Published 17:09 IST, December 10th 2019

Golden Globes 2020 leaves social media disappointed over no female director nomination

Golden Globes 2020 have once again not nominated any female directors for the Best Director category. Read on to know more details about this nomination snub.

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Golden Globes 2020 is receiving severe criticism on social media due to ir alleged female director snub in 'Best Director'  category. award ceremony and HFPA previously received same criticism back in 2018 when t a single female director was minated for 'Best Director' category. Read on to kw more.

Golden Globes 2020 snubs female directors once again

Golden Globes 2020 recently anunced ir list of minations for year. But HFPA and award ceremony itself is receiving severe backlash on social media as female directors have been minated for 'Best Director' category. minees for this category include Bong Joon – Ho director of Parasite, 1917 director Sam Mendes, Todd Phillips for Joker, Martin Scorsese for Irishman, and Quentin Taranti for Once Upon A Time in…Hollywood. Lulu Wang director of Farewell, Lorene Scafaria for Hustlers, Greta Gerwig for Little Women, Marielle Heller for A Beautiful Day in Neighborhood, and Olivia Wilde for Booksmart were all snubbed from minations this year. Several social media showed ir outr about this issue. Many people also ticed how several actors of colour were also t minated in ir respective categories.

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2018 Female Director snub 

As mentioned earlier, similar circumstances were evidenced during Golden Globes 2018 minations. t a single female director was minated for 'Best Director' category. During award function, Natalie Portman was presenter for 'Best Director' award and she did t miss a chance to point out about mination snub. Natalie said, "here are all male minees" while anuncing minations for 'Best Director' category.

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13:52 IST, December 10th 2019