Taking an unfortunate cue from both the Golden Globes and its own history, this morning’s Oscar nominations arrived with nary a nomination for a female filmmaker in the Best Director category, though Greta Gerwig’s “Little Women” picked up a nomination in the Best Picture race.
This is Gerwig’s second nod in the Oscars’ biggest category.
While few female directors managed to break through the noise of Oscars buzz in the run-up to the nomination announcement, a number of female filmmakers have already earned awards attention this season, including Gerwig, Lulu Wang, Marielle Heller, Chinonye Chukwu, Kasi Lemmons, and Melina Matsoukas.Standouts Lorene Scafaria (“Hustlers”) and Alma Har’el (“Honey Boy”) earned Best Director nods from the Indie Spirit Awards, which takes place the day before the Academy Awards.
It’s the same thing that happened last year, when the Academy overlooked a number of heavy-hitting female-directed features — including
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