“You have to represent people of color, women and diversity not only in front of the camera but behind it too,” said Gale Anne Hurd today, on how to fix Hollywood’s equality problem at the Los Angeles Film Festival’s Women Make it Happen: A Celebration of Producers panel “If women aren’t able to learn the craft, we’re not going to see the needle move,” The Walking Dead EP added of the vital importance that she thinks programs such the DGA’s shadowing initiative can play in achieving greater gender balance in Hollywood. “Do what you can to expand the marketplace and put your energy into overturning the apple cart, which is a very White Male apple cart,” added fellow panelist Hunger Games producer Nina Jacobson on using commercial success as the wedge to bringing more diverse stories to both the big and little screen. “It takes a conscious act to move the needle,” the American Crime Story EP said. “You have to be mindful about bucking the status quo.”

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