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Editor’s note: Often kept secret until retroactive reckonings occur like the ones going on now with Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Justice League, on-set bullying and drama that was once the ca…

The share of episodic TV shows directed by women and people of color has reached “new highs,” according to the latest DGA Inclusion Report, with women directing more than a third of TV episodes in …

RE: TV EPISODES 2019-20 season

“Of the more than 4,300 episodes produced in the 2019-20 season, the portion directed by women grew to 34% – up from 31% in the prior season, and more than doubling from 16% five seasons ago. The percentage directed by people of color grew to 32% – up from 27% the prior season, and from just 18% just five seasons ago. Men, meanwhile, directed 66% of the episodes, down from 69% in the prior season.

• African Americans directed 17.7% of the episodes – up from 15% the prior season. • African American males: 12.5% • African American females: 5.2%

• Latinos directed 7.2% of the episodes – up from 6%. • Latino males: 4.8% • Latino females: 2.4%

• Asian Americans directed 6.4% of the episodes – the same as the previous season • Asian American males: 4.3% • Asian American females: 2.1%

• Caucasians directed 66.7% of the episodes – down from 71% • Caucasian males: 43.3% • Caucasian females: 23.4%

• Native Americans directed 0.3% of the episodes • Native Americans females: 0.16% • Native American males 0.14%

• Ethnicity other/unknown: 1.8%”

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FRIENDLY REMINDER TO VOTE FOR WOMEN!!! for 73rd Annual Directors Guild of America Awards THEATRICAL FEATURE FILM NOMINATIONS

Here's a quick list from the WIF #VoteForWomen ballot in case it helps you sort through the 398 films to choose from!

DIRECTING □ Radha Blank, THE FORTY-YEAR-OLD VERSION * □ Garrett Bradley, TIME □ Niki Caro, MULAN * □ Bonni Cohen, ATHLETE A □ Sofia Coppola, ON THE ROCKS * □ Cristina Costantini, MUCHO MUCHO AMOR □ Josephine Decker, SHIRLEY * □ Autumn de Wilde, EMMA. * □ Lisa Barros d’Sa, ORDINARY LOVE □ Pippa Ehrlich, MY OCTOPUS TEACHER □ Catrin Einhorn & Leslye Davis, FATHER SOLDIER SON □ Heidi Ewing, I CARRY YOU WITH ME * □ Mona Fastvold, THE WORLD TO COME □ Emerald Fennell, PROMISING YOUNG WOMAN * □ Nisha Ganatra, THE HIGH NOTE *† □ Liz Garbus, LOST GIRLS * □ Liz Garbus & Lisa Cortés, ALL IN: THE FIGHT FOR DEMOCRACY † □ Kitty Green, THE ASSISTANT □ Nadia Hallgren, BECOMING □ Julia Hart, I’M YOUR WOMAN * □ Eliza Hittman, NEVER RARELY SOME-TIMES ALWAYS † □ Patty Jenkins, WONDER WOMAN 1984 * □ Kirsten Johnson, DICK JOHNSON IS DEAD □ Miranda July, KAJILLIONAIRE * □ Regina King, ONE NIGHT IN MIAMI... □ Phyllida Lloyd, HERSELF † □ Amanda McBaine, BOYS STATE □ Tara Miele, WANDER DARKLY *† □ Nicole Newnham, CRIP CAMP † □ Channing Godfrey Peoples, MISS JUNETEENTH † □ Dawn Porter, THE WAY I SEE IT □ Gina Prince-Bythewood, THE OLD GUARD *† □ Kelly Reichardt, FIRST COW * □ Marjane Satrapi, RADIOACTIVE □ Julie Taymor, THE GLORIAS † □ Robin Wright, LAND □ Alice Wu, THE HALF OF IT *† □ Cathy Yan, BIRDS OF PREY * □ Chloé Zhao, NOMADLAND

#voteforher ballot link which includes all the other categories as well! https://womeninfilm.org/voteforwomen/

#voteforher #bestdirecther #voteforwomen

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