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“The Little Prince” director Mark Osborne was in New York City on August 30 for a special screening of his film for members of Women in Animation and ASIFA. During the Q&A discussion that followed, he explained not only the film itself, but also his interest in promoting greater gender parity behind the scenes. “I was inspired by my daughter to create [the Little Girl protagonist of the film],” Osborne explained. “I wanted to have a woman’s point of view to balance my own thoughts and ideas.”

Before this film he was nominated for an Oscar for “Kung Fu Panda” (2008). He was proud of that film for including Tigress and Viper as positive female role models — until it was pointed out to him that they were the only two major female characters in the entire film, and he thought to himself, “Oh, I’m an idiot.” So for this female-centered story he actively sought as many female animators as he could find to take part in the project. “We had 40-45% women animators. I was very happy and lucky because the Little Girl is in practically every frame of the movie, and it was important to us to get that right.”

Like the film’s protagonist, Osborne’s feminism is inspired by his daughter. “She now wants to be an animator,” he revealed. “I’m going to try to make the world a better place for everybody who’s trying to work in animation, women in particular, and selfishly for my daughter.”

More about the story here

http://www.goldderby.com/article/20...flix-gender-equality-feminism-news-793152468/

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[Platy]

Sad that so much people need to have a daughter to show empathy to women.

But awesome that he is doing this ! =D
Disney left a pretty big sexist mark on the industry =/