Oscars: Women Receive Less Than 1 in 5 Nominations in Non-Acting Categories

The Women’s Media Center has studied Oscars for 10 years, concluding that women represent only 19% of non-acting nominations — and the culprit is the industry’s hiring practices. According to the D.C.-based group, women received 327 nominations (less than one in five noms) behind the cameras, compared to 1,387 nods for men. The study covers 19 categories, including producers, writers, directors and cinematographers nominated from 2006 to 2015. This year, women represented 22% of nominees, a high mark for the past decade, though still well below women’s percentage of the population. Read More…