June 29, 2013

ARTICLES: Geena Davis Wants More Girls in Toons

What do Congress, Fortune 500 boards and the Animation Guild have in common? Women account for about 17% of their members, and according to Geena Davis’ keynote address at the annual Conference of the Society for Animation on Wednesday, that 17% is true for children’s media, too.

“Seventeen percent of film directors, producers and writers are female,” Davis said.

“And guess what the percentage of females in crowd scenes in animated movies is? 17%,” Davis said at the USC-held conference. The same stat goes for live-action pics. The Bono-proclaimed “factivist”  went on to explain that the ratio of male to female characters hasn’t changed since 1946.

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