The prevalence of female directors is higher in documentary than fiction or animation, study finds.
The share of films made by female directors in Europe is “growing slowly,” reaching 19% in 2017 according to a study.
Overall, only 17% of European feature films were directed by women between 2003 and 2017, with females representing 21% of all directors that made a European film during that time.
In the report on the gender of directors by the European Audiovisual Observatory, 49% of all women directors included in the study had made just one film since 2003.
The study, which considered more than 21,000 European films, also found that the prevalence...
The share of films made by female directors in Europe is “growing slowly,” reaching 19% in 2017 according to a study.
Overall, only 17% of European feature films were directed by women between 2003 and 2017, with females representing 21% of all directors that made a European film during that time.
In the report on the gender of directors by the European Audiovisual Observatory, 49% of all women directors included in the study had made just one film since 2003.
The study, which considered more than 21,000 European films, also found that the prevalence...
- 10/22/2019
- by 1100453¦Michael Rosser¦9¦
- ScreenDaily
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