Female Cinematographers

Women as interested, as a whole, in filmmaking, and does that have to do with? Then why the numbers are so low?

There are a lot of women directors out there but there are none that are as accomplished as Kubrick/Scorsese/etc. One thing that did come to mind is that women getting the opportunity to make big films are a relatively new thing, in which case there hasn’t been enough time for a woman to develop a filmography as extensive as a Hitchcock or Truffaut. Definitely there were more female directors than before in the 80s. However female directors do have a long history.

And the other thing is film industry is still a male dominated industry. The only way this change is step by step; as women continue to make strides in the business, more opportunity will be afforded to women to direct films.

There are other threats for female directors. Family is also a main obstacle now a day. Many parents aren’t aware about the interest and dedication of their daughters to get into this field. Some of them have the dream of being a cinematographer, but they won’t. It’s high time to remove all these unknowingness. They won’t realize that they are killing their daughter’s dreams and future.

But this one isn’t to name as many as you can or simply to talk about their films. I would love to see a female director come along and make something really fantastic. We know women can do it, but the men with the money—and also some of the women with the money—don’t care as much about art, they care about profit.

There’s also pressure in the learning process—do women get side tracked because they know there are more opportunities for them elsewhere in the field?

I would like to hear more from people about whether they think this term applies to women filmmakers. It is discrimination from producers, from critics, or audiences? Or is it discrimination at all? Maybe there are just less female filmmakers to begin with, and if so, does this stem from what Marq said about women choosing other parts of the field because they know it will be difficult to succeed as a director?