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	* "Feminist critic [[Marjorie Rosen]] documents the situation that, while by the 1920s motion pictures were 'the nation's fourth largest industry,' the percentage of women working as scenarists and screenplay writers slipped from 21 percent in 1928 to 15 percent in 1935, and by 1940 the number had dropped to 11 percent (''Popcorn Venus'', 397)."<ref name="Hassell-1">[[Holly Hassel]], "Fantasy Film", ''[[Women in Science Fiction and Fantasy]]'', Volume 1 (p.102), citing [[Marjorie Rosen]], ''[[Popcorn Venus: Women, Movies, and the American Dream]]''. New York: Avon, 1973.</ref>		* "Feminist critic [[Marjorie Rosen]] documents the situation that, while by the 1920s motion pictures were 'the nation's fourth largest industry,' the percentage of women working as scenarists and screenplay writers slipped from 21 percent in 1928 to 15 percent in 1935, and by 1940 the number had dropped to 11 percent (''Popcorn Venus'', 397)."<ref name="Hassell-1">[[Holly Hassel]], "Fantasy Film", ''[[Women in Science Fiction and Fantasy]]'', Volume 1 (p.102), citing [[Marjorie Rosen]], ''[[Popcorn Venus: Women, Movies, and the American Dream]]''. New York: Avon, 1973.</ref>
	* "Over the last four years [from 2001 to 2004], the percentage of women working as directors, executive producers, producers, writers, cinematographers, and editors on the top 250 domestic grossing films has declined from 19 percent in 2001 to 16 percent in 2004."<ref name="Hassell-2">[[Holly Hassell]], ''Fantasy Film'', ''[[Women in Science Fiction and Fantasy]]'', Volume 1 (p.110), citing [[Martha Lauzen]], "Celluloid Ceiling: Behind-the-Scenes Employment of Women in the Top 250 Films of 2005," MoviesByWomen.com, 2006 [online], http://www.moviesbywomen.com/marthalauzenphd/stats2005.html .</ref>		* "Over the last four years [from 2001 to 2004], the percentage of women working as directors, executive producers, producers, writers, cinematographers, and editors on the top 250 domestic grossing films has declined from 19 percent in 2001 to 16 percent in 2004."<ref name="Hassell-2">[[Holly Hassell]], ''Fantasy Film'', ''[[Women in Science Fiction and Fantasy]]'', Volume 1 (p.110), citing [[Martha Lauzen]], "Celluloid Ceiling: Behind-the-Scenes Employment of Women in the Top 250 Films of 2005," MoviesByWomen.com, 2006 [online], http://www.moviesbywomen.com/marthalauzenphd/stats2005.html .</ref>
	* "And despite the fact they are always shouting about how many women hold high-level jobs, show business remains one of the most sexist industries. Some cold hard facts: the percentage of working female writers in film hovers between 17 and 19 percent. And according to a Writers Guild of America study, that figure has not budged since 1999. Television is a shade better, but the numbers there are pretty uninspiring as well: only 26 percent of TV writers are women."<ref>Tracey Jackson, [http://www.salon.com/life/life_stories/index.html?story=/mwt/feature/2011/02/12/being_aging_woman_in_hollywood_excerpt "When Hollywood Booted Me Out"], Salon.com, 2011/02/12 (condensed excerpt from Jackson's memoir, ''Between a Rock and a Hot Place: Why Fifty is Not the New Thirty'' (2011)).</ref>		* "And despite the fact they are always shouting about how many women hold high-level jobs, show business remains one of the most sexist industries. Some cold hard facts: the percentage of working female writers in film hovers between 17 and 19 percent. And according to a Writers Guild of America study, that figure has not budged since 1999. Television is a shade better, but the numbers there are pretty uninspiring as well: only 26 percent of TV writers are women."<ref>[[Tracey Jackson]], [http://www.salon.com/life/life_stories/index.html?story=/mwt/feature/2011/02/12/being_aging_woman_in_hollywood_excerpt "When Hollywood Booted Me Out"], Salon.com, 2011/02/12 (condensed excerpt from Jackson's memoir, ''Between a Rock and a Hot Place: Why Fifty is Not the New Thirty'' (2011)).</ref>

