Mimi Leder is the director of this film, which was informed by her own experiences in the film industry. Ruth Bader Ginsburg's story and the sexism she faced during her legal career is similar to what Leder faced herself in the film industry.
Leder's identification with Ginsburg is something that heavily informed the making of this film, in which Ginsburg's story is presented powerfully. When speaking about Ginsburg, Leder has a lot of respect, saying that Ginsburg is "not a superhero, but a woman. A woman who, despite the pats on her back and the culture of discrimination, changed the culture with her smarts and her elegance and made the country a better place for all of us."
Addressing her similarity to Ginsburg, Leder said: "not that I'm comparing what I've done with her... but the Justice and I have, in different generations, a lot of commonalities in the worlds we have lived in." As such, Leder had a considerable and personal influence over the creative choices of this film, which presents the struggle of a woman to break glass ceilings and fight for equality in the legal sector.
