The Golden Globe Awards are one of the most sought-after accolades of Hollywood that acknowledge talented people from the film and television fraternity. The awards are bestowed by the members of the Hollywood Foreign Press Association. The association announced the list of nominees for this year’s 77th edition of the Golden Globe Awards yesterday. But people weren’t convinced by the list of nominations.
After going through the extensive list of nominations, people pointed out that the association fell short in acknowledging the work of female directors, reported CNN.
Here's a full list of this year's #GoldenGlobes nominees! https://t.co/aQ1v13R5lr
— Golden Globe Awards (@goldenglobes) December 9, 2019
It was also brought to notice that even though movies like ‘Little Women’, ‘Judy’ and ‘Harriet’ managed to make the cut in the ‘best performance by an actress’ category, none of the female directors from year’s best hits including ‘The Farewell’, ‘Hustlers’, ‘Booksmart’ among others made it in the list of the ‘best director’ list.
According to TOI, only five women directors have been nominated in the history of Golden Globe Awards till date. Out of which, two were nominated twice and only one woman, Barbra Streisand has ever won the award for her 1984 film ‘Yentl’.
And the #GoldenGlobes nominees for Best Director, Best Screenplay, Best Original Score, and Best Original Song are… pic.twitter.com/mroSfGZtlq
— Golden Globe Awards (@goldenglobes) December 9, 2019
The internet was appalled by the association’s blunder of not skip acknowledging female directors and even writers of some of the most critically acclaimed movies this year. They slammed them for not being inclusive with their ‘biased’ list of nominations. It also sparked a debate on gender equality online.
ALSO, no female directors at all? Even this year, with Farewell, Little Women, Mr. Rogers, Hustlers, et cetera? https://t.co/hx2POdlxTd
— Julia Turner (@juliaturner) December 9, 2019
Not a single female director being nominated for a Golden Globe is actually disgusting. There are so many legitimate candidates who made incredible films this year.
— Jimmy Wong (@jfwong) December 9, 2019
to anyone that says there isn’t a problem with inequality between men and women in hollywood explain how MULTIPLE films with amazing reviews all directed by women came out this year and yet not ONE female director was nominated for a golden globe pic.twitter.com/AFPRUhuaNt
— 𝐦𝐚𝐢𝐥𝐞 ゛ (@sunsetpeter) December 10, 2019
https://twitter.com/traveldark81/status/1204140977935413248
The last time a female director was nominated for a Golden Globe was in 2014 when Ava DuVernay was nominated for Selma!!! I can't even… pic.twitter.com/7mgk4ojGuE
— Nora Dominick (@noradominick) December 9, 2019
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Me trying to navigate my love for the Golden Globe nominations, but also my frustration with the lack of female writers and directors nominated pic.twitter.com/czTpHbBhfI
— Danielle D’Amico (@daniellendamico) December 10, 2019
This is a FOOKING joke right!?!? When They See Us and Euphoria deserved better. No female writers or directors!!! This might be the year y’all force me not to watch😡
— Kiley (@Kileyggg) December 10, 2019
https://twitter.com/BrawnBurgundy/status/1204091570468872193?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1204091570468872193&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.scoopwhoop.com%2Fentertainment%2Ftwitter-calls-our-golden-globe-nominations-for-not-including-a-single-female-director%2F
Man, you guys are really striding confidently into irrelevance, aren't you. Not a single female director nominated. Lupita Nyong’o snubbed. "When They See Us", snubbed. Zendaya, snubbed. Sandra Oh, snubbed. I'm sensing a pattern…
— Epic Love Biscuit (@EpicLoveBiscuit) December 9, 2019
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Neeee female directors nominated for a golden globe AGAIN wowwwwww unimpressed
— Tomás Azocar-Nevin (@TomasAzocarN) December 9, 2019
People seem to be very angry with the association’s decision. Is it just an honest mistake or a deliberate attempt to miss out on acknowledging females from the film fraternity? What do you think? Tell us.