	==Women as lead actors==		==Women as lead actors==

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	* "Feminist critic [[Marjorie Rosen]] documents the situation that, while by the 1920s motion pictures were 'the nation's fourth largest industry,' the percentage of women working as scenarists and screenplay writers slipped from 21 percent in 1928 to 15 percent in 1935, and by 1940 the number had dropped to 11 percent (''Popcorn Venus'', 397)."<ref name="Hassell-1">[[Holly Hassel]], "Fantasy Film", ''[[Women in Science Fiction and Fantasy]]'', Volume 1 (p.102), citing [[Marjorie Rosen]], ''[[Popcorn Venus: Women, Movies, and the American Dream]]''. New York: Avon, 1973.</ref>		* "Feminist critic [[Marjorie Rosen]] documents the situation that, while by the 1920s motion pictures were 'the nation's fourth largest industry,' the percentage of women working as scenarists and screenplay writers slipped from 21 percent in 1928 to 15 percent in 1935, and by 1940 the number had dropped to 11 percent (''Popcorn Venus'', 397)."<ref name="Hassell-1">[[Holly Hassel]], "Fantasy Film", ''[[Women in Science Fiction and Fantasy]]'', Volume 1 (p.102), citing [[Marjorie Rosen]], ''[[Popcorn Venus: Women, Movies, and the American Dream]]''. New York: Avon, 1973.</ref>
	* "Over the last four years [from 2001 to 2004], the percentage of women working as directors, executive producers, producers, writers, cinematographers, and editors on the top 250 domestic grossing films has declined from 19 percent in 2001 to 16 percent in 2004."<ref name="Hassell-2">[[Holly Hassell]], ''Fantasy Film'', ''[[Women in Science Fiction and Fantasy]]'', Volume 1 (p.110), citing [[Martha Lauzen]], "Celluloid Ceiling: Behind-the-Scenes Employment of Women in the Top 250 Films of 2005," MoviesByWomen.com, 2006 [online], http://www.moviesbywomen.com/marthalauzenphd/stats2005.html .</ref>		* "Over the last four years [from 2001 to 2004], the percentage of women working as directors, executive producers, producers, writers, cinematographers, and editors on the top 250 domestic grossing films has declined from 19 percent in 2001 to 16 percent in 2004."<ref name="Hassell-2">[[Holly Hassell]], ''Fantasy Film'', ''[[Women in Science Fiction and Fantasy]]'', Volume 1 (p.110), citing [[Martha Lauzen]], "Celluloid Ceiling: Behind-the-Scenes Employment of Women in the Top 250 Films of 2005," MoviesByWomen.com, 2006 [online], http://www.moviesbywomen.com/marthalauzenphd/stats2005.html .</ref>
	* "And despite the fact they are always shouting about how many women hold high-level jobs, show business remains one of the most sexist industries. Some cold hard facts: the percentage of working female writers in film hovers between 17 and 19 percent. And according to a Writers Guild of America study, that figure has not budged since 1999. Television is a shade better, but the numbers there are pretty uninspiring as well: only 26 percent of TV writers are women."<ref>Tracey Jackson, [http://www.salon.com/life/life_stories/index.html?story=/mwt/feature/2011/02/12/being_aging_woman_in_hollywood_excerpt "When Hollywood Booted Me Out"], Salon.com, 2011/02/12 (condensed excerpt from Jackson's memoir, ''Between a Rock and a Hot Place: Why Fifty is Not the New Thirty'' (2011).</ref>		* "And despite the fact they are always shouting about how many women hold high-level jobs, show business remains one of the most sexist industries. Some cold hard facts: the percentage of working female writers in film hovers between 17 and 19 percent. And according to a Writers Guild of America study, that figure has not budged since 1999. Television is a shade better, but the numbers there are pretty uninspiring as well: only 26 percent of TV writers are women."<ref>Tracey Jackson, [http://www.salon.com/life/life_stories/index.html?story=/mwt/feature/2011/02/12/being_aging_woman_in_hollywood_excerpt "When Hollywood Booted Me Out"], Salon.com, 2011/02/12 (condensed excerpt from Jackson's memoir, ''Between a Rock and a Hot Place: Why Fifty is Not the New Thirty'' (2011)).</ref>


