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So Kathryn Bigelow? She was the first female director win... and.... ?
... and it's a case of filling in the blanks, as it were. The Hurt Locker is one of the two odd one's out. Only ten EVER films nominated in the category that fit the critera, the rest are as you'd expect probably.
Not the question I intended to set, but one for fellow film fans:

Rocky
Schindlers List
Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
The Hurt Locker
The Shape of Water
Promising Young Women
Power of the Dog
Oppenheimer
Anora

Which are the two odd films out in that list and why, and which film is missing from the list, and why?
 
Can someone else have a go here.....?

Kathryn Bigelow beat James Cameron (Avatar) to win, and yes (my bad) she was the "first" to win. You're so on the money!
Apply the principle to "The Godfather" relationship and you will surely translate the clues into the answer and no longer be lost in nomadland!!:emoticon-0105-wink:
KB was the first to win of nine; there are only ten films that fit the criteria, but only three have won.

You're a Rizla thickness away from solving this, don't give up! :emoticon-0148-yes::emoticon-0171-star:
 
Rocky won, Seven Beauties nominated***
Schindlers List won, The Piano= nom.
Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King won; Lost in Translation* nom.
The Hurt Locker** won
The Shape of Water won; Lady Bird nom.***
Promising Young Women nom; Nomadland won
Power of the Dog= won;
Oppenheimer won; Anatomy of a Fall nom.
Anora won; The Substance nom.

*Related to The Godfather trilogy
**(ex) spouse nominated for Avatar
*** won nothing from 4 and 5 nominations respectively
=

I am confused as i think all the winners above won best Picture?
 
That's close enough.
Full answer later but basically only ten films nominated for Best Director have been directed by women.
Only three have won.
One was nominated twice, winning once - hence 9 only.
Sofia Coppola is the neice of Frances Ford Coppola and was nominated for Lost In Translation. [Won Best Screenplay]
Chloe Zhao won for Nomadland.

Over to you.
 
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Jane Campion nominated twice: The Piano and won for Power of the Dog.
That's close enough.
Full answer later but basically only ten films nominated for Best Director have been directed by women.
Only three have won.
One was nominated twice, winning once - hence 9 only.
Sofia Coppola is the neice of Frances Ford Coppola and was nominated for Lost In Translation. [Won Best Screenplay]
Chloe Zhao won for Nomadland.

Over to you.
 
Rocky
Schindlers List
Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King
The Hurt Locker
The Shape of Water
Promising Young Women
Power of the Dog
Oppenheimer
Anora

Which are the two odd films out in that list and why, and which film is missing from the list, and why?


Just to complete the question: the two odd films out in the list are The Hurt Locker and Power of the Dog because they had female directors and won the Academy Award in that category.
Missing from the list was Nomadland which won the award (and Best Film, Best Actress: Frances McDormand is fantastic as always) because Promising Young Women was nominated the same year - director Emerald Fennell won Best Original Screenplay, beating the aforementioned Nomadland.
Additional trivia: Best Original Screenplay or Best Adapted Screenplay were won by 5/10 films directed by the women themselves... something of a consolation prize. I suppose Director and Screenplay are keenly intertwined!
Finally, Sofia Coppola is not only The Godfather trilogy director's niece but she also played Michael Corleone's tragic daughter, Mary, in The Godfather III.
 
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