Promising overlooked women: shining a light on female directors
Over a year ago, at Sundance 2020, pre-pandemic, Carey Mulligan spoke with Variety about how Oscar voters overlooked films with female filmmakers, meaning they did not watch these films before they cast their votes for the Best Director category. This discussion circled around her and Emerald Fennell’s “Promising Young Woman” premiere. I can’t help thinking […]
Nomadland directed by Chloé Zhao win 6 Oscar nominations
With the Oscar nominations announced this morning in the wake of the Golden Globes, Critics Choice, and BAFTA announcements, we had our eyes on the director category for the hope of 3+ nominations for women. Two women, Chloé Zhao and Emerald Fennell, were nominated this morning, and we couldn’t help but notice the obvious snub, […]
Chloé Zhao becomes the second woman to win a Golden Globe for Best Director with “Nomadland”
Film director Chloé Zhao made history Sunday night after winning the Golden Globe for Best Director for her film “Nomadland,” becoming the second woman to win the award and the first Asian female director to win it. Barbra Streisand was the first woman to win the Golden Globe in 1984 for “Yentl”. “I wanna thank […]