Women remain underrepresented in Hollywood as the percentage of female filmmakers stagnated last year, according to a new study.
In 2012, women represented just 18 percent of all directors, producers, writers, cinematographers and editors working on the top 250 domestic grossing films, according to a report from the Center for the Study of Women in Television and Film at San Diego State University titled "The Celluloid Ceiling: Behind-the-Scenes Employment of Women on the Top 250 Films of 2012."
That number remained the same as in 2011, and has increased just 1 percentage point since 1998.
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