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Festival, I don’t filmmakers remember femaleGordon and di- much their Parks fight about for for an the those of an old classmate, anotherclassmate classmate, Pauline Collins Scott’s train station; and this year,val, thebig six female because,majorwith studiosher husband directors (not after includ- in years have of young inched men closer in to gen- in the workplacety to direct doesn’tblockbustersScott’s train necessarilyrectors station; like “The have and Amaz-surfaceinched closer in to gender par- ing Spider-Man” and “Godzilla,” a woman show,equality. but I do The know second unpublishedthatity, of the three and vision inarticles.article 2013, of inthis half the movies in the Mazel Morgan,Donald in Beatty,with withher husband his in another classmate, ing their art-houseDetroit; divisions) a Fort will Scott,have re- rectors have inched closer to gender par- ing Spider-Man” andanother “Godzilla,”ity, classmate, and in a woman 2013, half the movies in the was getting her shot. In indie arenas like leased der three moviesparity,Kan., directed resident; and by women.Fort in 2013, half the moviesstrong womanin the triumphingLifeclear, Americanmagazine crude with included, dramatic ways, flowing and competition it’s unusual were for di- anythingChicago,PHOTOGRAPHS BY GORDONwith PARKS/THE her Detroit; a Fort Scott, ity, and in 2013, half the movies in the GORDON PARKS FOUNDATION, VIA THE wife and son in Donald Beatty, with his the Sundance Film Festival, female di- It’s a numberTHEScott’s that DIRECTOR should train station; be a callGAP and to ac- rected wasby women. getting But herDonald even shot. in Beatty, In Americanthe indie hothouse with arenas his dramatic like MUSEUM competition OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON were di- rectors have inched closer to gender par- tion. American dramatic competitionAmerican dramatic werehair and competitiondirected bulletproof wereclockwise damningbracelets di- from delighted or top actionable left, us. in the movie businesshusband; to Parks’s Columbus, Kan.,Ohio. resident; Above, Fort wife and son in another classmate, baseball caps being pluckedthe from Sundance obscuri- Film wife Festival,rected and sonby female women. in di- But even in the hothouse ity, and in 2013, half the movies in the “Incrementally,Female I filmmakers think things are and their fight for I’m looking forwardthose to worldof the an old movie, of classmate, Sundance though equality isn’t a sureclassmate Pauline CollinsParks’sScott’s Uncle train James. station; and Columbus, Ohio. Above, changing,”by saidwomen.Donald Jodie Beatty, Foster, But with who his made even rectedin the by hothouse women. Butty world evento direct in ofthe blockbusters hothouseleak out. rectorslike Sexism “The have Amaz- there inchedColumbus, often closerworld Ohio. works to Above, ofgender Sundance like par- a virus equality isn’t a sure American dramatic competition were di- her featureequality. directing debutwife The and with second son “Little in of three articles. as someone who watchesthing,Mazel films and Morgan,for when a living, in the next festival starts in with her husband in another classmate, Parks’s Uncle James. rected by women. But even in the hothouse world of Sundance equality isn’t a sure Man Tate”Sundance (1991).Columbus, “When Ohio. equality you Above,decide to isn’t a sure thing,I would anding Spider-Man”be when happier ifthat andWarnerJanuary,Chicago, spreads“Godzilla,” ity,Bros. women with and hiredthrough aher in woman will a 2013, haveParks’s ideas, half about thing,Uncle the gossip, a movies thirdJames. and when of and inDetroit; the thestories anext Fort festival Scott, startsDonald in Beatty, with his world of Sundance equality isn’t a sure take a big pile of Parks’smoney and Uncle put James.it in a bag thing, and when the next festival starts in and hand it to a director who you don’t was getting her shot.the titles In American indie in the arenas American dramatic like dramatic competitionJanuary, compe- women were di-will have about a third of thing, and when the next festival starts in the next festival startsJanuary, in January, womenlot willwomen more have women aboutwill to a directthirdabout husband;ofits women,other Parks’stitles. their aesthetic visionsPictures Kan., shotand resident;in per 1950- by Fort wife and son in January, women will have about a third of know — nobaseball matter what thecaps person being says in