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I Bet You Can't Pass This Women In Hollywood Quiz

Can You Pass This Impossible Women In Hollywood Quiz?

That's right, in 92 years of Oscars, only five women have ever been nominated for Best Director and only one has won.

Only 1

How many women have won the Best Director award at the Oscars?

The only woman to ever win the Oscar for Best Director, Bigelow has also directed other critically acclaimed films such as _Point Break_ and _Zero Dark Thirty_.

It's Kathryn Bigelow!

Who directed _The Hurt Locker_?

According to the USC Annenberg Inclusion Initiative, 10.6% of the top 100 grossing movies of 2019 were directed by women. It's still hard for women to land directing jobs, especially women of color. Although this 10.6% was a record high, there is much room for improvement.

Just 10.6%

Of the Top 100 grossing movies of 2019, what percent were female directed?

_Love Actually_ was directed by Richard Curtis. _Lost in Translation_ (Sofia Coppola), _The Matrix_ (Lilly and Lana Wachowski) and _Big_ (Penny Marshall) were all directed by women.

_Love Actually_

Which of these films was directed by a man?

From 2000 to 2020, there have been 100 nominees for Best Director. Only three have been women. Sofia Coppola was nominated in 2003 for _Lost in Translation_, Kathryn Bigelow was nominated (and won) in 2010 for _The Hurt Locker_, and Greta Gerwig was nominated in 2018 for _Lady Bird_.

Three

From 2000 — 2020, how many women have been NOMINATED for Best Director at the Oscars?

Yep, even these popular films about girls coming of age were directed by men.

None of the above

Which of these films was directed by a woman?

Cate Shortland directed Marvel's newest chapter, _Black Widow_.

It's Black Widow!

Finally, which of these highly anticipated upcoming releases was directed by a woman?

You may not know everything there is to know about female directors, but you can do you part by supporting female-directed films in the future!

At least you tried!

You know a bit when it comes to female-directed films. I'm impressed by your knowledge.

Not too shabby!

You know a lot about female-directed films! You can keep doing your part to support women by watching more female-directed films in the future!

You're an expert!

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