Academy Awards 2021: 'Nomadland' claims the coveted best director prize at an in-person Oscars
Academy Awards 2021: ‘Nomadland’ claims the coveted best director prize at an in-person Oscars The 93rd Academy Awards kicked off an in-person ceremony with a long tracking shot, serving notice that the Oscars — presented under Covid protocols — would be constructed like a movie. After the nominations made history on a variety of fronts, the awards did early on as well, Breaking with tradition, the producers chose to hand out best director early, with Chinese-born Chloé Zhao of “Nomadland” becoming only the second woman ever to claim that prize, following Kathryn Bigelow for “T...