From July 2022 to June 2023, women directed ** percent of independent films made in Hollywood. A decade earlier, from July 2011 to June 2012, less than ** percent of Hollywood's indie movies had female directors.
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Center for the Study of Women in Television and Film. (September 11, 2023). Share of independent films with female directors in Hollywood from 2008 to 2023 [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved July 23, 2025, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/1018280/independent-films-female-directors-in-hollywood/
Center for the Study of Women in Television and Film. "Share of independent films with female directors in Hollywood from 2008 to 2023." Chart. September 11, 2023. Statista. Accessed July 23, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1018280/independent-films-female-directors-in-hollywood/
Center for the Study of Women in Television and Film. (2023). Share of independent films with female directors in Hollywood from 2008 to 2023. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: July 23, 2025. https://www.statista.com/statistics/1018280/independent-films-female-directors-in-hollywood/
Center for the Study of Women in Television and Film. "Share of Independent Films with Female Directors in Hollywood from 2008 to 2023." Statista, Statista Inc., 11 Sep 2023, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1018280/independent-films-female-directors-in-hollywood/
Center for the Study of Women in Television and Film, Share of independent films with female directors in Hollywood from 2008 to 2023 Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/1018280/independent-films-female-directors-in-hollywood/ (last visited July 23, 2025)
Share of independent films with female directors in Hollywood from 2008 to 2023 [Graph], Center for the Study of Women in Television and Film, September 11, 2023. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/1018280/independent-films-female-directors-in-hollywood/
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