Fargeat became the 10th woman nominated for the best director Oscar thanks to her 2024 film "The Substance" at the 97th Academy Awards. If she wins, she'll become the fourth woman to win the honor.

Only nine women have been nominated a total of ten times (with three wins so far) in the Academy Awards' 97-year history. The Substance's Coralie Fargeat is the latest female Best Director nominee ...

Christopher Nolan, the auteur behind such classic films as The Dark Knight, Memento, Inception and Dunkirk, won the Academy Award for Best Director on Sunday night for his latest masterpiece, ...

The 2025 Academy Awards concluded Sunday with Anora capturing five Oscars, including Best Picture, Best Director (Sean Baker) and Best Actress (Mikey Madison), in a star-studded ceremony hosted by ...

Sean Baker, winner of the awards for best original screenplay, best film editing, best director, and best picture for "Anora," poses in the press room at the Oscars on Sunday, March 2, 2025, at ...

Although Lubitsch was a three-time Academy Award nominee for Best Director for the films The Love Parade, The Patriot, and Heaven Can Wait, he failed to ever win a competitive Oscar.

Women scored their first Oscar win for best director when Kathryn Bigelow won for her 2009 film "The Hurt Locker" at the 82nd Academy Awards. In her acceptance speech, Bigelow called her win "the ...

97th Academy Awards - Show Sean Baker accepts the award for best director for "Anora during the Oscars on Sunday, March 2, 2025, at the Dolby Theatre in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Chris Pizzello ...

Sean Baker, winner of the awards for best original screenplay, best film editing, best director, and best picture for "Anora," poses in the press room at the Oscars on Sunday, March 2, 2025, at ...