Chloé Zhao won the Academy Award for Best Director thanks to “Nomadland,” becoming only the second woman in the 93-year history of the Oscars to win the category. Zhao took home the prize over fellow nominees David Fincher (“Mank”), Aaron Sorkin (“The Trial of the Chicago 7”), Thomas Vinterberg (“Another Round”), and Emerald Fennell (“Promising Young Woman”). “Nomadland” is Zhao’s third feature directorial effort following “Songs My Brother Taught Me” and “The Rider.” She is also the first Asian woman to be nominated for and to win the Oscar for Best Director.
Prior to the 2021 Oscars nominations announcement, only five women had ever been nominated in the Best Director category: Lina Wertmüller (1976′s “Seven Beauties”), Jane Campion (1993′s “The Piano”), Sofia Coppola (2003′s “Lost in Translation”), Kathryn Bigelow (2009′s “The Hurt Locker”), and Greta Gerwig (2017′s “Lady Bird”). With nominations for Zhao and Fennell this year, the total number...
Prior to the 2021 Oscars nominations announcement, only five women had ever been nominated in the Best Director category: Lina Wertmüller (1976′s “Seven Beauties”), Jane Campion (1993′s “The Piano”), Sofia Coppola (2003′s “Lost in Translation”), Kathryn Bigelow (2009′s “The Hurt Locker”), and Greta Gerwig (2017′s “Lady Bird”). With nominations for Zhao and Fennell this year, the total number...
- 4/26/2021
- by Zack Sharf
- Indiewire
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