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Oscars 2021: Chloé Zhao and Emerald Fennell make history as two women nominated for best director in same year
Directors Chloé Zhao and Emerald Fennell have made Oscars history after 2021 nominations saw two women nomintated in the same year for the best director gong.
Fennell (Promising Young Woman) and Zhao (Nomadland) are in the running against Thomas Vinterberg (Another Round), David Fincher (Mank) and Lee Isaac Chung (Minari).
Only five women have ever been nominated for best director and only one woman has ever won the coveted award – Kathryn Bigelow for The Hurt Locker in 2010.
Zhao also makes history as the first Chinese-American woman nominated. In fact, she is the first woman of color to land a nod in the category.
The exciting news comes just weeks after the director became the first-ever Asian filmmaker to bag the best director Golden Globe award, and the second female to do so in the award show’s history.
Naturally, fans and critics alike were delighted to see history made with the Oscars nominations.
One wrote: ‘TWO WOMEN FOR BEST DIRECTING???? LEE ISAAC CHUNG for MINARI?? Oh my god.’
Another added: ‘Two women are nominated for Best Director! Yaaaaaaaasssss!!!! Congratulations.’
One film lover tweeted: ‘or the first time, two women have been nominated for Best Direction in 93 years of history of Oscars. First time. Two women. In 93 years. Read that again.’
The Oscars will take place in multiple locations, including its usual home at the Dolby Theatre in Hollywood.
The ceremony has been rescheduled from its previous date of February 28 due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The date change means there has been a temporary change to the Oscar’s eligibility criteria, with the December 31 deadline extended to February 28.
Films released up until that date will now qualify for recognition by the awarding body.
The 93rd Academy Awards is due to take place on April 25, 2021.
Oscars 2021 nominations
Best Picture
The Father
Judas and the Black Messiah
Mank
Minari
Nomadland
Promising Young Woman
Sound of Metal
The Trial of the Chicago 7
Director
Thomas Vinterberg – Another Round
David Fincher – Mank
Lee Isaac Chung – Minari
Chloe Zhao – Nomadland
Emerald Fennell – Promising Young Woman
Actress in a leading role
Viola Davis – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Andra Day – The United States vs. Billie Holiday
Vanessa Kirby – Pieces of a Woman
Frances McDormand – Nomadland
Carey Mulligan – Promising Young Woman
Actor in a Leading Role
Riz Ahmed – Sound of Metal
Chadwick Boseman – Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Anthony Hopkins – The Father
Gary Oldman – Mank
Steven Yeun – Minari
Actress in a supporting role
Maria Bakalova – Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
Glenn Close – Hillbilly Elegy
Olivia Colman – The Father
Amanda Seyfried – Mank
Youn Yuh-jung – Minari
Actor in a supporting role
Sacha Baron Cohen – The Trial of the Chicago 7
Daniel Kaluuya – Judas and the Black Messiah
Leslie Odom Jr – One Night In Miami
Paul Raci – Sound of Metal
Lakeith Stanfield – Judas and the Black Messiah
Best costume design
Emma
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Mank
Mulan
Pinnochio
Best original score
Da 5 Bloods
Mank
Minari
News of the World
Soul
Best adapted screenplay
Borat Subsequent Moviefilm
The Father
Nomadland
One Night In Miami
The White Tiger
Best original screenplay
Judas and the Black Messiah
Minari
Promising Young Woman
Sound of Metal
The Trial of the Chicago 7
Animated short film
Burrow
Genius Loci
If Anything Happens I Love You
Opera
Yes-People
Live action short film
Feeling Through
The Letter Room
The Present
Two Distant Strangers
White Eye
Documentary feature
Collective
Crip Camp
The Mole Agent
My Octopus Teacher
Time
Documentary short subject
Colette
A Concierto is a Conversation
Do Not Split
Hunger Ward
A Love Song for Latasha
International Feature Film
Another Round – Denmark
Better Days – Hong Kong
Collective – Romania
The Man Who Sold His Skin – Tunisia
Quo Vadis, Aida?
Sound
Greyhound
Mank
News of the World
Soul
Sound of Metal
Production Design
The Father
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Mank
News of the World
Tenet
Film editing
The Father
Nomadland
Promising Young Woman
Sound of Metal
The Trial of the Chicago 7
Cinematography
Judas and the Black Messiah
Mank
News of the World
Nomadland
The Trial of the Chicago 7
Visual Effects
Love and Monsters
The Midnight Sky
Mulan
The One and Only Ivan
Tenet
Makeup and hairstyling
Emma
Hillbilly Elegy
Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom
Mank
Pinocchio
Animated feature film
Onward
Over the Moon
A Shaun The Sheep Movie: Farmageddon
Soul
Wolfwalkers
Original song
Fight For You – Judas and the Black Messiah
Hear My Voice – The Trial of the Chicago 7
Husavik – Eurovision Song Contest: The Story of Fire Saga
Io Si (Seen) – The Life Ahead
Speak Now – One Night in Miami
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