Distribution of "Best Director" winners at the Academy Awards 1927-2015, by gender

Published by Statista Research Department, Jan 5, 2023
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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February 2017

Region

United States

Survey time period

1927 to 2015

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