Stamp Recipients
Include Booksmart, Captain Marvel, Harriet, Hustlers, Little Women,
and Queen & Slim
30% Increase from 20
Recipients in 2018; Number of Female Directors of Color Remains
Stagnant at 4
ReFrameTM (ReFrameProject.org), a coalition of industry
professionals and partner companies founded by Sundance Institute
and Women In Film, whose mission is to increase the number of women
of all backgrounds working in film, TV and media — and IMDbPro
(imdbpro.com) — the essential resource for entertainment industry
professionals — announced today the third class of ReFrame Stamp
Feature Film recipients based on an extensive analysis of IMDbPro
data on the top 100 domestic-grossing films of 2019. The full list
of recipients can be found here.
The ReFrame Stamp recognizes gender-balanced narrative and
animated features from 2019 that include Booksmart, Captain
Marvel, Harriet, Hustlers, and Little Women. The 2019
top 100 results show an uptick from 20 to 26 ReFrame Stamp
recipients from 2018, which reflects gains for women in the
important roles of director, department heads, and women of color
leads and co-leads. In 2019 there were 12 women directors (12
percent) in the top 100 films at the box office as compared to 4 (4
percent) in 2018 — with 4 of those directors being a woman of
color. Additionally, the numbers reveal a 17% decrease in women
writers with 23 in 2018 to 19 in 2019. There was an increase from
zero to 3 women of color writers in 2019 (one woc writer wrote two
scripts and is counted once). Additionally of note: 16 of the films
that received the stamp were from directors who are men,
demonstrating meaningfully that any film can be awarded the stamp
if they apply gender-balanced criteria.
Alison Emilio, ReFrame Director, added: “We launched the ReFrame
Stamp with IMDbPro three years ago as a change lever to promote
more inclusive hiring practices at all levels of production. The
call to action is simple. Use the ReFrame criteria, improve hiring
outcomes, get the stamp.”
Director Olivia Wilde, ReFrame Stamp recipient for
Booksmart, said: “I see the ReFrame Stamp as an important
lever for change to help women and people of color break through
the boundaries and level the playing field. Stamp criteria helped
me focus on who would be best for the job – and I was able to hire
an incredibly diverse and balanced crew to curate the environment I
always wanted to see on a set.”
Director Nisha Ganatra added: “We are so proud to have
earned the ReFrame Stamp on Late Night. It’s important to
all of us to achieve gender parity both in front of and behind the
camera and the Stamp shows that a movie has done just that!”
The ReFrame Stamp is being adopted and showcased in end credits
(for feature films such as Booksmart, Destroyer, Five Feet Apart,
Last Christmas, and Late Night, as well as for television and
streaming series including Grey’s Anatomy, The Handmaid’s Tale, How
to Get Away with Murder, Scandal, and Fear the Walking Dead),
marketing and publicity materials, social channels, film websites,
and ReFrameProject.org. The Stamp also appears on IMDb at
IMDb.com/ReFrame and in the “Awards” section of IMDb and IMDbPro
Title Pages for ReFrame Stamp recipients. The ReFrame Stamp serves
as a mark of distinction for film and television and streaming
series that have demonstrated success in gender-balanced hiring
based on criteria developed by ReFrame in consultation with ReFrame
Ambassadors, producers and other industry experts. Stamps are
awarded to narrative features and television and streaming series
that hire female-identifying people in four out of eight critical
areas of their production, including: writer, director, producer,
lead, co-lead, speaking parts, department heads and crew.
Additional points are awarded to content that has women of color in
key positions. The criteria are iterative and will change over time
as the industry evolves. For more information or to apply for the
ReFrame Stamp, please visit ReFrameProject.org/stamp.
