“Female directors are more poorly represented among Hollywood’s biggest films th
“Female directors are more poorly represented among Hollywood’s biggest films than they are in the executive suite at Google…Most observers agree that the lack of movies directed by women isn’t necessarily due to a shortage of female directors. A vicious cycle of financing is the primary reason – studios and producers are hesitant to hand big budgets to female directors without proven track records. But if they can’t get funding, they can’t get a track record to begin with. There’s no doubt that good old-fashioned sexism also plays a large role here.” - Washington Post -- source link
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