Jessica Jones Season 2 Will be Directed By Women

 

Jessica Jones upcoming second season of the show is looking to double down on this angle as every single episode will be helmed by a female director. This news was initially revealed by Mo Ryan, who was in attendance at Rosenberg’s panel at the Transform Hollywood symposium and relayed the announcement on Twitter. It’s still early days for Jessica Jones season 2, so names of potential directors were not shared.

Although female directors like S.J. Clarkson, Rosemary Rodriguez, and Uta Briesewitz did helm some of Jessica Jones‘first season, nine of the thirteen episodes ultimately credited men as directors.

Rosenberg explicitly hiring only women for the second season is a loud statement in the face of a male-dominated industry. And let’s be honest: anyone who thinks that this kind of progressive approach to filmmaking isn’t necessary is almost assuredly a man. The stories of double standards being applied to women in Hollywood are too many to count and it will take showrunners like Rosenberg taking aggressive stands like this to help balance the scales.

The feminine perspective of Jessica Jones could benefit from having women behind the camera…especially artists who can possibly relate to a female superhero who lives in a world dominated by glorified men flying through the skies while she battles her personal demons on the mean streets below.