The Best Director category made history again this Sunday at the Oscars, where P.dog owner Helmer Jane Campion took home the award for the first time in Oscar history that a woman has won this award in years.
Last year the award went to Chloe Zhao at home nomadic country, An Oscar-winning film, including a Best Picture nomination. Catherine Bigelow was the first female director to receive the coveted award for her 2010 war thriller. Გuli lock.
Campion has long been a favorite after winning the Critics Choice and DGA awards.
He received the award on Sunday from Kevin Costner, who gave a moving speech on directing, thanked him for how dramatic his performance was, and then talked about how much he loves directing.
“I love directing because it’s a deep dive into history, but the task of manifesting the world can be huge,” he said. “The sweet thing is I’m not alone.”
The champion defeated candidates Kenneth Branagh, Ryusuke Hamaguchi, Paul Thomas Anderson and Steven Spielberg. It was also her second Oscar to win for her original screenplay. ᲤPiano.
The film celebrated Netflix’s only win of the night (dog strength led to all 12 nominees), while the director thanked the entire studio team and ended his speech with a man who hadn’t. never met, Thomas Sevaj, who wrote. The novel from which the film is based.
“I was writing about cruelty looking for the opposite of kindness,” Campion said.
Check out his speech above.
Source: Deadline
