Since the first Academy Awards in 1929, there have been 453 nominations for Best Director (a varying range for the first eight ceremonies totalling 33 nominations in all and a standard five starting in 1936 for another 420). Women have reaped just five of these Best Director nominations. That is about one-tenth of one percent (.01103752759 to be precise). Nine men earned more than five nominations apiece led by William Wyler with 12 (he won three). And John Ford went a record four for five.
But in 2021 we could see three women number among the five nominees for Best Director: Chloe Zhao (“Nomadland”) sits atop our Best Director chart, Regina King (“One Night in Miami”) is a solid third, and Emerald Fennell (“Promising Young Woman”) is seventh but on the rise. All three recently reaped bids at the Golden Globes.
On the cusp of a new Oscars record being set in Best Director with multiple women nominated
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But in 2021 we could see three women number among the five nominees for Best Director: Chloe Zhao (“Nomadland”) sits atop our Best Director chart, Regina King (“One Night in Miami”) is a solid third, and Emerald Fennell (“Promising Young Woman”) is seventh but on the rise. All three recently reaped bids at the Golden Globes.
On the cusp of a new Oscars record being set in Best Director with multiple women nominated