WMC Investigation 2024: Gender and Non-Acting Oscar Nominations - Full Report

Women made modest year-to-year gains in the non-acting nominations for the 2024 Academy Awards with 32% going to women, matching the previous high set in 2021. Even with an all-time high for women, men still overwhelmingly dominate with 68%, according to a new Women’s Media Center report.

The WMC analysis attributes the increase to more women nominees in the major categories of Best Picture, Best Director, Best Screenplay, and Best Editing, and in the below-the-line crafts categories of Best Makeup, Best Original Score, Best Production Design, Best Visual Effects, and Best Documentary Feature.

For the first time in Oscars history, three films by women are nominated for Best Picture — one by a woman of color. Two of the films, Greta Gerwig’s Barbie and Anatomy of a Fall, directed by Justine Triet, are nominated across multiple categories including Best Picture, while Past Lives, the first film by a woman of Korean descent, Celine Song, to earn a Best Picture nomination, obtained nominations for Best Picture and Best Original Screenplay.

WMC Investigation 2024: Gender and Non-Acting Oscar Nominations - Infographics

Press Release: Gender Parity Remains Elusive as Men Dominate with 68% of Non-Acting Oscar Nominations - Women Make Moderate Gains in Nomination Representation