plucked from obscuri- the Sundance Film Festival,rected femaleby women. di- But eventhe titlesin the in hothouse the American dramatic compe- the room, no matter how much you know ‘A LongThe news of Ms.classmate MacLaren’s Hungrytition. Pauline That’s hiring Collins not was great, but byLook’ the endScott’s of train station; and Columbus, Ohio. Above, the titles in the American dramatic compe- have about a third of thethe titles titles in thein theAmerican American dramatic compe-sonal choices, and doubts about whetherGordon Parks they for an about themty — to you direct honestly doblockbusters not know like “The Amaz- rectors have inchedwiththis closer year,herworld husband to the gender ofsix in Sundancemajor par- studios equalitytition. (not includ- That’s isn’t a notanother sure great, classmate, but by the end of tition. That’s not great, but by the end of what’s going to happen.” The problem is tition.Gordon That’s Parks embarked notbig great, because, on buta project by after for the Life years end magazine of of young in 1950 men to explore in the lives of us understood why the first years of our Parks’s Uncle James. dramaticing Spider-Man” competition. and “Godzilla,” That’s a woman ity, and in 2013, halfing their thething, moviesart-house and when incan divisions) the hackthe next thisitwill infestival year,have thatunpublished there- startsmale-domi six majorin article studios- in (not includ- this year, the six major studios (not includ- that “no matter how many creative con- thishis year,classmates the sixfrom major a small studios town in (notKansas. includ-Detroit; Few have a seenFort thisScott, work, until now. educationLife magazineDonald were separated Beatty, included, from with those his of ing their art-house divisions) will have re- trols younot takewas awaygreat, getting from them but heryou’re shot.bystill the In indieend arenasof like American dramaticleased competition January, three movies werewomennated di- directed will world. haveing by abouttheirOf women.the course, white; art-house a third nor did the weof botherdivisions) end to ask,” Parks will have re- PHOTOGRAPHS BY GORDON PARKS/THE stuck with the choice and decisions and vi- THE DIRECTOR GAP Kan., resident;turn to Fort Fort Scott, Kan., the prairie town wrote. “The situationwife existed and whenson inwe GORDON PARKS FOUNDATION, VIA THE leased three movies directed by women. ing their art-house divisions) will have re- clockwisePHOTOGRAPHS BY GORDON from PARKS/THE top left, PHOTOGRAPHS BY GORDON PARKS/THE sion of thatthe person.” Sundance To lessen that Film risk, Festival, female di- rectedBy RANDY by women. KENNEDY ButIt’s even a numberthewhere in titles the he had hothouse that ingrown the shouldup, American to find his be 11 leasedclass- a dramatic callwere to threeGORDON born. ac- PARKScompe- Wemovies FOUNDATION, waded in VIA directed normalTHE at the by women. MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON It’s a number that should be a call to ac- this year, the six major studios Scott’s train station; andresult is that femaleColumbus,MUSEUM directors OF FINE ARTS, Ohio. BOSTON Above, PHOTOGRAPHS BY GORDON PARKS/THE GORDON PARKS FOUNDATION, VIA THE Ms. Fosterrectors said, in the pasthave that meantinched hir- closerleased to gender three moviespar-Femaleworld directed filmmakers of Sundance by women.and their equality fightmates for in isn’t a segregated a sure middle school. thosetender ofage an of 6 old and swamclassmate, out maladjusted tion. ing “someone who appeared less risky,” in- BOSTON — In 1950, Gordon Parks tion.wasanother the tition. classmate,The magazine That’s agreed, not and great, in the springIt’s but a byand number complexed the Parks’s end that nine of years shouldUncle later.” James. be a call to ac- GORDON PARKS FOUNDATION, VIA THE MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON cluding(not directors including who looked like the their peo- art-houseIt’s a number thatequality.only should African-American The be second a call photographerof to three ac- articles. don’t get hired. Mazel Morgan, in MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON “Incrementally, I think things are ity, and in 2013, half the movies in the thing, and whenDonald the next“Incrementally, Beatty,this festivalParks withyear, drove hisstarts backthe intosix I in his major think hometown tion.studios things for For(not are reasons includ- that remain unclear, Life changing,” said Jodie Foster, who made ple doing the hiring. tion. working for Life magazine, a rising star the first time in 23 years, taking, as he never publishedChicago, those words with or her the power- Those doingAmerican the hiring used dramatic to be almost competition were di-whoJanuary, was gaining thewomen power to callwill his ownhaveing about their a art-house third of divisions)“Incrementally, will have re- I think things are her feature directing debut with “Little divisions) will have released changing,”wifewrote and later, saidson “a inlong Jodie hungry There Foster,look” at the red whoisn’tful made picturesa back-room Parks took of nine of his class- all men. 