Sentences with phrase «only film directed by a woman»

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The film's historical merits are greater than its artistic ones: It's Paramount first sound film, directed by Dorothy Arzner (the only women to have a sustained directing career at the time), and the star is «It» Girl, Clara Bow.

Only once did a film directed by a woman win Best Picture.

While many speculated that the jury might award only the second Palme d'Or to a film directed by a woman, the most likely contender — Lebanese director Nadine Labaki's Capernaum — was instead given Cannes» jury prize.

Of the 21 films in Competition at Cannes this year, only three are directed by women.

The 58 % trial was prompted by the realisation that only 18 per cent of films screened at the venue were directed by women.

Re-imagining the 1984 classic with female leads (especially one made up of today's funniest women: Kristen Wiig, Melissa McCarthy, Kate McKinnon, and Leslie Jones), directed by a man who not only makes hilarious films but seems to innately understand the unique humor women afford to film, Paul Feig, is not only a great indicator that Hollywood might finally be wising up that we need less Get Hard and more Spy and Bridesmaids.

Wonder Woman was the film that defied all the predictions: a big - budget superhero movie directed by a woman which managed to please not only the feminists and their daughters but also the boys who love DC and MaWoman was the film that defied all the predictions: a big - budget superhero movie directed by a woman which managed to please not only the feminists and their daughters but also the boys who love DC and Mawoman which managed to please not only the feminists and their daughters but also the boys who love DC and Marvel.

Yet again, the festival will not evade criticism for its historically gender - imbalanced selection, with only three films in the 2016 competition slate directed by women (one more than last year), two in the Un Certain Regard sidebar (the lowest since 2012), and one Out of Competition.

Eva Husson's Girls in the Sun premiered at Cannes on Saturday, one of only three films in competition directed by a woman.

The Tenth Anniversary of AFI?s 100 Greatest Movies List got us to thinking, especially when we noticed that of 400 films nominated for AFI?s list, only 4.5 were directed by women.

«The Hitch - Hiker,» starring Edmond O'Brien, Frank Lovejoy and William Talman, is the only classic film noir directed by a woman, the great Ida Lupino.

My favourite 20: 1 of the films is the only film I saw twice at the cinema this year; 6 are directed by women; 2 are directed by the same director; 2 are animated; 1 is a documentary; Adam Driver, Jeff Bridges, Michael Shannon, Samuel L Jackson, and Joel Edgerton all appear in 2 of the films each; and 7 of the films I saw for the first time at the 2016 Sydney film festival.

«I think in 2014, only 7 percent of the Top 250 grossing films were directed by women.

The festival world is far ahead of the industry (only 8 of last year's top 100 films at the box office were directed by women) and the Academy Awards (where Greta Gerwig became just the fifth woman ever nominated for best director this year).

«Only 3 % of this year's film releases by the six major Hollywood studios are directed by women — the lowest percentage in five years,» said Laura Florence, vice president of marketing and sales at Gravitas Ventures.

20 actors were nominated for leading and supporting roles, but only four of the performers were recognized for films written or directed by women - Laurie Metcalf and Saoirse Ronan for Lady Bird and Octavia Spencer and Sally Hawkins for The Shape of Water.

However, only the latter film was directed by a woman.

While many speculated that the Cate Blanchett - led jury might award only the second Palme d'Or to a film directed by a woman, the most likely contender — Lebanese director Nadine Labaki's «Capernaum» — was instead given Cannes» jury prize.

You have to wonder if a film like this could actually win both Best Picture and Best Director, becoming only the second film directed by a woman in 90 years to do so.

Women's representation is sorely needed both in front of and behind the camera: the Celluloid Ceiling, which tracks women's employment behind the camera, found that in 2017, only 11 % of the top 250 films were directed by wWomen's representation is sorely needed both in front of and behind the camera: the Celluloid Ceiling, which tracks women's employment behind the camera, found that in 2017, only 11 % of the top 250 films were directed by wwomen's employment behind the camera, found that in 2017, only 11 % of the top 250 films were directed by womenwomen.

(One additional note on Best Supporting Actress to segue into surprises: Mary J. Blige is not only the first person ever nominated for Best Supporting Actress and Best Original Song in the same year, but the first actor Oscar - nominated for a film directed by a woman of color, Mudbound's Dee Rees.)

Danish filmmaker Susanne Bier has already proven herself a force in films, becoming the first — and so far only — woman to direct two films nominated for the Oscar for Best Foreign Language Film (she wrote and directed 2006's After the Wedding and 2010's In a Better World).

However, only two films were directed by women.

At the time, 14 percent of US Senators were female (the highest percentage in history), but for the top 100 films made in 2002, only 4 percent were directed by women.