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The Academy Award for Best Director (officially known as the Academy Award of Merit for Directing) is an award presented annually by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS). It is given in honor of a film director who has exhibited outstanding directing while working in the film industry .
- Excellence in Cinematic Direction Achievement
- Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences (AMPAS)
- ((John Ford)) (5)
Mar 28, 2022 · Jane Campion has won the best director Oscar for “The Power of the Dog.” The 67-year-old filmmaker won the Academy Award on Sunday night for the unconventional Western starring Benedict Cumberbatch that was shot in her native New Zealand.
Apr 26, 2021 · Chloé Zhao has won the Oscar for directing Nomadland, becoming the first woman of color to win the award and the second woman to win (Katheryn Bigelow, was the first ). Zhao was also the...
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Mar 28, 2022 · Rebecca Rubin, Adam B. Vary. Christopher Polk for Variety. For the second year in a row, a woman has won the Oscar for best director. Jane Campion took home the Academy Award for best director...
Apr 26, 2021 · LOS ANGELES (AP) — Chloé Zhao has made history at the 2021 Academy Awards, becoming the first woman of color to win best director and just the second woman to win the award. Zhao won the directing Oscar for “ Nomadland ,” joining Kathryn Bigelow, who won in 2009 for “The Hurt Locker.”.
Mar 28, 2022 · Nearly three decades after winning for writing the screenplay for The Piano, the Power of the Dog director won the 2022 Academy Award for Best Director at Sunday night's ceremony, marking...
Mar 28, 2022 · Jane Campion has won the Oscar for best director at the 94th Academy Awards, currently under way at the Dolby theatre in Los Angeles. Campion becomes the third woman to win the award, after...
