play against the guys like i have to! jane campion apologised for the thoughtless comment, as she put it, adding... the remark doesn�*t seem to have damaged her standing with academy voters. jane campion�*s directing win here in hollywood is significant because it�*s only one year since chloe xhao won for nomadland and it goes to show that zhao�*s victory was notjust a one—off and in years to come, enough women might win enough oscars that we get to stop talking about whether a film is directed by a woman or not. there�*s a sense of completion in her win as well because, along with kathryn bigelow, she has been an example of a high—profile female film—maker working when very few have got the chance to succeed.