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Progress for women movie directors stalled in 2025

By Neda Ulaby
Published December 31, 2025 at 4:09 PM EST

Only 8% of directors with movies in theaters in 2025 were women. That news comes from an annual study from USC Annenberg. It reveals a reversal of trends that were not great to begin with; in 2020, the best year for women directors on record, only 15% of movie directors were women.

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Neda Ulaby reports on arts, entertainment, and cultural trends for NPR's Arts Desk.
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