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Chloé Zhao has officially made history by becoming the first woman of color (and second woman ever) to win an Academy Award for best director for her work on “Nomadland”. Let’s take a look at the full list of Oscar winners and highlights from the night below.
We saw red carpet looks once again yesterday, as the 93rd annual Academy Awards ceremony took place in person (the show was treated like a movie set, so nominees were able to remain maskless, but only when cameras were rolling. The awards were also spread out across several locations to minimize risk.)
The winner of best director, though, wasn’t as familiar a sight as the suits and gowns. After 93 years, Chloé Zhao has officially made history by becoming the first woman of color to win the Academy Award for best director for her work on “Nomadland”.
Zhao is now only the second woman to ever win the award, after Kathryn Bigelow for “The Hurt Locker” 11 years ago.
“Nomadland” also won the highly-coveted best picture award and picked up the best actress Oscar for Frances McDormand. However, in China, Zhao’s country of birth, posts about Zhao’s victory were removed and Weibo searches for her Chinese name returned censored results.
This is apparently following comments that have surfaced from an eight-year-old interview where Zhao described being a teenager in China as “a place where there are lies everywhere”.
Interestingly, Zhao has directed Marvel Cinematic Universe entry “Eternals” next, which is currently in post-production, making her the first Academy Award winner for best director to work on a Marvel project.
We’ll be watching closely to see how the release of this blockbuster unfolds, considering the current censorship of Zhao in China.
As well as “Nomadland”, there were other big firsts from yesterday’s awards. It was the first time an all-Black producing team was nominated for best picture for “Judas and the Black Messiah”, the first time two actors of Asian heritage – Riz Ahmed and Steven Yeun – received a nod for best actor and the first year that two women – Zhao and Promising Young Woman’s Emerald Fennell – were nominated for best director.
Other highlights include Netflix taking home a huge seven trophies including two for “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom,” and two for “Mank” – the film which saw Erik Messerschmidt win his first Oscar for best cinematography. Disney also took home an impressive five trophies with three for “Nomadland” and two for “Soul”.
For many, the biggest shock of the night was when Anthony Hopkins won best actor for his work on “The Father” over the late Chadwick Boseman for his work on “Ma Rainey’s Black Bottom”.
The full list of winners is below:
Header image credit: Todd Wawrychuk / A.M.P.A.S.
What did you think of this year’s Academy Awards? Let us know in the comments below!
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Larissa is a trained visual effects artist who has written about 3D, animation and technology for a decade. She's lived in six countries, but if you ask how to make a proper carbonara you’ll quickly learn she's Italian.