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But even in the hothouse the titles in the Americanher featureleased dramatic directing three compe- movies debut directed changing,” with “Little by women. said Jodie Foster, who made PHOTOGRAPHS BY GORDON PARKS/THE CONTINUEDthree ON PAGE movies 10 directedchanging,” by women. said It’sbaseball Jodiehighly a politicalnumber Foster, caps and deeplybeing who personal:Columbus, cabalplucked made to re- of fromOhio. acigar-chomping school Above,obscuri- still segregated in 1950. male“None of classmate—CONTINUED and ON femalePauline PAGE 22 Collins — GORDON PARKS FOUNDATION, VIA THE take a big pile of money and put it in a bag world of Sundance equality isn’t a surety totition. direct That’s blockbusters not Parks’s great,Man like Tate”UnclebutIt’s “The by a James. (1991). number theAmaz- end “When that of should youher decide be feature a call to directing to ac- debut with “Little MUSEUM OF FINE ARTS, BOSTON and hand it to a director who you don’t that should be a call toher action. feature directing debut with executives “Little conspiring against femalewith directors, her husband in thing, and when the next festival starts in this year, the six majortake studiosa tion.big pile (not of includ-money and putMan it in Tate” a bag (1991). “When you decide to know — no matter what the person says in Man Tate” (1991).ing Spider-Man” “When you decideand “Godzilla,” to a woman Detroit; a Fort Scott, the room, no matter how much you know ‘AJanuary,“Incrementally, womenLong will have I think about thingsa third Hungry of areing changtheir art-house- at and divisions)least hand that“Incrementally, itwill toI haveknowLook’ a director re- of. 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ON Henson PAGE 20 explained why By DAVE ITZKOFF Lee Daniels, who directed the pilot epi- wanted to know how his performers re- CHICAGO — In the presidential suite of a sode, was among the few they trusted. acted to critical feedback from other ac- Hilton hotel, above a ballroom full of extras “Other directors are afraid to call you tors. “What do you say?” he asked. waiting to shoot a lavish party scene, sat out,” Mr. Howard said. “He’ll be like: ‘I’ve “Oh, no, no, no,” Ms. Henson said. “No- the two lead actors of “Empire,” a new Fox seen that before. Give me something body comes to tell me that.” series about a feuding entertainment-in- new.’” Mr. Howard, wearing a long white cape dustry family. They were talking with the Mr. Daniels, whose films include “Pre- for the party scene, said in his quiet rasp, CHUCK HODES/FOX show’s co-creator about who gets to tell cious” and “Lee Daniels’ The Butler,” CONTINUED ON PAGE 20 same genres, stereotypes and impoverished her company has released, projects like Penny ideas year after year. So, exactly like the outside Marshall’s “A League of Their Own,” Kathryn world, the movie business clings to dusty ste- Bigelow’s “Zero Dark Thirty” and the female reotypes as when insiders refer to directors as “Ghostbusters,” directed by Paul Feig, which generals and ship captains, as if today women starts in January. The studio is “committed to don’t have those jobs. All that said, it remains making movies about women,” Ms. Pascal said. surprising that the industry fails to grasp that “I don’t know if any other studio can say that.” women, on screen and behind the camera, are I can’t let Ms. Pascal off the hook. But good for the bottom line. The evidence — “Wait- women in power, often the beneficiaries of male ing to Exhale,” “Mamma Mia,” “Sex and the munificence, tend to be treated harshly when City,” “Twilight,” “The Hunger Games,” “Fro- they betray that gift by failing. That may help zen” — is indisputable. explain why female executives as a group are In July, I asked Amy Pascal, the co-chair- not better advocates for female