Why Greta Gerwig Should Have Won an Oscar for Best Director
The Oscars are not known for heavily incorporating women into its list of nominations for the Best Director category. In the last 100 years, with the 96th annual Oscars occurring in March 2024, only eight women have ever been nominated for the Best Director award. In 2018, Greta Gerwig became a listed member of the women to be nominated due to her direction of the critically acclaimed coming-of-age film Lady Bird, which she also wrote.