Half the Picture

Half the Picture is a 2018 American documentary film by Amy Adrion about women directors in Hollywood and the struggles they face.^[1][2][3] It premiered at the 2018 Sundance Film Festival and was given a limited release in theaters on June 8, 2018.

Half the Picture
Film poster
Directed by	Amy Adrion
Produced by	Amy Adrion Jude Harris (as David Harris)
Cinematography	Yamit Shimonovitz Soraya Sélène
Edited by	Kate Hackett
Production company	Leocadia Films
Distributed by	Gravitas Ventures
Release dates	January 23, 2018 (2018-01-23) (Sundance) June 8, 2018 (2018-06-08)
Running time	94 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Interviewed for this film

• Stacy Smith of the USC Annenberg Inclusion Initiative^[4]
• Martha Lauzen of San Diego State University^[4]
• Ava DuVernay^[5]
• Mary Harron^[5]
• Penelope Spheeris^[5]
• Catherine Hardwicke^[5]
• Brenda Chapman^[5]
• Miranda July^[5]
• Lena Dunham^[5]
• Martha Coolidge^[6]
• Kimberly Peirce^[7]

Reception

The film earned acclaim for its personal approach regarding how women directors navigate Hollywood sexism, centering stories from women directors themselves.^{[8][9][10][11][12]}

On the review aggregator website Rotten Tomatoes, 100% of 21 critics' reviews are positive, with an average rating of 8.5/10.^[13] Metacritic, which uses a weighted average, assigned the film a score of 76 out of 100, based on five critics, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.^[14]

Susan Wloszczyna of RogerEbert.com gave the film three out of four stars and wrote, "Documentaries that rely on a steady stream of talking heads—interspersed here with fleeting film clips—usually are not my favorite. However, when those heads belong to talented and perceptive women who rarely get a chance to speak their minds let alone get hired to make a movie, I can definitely make an exception."^[12]