Chloe Zhao made Oscars history as she became the first Asian woman - and first woman of colour - to win the Best Director category.
Chloe, who told the story of financially stretched van dwellers in US recession-era tale Nomadland, also became only the second woman to ever win best director at the awards.
The other female winner of the award was Kathryn Bigelow, who took the prize in 2010 for war thriller The Hurt Locker. It is the first Oscar for Chloe, 39, who featured real-life nomads alongside actress Frances McDormand to show the lives of older Americans who travel from job to job to try and scrape together a living.
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