- Celluloid ceiling
The term celluloid ceiling is a variant on
glass ceiling , and refers to women being statistically under-represented in creative positions inHollywood . Statistics compiled by Martha M. Lauzen, PhD, atSan Diego State University , analyze the gender breakdown amid 2,718 editors, producers, executive producers, directors and cinematographers employed by top grossing productions. The 2006 Celluloid Ceiling Report [ cite web
last = Lauzen
first = Martha M.
title = 2006 Celluloid Ceiling Report
publisher =San Diego State University
date = 2007
url = http://moviesbywomen.com/statistics/2006CelluloidCeiling.pdf
accessdate = 2007-05-24 ] studied films of 2006 with combined domestic box office grosses of approximately $8.9 billion. It found women comprised 7% of directors, 10% of writers, 16% of executive producers, 20% of producers, 21% of editors, and 2% of cinematographers in the films studied.After discussing the celluloid ceiling problem with Lauzen in 2003, Chicago film critic Jan Lisa Huttner began an internet-based initiative called WITASWAN (Women in the Audience Supporting Women Artists Now). The WITASWAN mission is to convince women that the best way to puncture the celluloid ceiling is to use "the power of the purse": buy tickets to movies made by women directors and screenwriters, rent DVDs made by women directors and screenwriters, etc.
See also
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Celluloid Closet
*Glass ceiling References
External links
* [http://www.films42.com/chats/chats_lauzen.asp Lauzen Interview]
* [http://moviesbywomen.com/ Movies by Women]
* [http://www.guerrillagirls.com/ Guerilla Girls]
* [http://moviesbywomen.com/stats_celluloid_ceiling_2006.php Celluloid Ceiling: Behind-the-Scenes Employment of Women on the Top 250 Films of 2006] at [http://moviesbywomen.com Movies by Women]
* [http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/film/2007/03/women_film_directors_a_scandal.html Women film directors: a scandalous rarity]
* [http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/film/2007/03/bringing_more_women_filmmakers.html Bringing more women film-makers into the frame]
* [http://www.salon.com/mwt/broadsheet/2006/02/07/women_directors/index.html "Unchain the women directors" - Salon]
* [http://money.cnn.com/2004/02/24/news/oscars_women/ Tough broads: Women directors and the Oscars - Feb. 26, 2004]
* [http://www.womensenews.org/article.cfm?aid=1698 Women's eNews on '04 Oscars]
* [http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/feature/2002/08/27/women_directors/index.html Where are the female directors? - Salon]
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