Chloe Zhao ( Nomadland ) and Emerald Fennell ( Promising Young Woman ) are the latest additions to that list, and there s a strong chance that one of them will take home the prize. After all, Zhao has already won directing awards from the Hollywood Foreign Press Association, the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, and the Directors Guild of America.
If Zhao takes home a win, she will be the second woman to do so in nearly 100 years. The last was Kathryn Bigelow, who won the Oscar in 2010 for The Hurt Locker.
Lina Wertmuller ( Seven Beauties ), Jane Campion ( The Piano ), Sofia Coppola ( Lost in Translation ) and Greta Gerwig ( Lady Bird ) are the only other female directors who have been up for the best directing award.
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