Emerald Fennell, Regina King and Chloé Zhao all received nominations for their films Promising Young Woman, One Night in Miami, and Nomadland.
03.02.2021 - 20:02 / hollywoodreporter.com
For the first time in the history of the Golden Globe awards, more than one woman has been nominated in the best director category in any one year. Chloe Zhao (Nomadland), Emerald Fennell (Promising Young Woman) and Regina King (One Night in Miami) were all nominated in the category.
This year, female directors make up the majority of the category, which also includes nomineesDavid Fincher (Mank) and Aaron Sorkin (Trial of the Chicago 7). Ava DuVernay was the last woman nominated in the category
.Emerald Fennell, Regina King and Chloé Zhao all received nominations for their films Promising Young Woman, One Night in Miami, and Nomadland.
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nominees for the 78th Golden Globes. On 28 February, the ceremony will mark one of the first big stops on the road to the Oscars, providing a first guide of the lay of the land in this year’s unique awards season.
recognized a record number of women in one of its most coveted brackets.The announcement was made on Wednesday morning, when the Hollywood Foreign Press Association revealed their nominations for Best Director. Regina King received a nod for One Night in Miami, Chloé Zhao for Nomadland, and Emerald Fennell was nominated for Promising Young Woman.
Best Director category at the 2021 Golden Globes nominations on Wednesday (February 3, 2021).Regina King was nominated for her movie One Night in Miami, while Chloe Zhao received nominations for both her directing and movie Nomadland, as did Promising Young Woman director Emerald Fennell.The remaining spots were taken by veterans David Fincher, for Mank and Aaron Sorkin, for The Trial of the Chicago Seven, who will also compete for the Best Motion Picture – Drama prize.Their nominations signal a
In 2021, the most strikingly diverse category at the Golden Globe Awards is best director. After a total of five female nominees over the past 77 years, this year women comprise the majority of the race: One Night in Miami’s Regina King, Nomadland’s Chloe Zhao and, in somewhat of a surprise, Promising Young Woman’s Emerald Fennell.
The 2021 Golden Globes are making long overdue history.
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Golden Globes 2021 nominations are in, and there’s some good news. This year, three women received nominations in the prestigious Best Director category, breaking a five-year streak of male-dominated nods: Regina King for One Night in Miami, Emerald Fennell for Promising Young Woman and Chloé Zhao for Nomadland.
Women filmmakers are finally getting some real representation in awards season.
Nomadland, Promising Young Woman, and One Night in Miami.This year's Golden Globe in general are a huge step forward. Past shows didn't even include two female directors in the Dest Director category.
This year’s Golden Globes took a leap forward in representation terms with women landing three of the five nods in its Best Director Motion Picture field.
The Hollywood Foreign Press Association has unveiled the nominations for the 78th Golden Globe Awards and Netflix leads the pack with a record-breaking 42 nods — 22 for film and 20 for TV, followed by Amazon Studios with 10 — 7 for film and 3 for TV.
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Mank, leads with six nominations, while Aaron Sorkin's The Trial of the Chicago 7 follows with five nods. Florian Zeller's The Father, Chloé Zhao's Nomadland, and Emerald Fennell's Promising Young Woman follow with four nominations each.
Golden Globes.The 78th Annual Golden Globe Awards nominations see a total of 18.6% of all acting nominees going to BIPOC performers across the film and television categories.The majority of these acting nominees that are BIPOC came from the film side of the ballot, where there were 30%, including both Viola Davis (“Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”) and Andra Day (“The United States vs.
Also Read: 'Mank,' 'The Crown' Lead 2021 Golden Globe Nominations - The Complete ListFor the first time in its 78-year history, the Globes nominated three women for Best Director in the same year; one of them, Regina King, received only the sixth Globes nomination ever for a Black director, and another, Chloé Zhao, only the seventh for an Asian.