Female Movie Directors; what's happening?

Question

In every aspect of our society, women have improved increased their power. In politics, government, business, acting, sports, film writing etc.

Yet there seems to be no advance in movie directing. In the last ten years, NORA EPHRON, PENNY MARSHALL, MARTHA COOLIDGE, and AMY HECKERLING have not made a truly successful movie. The only commercially successful female director in the last ten years has been NANCY MEYERS. Of course, the young SOFIA COPPOLA had her artistic success "Lost in Translation" which also made a lot of money compared to it's minuscule budget.

The modest gains that women directors made in the 1980's and 1990's seem to be slipping away. Why is there no up and coming female directors in their thirties, forties or fifties?

And a related question, only Penny Marshall has directed big budget films that are not comedies like "A League of Their Own" and "Awakenings". Do you think a woman will ever direct a "buddy film" or an "action film" or a "horror film" or an "animated film" or a "sci-fi film" or a "musical" or a surreal film in the style of Coen Brothers or Terry Gilliam?

Answer 1

Did you ever hear about Agnes Varda or Mira Nair (Salaam Bombay)?

Answer 2

I think the real problem is that it is STILL a male-dominated society and women directors aren;t really given a chance