VIDEO : Despite Strides, The Numbers Show We Still Have Quite The Oscars Gender Gap To Deal With

With all the buzz over woman-directed films this year ? from Patty Jenkins? blockbuster ?Wonder Woman? to Greta Gerwig?s indie darling ?Lady Bird? ? you?d think female filmmakers would have a better shot at the Oscars this year. Far from it. Of the 274 narrative, English-language features eligible for the Academy Awards this year, only 18 percent have a female director or co-director, according to an analysis by TheWrap.