1. Women Directors
Where Are You ?
Cora Knowles
March 4, 2013
Orcutt Academy High School
Frosh Core

2. Fun Fact
According to a survey
that Professor Martha
Lauzen of San Diego
State University took
in 2008, only 9% of
directors in Hollywood
are female which is
the same percentage
that she recorded in
1998.

3. What is the Publics Knowledge?
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What is the percentage of female directors in
Hollywood?
Data from self-generated online survey. Take Survey Now!

4. Do you ever wonder why
there aren’t as many women
directors as men directors?

5. Discouragement
Often times women
directors are discouraged
from directing.

6. Discouragement from
the Start
Lauren Ludwig of
AFI Directing
Workshop for
Women believes that
many times in film
school women are
overlooked and
sometimes even
discouraged from
directing.

7. Survey Results
True
56%
False
44%
Many women are discouraged form
film school. True or False?
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8. “No one asks you to direct; you need to just stand
up and declare: ‘I'm a director.’ Start doing it. Write
a script, pick up a camera, figure it out. Directing is
a multidisciplinary art form. So take writing classes,
take acting classes, learn cinematography, organize
a group of people, even if it's just on a trip to In-N-
Out. You need to be comfortable taking charge and
trusting your instincts. Put yourself in situations
where you're forced to do that. And just keep
shooting movies. Even short, no-budget ones. It's the
only way to learn. And learning is the only way to
build a career.” - Lauren Ludwig

9. Rejection
Many women are turned down
for the chance to direct a
feature film just because they
are woman.

10. Credentials? What are those?
Women directors are
often turned down
no matter their
credentials or their
experience with
filming.

11. “There was the story of the female president
of a major studio who said ‘No woman over
40 could possibly have the stamina to direct
a feature film.’ I've heard people say that the
kinds of films they want to make are too
big, too tough for a female director.” –
Martha Coolidge, director of Rambling Rose
and Real Genius.

12. Women Directors
Here are some examples of
famous women directors who
are over the age of 40.

13. Kathryn Bigelow, age 61,
director of The Hurt Locker

14. Catherine Hardwicke, age 57,
director of the first Twilight

15. Mira Nair, age 55, director of
Amelia

16. Nora Ephron, who was 71 at
her death in 2012, director of
Julie and Julia

17. What is the Publics View on
Women Directors?
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None Should Get
More Credit
More Capable More
Creative
What is you opinon on women directors
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18. The numbers of female directors in the film
industry is small, just 9% of directors are
women. The two of the main reasons the
number is so small is of discouragement
and rejection.

19. Women shouldn’t have to take the put-downs
and the sexual remarks. Women do have
the stamina and strength to direct and film
a hit movie. Woman directors need to take a
stand and fight for their right as an
individual in America.

20. Works Cited
Cochrane, Kira. "Why are there so few female directors?" 31 January 2010.
The Guardian. 30 January 2013
<http://www.guardian.co.uk/film/2010/jan/31/female-film-makers>.
Meyncke, Amanda Mae. "Long Way Left To Go: Women Directors Face Uphill
Battle in Hollywood." 5 September 2012. The Huffington Post. 30 January
2013 <http://www.huffingtonpost.com/turnstyle/long-way-left-to-go-
women_b_1858982.html>.
Williams, Laurene. "Top 10 Reasons There Are So Few Female Directors."
12 February 2010. The Wrap. 30 January 2013
<http://www.thewrap.com/movies/blog-entry/top-10-reasons-why-there-are-
so-few-female-directors-14163>.
Zogbi, Marina. "Top 10 Female Directors in Hollywood." 10 March 2010.
Movie Fone . 6 February 2013
<http://blog.moviefone.com/2010/03/10/best-female-directors-in-
hollywood/>.

21. Brought to you by
Cora Knowles
March 4, 2013
Orcutt Academy High School
Frosh Core