jeff brown spoke with rebecca, who reports on diverty for the hollywood reporter. >> thanks for joining us. i want to start with the question of women behind the camera. directors, writers, other important roles. you have looked at this over time. general terms first when you look at this oscar season, what do you see? >> something that's played out in years past which is we are now getting films in the larger conversation that are considered awards caliber directed by women, but it's still very difficult for them to make it into the final five cut at the academy awards and so this happened again, oscar's so male at least the directing category, even though people can now name specific women that would be nsidered snopes. >>his comes after a few years of successes for women, certainly in the director category. >> yes, absolutely. this is relative success. certainly the fact that we've had greta gerwig in the conversation, chloe chow, jane campion winning best directing oscars, its light years from how it was simply a cade ago. i think there is such a difference between a trend and susta