Lili Fini Zanuck: Director says 2017 'wasn't a turning point' for Hollywood
Lili Fini Zanuck
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption  Lili Fini  Zanuck has directed a new documentary about rock legend Eric Clapton
 Lili Fini  Zanuck  who was only the second woman to ever win a best picture Oscar when  she  took the award for Driving Miss Daisy in 1990  also produced Cocoon and directed 1991's Rush.
"No  we haven't turned a corner "  she  says when asked whether the tumultuous events of 2017 meant the climate was changing for women in the entertainment industry.
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption  Zanuck  won a Critics' Choice TV Award for Bessie  starring Queen Latifah (second left)  in 2015
 Zanuck  also warns of "tokenism" rather than real change following the allegations of sexual assault and harassment made against prominent Hollywood figures in 2017  including producer Harvey Weinstein.
For part of her career   Lili Fini  Zanuck made films with  her  husband Richard D Zanuck  a producer on the original Jaws movie  who died in 2012. While he co-produced Driving Miss Daisy   she  was the force behind it.
The story of an elderly woman and  her  African American chauffeur  played by Morgan Freeman  started as an independent film and went on to win four Oscars  including for Miss Daisy  herself   Jessica Tandy. It was nominated for another five.
 Zanuck  says she didn't necessarily think she'd come back to directing  but her decades-long friendship with Clapton ( he  did the score for her movie Rush) meant that  he  approached her to make Life in 12 Bars.
" He  was asked to do the film and  he  said  he  would only participate if I directed it " she says. She wasn't surprised  she adds  that the 18-time Grammy winner hadn't been willing to put  his  name to a film about  his  career before now.
 Zanuck  says the "luxury" of directing only came after Driving Miss Daisy  adding that she used the Oscar "to grab my chance  but one doesn't necessarily lead into the other".
Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars is released in the UK on 12 January. A Q&A with Clapton and  Zanuck  will be broadcast live to cinemas around the UK with a preview screening of the film on 10 January.
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption  Lili Fini  Zanuck has directed a new documentary about rock legend Eric Clapton
 Lili Fini  Zanuck  who was only the second woman to ever win a best picture Oscar when  she  took the award for Driving Miss Daisy in 1990  also produced Cocoon and directed 1991's Rush.
"No  we haven't turned a corner "  she  says when asked whether the tumultuous events of 2017 meant the climate was changing for women in the entertainment industry.
Image copyright Getty Images Image caption  Zanuck  won a Critics' Choice TV Award for Bessie  starring Queen Latifah (second left)  in 2015
 Zanuck  also warns of "tokenism" rather than real change following the allegations of sexual assault and harassment made against prominent Hollywood figures in 2017  including producer Harvey Weinstein.
For part of her career   Lili Fini  Zanuck made films with  her  husband Richard D Zanuck  a producer on the original Jaws movie  who died in 2012. While he co-produced Driving Miss Daisy   she  was the force behind it.
The story of an elderly woman and  her  African American chauffeur  played by Morgan Freeman  started as an independent film and went on to win four Oscars  including for Miss Daisy  herself   Jessica Tandy. It was nominated for another five.
 Zanuck  says she didn't necessarily think she'd come back to directing  but her decades-long friendship with Clapton ( he  did the score for her movie Rush) meant that  he  approached her to make Life in 12 Bars.
" He  was asked to do the film and  he  said  he  would only participate if I directed it " she says. She wasn't surprised  she adds  that the 18-time Grammy winner hadn't been willing to put  his  name to a film about  his  career before now.
 Zanuck  says the "luxury" of directing only came after Driving Miss Daisy  adding that she used the Oscar "to grab my chance  but one doesn't necessarily lead into the other".
Eric Clapton: Life in 12 Bars is released in the UK on 12 January. A Q&A with Clapton and  Zanuck  will be broadcast live to cinemas around the UK with a preview screening of the film on 10 January.