Women Directors Nearly Absent in 2013 Awards Season

December 11, 2013
Women Directors Nearly Absent in 2013 Awards Season
By Robert Abele As 2013 looks to be another rich year for talked-about movies, it readily becomes apparent that the number of them directed by women in Hollywood is woefully small. Of viable awards contenders this season, there's Nicole Holofcener's "Enough Said," Lake Bell's "In a World," and … a lot of movies by guys. Contrast that with the foreign-language category where a record 16 entries are helmed by femmes. Full Story on Variety.com→
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