Summary

This report is the tenth in a series of annual studies produced by UCLA’s Institute for Research on Labor and Employment (IRLE) to explore relationships between diversity and the bottom line in the Hollywood entertainment industry. Housed within the IRLE and Division of Social Sciences, the recently launched Entertainment and Media Research Initiative (EMRI) – which explores equity and access issues affecting entertainment industry workers and tracks the viewing habits of increasingly diverse audiences – produced the report. This report draws attention to the racial, ethnic, gender (including transgender and non-binary) identities and, starting this year, disability status of those working in key above-the-line jobs in Hollywood’s top films and TV shows in any given year.