directors. What woman of Sony Pictures Entertainment and makes this situation even more alarming is that chairman of Sony Pictures Motion Picture women sometimes seem close to becoming an Group, which has released movies by directors endangered species on American screens. The like Nancy Meyers and Sofia Coppola, why she researcher Martha M. Lauzen, executive direc- didn’t hire more women. “I try to,” she said qui- tor of the Center for the Study of Women in Tele- etly. And Ms. Foster is directing her next movie, vision and Film, found that in 2013, female char- “Money Monster,” a thriller with George Cloo- acters made up just 15 percent of protagonists ney, for a Sony division. and 30 percent of all speaking characters in the Hannah Minghella, a president of produc- top 100 grossing movies. Female directors tend tion for another Sony division, Columbia Pic- to make more movies about women than male tures, who works down the hall from Ms. Pas- directors do — but they need the money or a job cal, said much the same. “I desperately want to tell those stories. to hire female directors,” she said in August. I When discussing the hurdles faced by fe- think she and Ms. Pascal were sincere, but good male directors, executives often point to the intentions don’t mean much when the six major pool of talent. In September, Donna Langley, studios consistently do not hire women even for the chairwoman of Universal Pictures, said smaller movies. she and her team start with a list of candidates The recent hacking of Sony, seemingly when looking for a director. “I don’t go through prompted by North Korea’s lack of a sense of that with criteria of male or female,” she said, humor, has revealed private emails that seem “even if it’s a big sort of action film.” The prob- to furnish evidence that the industry is every lem is who makes it onto that list. “When we bit as sexist as its critics claim. Among the rev- start our interview process what I find is, more elations were nasty digs at Angelina Jolie, who often than not, that the majority of candidates may star in the studio’s exhumation of “Cleopa- are male,” she said. Like other executives I tra,” and apparent pay disparities for Ms. Ming- spoke with, including Jonathan King, execu- hella and Jennifer Lawrence, who starred in the tive vice president of narrative film production studio’s “American Hustle.” On Monday, Ms. at Participant Media, Ms. Langley invoked the Pascal, speaking by phone from Vermont, ad- types of movies that men tend to direct — the dressed some of these issues while declining to little monster movie, say, that leads to the big discuss others, notably my question about why, — that suggest a director can make the leap to in sharp contrast to her male colleagues, she big-studio work. had become the face of the crisis. Yet cool portfolio films don’t explain this Ms. Pascal agreed that “there is a system- broken system, which is why Melissa Good- ic problem in Hollywood, of course,” when it man uses words like bias, discrimination and comes to women in the industry. But she said civil rights when she talks about female direc- it was “ludicrous” to judge an “entire corpora- tors. Ms. Goodman is the director of the LGBT, tion” from “a few random emails, in fact, taken Gender and Reproductive Justice Project for out of context.” She went on to list a number of the American Civil Liberties Union of Southern movies about women or directed by women that California. “There’s a culture in Hollywood that C M Y K Sxxx,2014-12-28,AR,010,Bs-4C,E1

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ERIC CHARBONNEAU/INVISION, VIA ASSOCIATED PRESS is isindisputable. light,”indisputable. “TheIn July,grasp Hunger I that asked Games,”women, Amy on “Frozen” Pascal, screen theand — co-behind In July,the I camera, asked Amy are good Pascal, for the the bottom co- line. The recent hacking of Sony, seemingly InisIn indisputable. July, July,chairwoman I I asked asked Amy of Amy Sony Pascal, Pascal, Pictures the the Entertain- co- co- tionchairwoman Picture Group, of Sony which Pictures has releasedEntertain- chairwomanThe of evidence Sony Pictures — “Waiting Entertain- to Exhale,” RKO PICTURES/PHOTOFEST chairwomanchairwomanIn July, of I of Sony asked Sony Pictures Amy Pictures Pascal, Entertain- Entertain- the co- RKO PICTURES/PHOTOFESTRKO PICTURES/PHOTOFEST “Mamma Mia,” “Sex and the City,” “Twi- RKORKO PICTURES/PHOTOFEST PICTURES/PHOTOFEST prompted by North Korea’s lack of a sense