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Golden Globes Nominate Zero Women Directors. Again.

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It seems another Time’s Up red carpet protest is in order. The Golden Globe nominations have been announced and, even for a Hollywood awards ceremony, they are very male and, in many categories, very white. After a landmark year of dialogue about representation and equality in entertainment, it feels especially discouraging for women to be shut out of the directing category. Again. Every Best Director nominee is a man. Adding insult to injury, all the films up for Best Drama, Best Musical or Comedy, and Best Animated Film are from male directors.

“Capernaum,” Nadine Labaki’s tale about a Lebanese boy suing his parents for bringing him into a world of poverty, is the only woman-directed film to score a Best Motion Picture, Foreign Language nomination. Deborah Davis is the only woman nominated for Best Screenplay. She co-wrote the black comedy period piece “The Favourite” with Tony McNamara.

No women are up for Best Score, but four of the five Best Original Song nominations feature at least one woman. Solona Rowe co-wrote “All the Stars” (“Black Panther”); Dolly Parton and Linda Perry penned “Girl in the Movies” (“Dumplin'”); Annie Lennox wrote “Requiem for a Private War” (“A Private War”); and Lady Gaga co-wrote “Shallow” (“A Star Is Born”).

Melissa McCarthy and Nicole Kidman are the sole Best Actress, Drama nominees who acted in films directed by women. The former toplined Marielle Heller’s “Can You Ever Forgive Me?” and the latter leads Karyn Kusama’s police drama “Destroyer.” None of the women competing for Best Actress, Comedy appeared in women-helmed pics.

All of the Best Actress, Drama and Best Actress, TV Comedy nominees are white. Meanwhile, several other acting categories nominated just one woman of color: Constance Wu (Best Actress, Comedy for “Crazy Rich Asians”), Regina King (Best Supporting Actress, “If Beale Street Could Talk”), King again (Best Actress, Limited Series, “Seven Seconds”), and Sandra Oh (Best Actress, TV Drama, “Killing Eve”). Penelope Cruz (“The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story”) and Thandie Newton (“Westworld”) are the two women of color to receive Best Supporting TV Actress nods.

Women-created television projects fared slightly better than women-directed films. Best Series, Musical or Comedy, Best Series, Drama, and Best Television Limited Series or TV Movie nominated just one woman-created project each: Amy Sherman-Palladino’s “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel,” Phoebe Waller-Bridge’s “Killing Eve,” and Marti Noxon’s “Sharp Objects,” respectively.

The 2019 Golden Globes will be held Sunday, January 6. Oh is set to co-host the ceremony with Andy Samberg.

Check out all the women nominees below. List adapted from the Golden Globes.


Best Motion Picture, Drama: 0/5 women-directed

Best Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy: 0/5 women-directed

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture, Drama
Glenn Close, The Wife
Lady Gaga, A Star Is Born
Nicole Kidman, Destroyer
Melissa McCarthy, Can You Ever Forgive Me?
Rosamund Pike, A Private War

Best Performance by an Actress in a Motion Picture, Musical or Comedy
Emily Blunt, Mary Poppins Returns
Olivia Colman, The Favourite
Elsie Fisher, Eighth Grade
Charlize Theron, Tully
Constance Wu, Crazy Rich Asians

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Motion Picture
Amy Adams, Vice
Claire Foy, First Man
Regina King, If Beale Street Could Talk
Emma Stone, The Favourite
Rachel Weisz, The Favourite

Best Director, Motion Picture: 0/5

Best Performance by an Actress in a TV Series, Drama
Caitriona Balfe, Outlander
Elisabeth Moss, The Handmaid’s Tale
Sandra Oh, Killing Eve
Julia Roberts, Homecoming
Keri Russell, The Americans

Best Television Series, Drama: 1/5 women-created
Killing Eve (Created by Phoebe Waller-Bridge)

Best Original Song, Motion Picture: 4/5 women-written
“All the Stars,” Black Panther (Music and Lyrics by: Kendrick Lamar, Anthony Tiffith, Mark Spears, Solana Rowe, Al Shuckburgh)
“Girl in the Movies,” Dumplin’ (Music and Lyrics by: Dolly Parton and Linda Perry)
“Requiem for a Private War,” A Private War (Music and Lyrics by: Annie Lennox)
“Shallow,” A Star Is Born (Music and Lyrics by: Lady Gaga, Mark Ronson, Anthony Rossomando, Andrew Wyatt)

Best Screenplay, Motion Picture: 1/5 women-written
Deborah Davis and Tony McNamara, The Favourite

Best Original Score, Motion Picture: 0/5 women-composed

Best Motion Picture, Animated: 0/5 women-directed

Best Motion Picture, Foreign Language: 1/5 women-directed
Capernaum

Best Television Series, Musical or Comedy: 1/5 women-created
The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel (Created by Amy Sherman-Palladino)

Best Television Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television: 1/5 women-created
Sharp Objects (Created by Marti Noxon)

Best Performance by an Actress in a Supporting Role in a Series, Limited Series, or Motion Picture Made for Television
Alex Bornstein, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Patricia Clarkson, Sharp Objects
Penelope Cruz, The Assassination of Gianni Versace: American Crime Story
Thandie Newton, Westworld
Yvonne Strahovski, The Handmaid’s Tale

Best Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role in a Series, Limited Series or Motion Picture Made for Television
Amy Adams, Sharp Objects
Patricia Arquette, Escape at Dannemora
Connie Britton, Dirty John
Laura Dern, The Tale
Regina King, Seven Seconds

Best Performance by an Actress in a Television Series, Musical or Comedy
Kristen Bell, The Good Place
Candice Bergen, Murphy Brown
Alison Brie, GLOW
Rachel Brosnahan, The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel
Debra Messing, Will & Grace


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