![]() ![]() Polley's directing career is short but impressive. ![]() Although Polley's screenplay was nominated, the Oscar nod for directing didn't happen, just as it never happened for such trailblazers as Alice Guy-Blaché (whose career peak preceded the Oscars), Dorothy Arzner (a gay pioneer who started directing in the silent era), Ida Lupino (who carved out the actor/director path for Polley back in the 1940s) and Lina Wertmuller (the first female directing nominee, for "Seven Beauties" in 1977). The 42-year-old Canadian should have been Oscar-nominated way back in 2006 for "Away From Her," a beautiful drama in which she guided Julie Christie to a best actress nomination. So, now that Chloé Zhao and Emerald Fennell are in the club, who's next?Īctually, my money has been on Polley for a while. We shouldn't assume too much but the fact that two women made Oscar's best director field for the first time ever in 2021 suggests that Hollywood is realizing that the low number of female directors in the biz (still just 20%) is ridiculous. ![]()
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