2019 ReFrame Stamp – Top 100-Grossing
Narrative & Animated Feature Recipients
A Dog’s Way Home / USA 2019 (Director: Charles Martin
Smith, Screenwriters: Cathryn Michon, W. Bruce Cameron, Producers:
Gavin Polone, Distributor: Sony Pictures Releasing)
Abominable / USA 2019 (Director: Jill Culton,
Screenwriters: Jill Culton, Producers: Suzanne Buirgy, Peilin Chou,
Dave Polsky, Distributor: Universal Pictures)
Alita: Battle Angel / USA 2019 (Director: Robert
Rodriguez, Screenwriters: Laeta Kalogridis, Producers: James
Cameron, Jon Landau, Distributor: 20th Century Fox)
Black and Blue / USA 2019 (Director: Deon Taylor,
Screenwriters: Peter A. Dowling, Producers: Roxanne Avent, Sean
Sorensen, Distributor: Sony Pictures Releasing)
Booksmart / USA (Director: Olivia Wilde, Screenwriters:
Emily Halpern, Sarah Haskins, Katie Silberman, Producers: Chelsea
Barnard, David Distenfeld, Jessica Elbaum, Megan Ellison,
Distributor: United Artists Releasing)
Breakthrough / USA 2019 (Director: Roxann Dawson,
Screenwriters: Grant Nieporte, Producers: DeVon Franklin,
Distributor: 20th Century Fox)
Captain Marvel / USA 2019 (Director: Anna Boden,
Screenwriters: Anna Boden, Geneva Robertson-Dworet, Producers:
Kevin Feige, Distributor: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
Cats / USA 2019 (Director: Tom Hooper, Screenwriters: Lee
Hall, Tom Hooper, Producers: Tim Bevan, Eric Fellner, Debra
Hayward, Tom Hooper, Distributor: Universal Pictures)
Dora and the Lost City of Gold / USA 2019 (Director:
James Bobin, Screenwriters: Matthew Robinson, Nicholas Stoller,
Producers: Kristin Burr, Distributor: Paramount Pictures)
Escape Room / USA 2019 (Director: Adam Robitel,
Screenwriters: Maria Melnik, Producers: Ori Marmur, Neal H. Moritz,
Distributor: Sony Pictures Releasing)
Five Feet Apart / USA 2019 (Director: Justin Baldoni,
Screenwriters: Mikki Daughtry, Tobias Iaconis, Producers: Cathy
Schulman, Distributor: CBS Films / Lionsgate)
Frozen 2 / USA 2019 (Director: Jennifer Lee, Chris Buck,
Screenwriters: Jennifer Lee, Producers: Peter Del Vecho,
Distributor: Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures)
Harriet / USA 2019 (Director: Kasi Lemmons,
Screenwriters: Kasi Lemmons, Gregory Allen Howard, Producers:
Gregory Allen Howard, Debra Martin Chase, Daniela Lundberg,
Distributor: Focus Features)
Hustlers / USA 2019 (Director: Lorene Scafaria,
Screenwriters: Lorene Scafaria, Producers: Jessica Elbaum, Elaine
Goldsmith-Thomas, Jennifer Lopez, Distributor: STX
Entertainment)
Isn’t It Romantic / USA 2019 (Director: Todd
Strauss-Schulson, Screenwriters: Erin Cardillo, Dana Fox, Katie
Silberman, Producers: Gina Matthews, Distributor: Warner Brothers
Pictures)
Last Christmas / USA 2019 (Director: Paul Feig,
Screenwriters: Emma Thompson, Bryony Kimmings, Producers: Paul
Feig, Jessie Henderson, David Livingstone, Emma Thompson,
Distributor: Universal Pictures)
Little / USA 2019 (Director: Tina Gordon, Screenwriters:
Tina Gordon, Producers: Kenya Barris, James Lopez, Will Packer,
Distributor: Universal Pictures)
Little Women / USA 2019 (Director: Greta Gerwig,
Screenwriters: Greta Gerwig, Producers: Denise Di Novi, Amy Pascal,
Robin Swicord, Distribution: Sony Pictures Releasing)
Long Shot / USA 2019 (Director: Jonathan Levine,
Screenwriters: Liz Hannah, Producers: Beth Kono, Charlize Theron,
Distributor: Lionsgate)
Ma / USA 2019 (Director: Tate Taylor, Screenwriters:
Scotty Landes, Producers: Jason Blum, John Norris, Tate Taylor,
Distributor: Universal Pictures)
Queen & Slim / USA 2019 (Director: Melina Matsoukas,
Screenwriters: Lena Waithe, Producers: James Frey, Lena Waithe,
Melina Matsoukas, Michelle Knudsen, Andrew Coles, Brad Weston,
Pamela Abdy, Distributor: Universal Pictures)
The Curse of La Llorona / USA 2019 (Director: Michael
Chaves, Screenwriters: Mikki Daughtry, Producers: Gary Dauberman,
Emile Gladstone, James Wan, Distributor: Warner Brothers
Pictures)
The Hustle / USA 2019 (Director: Chris Addison,
