The Directors Guild of America on Thursday unveiled a new Feature Film Diversity & Inclusion report, which spotlights the limited progress that’s been made in the feature space over the last five years, when it comes to the hiring of women and people of color, in stark contrast to what’s transpired in TV.
Of the 1,026 DGA-covered features released theatrically from 2018-2022, just 16% were helmed by women, with 17% being helmed by directors of color.
Directing jobs for women ranged across the five-year period from a low of 12% in 2018 to a high of 22% in 2020. Similarly, directors of color ranged from a low of 13% in 2019 to a high of 25% in 2021.
In comparing the data for 2018-2022 to that of the DGA’s last report for 2013-2017, it’s evident that women directors have seen only incremental growth in opportunity, up 8% from the previous five-year period.
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