Is it time for #OscarsSoMale? A racially diverse slate of acting nominees saved the film academy from an #OscarsSoWhite three-peat, but the list of nominated directors and writers was overwhelmingly male.
There were no women in the directors' category. (Ava DuVernay's 13th was nominated for best documentary, for which there is no separate directing category.)
With a nomination for Hidden Figures as best adapted screenplay, co-writer Allison Schroeder is the lone woman on the screenwriter lists; there is no woman nominated for best original screenplay.
Women usually make a slightly better showing in the writing categories. Last year, four of the 20 nominees were female, although 2015 was all-male. Only 17 women have won - eight in original, nine in adapted screenplay.
The director's list is a much more famous boy's club. In almost 90 years of Oscars, a scant four female directors have received nominations, and only one - Kathryn Bigelow for The Hurt Locker - has ever won.
The announcement of the 2017 Oscar nominations prompted some women and men on Twitter to question why more women had not been recognised.
There hasn't been a female director nominated since Kathryn Bigelow in 2009. NOT A SINGLE FEMALE IN 8 YEARS #OscarsSoMale #OscarNoms
— Hannah (@hburrito_) January 24, 2017
Make #OscarsSoMale huge-not a single female nominee for best director, best original screenplay, best cinematographer, helming best picture.
— boomboomboom (@jocelynkelvin) January 24, 2017
750,000 marched in the L.A. #WomensMarch but less than 25% of #OscarNoms are female - just how progressive are you, Hollywood? #OscarsSoMale
— Nate Ruegger (@NateRuegger) January 24, 2017
YET AGAIN no women nom. in any major Oscar category that is not spec. for women. Except adapted screenplay for Hidden Figures. #oscarssomale
— Lauren Ober (@OberandOut) January 24, 2017
When empathy is mainly taught through the male gaze, we need @womensmarch @womensmarchla #WhyIMarch #OscarsSoMale #AltOscarParty https://t.co/uQYqdzBYpn
— Women in Media (@WomenNMedia) January 24, 2017
#Oscarssomale Emma Stone is the only Best Actress nominee with a BP nomination. #SHAME #AcademyAwards #Oscarsnominations
— CHRIS (@8CHRIS5) January 24, 2017
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