Female Screenwriters Fare Better In Television Than Film. — cinemablend.com

In 2009, women accounted for 17 percent of the writer’s employed in the film portion of the WGA. In 2012, that number fell to 15 percent, with women losing $.05 per dollar to their male counterparts in the same period of time. So for every dollar a male screenwriter was paid in 2009, a female screenwriter was being paid $.82 out of that same dollar. 2012 brought that figure down to $.77 per dollar. In television, however, women were at $.91 per dollar in 2010, and moved up to $.92 in 2012. Not a big increase, but if you want to know why there’s more female voices on television these days, just look at the numbers. Female writers are only outnumbered by a 2:1 factor in TV, while they’re at a 3:1 ratio in the film industry. And yet we’re surprised when a Wonder Woman update can’t get off of the ground. The industry is writing and playing towards the biggest audience it knows: a like minded demographic.

Read More