NBC, for example, recently launched Female Forward to increase the pool of female directors in episodic television. "Jessica Jones" directors from left: Neasa Hardiman, Jennifer Getzinger, Jennifer Lynch and Uta Briesewitz. Even as their numbers increase, it’s only a small group of female directors who swim in the pilot season pool. “It’s the same group of six or seven experienced women directors who have opportunities to direct on 450 things,” Salke said. “There is a wealth of directors out there and a lot of the great ones are women,” said “Jessica Jones” director Jennifer Lynch.

Source: Los Angeles Times March 09, 2018 16:27 UTC