By Lisa Richwine
LOS ANGELES, March 27 (Reuters) – Jane Campion acquired the Academy Award for finest director on Sunday for her gothic Western “The Energy of the Canine,” turning into simply the third girl within the Oscars’ 94-year historical past to take house the prize.
The New Zealand native joins Kathryn Bigelow and Chloe Zhao as the one girls to have acquired the glory for steering, a subject nonetheless dominated by males in Hollywood.
Campion, 67, was nominated beforehand for her 1993 drama “The Piano.” She misplaced the directing award that 12 months to Steven Spielberg, who landed the trophy for “Schindler’s Record,” however received the Oscar for finest unique screenplay.
Spielberg was within the combine once more this 12 months for his remake of basic musical “West Aspect Story,” as was Kenneth Branagh for his semi-autobiographical drama “Belfast.”
No girl in addition to Campion has been nominated for finest director greater than as soon as. She just lately described herself as “the grandmother of the ladies’s motion in movie.”
“Energy of the Canine” is a story of machismo and revenge set in 1925 Montana and based mostly on a 1967 novel by Thomas Savage. Shot in New Zealand, the film stars Benedict Cumberbatch as a merciless, twisted ranch proprietor who units out to torment his brother’s new spouse, performed by Kirsten Dunst.
The film was Campion’s first since 2009. She just lately labored in tv, creating and writing acclaimed drama sequence “High of the Lake.”
Zhao received finest director final 12 months for “Nomadland,” whereas Bigelow acquired the glory for 2008 drama “The Damage Locker.”
(Reporting by Lisa Richwine; Enhancing by Sandra Maler)
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