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	* "Feminist critic [[Marjorie Rosen]] documents the situation that, while by the 1920s motion pictures were 'the nation's fourth largest industry,' the percentage of women working as scenarists and screenplay writers slipped from 21 percent in 1928 to 15 percent in 1935, and by 1940 the number had dropped to 11 percent (''Popcorn Venus'', 397)."<ref name="Hassell-1">[[Holly Hassel]], "Fantasy Film", ''[[Women in Science Fiction and Fantasy]]'', Volume 1 (p.102), citing [[Marjorie Rosen]], ''[[Popcorn Venus: Women, Movies, and the American Dream]]''. New York: Avon, 1973.</ref>		* "Feminist critic [[Marjorie Rosen]] documents the situation that, while by the 1920s motion pictures were 'the nation's fourth largest industry,' the percentage of women working as scenarists and screenplay writers slipped from 21 percent in 1928 to 15 percent in 1935, and by 1940 the number had dropped to 11 percent (''Popcorn Venus'', 397)."<ref name="Hassell-1">[[Holly Hassel]], "Fantasy Film", ''[[Women in Science Fiction and Fantasy]]'', Volume 1 (p.102), citing [[Marjorie Rosen]], ''[[Popcorn Venus: Women, Movies, and the American Dream]]''. New York: Avon, 1973.</ref>
	* "Over the last four years [from 2001 to 2004], the percentage of women working as directors, executive producers, producers, writers, cinematographers, and editors on the top 250 domestic grossing films has declined from 19 percent in 2001 to 16 percent in 2004."<ref name="Hassell-2">[[Holly Hassell]], ''Fantasy Film'', ''[[Women in Science Fiction and Fantasy]]'', Volume 1 (p.110), citing [[Martha Lauzen]], "Celluloid Ceiling: Behind-the-Scenes Employment of Women in the Top 250 Films of 2005," MoviesByWomen.com, 2006 [online], http://www.moviesbywomen.com/marthalauzenphd/stats2005.html .</ref>		* "Over the last four years [from 2001 to 2004], the percentage of women working as directors, executive producers, producers, writers, cinematographers, and editors on the top 250 domestic grossing films has declined from 19 percent in 2001 to 16 percent in 2004."<ref name="Hassell-2">[[Holly Hassell]], ''Fantasy Film'', ''[[Women in Science Fiction and Fantasy]]'', Volume 1 (p.110), citing [[Martha Lauzen]], "Celluloid Ceiling: Behind-the-Scenes Employment of Women in the Top 250 Films of 2005," MoviesByWomen.com, 2006 [online], http://www.moviesbywomen.com/marthalauzenphd/stats2005.html .</ref>
			* "And despite the fact they are always shouting about how many women hold high-level jobs, show business remains one of the most sexist industries. Some cold hard facts: the percentage of working female writers in film hovers between 17 and 19 percent. And according to a Writers Guild of America study, that figure has not budged since 1999. Television is a shade better, but the numbers there are pretty uninspiring as well: only 26 percent of TV writers are women."<ref>Tracey Jackson, [http://www.salon.com/life/life_stories/index.html?story=/mwt/feature/2011/02/12/being_aging_woman_in_hollywood_excerpt "When Hollywood Booted Me Out"], Salon.com, 2011/02/12 (condensed excerpt from Jackson's memoir, ''Between a Rock and a Hot Place: Why Fifty is Not the New Thirty'' (2011).</ref>

	==Women as ~~leads~~==
			==Women as lead actors==
	* [http://blag.xkcd.com/2008/04/10/two-female-leads/ "Two Female Leads"], XKCD went through a variety of films to discover top-billed female actors: virtually no films with two top-billing females; virtually no films with a male/female pair where the female tops the billing; and ''tons'' of films with two top-billing males.		* [http://blag.xkcd.com/2008/04/10/two-female-leads/ "Two Female Leads"], XKCD went through a variety of films to discover top-billed female actors: virtually no films with two top-billing females; virtually no films with a male/female pair where the female tops the billing; and ''tons'' of films with two top-billing males.

