At WIF’s inaugural meeting, Wilkerson and eight women realized they had to grow their ranks. Word spread quickly, and at least 50 women, including Barbara Boyle, who would soon become CEO of Roger Corman’s New World Pictures, crowded intolobby for the second meeting. “I was amazed to find that terrific women were working in the industry, because my whole world had been men,” Boyle told Gregory. “Tichi made it clear that older women — she meant me — had an obligation to contribute what we knew.
I had been running Outfest as director of programming and then executive director for more than a decade. At that moment, gay marriage was in a different place, transgender rights were on a positive trajectory. I was seeing among the women I knew, directors in particular, that they were not having as much success as their male counterparts. I thought I could bring everything I had done to this organization and help us move this cause forward.
How do you think the AMPAS inclusion standards will affect the statistics? Some people say not that much needs to be done to meet those criteria. In some areas we’re on track, and in some areas we’re still woefully behind. For example, we took a big leap in directors in 2021. Then it’s been stagnant, so it’s multiple years’ worth of data that tells the clearest story. I did a little exercise once, where I mapped out if we increased by 5 percent, how long would it take us to get to 50 percent? And in some areas it would take until 2075.That’s huge.
There was a TV show that shot in L.A. a few years ago with a couple of different moms who were directors, and they would cover for each other. Somebody would go home to feed the kids, put them to bed, somebody would cover their set while they were gone, and then they’d come back and wrap out the day. I don’t think the DGA loves that, but that’s how we get creative. Frankly, dads should be doing that, too.
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