Back in 2018, Natalie Portman made headlines for calling for a lack of female director nominees at the Golden Globes. Despite being on stage to present the award for Best Director, She hid: “All the male nominees here are.”
Well, for the first time in a long time, the Golden Globes made good money on ignoring it and recognizing female filmmakers.
After receiving bad press for closing women out of the Best Director category for the past six years, the poll organization behind the annual awards show – the Hollywood Foreign Press Association – nominated not one, not two, but nominees. Three Women: Chloe Zhao for “Nomadland”, Sapphire Fennell for “Promising Young Woman” and “One Night in Miami.” For Regina King.
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This is the first time in history that there is more than one woman
Recognized in the Golden Globes Best Director category. Earlier this year, a woman was named only seven times since the first ceremony in 1944 – Barbara Streisand (1984 for “Yantal” and 1991 for “Prince of Tides”), Jane Campion (1994 for “Piano”), Sofia Coppola (for “Lost in Translation” in 2004), Catherine Bigelow (for “The Hurt Locker” in 2010 and “Zero Dark Thirty” in 2013); And Eva Duver (for “Selma” in 2015).
Generally speaking, the award show does not have a stellar track record when it comes to honoring the women behind the camera. The Academy Awards have nominated only five women over a period of 92 years: Lena Vertmલરller (for “Seven Beauties” in 1976), Jane Campion (for “Piano” in 1993), Sophia Coppola (for “Lost in Translation” in 2003), Catherine Bigelow (for “The Hurt Locker” in 2009) and Greta Gerwig (“Lady Bird” for 2017).
In Hollywood Hollywood, female filmmakers are still not widely represented. Women accounted for 16% of directors working in the 100 highest grossing films in 2020, an improvement of 12% in 2019 and 4% in 2018. Still, it’s a sign that the entertainment industry is still behind gender equality.
Zhao’s nomindland “Nomandland”, starring Francis McDormand as a Western actress, makes her the first woman of Asian descent to be nominated for Best Director. King’s approval for “One Night in Miami”, which follows a fictional meeting of four legends, nominates her as another Black Woman (following Duvernay).
Straise for Nd is the only woman to win a Golden Globe for Best Director. But that may change on February 28 when the show airs.
