Last week I looked at the popularity of various first names in movies over the past two decades. The process involved building up a vast database of acting credits, noting both the gender of the fictional role and of the performer representing them on screen. This led to some readers getting in touch to ask...
  •  freamon   ( @freamon@endlesstalk.org ) English
    11•11 months ago

    TLDR: “Across all genres, a woman at the helm meant more acting roles for women.”

    This guy’s articles are worth the read though - it’s from him that I found out that the vast majority (over 90%) of directors never get to make more than one film. Of the remaining 10%, the chance of making another go down with each film, unless you’re part of the small group of outliers - the few dudes who are able to regularly output stuff.