Why the overwhelming absence of women from the GoldenGlobes nominations in the directing and screenplay categories is unlikely to change when the Oscar noms are unveiled Jan. 13
Only two women have won either award: Barbra Streisand took home the Globe for 1983'sAvatarThe overwhelming absence of women from both awards is unlikely to change when the Oscar noms are unveiled Jan. 13.First, while the Academy has taken strides to improve gender parity, only the 526 active members of the directors branch pick directing nominees, and that group skews heavily male: Only 20 percent are women, per the Academy.
Second, over the past decade, the Oscars and the Globes have been in sync 66 percent of the time when it comes to their directing nominees — though that gap has grown of late and only three nominees were recognized by both organizations in 2018 and only two in 2017.
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