For the first time in the 96-year history of the Oscars, female directors set a record number of nominations for the Best Picture Award for the year 2024, as three female directors were nominated for this award.
Yesterday evening, Tuesday, the organizers of the Oscars announced the lists of nominees for this year’s awards, and it was noteworthy that there were three women nominated for the Best Picture award, out of ten films nominated for the award, which is an unprecedented number.
According to the list, the three women are: Frenchwoman Justine Triet, director of the film “Anatomy of a Fall,” American Greta Gerwig, director of the film “Barbie,” and South Korean Celine Song, director of the film “Past Lives.”
The other films nominated for the Best Picture award are: “American Fantasy,” “Moonflower Killers,” “Maestro,” “Oppenheimer,” “The Holdover,” “Poor Creatures,” and “Zone of Interest.”
Throughout the history of the Oscars, which included 591 films, only four years saw two female directors nominated in this category. In 2009, the film “Education” by Danish director Loni Schervig, and “The Hurt Locker” by American director Kathryn Bigelow, were nominated. In 2010, the film “The Children Are All Right” by American director Lisa Cholodenko, and “Cold Winter” by American director Debra Granik, were nominated. The year 2021 witnessed the nominations for the film “Cuda” by American director Sian Heder, and the film “Power of a Dog” by New Zealand director Jane Campion. Whereas, in 2022, the film “Nomadland” by Chinese director Chloe Zhao, and “Promising Young Woman” by British director Emerald Fennell were nominated, and at that time the films of: Kathryn Bigelow, Sian Hyder, and Chloe Zhao received the Best Picture award. .
Women’s achievements:
In another achievement, American actress Emma Stone, star of the movie “Poor Creatures,” became the second woman to be nominated for the Best Picture award and the Best Actress award in the same year. At the 93rd Academy Awards, Frances McDormand became the first woman to be nominated for Best Actress and Best Picture in the same year, and won both categories.
American actress Lily Gladstone also became the first indigenous American woman to be nominated for the Best Actress award at the Academy Awards, for her role in the movie “The Killers of the Moonflower” by director Martin Scorsese.
Women Products:
It is also noteworthy that women produced seven of the ten nominated films, including: Emma Stone, Margot Robbie, Emma Thomas (Oppenheimer), Marie-Ange Luciani (Anatomy of a Fall), Amy Durning and Christy Macoszko-Krieger (Maestro), and Ewa Buczynska (Zone). Attention), Pamela Koffler and Christine Vachon (Past live).
The year 2019 was the biggest year for nominations for the best films produced by women, as eight films were nominated.
