Variety / Why Sony Pictures Classics Thinks Backing Female Directors Is Good for Business and Art
Experts who have studied the issue argue that hiring a female director is important to promoting women throughout a film’s crew. Movies with women directors are more likely to have female writers, cinematographers, and producers, and are also more likely to have meaty roles for actresses. “The director’s role is a gatekeeper to other important behind-the-scenes roles,” says Martha Lauzen, director of the Center for the Study of Women in Television & Film.