out-of-the-hollywood-loop/#comment-170430 tanya Wed, 09 Aug 2006 16:38:43 +0000 http://www.amptoons.com/blog/archives/2003/04/22/women-directors-out-of-the-hollywood-loop/#comment-170430 Natalia - the figure I have frequently read in articles/studies is 93% - i.e. only 7% of directors (worldwide) are female. Natalia - the figure I have frequently read in articles/studies is 93% - i.e. only 7% of directors (worldwide) are female.

]]> By: Natalia http://www.amptoons.com/blog/archives/2003/04/22/women-directors-out-of-the-hollywood-loop/#comment-167897 Natalia Fri, 04 Aug 2006 16:57:41 +0000 http://www.amptoons.com/blog/archives/2003/04/22/women-directors-out-of-the-hollywood-loop/#comment-167897 I want to know the percentage of male directors. I reckon that there are more men that fall into the common denominator and thats why there are more male directors to target those men in the common denominator like The Sun newspaper in London. I want to know the percentage of male directors. I reckon that there are more men that fall into the common denominator and thats why there are more male directors to target those men in the common denominator like The Sun newspaper in London.

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