93rd Academy Awards: Chloe Zhao Becomes Second Woman In Oscars History To Win Best Director
Kathryn Bigelow was the first woman to win the best director in 2009 for her film The Hurt Locker . Facebook @Chloe Zhao Outlook Web Bureau 2021-04-26T08:56:05+05:30 93rd Academy Awards: Chloe Zhao Becomes Second Woman In Oscars History To Win Best Director outlookindia.com 2021-04-26T09:08:41+05:30
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Filmmaker Chloe Zhao has scripted history by becoming the first woman of colour and only the second woman in the Oscars history to win the best director trophy at the 93rd Academy Awards.
Kathryn Bigelow was the first woman to win the best director in 2009 for her film The Hurt Locker .
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Could what transpired in Sunday night’s Academy Awards be more lasting?
In an unfamiliar pandemic staging of Hollywood’s most familiar awards ceremony, Oscar voters honored a diverse group of actors and filmmakers. And the evening’s best picture winner, “Nomadland,” fittingly tells the story of the disenfranchised trying to keep a toehold in society.
Just a year after just one non-white performer was nominated for an acting trophy, two of the four acting winners were people of color: Daniel Kuluuya was named best supporting actor for “Judas and the Black Messiah”; and “Minari’s” Yuh-Jung Youn won the supporting actress trophy, the first Korean performer to win an acting Oscar.
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Frances McDormand and David Strathairn star in Nomadland, a film that follows the story of a woman who becomes a modern-day nomad when the mining town where she lived is essentially dissolved.
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Nomadland, a film that examines the often-overlooked lives of people on the margins of society, won the Academy Award for best picture.
The movie was heavily favored to win the nightâs top prize, having amassed a string of best picture accolades from the British Academy of Film and Television Arts, the producers and directors guilds and the Golden Globes.
Nomadland : A unique fusion of drama, documentary with a message in the end
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Last Updated: Apr 26, 2021, 12:35 PM IST
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AP Nomadland currently has no listed release date in China, and promotional material for the film has disappeared.
HOLLYWOOD, UNITED STATES: Nomadland , a unique fusion of road movie, Western, drama and documentary that chronicles a community of older Americans living off the grid after the global financial crisis, has completed its journey to Oscars glory. The awarding of Hollywood s top prize on Sunday to Chloe Zhao s elegiac and experimental movie had been anticipated for months, as it swept festival prizes and guild awards in a year that saw many larger films delayed due to the pandemic.
‘Nomadland’ Wins Best Picture Oscar, the Second Female-Directed Film Ever to Do So IndieWire 1 hr ago
“Nomadland” took home a historic big win Sunday night at the Academy Awards when it received the Best Picture Oscar: it’s only the second film directed by a woman in Oscars history to achieve a Best Picture victory. Director Kathryn Bigelow’s “The Hurt Locker” (for which Bigelow also became the first female Oscar winner for Best Director) was previously the only female-directed movie to do so. The prize for “Nomadland” at the Academy Awards on Sunday went to producer/director Chloé Zhao, producer/star Frances McDormand, and producers Peter Spears, Mollye Asher, and Dan Janvey. “Nomadland” marks Zhao’s third feature directorial effort following “Songs My Brother Taught Me” and “The Rider.” Zhao also won the Best Director prize earlier in the evening.