Article: When the studios don't return your phone call: Helmers look elsewhere for steady employment.(WOMEN IN FILM/CRYSTAL + LUCY AWARDS)

It has been more than 35 years since Women in Film was formed, with the goal to help "women achieve their highest potential within the global entertainment, communication and media industries." In 1973, few females had attained the high-powered position of director in either film or television.

Cut to 2009, when ex-Directors Guild of America president Martha Coolidge (whose helming credits in elude "Valley Girl," "Rambling Rose" and "Introducing Dorothy Dandridge" comments about the number of female directors working in film and television: "It's terrible. The percentage is awful. We're talking ranging between 6% and 11% of the total, with 11 being the highest ...

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