The statistic presents a distribution of "Best Director" winners at the Academy Awards from 1927 to 2015, by gender. It was found that only one percent of all "Best Director" winners were female, and this one percent is represented by Kathryn Bigelow, who won the award in 2010 for her film "The Hurt Locker".
Distribution of "Best Director" winners at the Academy Awards from 1927 to 2015, by gender
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Lee & Low Books. (February 23, 2017). Distribution of "Best Director" winners at the Academy Awards from 1927 to 2015, by gender [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 12, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/321282/best-director-winner-academy-awards-gender/
Lee & Low Books. "Distribution of "Best Director" winners at the Academy Awards from 1927 to 2015, by gender." Chart. February 23, 2017. Statista. Accessed August 12, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/321282/best-director-winner-academy-awards-gender/
Lee & Low Books. (2017). Distribution of "Best Director" winners at the Academy Awards from 1927 to 2015, by gender. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 12, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/321282/best-director-winner-academy-awards-gender/
Lee & Low Books. "Distribution of "Best Director" Winners at The Academy Awards from 1927 to 2015, by Gender." Statista, Statista Inc., 23 Feb 2017, https://www.statista.com/statistics/321282/best-director-winner-academy-awards-gender/
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