--- description: And only one woman has been hired to direct two feature films in the past five years title: The Number of Feature Films Directed by Women Is Depressingly Low image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/bltde093bcdab65f2d0/6988d9b9bc6cfc69913e2a3c/time-logo.jpg?branch=production --- * [Living](/tag/time-section-living/) ## Living Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # The Number of Feature Films Directed by Women Is Depressingly Low by [Joan E. Greve](/author/joan-greve/) ## Joan E. Greve Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 24, 2014 7:25 PM CUT by [Joan E. Greve](/author/joan-greve/) ## Joan E. Greve Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close Jun 24, 2014 7:25 PM CUT It’s not shocking to learn that being a [female director](http://entertainment.time.com/2014/01/16/women-behind-the-camera/ "undefined") in Hollywood is hard, but this [infographic](http://blogs.indiewire.com/womenandhollywood/infographic-women-directors-in-the-studio-system "undefined") shows just how tough life behind the camera can be. And as TIME’s Eliana Dockterman has previously reported, that might be [Hollywood’s loss](http://entertainment.time.com/2014/01/03/movies-with-strong-female-roles-make-more-money/ "undefined").  This graphic from Women and Hollywood shows how few movies have been directed by women in the last five years. Women and Hollywood—Indiewire ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/2917584/women-directors-infographic/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/2917584/women-directors-infographic/"},"headline":"The Number of Feature Films Directed by Women Is Depressingly Low","datePublished":"2014-06-24T19:25:11.000Z","dateModified":"2026-05-11T04:42:55.873Z","description":"Only one woman has been hired to direct two feature films in the past five years","url":"https://time.com/2917584/women-directors-infographic/","keywords":["Living","infographic","movies","Hollywood","gender gap","films"],"thumbnailUrl":"","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Joan E. Greve","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/joan-greve/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[],"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":"/tag/time-section-living/","name":"Living"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/2917584/women-directors-infographic/","name":"The Number of Feature Films Directed by Women Is Depressingly Low"}}]}] ```