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A record 18 percent of movies slated for release
March 4, 2019
Summary
A record 18 percent of movies slated for release in 2019 from Hollywood’s six major studios have a female director, a substantial jump from just 3 percent in 2018 where one would be hard pressed to find any film directed by a woman.
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Sixteen of the 87 studio films slated for release in 2019 have at least one woman credited as director — up from just three last year, when fully half of the majors (Paramount, Sony and Warner Bros.) had zero female directors on their wide-release slates.
Another sign of progress: For the first time in history, all six major studios have at least one film directed by a woman on their slates in 2019.
“It’s what we have known for a long time. Movies about and by women are showing they can be successful at the box office, and the industry is following,” Women in Film Executive Director Kirsten Schaffer said.
[https://www.thewrap.com/female-director-woman-hollywood-studio-progress-five-times-more-history/](https://www.thewrap.com/female-director-woman-hollywood-studio-progress-five-times-more-history/)