Last year, Triet was the only woman nominated for Anatomy of a Fall. The year before that, no female director received a nod, while two years ago, Campion won in the category. Zhao, who was nominated ...

Only nine women have been nominated a total of ten times (with three wins so far) in the Academy Awards' 97-year history. The Substance's Coralie Fargeat is the latest female Best Director nominee — ...