Mujeres directivas y creadoras en el audiovisual. Análisis de las series de ficción españolas presentes en los catálogos de Amazon Prime Video, Movistar+ y Netflix (2019-2021)

Abstract

This paper studies the presence of female directors and creators in Spanish fiction series released by Movistar+, Netflix and Amazon Prime Video between 2019 and 2021. We reviewed the literature, analysed the technical specifications of the 66 Spanish fiction series released during the study period on the 3 platforms and carried out a semi-structured questionnaire with 15 female directors and creators to find out their perspective on the situation of women in the Spanish audiovisual industry. The results indicate a great inequality in decision-making positions, with women occupying 29.7% of these roles. Parity is a distant goal, with only 20.9% of female directors, 32% of female producers and 33.4% of female scriptwriters, while only 6.1% of titles are conceived with a gender approach. The difficulties faced by women in the sector and the prejudices about their ability are highlighted, as well as the need for them to occupy positions of responsibility and to be able to promote a greater presence of women in the teams.