chairwoman of Sony Pictures Entertain- nanciers want to make good movies. The movies by directors like Nancy Meyers light,” “The Hunger Games,” “Frozen” — RKO PICTURES/PHOTOFEST of humor, has revealed private emails that is indisputable. and Sofia Coppola, why she didn’t hire In July, I asked Amy Pascal, the co- “tricky part,” Mr. Elwes said, is that for- chairwoman of Sony Pictures Entertain- seem to furnish evidence that the industry more women. “I try to,” she said quietly. eign sales companies provide the presale RKO PICTURES/PHOTOFEST is every bit as sexist as its critics claim. And Ms. Foster is directing her next mov- estimates for the value of a movie in terri- Among the revelations were nasty digs at ie, “Money Monster,” a thriller with tories outside the United States. Producers Angelina Jolie, who may star in the stu- George Clooney, for a Sony division. DAVID JAMES/WARNER BROS., VIA GETTY IMAGES are able to borrow money againstPHOTOFEST those es- dio’s exhumation of “Cleopatra,” and ap- Hannah Minghella, a president of pro- timates to help finance the movie. “And the ERIC CHARBONNEAU/INVISION, VIA ASSOCIATED PRESS ERIC CHARBONNEAU/INVISION, VIA ASSOCIATED PRESS parent pay disparities for Ms. Minghella ment and chairmanduction of Sonyfor another Pictures Sony Mo- division, Colum- moment that you mention that it’s a female and Jennifer Lawrence, who starred in the bia Pictures, who works down the hall director” to foreign sales companies, Mr. ERIC CHARBONNEAU/INVISION, VIA ASSOCIATED PRESS studio’s “American Hustle.” On Monday,tion Picture Group, which has released ERIC ERICCHARBONNEAU/INVISION, CHARBONNEAU/INVISION, VIA ASSOCIATED PRESS VIA ASSOCIATED PRESS from Ms. Pascal, said much the same. “I Elwes said, “you can see the eyes start to ERIC CHARBONNEAU/INVISION, VIAERICERIC CHARBONNEAU/INVISION, CHARBONNEAU/INVISION,ASSOCIATED PRESS VIA VIA ASSOCIATED ASSOCIATED PRESS PRESS Ms. Pascal, speaking by phone from Ver-movies by directors like Nancy Meyers ERIC CHARBONNEAU/INVISION, VIA ASSOCIATED PRESS and Sofia Coppola,desperately why she want didn’t to hire hire female directors,” roll.” It is, he said, “a male-dominated ERIC CHARBONNEAU/INVISION, VIA ASSOCIATED PRESS mont, addressed some of these issues she said in August. I think she and Ms. world.” He added: “The buyers want ac- more women. “I try to,” she said quietly. DAVID JAMES/WARNER BROS., VIA GETTY IMAGES PHOTOFEST while declining to discuss others, notably Pascal were sincere, but good intentions tion films and they don’t see women as ac- And Ms. Foster is directing her next mov- DAVID JAMES/WARNER BROS., VIA GETTY IMAGES PHOTOFEST my question about why, in sharp contrast SUMMITment ENTERTAINMENT, and chairman of Sony VIA Pictures ASSOCIATED Mo- PRESS don’t mean much when the six major stu- DAVID JAMES/WARNER BROS., VIA GETTY IMAGEStion Picture Group,DAVID which JAMES/WARNER has released DAVIDDAVID BROS., JAMES/WARNER JAMES/WARNER VIAtion GETTYBROS., BROS., VIA VIA GETTY IMAGES GETTY directors. 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CONTINUED FROM PAGE 1 Directors Guild site shows. But many of president of Columbia Pictures, making them face a vicious cycle: if a woman isn’t her the first woman to run a major Holly- hired she can’t get experience, but she wood studio. Since then, women have held can’t get experience if no one hires her. “I power positions throughout the industry think we have to be better as an industry,” and two women now help run studios and Ms. Minghella said, “about giving more others head up divisions. For years, I women the opportunity to prove them- thought more female executives would selves in the way that men so often are.” mean more female directors. Yet sexism in Scholars have theorized that women the workplace doesn’t necessarily surface were squeezed out of the industry once the in clear, crude ways, and it’s unusual for business of movies became big business. anything damning or actionable in the Money — getting it, keeping it and putting movie business to leak out. Sexism there it on screen — remains one of the biggest often works like a virus that spreads barriers that female directors confront. through ideas, gossip, and stories about The producer Cathy Schulman (“Crash”) women, their aesthetic visions and person- is the president of the production company al choices, and doubts about whether they Mandalay Pictures and of the advocacy can hack it in that male-dominated world. group Women in Film. She