Jane Campion

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    Every Female Director Nominated for an Oscar, From Lina Wertmuller to Greta Gerwig (Photos)

    “Lady Bird” writer-director Greta Gerwig becomes only the fifth woman nominated by the Academy in the directing category.Lina Wertmuller, “Seven Beauties” (1976)  •  The first woman ever nominated in the category was this Italian director for a drama about an Italian solider who deserted the army during WWII and is sent a German prison camp. She lost to John G. Avildsen for “Rocky.”Jane Campion, “The Piano” (1993)  •  The Australian director won an Oscar for her original screenplay for the perio

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    First woman ever nominated for the Best Director gets her Oscar

    Lina Wertmüller, the first woman ever to be nominated in the Best Director category at the Academy Awards, has been given an honorary Oscar.