#Nomadland director Chloe Zhao gets an Oscars boost as the first woman to win the PSIFF's Director of the Year award. https://t.co/9kq7vYFdmD
— Entertainment Weekly (@EW) January 25, 2021
Chloé Zhao became first the woman to receive the Palm Springs International Film Festival's Director of the Year prize for her film Nomadland.
Past recipients of the PSIFF's Director of the Year honor include eventual Oscar-winning or Oscar-nominated filmmakers like Alejandro G. Iñárritu (Babel, Birdman), Steve McQueen (12 Years a Slave), David O. Russell (The Fighter), Jason Reitman (Up in the Air), and Quentin Tarantino (Once Upon a Time in Hollywood).
Nomadland previously won major festival honors at the Venice International Film Festival and the Toronto International Film Festival, taking top prizes (the Golden Lion and People's Choice Award, respectively).
