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Helen Mirren says the film industry needs more women

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Mariam Zaidi
WVoN co-editor

The British actress Helen Mirren last week called for more female film directors in the industry.

Mirren was at the Karlov Vary International film festival in the Czech Republic where she was being honoured with a lifetime achievement award.

Speaking at the festival, Mirren said she hoped to see an equal number of female directors presenting their movies at the festival next year.

She also paid tribute to filmmaker Nora Ephron, who died last week, adding that Julie Taymor and Kathryn Bigelow had both helped raise the profile of female film directors.

Mirren joins Oscar winning actress Meryl Streep who has also publically spoken out against the lack of equal representation of women in the film industry at all levels and even the lack of movies about women.

But despite the lack of women currently behind the scenes in the film industry, it’s worth remembering that movies about and by women such as The Help, The Iron Lady, Bridesmaids, Mamma Mia! and The Devil Wears Prada have earned over $1.6 billion at the box office over the last few years.

The most famous recent member of the women director club, Angelina Jolie, directorial debut 20011’s film ‘In The Land of Blood and Honey’ was nominated for best foreign language film at the 69 th Golden Globes.

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