Women Screenwriters Make Up Paltry 17 Percent of Black List 2015

Women accounted for only 17 percent of the screenwriters featured on the 2015 Black List, yet another alarming statistic that reflects the state of gender disparity in Hollywood. Worse, the annual survey of the industry’s best unmade movies is top-heavy with scripts by men, who hold every one of the top 10 vote-getters. The first screenplay with a female writer appears at No. 14 out of 81 scripts: Emma Needell’s family drama “The Water Man,” which was optioned by Oprah Winfrey‘s Harpo Films. Read More…