Progress can be frustratingly slow, and that’s been the case when it comes to the Primetime Emmy writing and directing categories. While there are more female writers and directors nominated for Emmys this year than 10 years ago, they are still underrepresented on the final ballot. And what’s more, their representation is not keeping pace with the overall growth of women writers and directors in the TV industry.
IndieWire tallied the number of male and female writers and directors nominated this year and in 2008, for comparison. Here’s what we found:
Combined, when all comedy, drama, limited series/TV movie, variety series, variety special, and documentary/nonfiction categories are included, there are 149 writers nominated for an Emmy in 2018. Of that group, 35 are women. That makes for 23.5 percent of the nominees.
That’s a nice lift from 2008, when 11 out of 112 nominees — or 9.8 percent — were women.
According to the Writers’ Guild of America,...
IndieWire tallied the number of male and female writers and directors nominated this year and in 2008, for comparison. Here’s what we found:
Combined, when all comedy, drama, limited series/TV movie, variety series, variety special, and documentary/nonfiction categories are included, there are 149 writers nominated for an Emmy in 2018. Of that group, 35 are women. That makes for 23.5 percent of the nominees.
That’s a nice lift from 2008, when 11 out of 112 nominees — or 9.8 percent — were women.
According to the Writers’ Guild of America,...
- 8/10/2018
- by Michael Schneider
- Indiewire
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