	==~~Notes~~==		==References==
	{{reflist}}		{{reflist}}

	~~==Further reading==~~

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	==Women as directors, producers, executives==		==Women as directors, producers, executives==
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	* On the FSFwiki, we have highlighted in bold the episodes written by women on many SF TV series. See, e.g., [[The X-Files]], [[Xena: Warrior Princess]], [[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]], [[Battlestar Galactica]].		* On the FSFwiki, we have highlighted in bold the episodes written by women on many SF TV series. See, e.g., [[The X-Files]], [[Xena: Warrior Princess]], [[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]], [[Battlestar Galactica]].
	* "Feminist critic [[Marjorie Rosen]] documents the situation that, while by the 1920s motion pictures were 'the nation's fourth largest industry,' the percentage of women working as scenarists and screenplay writers slipped from 21 percent in 1928 to 15 percent in 1935, and by 1940 the number had dropped to 11 percent (''Popcorn Venus'', 397)."<ref>[[Holly Hassel]], "Fantasy Film", ''[[Women in Science Fiction and Fantasy]]'', Volume 1 (p.102), citing [[Marjorie Rosen]], ''[[Popcorn Venus: Women, Movies, and the American Dream]]''. New York: Avon, 1973.</ref>		* "Feminist critic [[Marjorie Rosen]] documents the situation that, while by the 1920s motion pictures were 'the nation's fourth largest industry,' the percentage of women working as scenarists and screenplay writers slipped from 21 percent in 1928 to 15 percent in 1935, and by 1940 the number had dropped to 11 percent (''Popcorn Venus'', 397)."<ref name="Hassell-1">[[Holly Hassel]], "Fantasy Film", ''[[Women in Science Fiction and Fantasy]]'', Volume 1 (p.102), citing [[Marjorie Rosen]], ''[[Popcorn Venus: Women, Movies, and the American Dream]]''. New York: Avon, 1973.</ref>
			* "Over the last four years [from 2001 to 2004], the percentage of women working as directors, executive producers, producers, writers, cinematographers, and editors on the top 250 domestic grossing films has declined from 19 percent in 2001 to 16 percent in 2004."<ref name="Hassell-2">[[Holly Hassell]], ''Fantasy Film'', ''[[Women in Science Fiction and Fantasy]]'', Volume 1 (p.110), citing [[Martha Lauzen]], "Celluloid Ceiling: Behind-the-Scenes Employment of Women in the Top 250 Films of 2005," MoviesByWomen.com, 2006 [online], http://www.moviesbywomen.com/marthalauzenphd/stats2005.html .</ref>

	==Women as leads==		==Women as leads==

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	* On the FSFwiki, we have highlighted in bold the episodes written by women on many SF TV series. See, e.g., [[The X-Files]], [[Xena: Warrior Princess]], [[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]], [[Battlestar Galactica]].		* On the FSFwiki, we have highlighted in bold the episodes written by women on many SF TV series. See, e.g., [[The X-Files]], [[Xena: Warrior Princess]], [[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]], [[Battlestar Galactica]].
	* "Feminist critic [[Marjorie Rosen]] documents the situation that, while by the 1920s motion pictures were 'the nation's fourth largest industry,' the percentage of women working as scenarists and screenplay writers slipped from 21 percent in 1928 to 15 percent in 1935, and by 1940 the number had dropped to 11 percent (''Popcorn Venus'', 397)."<ref>[[Holly Hassel]], "Fantasy Film", ''Women in Science Fiction and Fantasy]]'', Volume 1 (p.102), citing [[Marjorie Rosen]], ''[[Popcorn Venus: Women, Movies, and the American Dream]]''. New York: Avon, 1973.</ref>		* "Feminist critic [[Marjorie Rosen]] documents the situation that, while by the 1920s motion pictures were 'the nation's fourth largest industry,' the percentage of women working as scenarists and screenplay writers slipped from 21 percent in 1928 to 15 percent in 1935, and by 1940 the number had dropped to 11 percent (''Popcorn Venus'', 397)."<ref>[[Holly Hassel]], "Fantasy Film", ''[[Women in Science Fiction and Fantasy]]'', Volume 1 (p.102), citing [[Marjorie Rosen]], ''[[Popcorn Venus: Women, Movies, and the American Dream]]''. New York: Avon, 1973.</ref>

