Hollywood is slowly catching up with its increasingly diverse audience. But it still has a long way to go before those who create films and TV shows match the ethnic and gender makeup of those who watch them., dean of UCLA’s Division of Social Sciences and professor of Sociology and African American Studies, has been following these trends for more than two decades.
Women and minority film writers and directors have also made gains, but are nowhere close to achieving parity. Women directed just 5.8% of the top-grossing films in 2012. “That number nearly tripled to 15.1% in 2019, but women would have to triple that share again to reach proportional representation,” he said.
One of the key problems in the industry, he said, “is that the executive suites tend to be overwhelmingly white and male, which crowds out the opportunity for people of color and women to occupy those all-important decision-making positions about what types of projects get greenlighted.” In terms of the overall population, Hunt said, “We have a long way to go before people of color are in a position to create the shows that people see. In fact, people of color would have to nearly quadruple their 2018-19 share to reach proportional representation among broadcast show creators.”
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