The list of Oscar nominees is here, andChloe Zhaois getting some much-deserved love.
TheNomadlanddirector is making history as the first woman of color to be nominated for Best Director, notedDeadline.
Zhao also received Oscar nods for Best Adapted Screenplay and Best Film Editing.
PerTime,Nomadlandis based on the nonfiction bookNomadlandby Jessica Bruder, which focuses on “post-recession contemporary nomads.”
The film centers onFern, a woman living on the road from her van.
The film Zhao’s third was filmed on the road in secrecy.
After the outbreak of the COVID-19 pandemic, however, Zhao said things are different.
Zhao spoke toDeadlineabout how different her background is from the one portrayed inNomadland.
