Hollywood films were mostly directed by males, white men in particular. Compared to the number of female filmmakers with only 6.4 percent movies produced in 2013.
According to The Guardian, the Directors Guild of America found out that there are only 1.3 percent movies directed by females belonging to the ethnic minority which constitutes to 20 percent general US population. One of the most popular female directors is Catherine Hardwicke.
On the other hand, it was also mentioned that there are only 11.2 percent films produced which were directed by men in the ethnic minorities.
Films that are blockbuster hits were found to be dominated by white male directors with 82.4 percent. In general, there are 96.8 percent films which are directed by men. Compared to the struggling number of 6.4 percent films directed by women.
Because of these shocking findings by the DGA, they could really see the strong lack of diversity in the Hollywood filmmaking industry by comparing the number of films produced by gender and by ethnicity. There are more white men than men from the minorities who directed blockbuster films. What is more emphasized is the lack of female directors in the filmmaking industry.
Bethany Rooney, co-chair of the Directors Guild of America said, "The numbers paint a grim outlook for diverse film directors -- women in particular. Much like our recent reports on television director diversity, we hope this report will put a magnifying glass on a system that makes it disproportionately challenging for talented women and minority film directors to get hired."
Last October, the US equal opportunities officials took a historic probe onto gender discrimination in Hollywood. The Agents for the Equal Employments Opportunity Commission (EEOC) wanted to ensure the cleaving to the US Civil Rights Act of 1964 which "prohibits employment discrimination based on gender, race, color, religion, and national origin."
DGA President Paris Barclay said, "What you will see is what happens when industry employers -- studios and production companies -- do little to address this issue head on," she added, "The DGA, by detailing the state of director hiring with the precision of our data, hopes to draw further attention to this serious matter so that industry employers can develop concrete director diversity plans."
Barclay also mentioned about the filmgoers missing something due to the occurring gender discrimination [homogenous nature] in Hollywood's current creative pool, "What this report does not reflect is what people who love film -- even our culture as a whole -- are missing, when such a disproportionate percentage of films are directed by one gender or one ethnicity ... Unfortunately, we don't have a metric for that."
The Guardian stated that Hollywood discrimination in the filmmaking industry in particular is one of the hottest topics this year. So far, the most sought female director is Catherine Hardwicke. Celebrities like Amanda Seyfried and Meryl Streep used their influence and their acceptance speech to call the attention of everyone about the ongoing equality and sexism issues.
