Distribution of Oscar-winning movies in the U.S. 2011-2020, by director's ethnicity

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Laura Carollo,
Feb 12, 2024
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 percent of Academy Award-winning movies had a male lead actor in 2020.

Distribution of Academy Award-winning movies in the United States from 2011 to 2020, by director's ethnicity

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March 2022

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2011 to 2020

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