Blankments Posted April 27, 2017 Share Posted April 27, 2017 (edited) I made this during my self-imposed exile of the boards. Essentially, this is a top 100 list of films directed by people who DON'T fall under the category of "straight white male." Obviously (and sadly), a vast majority of films are directed by people who fall into that category, so this is a list intended make one think about the diversity behind the camera of blockbusters. I will update this weekly. Black Panther - 700M Beauty and the Beast – 504M Frozen II - 477M Captain Marvel - 427M Jurassic World: Fallen Kingdom - 417M Wonder Woman - 413M Frozen – 401M Despicable Me 2 – 368M Furious 7 – 353M Zootopia – 341M Minions – 336M Aquaman - 335M Thor: Ragnarok - 315M Independence Day – 306M The Sixth Sense – 294M The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 2 – 292.3M The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn Part 1 – 281.2M Gravity – 274M Shrek - 268M Despicable Me 3 - 265M Despicable Me – 252M Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban – 250M Pirates of the Caribbean: On Stranger Tides – 241M Fast & Furious 6 – 239M Brave – 237M X-Men: Days of Future Past – 234M Signs – 228M The Fate of the Furious – 226M Alvin and the Chipmunks: The Squeakquel – 219.6M How to Train Your Dragon – 217.6M Bohemian Rhapsody - 216.6M Mission: Impossible II - 215.4M X2: X-Men United – 214.9M Fast Five – 209M Bad Boys for Life - 204M Tangled – 200.8M Superman Returns - 200.1M Ice Age: Dawn of the Dinosaurs – 196.57M Ice Age: The Meltdown – 195.3M Twilight – 193M Spider-Man: Into the Spider-Verse - 190M Grease – 188.8M The Day After Tomorrow - 186.7M Pitch Perfect 2 – 184.3M Batman Forever – 184.0M The Revenant – 183.6M What Women Want – 182.8M How to Train Your Dragon 2 – 177.0M Ice Age – 176.4M Get Out – 175.5M Us - 175.0M Crazy Rich Asians - 174M Mary Poppins Returns - 172.0M Chicago – 170.7M The Help – 169.7M Fifty Shades of Grey – 166.2M 2012 – 166.1M Kung Fu Panda 2 – 165.2M The Proposal – 164.0M Straight Outta Compton – 161.2M Die Another Day – 160.9M How to Train Your Dragon: The Hidden World - 160.8M Star Trek Beyond – 159M X-Men – 157.3M Scary Movie – 157.0M X-Men: Apocalypse – 155.4M Fast and Furious – 155.1M Fantastic Four – 154.7M Sex and the City – 152.6M Lilo & Stitch – 145.8M Doctor Dolittle – 144.2M Mamma Mia! - 144.1M Rio – 143.6M Kung Fu Panda 3 - 143.5M The Blair Witch Project – 140.54M Deep Impact - 140.46M Look Who’s Talking - 140.1M Good Will Hunting – 138.4M Split – 138.1M The Conjuring – 137.4M Godzilla (1998) – 136.3M Ride Along – 134.9M Bringing Down the House - 132.7M Hulk – 132.2M Fantastic Four: Rise of the Silver Surfer - 131.9M The Last Airbender – 131.8M Rio 2 – 131.5M Robots – 128.2M Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon – 128.08M Into the Woods – 128.00M 2 Fast 2 Furious – 127.2M Sleepless in Seattle - 126.7M Safe House - 126.4M The Vow – 125.01M Life of Pi – 124.99M Something’s Gotta Give – 124.7M The Good Dinosaur - 123.1M G.I. Joe: Retaliation - 122.5M Wayne’s World - 121.7M Hairspray – 119M Edited April 12, 2020 by Blankments 12 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grim22 Posted April 27, 2017 Share Posted April 27, 2017 Moderation: Nope. Not till the mods decide ground rules for this thread. The weekend threads have been killed by this discussion Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plain Old Tele Posted April 27, 2017 Share Posted April 27, 2017 It might be more interesting to remove the "straight/gay" qualifier at this point. 6 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grim22 Posted April 27, 2017 Share Posted April 27, 2017 Ok. Ground rules - no namecalling, no race baiting, no trolling and please report any inflammatory posts. Please be civil. 11 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aabattery Posted April 27, 2017 Share Posted April 27, 2017 First observation is how much animated stuff is in this list. Kind of interesting. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
baumer Posted April 27, 2017 Share Posted April 27, 2017 So if I am to understand this correctly every one of these films was directed by somebody other than hetero white male? 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plain Old Tele Posted April 27, 2017 Share Posted April 27, 2017 1 minute ago, baumer said: So if I am to understand this correctly every one of these films was directed by somebody other than hetero white male? At least co-directed (there are several animated movies on there with two directors). 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blankments Posted April 27, 2017 Author Share Posted April 27, 2017 46 minutes ago, Tele Came Back said: It might be more interesting to remove the "straight/gay" qualifier at this point. I can get that. My biggest thing I noticed while making the list is how many more gay white males are on the list compared to any other qualifier. BTW, fun fact, there are only two directors on this list that fit for more than one section: Lee Daniels (a gay African-American) and Jennifer Yuh Nelson (a Asian-American female). 