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The number of top films with actresses in leading roles was the lowest in a decade, and women have been joining the film academy at a considerably slower rate.
Reporting from Los Angeles
When Greta Gerwig did not receive an Oscar nomination last month for best director for “Barbie,” despite the film’s nod for best picture and its status as a global box office phenomenon, the news revived scrutiny over gender diversity among the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences’ membership.
The directors’ branch, which chooses the five nominees for that Oscar category, is 25 percent female. Over all, 34 percent of the academy’s more than 10,000 members are women.
“The academy, like our industry, should reflect the world in which we live,” said David Heyman, a producer of “Barbie.” “The fact that it doesn’t is just wrong.”
Only five of the 18 branches of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences have more women than men.
Note: The other category includes people who selected agender, non-binary, other, prefer to self-describe or prefer to not say.
Source: Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
By The New York Times
In 2016, the academy — reacting to the #OscarsSoWhite backlash after two straight years of all-white acting nominees — announced its A2020 initiative, meant to double the number of women and people of color among its membership within five years. In June 2020, it said it had achieved those goals.
Since then, however, the percentage of women in the academy has grown by one point, to 34 percent. (Academy members may choose not to identify as a man or a woman. Other choices include “agender,” “nonbinary,” “other," “prefer to self-describe” and “prefer not to say.”) The percentage of people of color has dropped one point, to 18 percent.
Female share of the directors, writers, producers, executive producers, editors and cinematographers on the 250 highest-grossing films of each year
Source: “The Celluloid Ceiling” by Martha Lauzen
By The New York Times
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