this year's nominations: Chloe Zhao and Emerald Fennell are the first two women ever nominated for Best Director in the same year.
The pair became just the sixth and seventh women ever to be recognized in the category, following in the footsteps of Lina Wertmüller, Jane Campion, Sofia Coppola, Kathryn Bigelow and Greta Gerwig.
So far, Bigelow is the only woman to ever win the award, taking home the Oscar in 2010 for her Iraq War thriller, Zhao also made history as the first woman of color and first Asian woman ever to be nominated by the Academy for Best Director.
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