Oscars not so white, but still very male

Is it time for #OscarsSoMale? A racially diverse slate of acting nominees saved the film academy from an #OscarsSoWhite three-peat, but the list of nominated directors and writers was overwhelmingly male.

There were no women in the directors' category. (Ava DuVernay's 13th was nominated for best documentary, for which there is no separate directing category.)

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With a nomination for Hidden Figures as best adapted screenplay, co-writer Allison Schroeder is the lone woman on the screenwriter lists; there is no woman nominated for best original screenplay.

Women usually make a slightly better showing in the writing categories. Last year, four of the 20 nominees were female, although 2015 was all-male. Only 17 women have won - eight in original, nine in adapted screenplay.

The director's list is a much more famous boy's club. In almost 90 years of Oscars, a scant four female directors have received nominations, and only one - Kathryn Bigelow for The Hurt Locker - has ever won.

The announcement of the 2017 Oscar nominations prompted some women and men on Twitter to question why more women had not been recognised.

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The Los Angeles Times