Happy New Year, Hollywood. We’ve got some bad news: Women-directed films have hit a seven-year low, according to the annual study by the Annenberg Inclusion Initiative at USC. In 2025, only nine of ...

The annual Annenberg Inclusion Initiative report out of USC finds that only nine women directors worked on the 100 top-grossing films of the year. By Mia Galuppo Senior Entertainment Reporter ...

A new study finds just nine women directors helmed top-grossing films at the domestic box office in 2025. According to the USC Annenberg Inclusion Initiative report, out of 111 directors who helmed ...

An annual study found that “progress has stalled” for female directors, with films helmed by women hitting a 7-year low in 2025. Just nine women (8.1%) were behind the camera for 2025’s fictional ...

A new study describes 2025 as a “Great Recession” for women directors, with just nine women directors attached to the 100 top-grossing films at the U.S. box office. According to the latest report from ...

Jessie Buckley and Paul Mescal in "Hamnet" from director Chloé Zhao (Focus Features) Female directors suffered a “complete reversal of any progress” in 2025, according to a new study out of USC’s ...

This is read by an automated voice. Please report any issues or inconsistencies here. Last year, women made up just 13% of directors working on the top 250 films. That level represents a ...

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Just 7% of films had 10 or more women employed in pivotal, behind-the-scenes roles in this year's 250 top-grossing movies, while 75% of the same films featured 10 or more men in similar positions, ...

She added, “At that stage in my life, I certainly was curious, and I think there was something about the really intense connection that those two women had that I profoundly understood. I was so ...