Greta Gerwig’s Academy Award nomination for Best Director in 2018 was a big deal, and not just because she was the fifth woman to earn the nod. Her directorial debut, ...

Director Francis Ford Coppola pose backstage with his Oscar after winning “Best Director” and “Best Picture” award during the 47th Academy Awards at Dorothy Chandler Pavilion in Los ...

“Once again, Academy voters have shown that they don’t value women’s voices, shutting us out of the Best Director nominations,” they said in a statement.

It earned nine Academy Award nominations and won six, including Best Picture and Best Director for Bigelow. This made her the first female director to win this prize. Chloé Zhao ...

All five Academy Award nominees for Best Director on Thursday — Brady Corbet for The Brutalist, Sean Baker for Anora, Jacques Audiard for Emilia Pérez, James Mangold for A Complete Unknown, and ...

That includes Best Picture, Best Director, and all major acting categories. Below, you'll find our picks for the potential award winners, bolstered by historical trends, industry consensus, and ...

This piece by Roger Ross Williams, a member of the Academy’s documentary branch who won the best documentary short Oscar for 2010’s Music for Prudence and the Sundance Film Festival’s award ...

Regardless of who wins the Academy Award for Best Director this year when the Oscars are presented on April 25, the winner will be a veteran filmmaker. There are no first-time nominees, so there ...

Chloé Zhao has become only the second woman to ever win the Academy Award for best director, accepting the prize at the 2021 Oscars.. The award was presented by last year’s winner, Bong Joon Ho ...