Celluloid ceiling

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The term celluloid ceiling is a variant on glass ceiling, and refers to women being statistically under-represented in creative positions in Hollywood. Statistics compiled by Martha M. Lauzen, PhD, at San 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^[1] 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.

[edit] Footnotes

1. ^ Lauzen, Martha M. (2007). 2006 Celluloid Ceiling Report. San Diego State University. Retrieved on 2007-05-24.

[edit] See also

• Celluloid Closet
• Glass ceiling

[edit] External links

• Movies by Women
• Guerilla Girls
• Celluloid Ceiling: Behind-the-Scenes Employment of Women on the Top 250 Films of 2006 at Movies by Women
• Women film directors: a scandalous rarity
• Bringing more women film-makers into the frame
• "Unchain the women directors" - Salon
• Tough broads: Women directors and the Oscars - Feb. 26, 2004
• Where are the female directors? - Salon