Despite the incredible success of Greta Gerwig's "Barbie, researchers say progress for women directors hasn't progressed. Women comprised only 5.6% of directors of the top-grossing 1,600 films from 2007 to 2022, according to @USCAnnenberg's annual study. "White male directors benefit from repeat opportunities more often than women and people of color," the report's authors, Stacy L Smith, Ph.D., Katherine Pieper, Ph.D., and Sam Wheeler, wrote. "Hiring women and people of color more than once across popular motion pictures is one important solution for change." @SDSU's Center for the Study of Women in Television and Film also reported progress for women directors has stalled. Read in @BusinessInsider businessinsider.com/barbie-h…. @Inclusionists @ReignOfApril @Variety @THR @luchina @IAMQUEENLATIFAH @ManelWatchUS @ReeseW @MAKERSwomen @SpinItSocial #WomenToFollow 3x