Golden Globes nominates three female directors, makes history

It was in the year 2018 when actress Natalie Portman became the voice of all Hollywood female directors when she called out the lack of female directing nominees at the Golden Globes during the presentation for best director category.

“Here are the all-male nominees,” she said and this started the whole controversy. However, for the first time in six years, the Hollywood Foreign Press Association — the voting body behind the annual awards show — nominated not one or two, but three women for the category reports variety.com.

 Chloe Zhao for “Nomadland,” Emerald Fennell for “Promising Young Woman” and Regina King for “One Night in Miami” are the nominations. They will compete against David Fincher for “Mank” and Aaron Sorkin for “The Trial of the Chicago 7.”

It’s the first time in history that more than one woman has been recognized in the best director category at the Golden Globes. Prior to this year, only five female directors had been nominated in more than seven decades — Barbra Streisand (in 1984 for “Yentl” and in 1991 for “The Prince of Tides”), Jane Campion (in 1994 for “The Piano”), Sofia Coppola (in 2004 for “Lost in Translation”), Kathryn Bigelow (in 2010 for “The Hurt Locker” and 2013 for “Zero Dark Thirty”); and Ava DuVernay (in 2015 for “Selma”), reports variety.com.

Barbra Streisand is the only woman to ever win a Golden Globe for best director for her 1984 drama, Yentl.

Golden Globes annual award ceremony will take place on February 28.