Sofia Coppola Gets Real On 'Fighting For A Tiny Fraction' Of What Male Directors Get

The filmmaker voiced her frustration at the gender disparity in Hollywood studio budgets.

Sofia Coppola, a director whose career stretches back decades, is disappointed in Hollywood.

In a BBC interview released Friday, the filmmaker voiced her frustration at the gender disparity in studio budgets.

“I just see all these men getting hundreds of millions of dollars and then I’m fighting for a tiny fraction of that,” Coppola told the outlet. “I think it’s just left over from the way the culture of that business is.”

She added, “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.”

Coppola was born to acclaimed director Francis Ford Coppola, but made her own mark with 1999′s “The Virgin Suicides” and 2003′s “Lost in Translation.”