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May 6, 2014 10:07 PM UTC Here’s[ the latest surprise-free report](http://womenintvfilm.sdsu.edu/files/2014%5FIndependent%5FWomen%5FReport.pdf) from the Center for the Study of Women in Television and Film at San Diego State University: most people who make movies are men, even in the more open world of film festivals. The Center, led by Martha Lauzen, is the source of [scads of research ](http://entertainment.time.com/2014/01/15/report-women-are-still-getting-shut-out-in-hollywood/)confirming what’s [not so difficult to guess](http://jezebel.com/5983756/ive-spent-12-years-surrounded-by-hollywood-peen-where-are-the-women-directors) — that filmmaking is far from equal on the gender front. Their latest “Independent Women” report, released May 6, looked at domestically and independently produced feature-length films (narrative and documentary) that showed at about two dozen American film festivals during the 2013-2014 festival season. The researchers counted up the directors, writers, producers, executive producers, editors and cinematographers. Among the movies considered, the gender breakdown was: * Producer was the most equal — one-third are women. (Cinematographers, at 10% female, were least.) * Women made up 23% of directors considered and 22% of writers, both down slightly from 2011-12 and up from 2008-2009. * Though the percentage of women working on documentaries decreased from 2011-12 in most roles, the world of documentaries is still far more equal than the world of narrative film. Among directors, for example, 28% of the documentary directors were women (the same number as in 2008-9) whereas 18% were women among narrative directors. Even though the numbers aren’t all that impressive — women only made up about a quarter of those people when taken all together, which is no improvement from the 2011-2012 season — the results were dubbed “stunning” (in a good way, based on the context) by the Center when compared to mainstream, high-grossing films. Among the directors of those blockbusters, for example, only 6% were women. As Lauzen pointed out to [_The Hollywood Reporter_](http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/women-working-behind-scenes-independent-701528), only one of this summer’s upcoming studio movies (_Jupiter Ascending_, from the Wachowskis) was even _co-directed_ by a woman — and festival movies don’t always get seen by larger audiences, which isn’t good for the women who _are_ making a dent in these figures. But some festival movies directed by women _are_ making it to theaters in the next few weeks, and so audiences who want to endorse female filmmakers can keep an eye out for titles like these: **_Belle_** **_:_** In theaters now, directed by Amma Asante **_Palo Alto_** **_:_** In theaters May 9, directed by Gia Coppola **_Fed Up_** **_:_** In theaters May 9, directed by Stephanie Soechtig **_Night Moves_**: In theaters May 30, directed by Kelly Reichardt **_Obvious Child:_**In theaters June 6, directed by Gillian Robespierre Women In Hollywood: Study Finds No Change In Gender Equality ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/89413/women-in-hollywood-study-gender-gap/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/89413/women-in-hollywood-study-gender-gap/"},"headline":"Here's Some More Bad News About Gender Equality in Hollywood","datePublished":"2014-05-06T22:07:49.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:55:14.811Z","description":"There's been no increase in the number of women filling behind-the-scenes roles in the festival-film world","url":"https://time.com/89413/women-in-hollywood-study-gender-gap/","keywords":["movies","Living","feminism","women"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blted5b334257b9563c/69868e2913c79ffa41191fa4/ammaasante.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Lily Rothman","jobTitle":"Rothman is managing editor at TIME.","url":"https://time.com/author/lily-rothman/"}],"articleSection":"Entertainment","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blted5b334257b9563c/69868e2913c79ffa41191fa4/ammaasante.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Amma Asante","caption":"Amma Asante","creditText":"David Appleby—Fox Searchlight","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/section/entertainment/","name":"Entertainment"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"/tag/movies/","name":"movies"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/89413/women-in-hollywood-study-gender-gap/","name":"Here's Some More Bad News About Gender Equality in Hollywood"}}]}] ```