Chloé Zhao has officially made history by becoming the first woman of color (and second woman ever) to win an Academy Award for best director for her work on “Nomadland”. Let’s take a look at the full list of Oscar winners and highlights from the night below. We saw red carpet looks once again yesterday, as the 93rd annual Academy Awards ceremony took place in person (the show was treated like a movie set, so nominees were able to remain maskless, but only when cameras were rolling. The awards were also spread out across several locations around the world to minimize risk.) The winner of best director, though, wasn’t as familiar a sight as the suits and gowns. After 93 years, Chloé Zhao has officially made history by becoming the first woman of color to win the Academy Award for best director for her work on “Nomadland”. Zhao is now only the second woman to ever win the award, after Kathryn Bigelow for “The Hurt Locker” 11 years ago. “Nomadland” also won the highly-coveted best picture award and picked up the best actress Oscar for Frances McDormand. However, in China, Zhao’s country of birth, posts about Zhao’s victory were removed and Weibo searches for her Chinese name returned censored results. This is apparently following comments that have surfaced from an eight-year-old interview where Zhao described being a teenager in China as “a place where there are lies everywhere”. Interestingly, Zhao has directed Marvel Cinematic Universe entry “Eternals” next, which...
Published By: CineD - Monday, 26 April, 2021