Screenwriters: Jac Schaeffer, Producers: Rebel Wilson, Distributor:
United Artists Releasing)
UglyDolls / USA 2019 (Director: Kelly Asbury,
Screenwriters: Alison Peck, Producers: Jane Hartwell, Distributor:
STX Entertainment)
Us / USA 2019 (Director: Jordan Peele, Screenwriters:
Jordan Peele, Producers: Jason Blum, Distributor: Universal
Pictures)
What Men Want / USA 2019 (Director: Adam Shankman,
Screenwriters: Tina Gordon, Peter Huyck, Alex Gregory, Producers:
James Lopez, Will Packer, Distributor: Paramount Pictures)
About ReFrame
Founded and led by Women In Film and Sundance Institute, ReFrame
is an initiative that employs a unique strategy, a peer-to-peer
approach, in which ReFrame Ambassadors engage with senior industry
decision-makers at over 50 Partner Companies to implement ReFrame
programs. The initiative’s goals are to provide research, support,
and a practical framework that can be used by Partner companies to
mitigate bias during the creative decision-making and hiring
process, celebrate successes, and measure progress toward a more
gender-representative industry on all levels. For more information
download the ReFrame Culture Change Handbook or visit
ReFrameProject.org.
ReFrame is made possible by support from The David and Lura
Lovell Foundation; The Harnisch Foundation; Hulu; IMDbPro; Mercer;
the Women at Sundance Leadership Council: Ruth Ann Harnisch, Katy
Drake Bettner, Barbara Bridges, Abigail Disney, Suzanne Lerner,
Cristina Ljungberg, Ann Lovell, Pat Mitchell, Susan Bay Nimoy,
Patty Quillin, Brenda Robinson, Kimberly Steward, Lynda Weinman,
Jenifer Westphal, and Jacki Zehner; Delta Air Lines; Pritzker
Pucker Family Foundation; and an anonymous donor.
About Sundance Institute
Founded in 1981 by Robert Redford, Sundance Institute is a
nonprofit organization that provides and preserves the space for
artists in film, theatre, and media to create and thrive. The
Institute's signature Labs, granting, and mentorship programs,
dedicated to developing new work, take place throughout the year in
the U.S. and internationally. Sundance Co//ab, a digital community
platform, brings artists together to learn from each other and
Sundance Advisors and connect in a creative space, developing and
sharing works in progress. The Sundance Film Festival and other
public programs connect audiences and artists to ignite new ideas,
discover original voices, and build a community dedicated to
independent storytelling. Sundance Institute has supported such
projects as The Farewell, Late Night, The Souvenir, The
Infiltrators, Sorry to Bother You, Eighth Grade, Won't You Be My
Neighbor?, Hereditary, RBG, Call Me By Your Name, Get Out, The Big
Sick, Top of the Lake, Winter's Bone, Dear White People, Little
Miss Sunshine, Beasts of the Southern Wild, Fruitvale Station,
State of the Union, Indecent, Spring Awakening, A Gentleman’s Guide
to Love and Murder and Fun Home. Join Sundance Institute on
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About Women In Film, Los Angeles
Women In Film advocates for and advances the careers of women
working in the screen industries––to achieve parity and transform
culture. Founded in 1973, Women In Film supports all women working
in film, TV, and digital media from emerging to advanced career.
Our distinguished programs include: mentoring, speaker &
screening series, production training program, writing labs, film
finishing funds, legal aid and an annual financing intensive. Women
In Film advocates for gender parity through research, education and
media campaigns. Women In Film honors the achievements of women in
Hollywood through the legacy series, annual Emmy and Oscar parties
and our signature event, the Crystal + Lucy Awards. Membership is
open to all media professionals and more information can be found
on our website: wif.org. Follow Women In Film on Facebook,
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About IMDbPro
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