Women directed 16 percent of 2024's top 250 movies, study finds
- Women made up only 16% of directors in 2024's top 250 movies, according to the Celluloid Ceiling report.
- The study found that women held 22% of key behind-the-scenes roles in the top 100 films, down one percent from 2023.
- 70% of films employed 10 or more men in key roles, while only 8% employed 10 or more women, as noted by the report.
- Martha Lauzen stated that women remain dramatically underrepresented in many key behind-the-scenes roles.
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Although the number of female screenwriters and producers in Hollywood is slowly decreasing, there are still very few female directors, as a new study shows. Even the great success of individual female filmmakers has little effect on this.

Women directed 16 percent of 2024's top 250 movies, study finds
A24 It seems as though female filmmakers remained underrepresented in Hollywood during 2024, according to a new report. The Center for the Study of Women in Television and Film at San Diego State University has released new research that finds that women made up 16% of the directors who made the 250 highest-grossing domestic film releases in 2024. This makes it even to the totals of women-directed films from 2023. Climbing up the box office char…
Women in Hollywood facing 'astounding' crisis as men continue to dominate
Female-directed movies such as Babygirl haven’t been enough to tip the scale (Picture: A24) Despite some of Hollywood’s ‘buzziest’ blockbusters being helmed by women, they are still grossly underrepresented behind the camera, a new report has confirmed. Written by the head of the Center for the Study of Women in Television and Film at San Diego State University, Dr. Martha M. Lauzen, it issues a stark warning for the future of show business. Th…
Women Directed Just 16% of 2024’s Top 250 Grossing Movies, New Report Faults Hollywood For Lack of Progress
From thrillers like “Babygirl” and “Love Lies Bleeding” to genre-bending horror flicks like “The Substance” to inspirational sports dramas like “The Fire Inside,” women directed some of last year’s most audacious and acclaimed films. But those female filmmakers remained the exception, not the rule. Women accounted for just 16% of directors working on the 250 highest-grossing domestic releases, according to new research from the Center for the…
Women directed 16 percent of 2024s top 250 movies, study finds
It seems as though female filmmakers remained underrepresented in Hollywood during 2024, according to a new report. The Center for the Study of Women in Television and Film at San Diego State University has released new research that finds that women made up 16% of […]
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It seems as though female filmmakers remained underrepresented in Hollywood during 2024, according to a new report. The Center for the Study of Women in Television and Film at San Diego State University has released new research that finds that women made up 16% of […]
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