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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.

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Variety broke the news in Los Angeles, United States on Wednesday, January 1, 2025.
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