More women than ever working in film – but men still dominate key roles
More women than ever working in film – but men still dominate key roles The number of women working in the film industry reached a historic high in 2019, but men still outnumber women four to one in key roles. Women made up 20% of behind-the-scenes roles on the top 100 domestic grossing films of 2019, a sharp uptick from 16% in 2018, a study by the Center for the Study of Women in Television and Film at San Diego University revealed. However, when it comes to key jobs like director and cinematographer, men continue to dominate. “It’s odd to talk about reaching historic highs when women remain so far from parity,” said Martha Lauzen, the executive director of the Center for the Study of Women in Television and Film. The center has been running the annual study, “Celluloid Ceiling”, since 1997. This year, the review for the first time included numbers for oft-overlooked roles such as composers, music supervisors and visual effects supervisors in addition to more prominent positions. The