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Originally Posted by AENeuman
There's no female Lennon, Cole Porter, Dylan, Ellington, Clapton, Quincy Jones, Russell Simmons, Rick Rubin, Tarantino, Spike Lee. And many of the people mentioned above came from environments much harder than the average female of the last 30 plus years.
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Now you are talking influence as much as art. Aretha, Oprah Winfrey and Madonna have contributed as much or more than any of these folks to Western culture, regardless of whether you like what they have produced.
Directing is a lot harder to get into because someone has to trust you with many millions of dollars. Since the men with the money are still, for the most part, men, it is hardly surprising that women have not risen very quickly in those ranks. I think "Twilight," with a $70 mil budget, is the largest ever provided by a studio for a female director.
The wikipedia list of box office bombs is interesting. Of the 20 biggest box office bombs of all time as a percentage of budget lost, none were directed by women. Of the 25 biggest box office bombs of all time in order of budget size, none were directed by women. Most of these films were made in the last 20 years.
My point is, of course there are no "great" female directors -- none have been given a shot to be great. Hollywood has preferred to give money to mediocre to bad male directors instead of giving a woman a shot.