THE STATUS OF WOMEN IN THE U.S MEDIA 2015

WOMEN’S MEDIA CENTER
Twenty-three—or 10 percent—of the 220 examined series hired no women or minority
directors.
Thirty-nine—or 17 percent—of the 220 shows hired women or minorities to direct
fewer than 15 percent of episodes.
“Unfortunately, it can be shockingly difficult to convince the people who control hiring
to make even small improvements to their hiring practices,” Emmy Award-winning director
and DGA President Paris Barclay said in a press release about the report.
Further review of DGA data shows that of all 776 directors on 2013-14 episodes with
DGA contracts:
83 percent were male.
17 percent were female.
88 percent were white.
7 percent were black.
3 percent were Latino-American.
2 percent were Asian-American.
Of 2013-14’s 108 first-time episode directors:
68 percent were white men.
12 percent were men of color.
18 percent were white women.
3 percent were women of color.
(The above figures equal more than 100 percent.)
2013–14 TV episodic directors
by gender and ethnicity
Minority women 2%
Minority men 17%
White women 12%
White men 69%
Figures rounded to the nearest percentage
Source: Directors Guild of America
Graphic produced by the Women’s Media Center
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