After famously drawing attention to the all-male line-up of best director nominees at the2018 Golden Globes,Natalie Portmanis standing up for women once again at the2020 Oscars(and this time, she’s using fashion to do it).
The 38-year-old actress and the Academy Awards presenter walked the red carpet wearing a strapless black Dior gown, featuring a gold mesh overlay and a braided gold belt with a black floor-length cape and small hoop earrings.
“I wanted to recognize the women who were not recognized for their incredible work this year in my subtle way,” she told Kaufman.
According to an insider, the names inscribed on Portman’s red carpet design includeGreta Gerwig(who is not nominated for her adaptation of the classicLittle Women).
Last month,Issa Rae also called out the Academywhen she announced the Oscar nominees with John Cho, saying, “Congratulations to those men.”
This year’s nominees for the best director award are all male and majority white: Bong Joon Ho forParasite, Sam Mendes for1917, Martin Scorsese forThe Irishman, Quentin Tarantino forOnce Upon a Time … in Hollywoodand Todd Phillips forJoker.
Portman’s cape at the Oscars.ROBYN BECK/AFP/Getty
Greta Gerwig’sLittle Womenpicked up six nods, but Gerwig failed to land a directing nomination, even though her film was nominated for Best Picture and Best Adapted Screenplay. Additionally, Lulu Wang was not nominated for her direction ofThe Farewell, despite receiving critical acclaim throughout the 2020 awards season. Lorene Scafaria was also snubbed forHustlers, as well as Melina Matsoukas forQueen & Slimand Marielle Heller forA Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood.
There have only been five female directing nominees inthe Oscars‘ 92-year history.
In 2010, Kathryn Bigelow became the first woman to win the best director award for her film,The Hurt Locker.
In 2018,Portman made headlineswhen she called out theGolden Globesfor its exclusion of female nominees in the best director category while presenting the award alongside Ron Howard.
“And here are all the male nominees,” she said before introducing the five men up for the award at the time.
Guillermo Del Toro took home the award forShape of Water, beating out Martin McDonagh (Three Billboards Outside Ebbing, Missouri), Christopher Nolan (Dunkirk), Ridley Scott (All the Money in the World) and Steven Spielberg (The Post). Celebrated female directors Greta Gerwig, Patty Jenkins and Dee Rees were not nominated.
source: people.com
