Oscars 2021: Chloe Zhao Wins Best Director
✖
It s Hollywood s biggest night with the 93rd Academy Awards taking place tonight, Sunday, April 25th, in Los Angeles, and while last year was like no other in the world of entertainment, there were still many incredible films to celebrate as well as the directors that helped bring them to life. This year, Chloe Zhao wins the Oscar for Best Director for
Nomadland in a packed category that included nominees Thomas Vinterbeg for
Another Round, David Fincher for
Mank, Lee Isaac Chung for
Minari, and Emerald Fennell for
Promising Young Woman.
This is Zhao s first Academy Award win. She was also nominated in the Best Picture, Best Adapted Screenplay, and Best Film Editing categories. She is the second woman to win an Academy Award for Best Director, after Kathryn Bigelow who won for 2009 s
Oscars 2021: Nomadland bags Best Picture award ANI | Updated: Apr 26, 2021 08:51 IST
Washington [US], April 26 (ANI): Nomadland , the frontrunner of the award season this year, bagged an Oscar for Best Picture at the 93rd Academy Awards.
This is the second win for Nomadland at the 93rd Academy Awards as earlier Chloe Zhao took home the Oscar for best direction, becoming the first person of colour to bag this award. She is only the second woman in the history of the Academy Awards to win this particular laurel. Nomadland is Zhao s third feature film, following 2015 s Songs My Brothers Taught Me and 2017 s much-lauded The Rider . Her next film project is Marvel s highly anticipated Eternals , which is currently scheduled for a fall release after being delayed because of COVID-19.
Chloe Zhao becomes second woman to bag Oscar for Best Direction ANI | Updated: Apr 26, 2021 06:47 IST
Washington [US], April 26 (ANI): Chloe Zhao took home the Oscar for best direction for Nomadland , becoming the first person of colour to bag this award.
She is only the second woman in the history of the Academy Awards to win this particular laurel.
After winning the award, Zhao said, This is for anyone who has the faith and the courage to hold on to the goodness in themselves and to hold on to the goodness in each other. Nomadland is Zhao s third feature film, following 2015 s Songs My Brothers Taught Me and 2017 s much-lauded The Rider . Her next film project is Marvel s highly anticipated Eternals , which is currently scheduled for a fall release after being delayed because of COVID-19.