Holywood Elites love to lecture the nation about 'diversity.' But as usual, Hollywood is having trouble practicing what it preaches.
The entertainment industry is failing spectacularly in its efforts to diversify its behind-the-camera talent, with a new study showing that the number of female and minority movie directors employed by the studios actually dropped in 2022.that of the 111 directors hired to make the 100 top-grossing movies of 2022, only nice percent were women — down from 12.7 percent in 2021. In 2019, the figure stood at 12 percent.
The number of ethnic minority movie directors in the top 100 also fell, from 27.3 percent in 2021 down to 20.7 percent in 2022. The declines come as Hollywood continues to aggressively promote diversity to audiences through its movies and TV shows. Diverse casting is now commonplace — even in period European storylines — while gay and transgender characters are proliferating in children’s entertainment.Among the worst offenders was the Walt Disney Co., which includes what was formerly known as 20th Century Fox. Walt Disney Studios didn’t hire any women directors for its 2022 releases, according to the study.
Disney did better when it came to minority directors, with four movies in 2022 helmed by ethnic minorities, including Ryan Coogler, who directedUniversal Pictures outperformed all other studios when it came to minority directors, with five of its 2022 theatrical releases helmed by non-white directors, including Jordan Peele’sThis month, NBC will air the Golden Globes afterlast year because the organization behind the ceremony — the Hollywood Foreign Press Association — had no black voting...
Pictured, clockwise: Directors Sam Raimi , Christopher McQuarrie , Colin Trevorrow , and James Cameron .
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