According to the USC Annenberg Inclusion Initiative, women directed only 8.1% of Hollywood's top films in 2025. They need ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Hollywood hasn’t treated women directors well in 2025, according to a new study published by USC’s Annenberg Inclusion Initiative.

Only 8% of directors with movies in theaters in 2025 were women. That news comes from an annual study from USC Annenberg. It reveals a reversal of trends that were not great to begin with; in 2020, ...

Six years ago, Ally Pankiw got her first big TV breakthrough: She directed the first season of the Netflix comedy-drama “Feel Good.” But getting there was a slog. She recalls being told repeatedly ...

The industry often claims to want new voices. But when a woman delivers a film as unapologetically rooted in female ...

An annual study found that “progress has stalled” for female directors, with films helmed by women hitting a 7-year low in 2025. Just nine women (8.1%) were behind the camera for 2025’s fictional ...