The annual study of the top-grossing movies in the U.S from USC’s Annenberg Inclusion Initiative reveals a concerning drop in female directors.

The annual Annenberg Inclusion Initiative report out of USC finds that only nine women directors worked on the 100 top-grossing films of the year. By Mia Galuppo Senior Entertainment Reporter ...

Films by male directors ruled the box office this summer. The boys-only cadre of helmers included Gareth Edwards (“Jurassic World: Rebirth”), James Gunn (“Superman”), Joseph Kosinski (“F1”), and Len ...

A new study finds just nine women directors helmed top-grossing films at the domestic box office in 2025. According to the USC Annenberg Inclusion Initiative report, out of 111 directors who helmed ...

Directing action can seem like a man’s game. That’s in part because for years female directors struggled to get any opportunities, much less genre opportunities. We still talk about Ida Lupino because ...

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, ...

Happy New Year, Hollywood. We’ve got some bad news: Women-directed films have hit a seven-year low, according to the annual study by the Annenberg Inclusion Initiative at USC. In 2025, only nine of ...

Despite growing attention to gender equality, women remain significantly underrepresented behind the camera in Italian cinema ...

While reflecting on working with 'Die My Love' director Lynne Ramsay, the actress said she's found "a commonality in female directors" that many men don't have. By Katherine Schaffstall Jennifer ...