Ellen Kuras

The statistics on female cinematographers are abysmal. In 2009, only 2% of the top 250 US grossing films had a female cinematographer.

That would be 5 films. Five films out of 250. Pathetic.

And a woman has never been nominated for an Oscar for cinematography.

American Cinematographer magazine conducted a poll asking its subscribers for their top 10 photographed films for the years 1998-2008. 17,000 people responded and picked Amelie as the top film. Movieline calls the methodology “hinky.”

Only one woman — Ellen Kuras — made the list for The Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind.

But there are some amazing female cinematographers working including: Maryse Alberti, Mandy Walker, Nancy Schreiber, Sandi Sissel among many others (add some more names in the comments).

But this is just another moment to illustrate how much work still needs to be done.

Was Amélie Really the Best-Shot Film of the Last Decade? (Movieline)

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