The university's Center for the Study of Women in Television and Film and its founder Martha M. Lauzen have tracked employment of women in behind-the-scenes decision-making jobs for nearly three decades. Roles included in the study are: directors, writers, executive producers, producers, editors and cinematographers. Lauzen launched her effort in 1998, assuming that pointing out the imbalance would cause doors to swing open for women in Hollywood. Her study found that, in 2025, women constituted 28% of film producers and 23% of the executive producers. "Add the current political war on diversity, and women in the film industry now find themselves in uncharted territory," Lauzen wrote.

Source: The Guardian January 01, 2026 09:37 UTC