Celluloid ceiling

[1] The celluloid ceiling is also the title of a series of reports created by Dr. Martha Lauzen at the Center for the Study of Women in Television and Film at San Diego State University.

"[3] The Media and Social Change Initiative at the University of Southern California’s Annenberg School for Communication and Journalism also reported on the state of women and minorities in the film industry in front of and behind the screen.

[12][13][14][15][16] Based on "A large body of statistical evidence reveals dramatic disparities in the hiring of women directors in film and television,"[17] the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) of Southern California and the Women's Rights Project of ACLU National sent letters to the California Department of Fair Employment and Housing, the U.S.

Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC), and the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs asking that each entity open an investigation to the discrimination in hiring and underemployment of women directors in film and television.

[18] In February 2017 it was reported that the EEOC was in discussions with all major Hollywood studios to resolve systemic discrimination of women directors in hiring and employment.

[20] The popular blog Cinema Fanatic chronicled the process of spending a year watching only films directed or co-directed by women, while challenging others to do the same.

[21] The campaign took off on Twitter with the #AYearWithWomen and helped to start critical dialogue and increase awareness around a much wider-variety of women directors.

Series of color-coded vertical stacked bar charts depicting the comparison between the percentage of men and women employed in different behind-the-scenes roles in Hollywood’s top 250 movies by year over a span of twenty-five years (1998-2022).)
Comparison between the employment of men and women in behind-the-scenes roles in Hollywood over time, according to the comprehensive 25-year edition of the Celluloid Ceiling Report. , published in 2023.