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30.03 / 14:35
Oscars: Who Was The First Woman To Be Nominated For Best Director?
Only seven women have been nominated for Best Director in Oscar’s 94-years history, but who was the first to achieve this feat? Although the Academy Awards have reinvented itself throughout its decades-old history, with changes in format and voting rules, it has yet to create a tradition of recognizing the work of female directors at a regular rate. Out of the seven nominations mentioned, on only three occasions a woman has won the Oscar for Best Director, the last one being 2022’s Academy Award winner Jane Campion for The Power of the Dog.