has a history of Of course, the end result is that female di- success. But, she blurted out in an in- rectors don’t get hired. terview in August, “My success rate is hor- There isn’t a back-room cabal of cigar- rific in getting the movies with female di- chomping male — and female — execu- rectors made.” tives conspiring against female directors, It was such a surprisingly candid admis- at least that I know of. Rather, the re- sion that I asked her to repeat it. She did, luctance to hire women seems symptomat- adding: “I can’t get the money. It’s not the ic of a conservative, fear-driven industry that recycles the same genres, stereotypes projects, it’s not the development, it’s not and impoverished ideas year after year. the writers, it’s not the directors and the So, exactly like the outside world, the mov- actors. It’s the money.” ie business clings to dusty stereotypes as The producer Cassian Elwes, who’s when insiders refer to directors as gener- helped get movies like “Dallas Buyers als and ship captains, as if today women Club” off the ground, said that equity fi- don’t have those jobs. All that said, it re- mains surprising that the industry fails to grasp that women, on screen and behind the camera, are good for the bottom line. The evidence — “Waiting to Exhale,” “Mamma Mia,” “Sex and the City,” “Twi- light,” “The Hunger Games,” “Frozen” — is indisputable. In July, I asked Amy Pascal, the co- chairwoman of Sony Pictures Entertain- RKO PICTURES/PHOTOFEST

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DAVID JAMES/WARNER BROS., VIA GETTY IMAGES PHOTOFEST ment and chairman of Sony Pictures Mo- tion Picture Group, which has released movies by directors like Nancy Meyers and Sofia Coppola, why she didn’t hire more women. “I try to,” she said quietly. And Ms. Foster is directing her next mov- ie, “Money Monster,” a thriller with George Clooney, for a Sony division. Hannah Minghella, a president of pro- duction for another Sony division, Colum- bia Pictures, who works down the hall from Ms. Pascal, said much the same. “I desperately want to hire female directors,” she said in August. I think she and Ms. Pascal were sincere, but good intentions don’t mean much when the six major stu- dios consistently do not hire women even for smaller movies. PHOTOFEST The recent hacking of Sony, seemingly prompted by North Korea’s lack of a sense nanciers want to make good movies. The of humor, has revealed private emails that “tricky part,” Mr. Elwes said, is that for- seem to furnish evidence that the industry eign sales companies provide the presale is every bit as sexist as its critics claim. estimates for the value of a movie in terri- Among the revelations were nasty digs at tories outside the United States. Producers Angelina Jolie, who may star in the stu- are able to borrow money against those es- dio’s exhumation of “Cleopatra,” and ap- timates to help finance the movie. “And the parent pay disparities for Ms. Minghella time with her daughter. “Perhaps it hurt my ca- the development, it’s not the writers, it’s not the moment that you mention that it’s a female and Jennifer Lawrence, who starred in the reer,” Ms. Leder said, “but it didn’t hurt my life.” directors and the actors. It’s the money.” director” to foreign sales companies, Mr. studio’s “American Hustle.” On Monday, She went on to direct “Pay It Forward,” a Elwes said, “you can see the eyes start to Ms. Pascal, speaking by phone from Ver- The producer Cassian Elwes, who’s helped 2000 flop that landed her “in movie jail,” where get movies like “Dallas Buyers Club” off the roll.” It is, he said, “a male-dominated mont, addressed some of these issues world.” He added: “The buyers want ac- while declining to discuss others, notably many female directors seem to languish longer ground, said that equity financiers want to make tion films and they don’t see women as ac- my question about why, in sharp contrast than their male counterparts. More recently, good movies. The “trickySUMMIT part,” ENTERTAINMENT, Mr. Elwes VIA ASSOCIATED said, PRESSis tion directors. That’s where the whole to her male colleagues, she had become she has been directing episodes of the HBO that foreign sales companies provide the presale thing kind of blows up.” the face of the crisis. Langley, the chairwoman of Universal Pic- submit the kinds of stories few share pub- Clockwise from top, Ida Among the female stories that Ms. Pas- Ms. Pascal agreed that “there is a sys- showtures, said“The