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Chloé Zhao becomes the second woman to win a Golden Globe for directing
    2021-03-02  08:53    Shenzhen Daily

IN a historic year for female filmmakers at the Golden Globes, the 2021 best director prize went to Chloé Zhao for her Frances McDormand-starrer “Nomadland.”

The film, about a widow who loses her job and decides to live out of her van, also won the award for best picture, drama.

Zhao, the first woman of Asian descent and only the second woman ever to win the top directing prize at the Globes, accepted the award with a nod to the individuals who shared their personal stories with the filmmakers. She read a note from one man, Bob Wells, who is featured in the film.

“Compassion is the breakdown of all the barriers between us. A heart to heart bonding. Your pain is my pain. It’s mingled and shared between us,” said Zhao. “Now, this is why I fell in love with making movies and telling stories. Because it gives us a chance to laugh and cry together, and it gives us a chance to learn from each other, and to have more compassion for each other.”

For the first time in the organization’s 78-year existence, the Hollywood Foreign Press Assn. nominated three women in the category: Zhao for her Frances McDormand- starrer “Nomadland,” Regina King for the period ensemble drama “One Night in Miami” and Emerald Fennell for the vengeance flick “Promising Young Woman.”

Those are the feature directing debuts for both King and Fennell, who are also actresses.

Four-time Emmy winner King won a Globe and an Oscar for her performance in “If Beale Street Could Talk,” while Fennell played Camilla Parker Bowles for the past two seasons of Netflix’s “The Crown.”

Rounding out the 2021 best director category were David Fincher, collecting his fourth career Globe nomination for the old Hollywood biopic “Mank” and Aaron Sorkin for the historical drama “The Trial of the Chicago 7.” Fincher and Sorkin both won Globes in 2011 for directing and writing, respectively, “The Social Network.” Sorkin collected an additional screenplay prize for 2015’s “Steve Jobs.”

Prior to this year, no female directing nominee had competed against another woman in the category.

Presenting the award, Bryce Dallas Howard noted this year’s unprecedented number of female nominees. “May there be many, many more,” she added before announcing Zhao the winner.

Zhao’s nomination marked another first: The Chinese-born filmmaker is the first woman of Asian descent to compete in the category.

“Nomadland” is her third feature film following the indie dramas “The Rider” and “Songs My Brothers Taught Me.” She has also directed Marvel’s “The Eternals,” which is scheduled to open this fall following COVID-19 delays.

Three years ago Globes presenter Natalie Portman wryly congratulated the “all-male nominees” in the running for that year’s best director award during the televised awards show, calling attention to the stark gender imbalance that marks the Globes’ legacy and that of the entertainment industry at large.  (SD-Agencies)

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