Chloe Zhao completed her awards season sweep on Sunday, taking home the Academy Award for Best Director for her stunning 2020 film,.
With the win, Zhao becomes the first woman of color, and second woman ever, to take home the Oscars' top directing honor.The Chinese filmmaker and 'sEmerald Fennell became just the sixth and seventh female nominees in the history of the category with their nods this year; Kathryn Bigelow is the only other woman to win Best Director, for 2009's “When I was growing up in China, my dad and I would play this game.
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