she Leftovers.” and her team When start withI mentioned a licly. Thethat A.C.L.U., estimates she said, for hopes the tovalue un- ofLupino, a movie a rare in territories cal helped shepherd earlier in her career derstand the specific barriers that keep temic problem in Hollywood, of course,” Ms.list ofPascal candidates said when she lookingtried to for hire a di- women, Ms. outside the United States.midcentury Producers female are able to was a lovely adaptation of that classic, women out and underemployed. when it comes to women in the industry. Lederrector. “Ishot don’t back, go through “Well, thatAmy with Pascal cri- has never borrow money against thosedirector estimates in Hollywood; to help fi- “Little Women,” by Gillian Armstrong. Ms. But she said it was “ludicrous” to judge an teria of male or female,” she said, “even if The truth is that even female directors Amy Pascal of Sony Pascal had her share of critical and com- “entire corporation” from “a few random askedit’s a big me sort to of make action a film.” film.” The problem with a good tracknance record the don’tmovie. get “And hired. the moment that you men- embracing another mercial successes, but those films were emails, in fact, taken out of context.” She is who makes it onto that list. “When we “It’s hard to talk about your career and The Directors Guild of America website tion that it’s a female director”studio executive, to foreign Hannah sales often also singled out for their subjects: went on to list a number of movies about start our interview process what I find is, your life and having had a feature career has pages filled with the names of its female companies, Mr. Elwes said,Minghella; “you can the see Lynda the eyes women. In 2000, Variety predicted that Ms. women or directed by women that her more often than not, that the majority of and then not having one,” Mimi Leder said Carter version of Wonder Pascal’s forthcoming releases would “go a company has released, projects like Penny members.candidates are You male,” can shefind said. Ms. Like Leder other amongwhen them, we met instart August. to Sheroll.” turned It is, down he said, “a male-dominated Woman, circa 1976; long way toward restoring some hormonal Marshall’s “A League of Their Own,” Kath- butexecutives many I of spoke the with,names including will be Jona- unfamiliara lot of bework- afterworld.” directing He added:the hit action “The buyers want action films Kathryn Bigelow on the balance to the femme-heavy offerings ryn Bigelow’s “Zero Dark Thirty” and the than King, executive vice president of nar- movie “Deep Impact” (1998) to spend time cause these women haven’t broken out. In and they don’t see womenset ofas “The action Hurt directors. marking her reign.” Movies like “The Pa- female “Ghostbusters,” directed by Paul rative film production at Participant Me- with her daughter. “Perhaps it hurt my ca- early and silent cinema several dozen women, Locker”; Mimi Leder at triot” and “The Hollow Man,” the article Feig, which starts in January. The studio is dia, Ms. Langley invoked the types of mov- reer,” Ms. LederThat’s said, where “but it didn’tthe whole hurt thing kind of blows up.” work in 2000 on “Pay It continued, as if to reassure anxious men “committed to making movies about wom- manyies that menlost tendand to forgotten, direct — the directed little mon- filmsmy life.”in the Among the female storiesForward.” that At center, Ms. anPascal everywhere, “will all provide a sharp blast en,” Ms. Pascal said. “I don’t know if any United States,She includ went- on to direct “Pay It Forward,” image from Ms. Leder’s helped shepherd earlier in her career was a of testosterone to the screen — and, it is other studio can say that.” a 2000 flop that landed her “in movie jail,” “Deep Impact,” a hit in ing Alice Guy Blaché, lovely adaptation of that classic, “Little Wom- hoped, a shot of adrenaline to the Sony I can’t let Ms. Pascal off the hook. But Sexism in the workplace where many female directors seem to lan- 1998. women in power, often the beneficiaries of doesn’t necessarily believed toguish be longerthe thanen,” their by male Gillian counterparts. Armstrong. Ms. Pascal had her ledgers.” That year, its biggest hit turned male munificence, tend to be treated surface in clear, crude first female Moredirector. recently, sheshare has ofbeen critical directing and epi- commercial successes, but out to be the femme-heavy “Charlie’s An- harshly when they betray that gift by fail- sodes