Ava DuVernay criticizes total lack of female directors on Game of Thrones (video)
Posted: Tue Jun 27, 2017 2:32 am
http://forum.watchersonthewall.com/
Sooo agree with this.
That would be nice, but implicit bias is a real thing. As it is now, people with the power to make this decisions will think of dude directors first because most directors are dudes and we are used to thinking of directors as dudes and it continues in an infinite loop forever unless people make a motivated decision to actually break out of that loop. Which is hard to do because implicit bias.Sigh... literally who cares. Directors should be hired because of their skill, not because of their gender/race/sexuality/whichever.
arabian wrote: ↑Tue Jun 27, 2017 8:24 amI do agree that there should be more female directors overall. And I do get AD's point of view. However, I think that ship sailed with GOT after season 2 or 3 simply because with something like this it becomes about knowing this universe, the logistics, how this whole operations -- which is massive and intricate -- how these characters and storylines work. And that is something that dropping in a new director in the last 2 or 3 seasons just really isn't going to happen.
Just clarifying: David and Dan announced the Season 8 writers lineup at SXSW, but we haven't heard anything about directors. So it's possible that MacLaren could return (I doubt she will) or that we get another female director(s). However, I doubt we'll get any new directors – male for female – for Season 8.The Dragon Demands wrote: ↑Tue Jun 27, 2017 9:38 pmI explain that in the video - no, they've publicly announced the full list of writers/directors through the final season; no new ones, thus no women.
I did specifically say the last 2 or 3 seasons which would be seasons 6 through 8 and you mentioned season 5. With that said, I didn't realize that they had that many new directors in season 5. And in that case, then there is no excuse. They should be bringing in female directors. I did think the reason they hadn't was because they weren't bringing in new directors period because of the scope of the thing but since that isn't the case... well, then, yeah, there is no excuse.The Dragon Demands wrote: ↑Tue Jun 27, 2017 9:38 pmarabian wrote: ↑Tue Jun 27, 2017 8:24 amI do agree that there should be more female directors overall. And I do get AD's point of view. However, I think that ship sailed with GOT after season 2 or 3 simply because with something like this it becomes about knowing this universe, the logistics, how this whole operations -- which is massive and intricate -- how these characters and storylines work. And that is something that dropping in a new director in the last 2 or 3 seasons just really isn't going to happen.
[blank, incredulous stare]
Michelle MacLaren left after Season 4.
Season 5 had 5 directors, each directing two episodes back to back: Michael Slovis, Mark Mylod, Jeremy Podeswa, Miguel Sapochnik, and David Nutter.
Of these, FOUR OUT OF FIVE were new directors who had never worked on the TV series at all. Only David Nutter had worked on the show before, in Season 2.
omgg get over it lolThe Dragon Demands wrote: ↑Tue Jun 27, 2017 9:38 pmarabian wrote: ↑Tue Jun 27, 2017 8:24 amI do agree that there should be more female directors overall. And I do get AD's point of view. However, I think that ship sailed with GOT after season 2 or 3 simply because with something like this it becomes about knowing this universe, the logistics, how this whole operations -- which is massive and intricate -- how these characters and storylines work. And that is something that dropping in a new director in the last 2 or 3 seasons just really isn't going to happen.
[blank, incredulous stare]
Michelle MacLaren left after Season 4.
Season 5 had 5 directors, each directing two episodes back to back: Michael Slovis, Mark Mylod, Jeremy Podeswa, Miguel Sapochnik, and David Nutter.
Of these, FOUR OUT OF FIVE were new directors who had never worked on the TV series at all. Only David Nutter had worked on the show before, in Season 2.
So you're basing your "new, female directors can't join a show five years into it" theory...on what, exactly?
"Anyhow. Would love to see more women directors next season."
I explain that in the video - no, they've publicly announced the full list of writers/directors through the final season; no new ones, thus no women.