A BuzzFeed News analysis found that women directed 12% of the highest-rated scripted shows, even as advocates say women and men are graduating from film school at the same rate. “It’s absolutely a problem,” one director said.
Women have largely been shut out of directing the most popular television shows of the past several years, according to a BuzzFeed News analysis, underscoring the American Civil Liberties Union’s recent call for government investigations into the film and television industry’s hiring practices.