Sit back, grab your oversized soft drink of choice, and enjoy the roundtable!Īs the annual white sausage-fest known as “the Oscars” rolls around, as the #OscarsSoWhite and #OscarsSoMale hashtags rightly trend, and as scores of filmgoers across the spectrum nonetheless shell out Jacksons to see The Revenant (with popcorn), I’ve been sitting on my couch revisiting the films of Kimberly Peirce. Whether you’re into biopics, coming-of-age dramedies, or trans-generational comic ghost stories, there’s a movie on this list for you. As Alec Baldwin observed, “There is still the presumption that men are better designed for the ferocity and meanness that the job often requires.” (The notion that the role requires meanness, of course, is itself a presumption worth questioning.)īelow, we asked seven writers to discuss some of the women who have proven their directorial talents despite those obstacles. Last spring, the ACLU filed grievances with the Equal Employment Opportunity Commission to investigate “the systemic failure to hire women directors at all levels of the film and television industry.” In November, a New York Times Magazine cover story revealed the industry’s deep-rooted hostility toward women, particularly women of color, with ambitions to direct. It’s no secret that Hollywood has a diversity problem, especially when it comes to hiring directors.
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