Dr. Stacy L. Smith, a leading researcher on diversity and inclusion in Hollywood, has released a new study about rarely discussed but nonetheless important efforts to diversify the animation world. Her findings, published by USC’s Annenberg Inclusion Initiative, reveal that some progress has been made in an industry that can still go much further.
The study evaluated women’s access to both on-screen and production roles, as well as executive positions. The latter was by far the area where women have experienced the most success. Half of the C-suite jobs at major animation studios are filled by women, as well as 68% of vice president positions. While the numbers are much lower in television, researchers find this encouraging, as data suggests that underrepresented groups in leadership roles tend to hire more underrepresented people for jobs up and down productions.
Onscreen, the findings were less inspiring. Just 17% of the top 120 animated...
The study evaluated women’s access to both on-screen and production roles, as well as executive positions. The latter was by far the area where women have experienced the most success. Half of the C-suite jobs at major animation studios are filled by women, as well as 68% of vice president positions. While the numbers are much lower in television, researchers find this encouraging, as data suggests that underrepresented groups in leadership roles tend to hire more underrepresented people for jobs up and down productions.
Onscreen, the findings were less inspiring. Just 17% of the top 120 animated...
- 6/10/2019
- by Christian Zilko
- Indiewire
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