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The Outstanding Female Directors Awards Shows Keep Ignoring

OSCAR WATCH

Four women should be major Best Director contenders this year—‘Lady Bird’s’ Greta Gerwig chief among them—yet awards show after awards show is entirely male. Time’s up, dudes.

Kevin Fallon

Senior Editor, Obsessed

Published Jan. 10 2018 5:00AM EST

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Kevin Fallon

Kevin Fallon

Senior Editor, Obsessed

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