Sofia Coppola Says She Has to Fight for a "Tiny Fraction" of the Massive Budget Male Directors Get
Sofia Coppola Says She Has to Fight for a "Tiny Fraction" of the Massive Budget Male Directors Get https://t.co/pj7Na3CerR
- The Hollywood Reporter (@THR) December 23, 2023
Sofia Coppola is getting candid about making films on low budgets because, as a woman director, she doesn’t tend to get the massive budgets her male counterparts do.
She had to get creative with the Priscilla Presley biopic, because of its relatively low budget of $20 million.
“I just see all these men getting hundreds of millions of dollars, and then I’m fighting for a tiny fraction of that. I think it’s just left over from the way the culture of that business is. It’s frustrating, but I’m always fighting to get it, and I’m just happy to get to make my movies independently and find people that believe in them.”
She admitted it does have an upside: She doesn’t have to deal with a lot of feedback from higher-ups because they don’t have as much invested in her projects.
“There’s a challenge and a freedom in making things small because if you have a big budget, you have a lot of input from studio executives, and I would never be able to make a movie like that. So, I have that freedom, and then you have to be really crafty, and it was really hard, but I had the best team.”
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