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plain Old Tele Posted April 27, 2017 Share Posted April 27, 2017 Just now, Blankments said: I can get that. My biggest thing I noticed while making the list is how many more gay white males are on the list compared to any other qualifier. BTW, fun fact, there are only two directors on this list that fit for more than one section: Lee Daniels (a gay African-American) and Jennifer Yuh Nelson (a Asian-American female). If you have this in a spreadsheet form, it'd be interesting to list their respective statuses. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blankments Posted April 27, 2017 Author Share Posted April 27, 2017 1 minute ago, baumer said: So if I am to understand this correctly every one of these films was directed by somebody other than hetero white male? As Tele stated, a few of these are co-directed (mostly animated films, but there might be a couple live-action ones that have a male and female directing team.) I know Frozen, the Despicable Me movies, and Zootopia all fall under "several directors, but at least one isn't a hetero white male." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blankments Posted April 27, 2017 Author Share Posted April 27, 2017 (edited) 3 minutes ago, Tele Came Back said: If you have this in a spreadsheet form, it'd be interesting to list their respective statuses. The best way for me to do that is just to link you here. I don't have the grosses listed there but all are labeled under the format of "straight white male" but switching out what makes them fit this list. If a movie is co-directed or not is not listed though. Edited April 27, 2017 by Blankments Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kowhite Posted April 27, 2017 Share Posted April 27, 2017 Why is my first thought... Who the hell directed the Squeakquel? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Plain Old Tele Posted April 27, 2017 Share Posted April 27, 2017 5 minutes ago, Blankments said: The best way for me to do that is just to link you here. I don't have the grosses listed there but all are labeled under the format of "straight white male" but switching out what makes them fit this list. If a movie is co-directed or not is not listed though. What's also noteworthy is how many are directed by the same people. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Premium George Posted April 27, 2017 Share Posted April 27, 2017 Why I feel like that there were more females directing big films before 2000? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Barnack Posted April 27, 2017 Share Posted April 27, 2017 2 minutes ago, damnitgeorge08 said: Why I feel like that there were more females directing big films before 2000? It would be probably true: The figures were reported today in the 19th annual Celluloid Ceiling report, released by Dr. Martha Lauzen, executive director of the Center for the Study of Women in Television and Film at San Diego State University, and they demonstrated that the opportunities for women working in top behind-the-camera roles haven't improved in nearly 20 years. The percentage of women directors in 2016 — 7 percent — was down by two percentage points from 1998, the first year of the study, and the percentage of women who held various behind-the-camera roles on films — 17 percent — was even with the percentage achieved in 1998. And Studios were making 180-200 movie a year back then (220 in 2002), it is usually below 150 now (only 114 in 2013, 84 by the studios, 30 by their subsidiaries) 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AniNate Posted April 27, 2017 Share Posted April 27, 2017 Sorry I'm that guy again but you forgot The Good Dinosaur (Peter Sohn, Korean-American) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blankments Posted April 27, 2017 Author Share Posted April 27, 2017 5 minutes ago, tribefan695 said: Sorry I'm that guy again but you forgot The Good Dinosaur (Peter Sohn, Korean-American) Actually you're good. Surprised I didn't catch that. If it's alright with you, I'll add him in next week at a scheduled update. (I also didn't know if Timur Bekmambetov is considered non-white since he's of European origin, but Kazakh people are considered descendants of Mongols, which is obviously Asian.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WrathOfHan Posted April 27, 2017 Share Posted April 27, 2017 I think Shyamalan and Lin tie for the most films at 4 each Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kowhite Posted April 27, 2017 Share Posted April 27, 2017 1 hour ago, tribefan695 said: Sorry I'm that guy again but you forgot The Good Dinosaur (Peter Sohn, Korean-American) Ok, I just have to say... Bob Peterson... Replaced by... Peter Sohn? Coincidence? Or...fate? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
grey ghost Posted April 27, 2017 Share Posted April 27, 2017 Can you do the list without whites? I'm curious how much shorter it would be. @Blankments 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...