Natalie Portman points out all-male nominees for a category

The industry now has its share of brilliant women directors—Kathryn Bigelow, Barbra Streisand, and Angelina Jolie are just a few of the growing numbers. By itself, it is already a considerable improvement from when it was years ago when the directorial seat was solely reserved for men. To the industry’s credit, it has been taking steps to add more women into the pool by encouraging them to take up the seat.

Natalie Portman, however, saw the apparent disconnect in 2019 during the Golden Globe Awards night. All of the Best Director nominees were male, which Portman did not hesitate to call out. She said in a confident voice, that “And here we are, the all-male nominees.” Well, hopefully, it was just a coincidence that no one was nominated that time—that could happen. We are hoping for more female directors taking on big awards soon.