Statistics on women in film

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. See, e.g., The X-Files, Xena: Warrior Princess, Buffy the Vampire Slayer, Battlestar Galactica.

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.

Women as 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.