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4 I D G A M O N T H L Y Films Released By Major and Mini-Major Studios When taking a closer look at directors of films distributed by the dominant employers in the industry—major studios (including their subsidiaries), and "mini-major" studios—only 3.8% were women and 13.6% were minority directors. "The numbers paint a grim outlook for diverse film directors— women in particular," said DGA Diversity Task Force Co-Chair Bethany Rooney. "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." "The numbers indicate that women and minority directors are virtually shut out of this multi-billion dollar industry that has a deep financial and cultural impact on our global society. In order to make progress, the film studios need to take this information and commit to becoming real agents of change with solutions," said DGA Diversity Task Force Co-Chair Todd Holland. Gender The DGA found that there was a considerable drop- off in the percentage of women directors for films that earned more than $10 million. Of the 86 directors of 69 films which earned a box office between $250k and $10 million, 11.6% were women. Of the 222 directors of 212 films that had a box office greater than $10 million, just 3.1% were women. (continued) Films Produced By Companies That Were Not Signatory To DGA's Collective Bargaining Agreement To further investigate the prevalence of hiring patterns revealed in this report, the DGA also examined films produced by companies that were not signatory to the DGA's agreement. This much smaller group of titles reflected the same general pattern with respect to women directors. The findings follow: of the 32 directors of 32 non-DGA films which earned between $250,000 and $10 million at the box office, four (12.5%) were women. Of the 17 directors of 13 non-DGA films which earned more than $10 million at the box office, none (0%) were women. The DGA was not able to identify minority directors of non-DGA films due to incomplete publicly available information. Ethnicity When comparing the percentage of ethnically diverse directors based on a film's box office, the DGA did not find a significant difference between the two box office groups. The percentage of minority directors increased in the higher box office category. Of the 86 directors of 69 films that earned a box office between $250k and $10 million, 11.6% were minority directors. Of the 222 directors of 212 films that had a box office greater than $10 million, 14.4% were minority directors.