Female directors suffered a "complete reversal of any progress" in 2025, according to a new study out of USC's Annenberg ...

A new study describes 2025 as a "Great Recession" for women directors, with just 9 women directors attached to the 100 ...

A new study has found that “progress has stalled” for female filmmakers, whose films have hit a 7-year low despite an ...

Variety’s Directors on Directors, presented by Klimon, returns on Jan. 5 with the visionaries behind some of this year’s ...

When Sean Baker’s “Anora” won both the Palme d’Or at Cannes — followed by best picture at the Oscars — those honors ...

Director, writer and producer Barry Levinson won an Oscar for “Rain Man,” and his credits include such iconic films as “Diner ...

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, ...

According to the USC Annenberg Inclusion Initiative report, out of 111 directors who helmed the top 100-grossing films, only ...

The number of female filmmakers dropped to 8.1 percent this year from 13.4 percent in 2024, according to a study from the ...

I went from Hitchcock to Varda and neither are one of the 10 easiest directors to work with. My film education started early. My dad had been given a bunch of old Alfred Hitchcock VHS tapes with their ...