of the HBO show “The Leftovers.” gels.” ways. By the late 1920s, fe- those films were often also singled out for their Back in July I asked Ms. Pascal if those ing. That may help explain why female ex- male directorsWhen Ihad mentioned subjects: that Ms. women.Pascal said In she 2000, Variety predicted that ecutives as a group are not better advo- tried to hire women, Ms. Leder shot back, digs about the movies she made with wom- cates for female directors. What makes becomester movie, the say, industry’s that leads to real the big gone — that girls “Well,and from Amy PascalMs. has Pascal’s never asked forthcoming me to releases would “go a en had affected her. She said that for a long this situation even more alarming is that thensuggest until a director the mid-1960s can make theonly leap two to womenmake a arefilm.” long way toward restoring some hormonal bal- time she felt “really embarrassed by that, because chick flicks are movies about girls women sometimes seem close to becoming thoughtbig-studio work.to have directed in Hollywood:The Doro Directors- ance Guild to of the America femme-heavy website offerings marking her an endangered species on American Yet cool portfolio films don’t explain this has pages filled with the names of its fe- who don’t work. They’re not really movies screens. The researcher Martha M. Lau- thybroken Arzner system, and which Ida isLupino. why Melissa There aremale many members. reign.” You can Movies find Ms. like Leder “The Patriot” and “The Hol- about girls who do. 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Female di- oneLiberties hires Union her. “I of think Southern we California.have to be States,better includingas gers.” Alice That Guy year, Blaché, its be-biggest hit turned out to be had come out in the summer, though none rectors tend to make more movies about an“There’s industry,” a culture Ms. in MinghellaHollywood that said, anti- “aboutlieved giving to be the thefirst femme-heavyfemale director. By “Charlie’s the Angels.” were from Sony. “I think that the world has women than male directors do — but they discrimination laws don’t apply,” she said, late 1920s, female directors had become moved on,” she said, “and we’re not ac- need the money or a job to tell those morebut “Hollywood women is the not aopportunity law-free zone.” to provethe them industry’s- real Back gone girlsin July and I asked from Ms. Pascal if those digs knowledging it.” stories. selvesIn late in October, the way I visitedthat men her so office often in are.”then until the mid-1960sabout the only movies two women she made with women had In August, Sony announced that it was When discussing the hurdles faced by downtownScholars Los Angeleshave theorized to talk about that the womenare thought were to haveaffected directed her. in Hollywood:She said that for a long time she developing a female superhero for its “Spi- female directors, executives often point to squeezedA.C.L.U. webpage out of the called industry “Tell Us once Your the Dorothybusiness Arzner felt and “really Ida Lupino. embarrassed There are by that, because chick der-Man” franchise. No word yet on a di- the pool of talent. In September, Donna Story,” which is asking female directors to many more female directors now, as the rector. of movies became big business. Money — get- flicks are movies about girls who don’t work. ting it, keeping it and putting it on screen — re- They’re not really movies about girls who do. mains one of the biggest barriers that female But then, everybody’s like, ‘Oh, that’s all she can directors confront. The producer Cathy Schul- do.’ So, maybe I overcorrected a little bit. May- man (“Crash”) is the president of the produc- be I overcorrected and that’s not really a good tion company Mandalay Pictures and of the ad- thing to do.” She expressed excitement about vocacy group Women in Film. She has a history some of the hits with female protagonists that of success. But, she blurted out in an interview had come out in the summer, though none were in August, “My success rate is horrific in getting from Sony. “I think that the world has moved the movies with female directors made.” on,” she said, “and we’re not acknowledging it.” It was such a surprisingly candid admission In August, Sony announced that it was de- that I asked her to repeat it. She did, adding: “I veloping a female superhero for its “Spider- can’t get the money. It’s not the projects, it’s not Man” franchise. No word yet on a director. n