Hollywood made no progress in tackling its diversity problem behind the camera in the past decade with only 4% of top directors being women, a study has found. Gal Gadot fronted box office smash hit Wonder Woman (Daniel Leal-Olivas/PA)The annual Inclusion in the Director’s Chair? The researchers put Hollywood on notice, saying that viewers “voted with their dollars in extraordinary ways” last year by securing success for films such as Wonder Woman and Beauty And The Beast. The report found that over 11 years, 96% of directors were male, equating to 22 men hired for every one woman. The evidence reveals that despite the increased attention, there has been no change for women behind the camera,” Dr Smith said.

Source: Irish Examiner January 04, 2018 21:33 UTC