Two women have broken records for the Oscars ‘Best Director’ category

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Oscar’s nominations were announced Monday and it was revealed that a couple of records were set for women. First, in total, 70 women scored nods for 76 different nominations, which was a record for the Academy.

And the record for most women nominated for ‘Best Director’ was also broken. When you see headlines like “Female directors break record for most nominations in a single year” it’s easy to get excited- until you see the previous record. For the first time in Oscar history, two women have been nominated for best director. The first-ever Academy Awards was in 1929, which means it took over 90 years for more than one woman to be nominated in the category.