Women in leadership

Linda Cullen and Sarah Durcan interview: ‘Even just focusing on small things like policy and training has made a huge change, but we’re still a long way from equality’

The creative industries might have a reputation for being liberal and egalitarian, but what’s there in principle is sometimes lacking in practice

Linda Cullen and Sarah Durcan: ‘You want to have an impact with your work. No matter how small, it all matters.’ Picture: Fergal Phillips

Linda Cullen was in Wicklow directing a corporate video when the client on the project, who was also out for the day on the shoot, decided to query some editorial decisions. He approached the cameraman Peter Robinson to talk through his feelings, and then kept asking Robinson questions. For Robinson and Cullen, it wasn’t surprising.

“Clients always spoke directly to him, even though I was the director,” Cullen recalls. "One day, Peter turned around and ...