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After winning the Directors' Guild Award for Best Drama means that Chloe Zhao is the favorite to win the Academy Award for Best Director and gives her film, Nomadland the edge for Best Picture.
In winning, Zhao made history by becoming the first woman of color, thus the first woman of Asian descent, to win the DGA award for directing a feature film. The DGA award has been given to only one other woman, Katherine Bigelow for Hurt Locker.
The 73rd Directors Guild of America Awards took place on Saturday, April 10 in a virtual ceremony.
In her acceptance speech, Zhao dedicated the film to nomadic community, many who had roles in her movie starring Frances McDormand. "The way we treat our elders say a lot of who we are as a society," she said, "we need to do better," perhaps referring to the recent attacks on Asian American elders.
Zhao’s lyrical film about transient workers in the American West also won the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival, the People’s Choice award at the Toronto International Film Festival, the Golden Globe for best drama and best director and the top honor from the Producer’s Guild.
It was the first time there were two directors of Asian descent as nominees. Zhao was up against Asian American director Lee Isaac Chung (Minari). "Your film touched me in such a personal level," Zhao told Chung. "You were able to show us such beauty and love in such an honest and authentic way."
Zhao took time to praise each of her fellow nominees that included: David Fincher (Mank), Emerald Fennell (Promising Young Woman) and Aaron Sorkin (The Trial of the Chicago 7.
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