Greta Gerwig’s Academy Award nomination for Best Director in 2018 was a big deal, and not just because she was the fifth woman to earn the nod. Her directorial debut, ...

“Once again, Academy voters have shown that they don’t value women’s voices, shutting us out of the Best Director nominations,” they said in a statement.

Though Gerwig was, by all accounts, snubbed for Best Director for Little Women this year, she was recognized in 2017 for Lady Bird.The then 33-year-old made her solo directorial debut with the ...

Read on to learn more about everyone who’s ever won the Academy Award for best director. Kevin Winter. Sean Baker — 2025 Anora (2024) Sean Baker isn’t just 2025’s best director: ...

Going into the 90th Academy Awards in 2018, Del Toro's The Shape of Water had a staggering 13 nominations and snagged four trophies, for Best Picture, Best Director, Best Original Score and Best ...

Oppenheimer director Christopher Nolan won the Academy Award for best director, his first Oscar ever, on Sunday night. “I have so many people to thank,” Nolan said during his acceptance speech ...

Lina Wertmüller, the first woman to be nominated for Best Director, received an honorary award in 2019. Getty. It took 48 years for the Academy to nominate its first female director.

Chloé Zhao has become only the second woman to ever win the Academy Award for best director, accepting the prize at the 2021 Oscars.. The award was presented by last year’s winner, Bong Joon Ho ...

Jane Campion won the Academy Award for best director at the 2022 Oscars, becoming just the third woman to win the accolade.. Campion, 67, snagged the trophy for her film "The Power of the Dog ...

For the first time in the history of the Oscars, more than one female filmmaker has been nominated for an Academy Award for best director in a single year.. On Monday, Chloé Zhao (“Nomadland ...

Chloé Zhao, director of “Nomadland,” made history Sunday with her Oscar win for best director. Zhao, 39, is the first Asian woman to take home the award, the first woman of color to win the ...