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Gender Inequality in 500 Popular Films

Monday, 13 May 2013 00:00

Gender Inequality in 500 Popular Films:
Examining On-Screen Portrayals and Behind-the-Scenes Employment Patterns in Motion Pictures Released between 2007-2012

Dr. Stacy L. Smith, Marc Choueiti, Elizabeth Scofield, & Dr. Katherine Pieper

Annenberg School for Communication & Journalism
University of Southern California
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This study examines gender roles of speaking characters in top-grossing films. This is our fourth Annenberg report, focusing on the gender of independent speaking characters appearing in 100 topgrossing fictional films from 2012, 2010, 2009, 2008, and 2007. In total, 500 movies and over 21,000 speaking characters have been content analyzed for gender prevalence, demographic information, and hypersexualization. Below, we highlight the study's key findings.

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Why The Best "Man" For A Job Is Often A "Woman"

Friday, 15 February 2013 16:51

peter-guber Peter Guber, CEO of Mandalay Entertainment, long-time supporter of Women In Film and current employer of WIF President Cathy Schulman writes in LinkedIn about how women can leverage their female competitive advantage along with their unique talent and experiences to advance any enterprise and its goals.

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The Celluloid Ceiling: Behind-the-Scenes Employment of Women on the Top 250 Films of 2012

Tuesday, 22 January 2013 00:00

by Martha M. Lauzen, Ph.D.
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In 2012, women comprised 18% of all directors, executive producers, producers, writers, cinematographers, and editors working on the top 250 domestic grossing films. This represents no change from 2011 and an increase of 1 percentage point from 1998 (see Figure 1).

Women accounted for 9% of directors, an increase of 4 percentage points from 2011 but even with the percentage of women directors working in 1998.

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WIF and Sundance Institute Launch Diversity Initiative

Monday, 21 January 2013 12:59

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A year ago Sundance Institute and Women In Film launched a Women Filmmakers Initiative to foster the presence of females behind the camera. We began by creating a Mentorship Program, matching 17 Sundance-supported women directors and producers with leaders in the field. At the same time, we wanted to understand the root causes behind the paucity of American women filmmakers so we could address the problem head-on.

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Female Directors Gain Ground, Slowly

Sunday, 13 January 2013 00:00

Carlo Allegri/Associated Press; Cook Allender; Fred Conrad/The New York Times

By CARRIE RICKEY
Published: January 11, 2013

FOR those rooting for women to make strides in Hollywood the news that Brenda Chapman, a screenwriter and director of “Brave,” had been replaced at the helm midway through production of that animated film about the flame-haired archer came as a blow last year. The happy ending is that the movie on which Ms. Chapman shares directing credit (with Mark Andrews) ranks eighth at the box office in 2012.

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