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Jodie Foster says women directors seen as ‘too risky’

  by Fran Blandy and Deborah Cole CANNES, France (AFP) —  Jodie Foster, who presented her first mainstream film as a director in Cannes Thursday, said many studio bosses still dismissed female filmmakers as “too great a risk to take”. The two-time Oscar-winning actress, who began her career at the age of three and is one of a handful of females in Hollywood to carve out a successful directing career, highlighted the challenges women face. […]