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Experience

Experience of currently active producers, directors and writers of Australian feature films

Next update May 2016

All | Males | Females

This section looks at the experience of producers, directors and writers who have worked on Australian feature films shot in the last five years (July 2009 to June 2014). Currently active male producers, directors and writers of Australian feature films are more likely than their female counterparts to have multiple credits. Male writers and directors are much more likely than female writers and directors to have two or more credits.

Credits of producers, directors and writers who have had at least one Australian feature film credit in the last five years as at June 2014

All

  1 credit 2 credits 3 credits 4 credits 5+ credits Total no.
No. % No. % No. % No. % No. %
Producers 203 63% 46 14% 29 9% 14 4% 30 9% 322
Directors 119 63% 27 14% 20 11% 8 4% 16 8% 190
Writers 183 71% 28 11% 25 10% 12 5% 11 4% 259

Males

  1 credit 2 credits 3 credits 4 credits 5+ credits Total no.
No. % No. % No. % No. % No. %
Producers 129 61% 31 15% 19 9% 10 5% 23 11% 212
Directors 92 59% 24 15% 18 11% 8 5% 15 10% 157
Writers 133 67% 23 12% 22 11% 12 6% 10 5% 200

Females

  1 credit 2 credits 3 credits 4 credits 5+ credits Total no.
No. % No. % No. % No. % No. %
Producers 68 65% 15 14% 10 10% 4 4% 7 7% 104
Directors 25 81% 3 10% 2 6% 0 0% 1 3% 31
Writers 50 85% 5 8% 3 5% 0 0% 1 2% 59

Source: Screen Australia analysis of credits of theatrically released Australian feature films shot between July 1970 and June 2014.

Notes:
Gender unknown for eight people: six producers and two directors.
Producers, writers and directors are deemed to be ‘currently active’ if they have been credited on at least one Australian feature film in the last five years.
Figures include credits for co-productions but exclude overseas productions made by Australian producers, directors and writers.
Percentages may not total exactly due to rounding.

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