Gender Inequality in Screenwriting Work

Natalie Wreyford is Research Fellow on “Calling the Shots: Women and Contemporary UK Film Culture” at the University of Southampton, UK. She completed her PhD at King’s College London. Prior to this, she worked in screenplay development for many years, including at Granada Films and the UK Film Council.

• 1. Introduction: The extent of gender inequality in film screenwriting work.- 2. Gendering the screenwriter.- 3. Gender, capital and getting in.- 4. The gendered dynamics of the recruitment of screenwriters.- 5. The impact of motherhood on screenwriters.- 6. Being outnumbered.- 7. Gendering taste.- 8. Conclusions: Moving beyond numbers to make change happen.