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	==Notes==		==Notes==
	{{reflist}}		{{reflist}}

			==Further reading==


	[[Category:Film industry]]		[[Category:Film industry]]

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	==Women as directors, producers, executives==		==Women as directors, producers, executives==
	* We have highlighted in bold the episodes directed by women on many SF TV series. See, e.g., [[The X-Files]], [[Xena: Warrior Princess]], [[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]], [[Battlestar Galactica]].		* On the FSFwiki, we have highlighted in bold the episodes directed by women on many SF TV series. See, e.g., [[The X-Files]], [[Xena: Warrior Princess]], [[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]], [[Battlestar Galactica]].

	==Women as writers==		==Women as writers==
	* We have highlighted in bold the episodes written by women on many SF TV series. See, e.g., [[The X-Files]], [[Xena: Warrior Princess]], [[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]], [[Battlestar Galactica]].		* On the FSFwiki, we have highlighted in bold the episodes written by women on many SF TV series. See, e.g., [[The X-Files]], [[Xena: Warrior Princess]], [[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]], [[Battlestar Galactica]].
			* "Feminist critic [[Marjorie Rosen]] documents the situation that, while by the 1920s motion pictures were 'the nation's fourth largest industry,' the percentage of women working as scenarists and screenplay writers slipped from 21 percent in 1928 to 15 percent in 1935, and by 1940 the number had dropped to 11 percent (''Popcorn Venus'', 397)."<ref>[[Holly Hassel]], "Fantasy Film", ''Women in Science Fiction and Fantasy]]'', Volume 1 (p.102), citing [[Marjorie Rosen]], ''[[Popcorn Venus: Women, Movies, and the American Dream]]''. New York: Avon, 1973.</ref>

	==Women as leads==		==Women as leads==
	* [http://blag.xkcd.com/2008/04/10/two-female-leads/ "Two Female Leads"], XKCD went through a variety of films to discover top-billed female actors: virtually no films with two top-billing females; virtually no films with a male/female pair where the female tops the billing; and ''tons'' of films with two top-billing males.		* [http://blag.xkcd.com/2008/04/10/two-female-leads/ "Two Female Leads"], XKCD went through a variety of films to discover top-billed female actors: virtually no films with two top-billing females; virtually no films with a male/female pair where the female tops the billing; and ''tons'' of films with two top-billing males.

			==Notes==
			{{reflist}}

	[[Category:Film industry]]		[[Category:Film industry]]

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	==Women as writers==		==Women as writers==
	* We have highlighted in bold the episodes written by women on many SF TV series.		* We have highlighted in bold the episodes written by women on many SF TV series. See, e.g., [[The X-Files]], [[Xena: Warrior Princess]], [[Buffy the Vampire Slayer]], [[Battlestar Galactica]].

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This page collects information about and statistics on women in film.

==Women as directors, producers, executives==
* We have highlighted in bold the episodes directed by women on many SF TV series.

==Women as writers==
* We have highlighted in bold the episodes written by women on many SF TV series.

==Women as leads==
* [http://blag.xkcd.com/2008/04/10/two-female-leads/ "Two Female Leads"], XKCD went through a variety of films to discover top-billed female actors: virtually no films with two top-billing females; virtually no films with a male/female pair where the female tops the billing; and ''tons'' of films with two top-billing males.

[[Category:Film industry]]
[[Category:Creating SF]]