Around 62.5 percent of the movies that won an Academy Award in 2020 had non-white directors. A decade earlier, all Oscar-winning films had white directors. Approximately 75
Distribution of Academy Award-winning movies in the United States from 2011 to 2020, by director's ethnicity
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University of California (Social Sciences). (March 24, 2022). Distribution of Academy Award-winning movies in the United States from 2011 to 2020, by director's ethnicity [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved March 29, 2024, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/692510/oscar-winners-by-director-race/
University of California (Social Sciences). "Distribution of Academy Award-winning movies in the United States from 2011 to 2020, by director's ethnicity." Chart. March 24, 2022. Statista. Accessed March 29, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/692510/oscar-winners-by-director-race/
University of California (Social Sciences). (2022). Distribution of Academy Award-winning movies in the United States from 2011 to 2020, by director's ethnicity. Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: March 29, 2024. https://www.statista.com/statistics/692510/oscar-winners-by-director-race/
University of California (Social Sciences). "Distribution of Academy Award-winning Movies in The United States from 2011 to 2020, by Director's Ethnicity." Statista, Statista Inc., 24 Mar 2022, https://www.statista.com/statistics/692510/oscar-winners-by-director-race/
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Distribution of Academy Award-winning movies in the United States from 2011 to 2020, by director's ethnicity [Graph], University of California (Social Sciences), March 24, 2022. [Online]. Available: https://www.statista.com/statistics/692510/oscar-winners-by-director-race/