Chloe Zhao and Emerald Fennell made history on Monday morning.The filmmakers were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director; this is the first time that two female directors have been put up for the same distinction.This awards season has seen many women and people of color being nominated for various Oscars, and the ceremony is shaping up to be the most inclusive one ever as the Academy recently implemented new diversity rules.
Big achievement: Chloe Zhao and Emerald Fennell were nominated for the Academy Award for Best Director, making it the fist time in history that two female filmmakers have been nominated at the same time; Zhao is seen in September of last yearZhao was nominated for her work on Nomadland, which had its initial.
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