{"id":11667,"date":"2011-12-21T02:12:16","date_gmt":"2011-12-21T02:12:16","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2011-12-21T02:12:00","modified_gmt":"2011-12-21T02:12:00","slug":"Angelina-Jolie--Dir-Jennifer-Yuh-Nelson-on-female-directors","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/asiancemagazine.com\/?p=11667","title":{"rendered":"Angelina Jolie & Dir Jennifer Yuh Nelson on female directors"},"content":{"rendered":"

Directorial novice Angelina Jolie\u00a0(In the Land of Blood and Honey) and her Kung Fu Panda 2 director Jennifer Yuh Nelson, the highest-grossing female director of all time, were shot by Peggy Sirota for the cover of the current\u00a0Hollywood Reporter.<\/strong> Recently, they sat down with THR\u00a0senior film writer Pamela McClintock for a frank discussion on the lack of female directors in Hollywood, their own directorial mentors, feelings on awards nominations (Panda 2 leads the Annie noms with 12 and Blood and Honey could get a Golden Globe nomination for best foreign language film) and the status of a Kung Fu Panda 3.<\/p>\n

Their interview ran as a part of THR’s larger female directors package, highlighting Vera Farmiga (Higher Ground), Dee Rees (Pariah), Phyllida Lloyd (The Iron Lady), Lorene Scafaria (Seeking a Friend for the End of the World) and Patty Jenkins (Monster).<\/p>\n

WHAT THEY SAY ABOUT HOLLYWOOD’S DEARTH OF FEMALE DIRECTORS<\/strong>
\nAlthough neither would label herself an activist for female causes per se, the duo are mystified as to why there aren’t more women directors — only 13.4 percent of the DGA’s director members are female. To boot,\u00a0Kung Fu Panda 2\u00a0is only the second animated studio pic solely directed by a woman, after\u00a0The Tigger Movie.
\nAngelina Jolie:<\/strong>\u00a0“Isn’t that crazy? Animated films are so family-oriented, you’d think that there would be women.”
\nJennifer Yuh Nelson:<\/strong>\u00a0I don’t think about the gender thing very much. But when I speak at schools, I’ve had female students say to me afterwards, “I never envisioned myself being a director, since I’ve never seen women do it.” But after seeing me, they can picture themselves directing, so maybe we’ll see more female directors. And half of these kids in art and animation schools are girls.<\/p>\n

FEMALE DIRECTORS AT THE WORLD BOX OFFICE<\/strong>
\n1.\u00a0Kung Fu Panda 2: $663 million<\/strong>
\nDAW\/Paramount (2011)
\nJennifer Yuh Nelson’s sequel narrowly bested the $631.7 million earned by the original\u00a0Kung Fu Panda.<\/p>\n

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