Breitbart Reports: When it comes to diversity, Hollywood is having trouble practicing what it preaches.

The entertainment industry is failing spectacularly in its efforts to diversify its behind-the-camera talent, with a new study showing that the number of female and minority movie directors employed by the studios actually dropped in 2022.

The new report from the USC Annenberg’s s Inclusion Initiative found that of the 111 directors hired to make the 100 top-grossing movies of 2022, only nice percent were women — down from 12.7 percent in 2021. In 2019, the figure stood at 12 percent.

The number of ethnic minority movie directors in the top 100 also fell, from 27.3 percent in 2021 down to 20.7 percent in 2022.

The declines come as Hollywood continues to aggressively promote diversity to audiences through its movies and TV shows. Diverse casting is now commonplace — even in period European storylines — while gay and transgender characters are proliferating in children’s entertainment.

But for some reason, the industry is having trouble following its own lecture.