Additional Resources

First-Time Directors Report

Many people in this space are doing amazing work to encourage better representation for women and people of color behind the scenes. Below are a list of some of them. Please let us know if there is someone we are missing!

• SDSU Center for the Study of Women in Television and Film

  • The Celluloid Ceiling: Employment of Behind-the-Scenes Women on Top Grossing U.S. Films in 2022

• UCLA College of Social Sciences

  • Hollywood Diversity Report 2023: Part 1 (Film)

• USC Annenberg Inclusion Initiative

  • Inclusion in the Director’s Chair: Analysis of Director Gender and Race/Ethnicity Across the 1,600 Top Films from 2007 to 2022