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Oscars 2022: Jane Campion becomes 1st woman to be nominated for best director twice

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Breaking down the 2022 Oscar nominations
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ByCarson Blackwelder
February 08, 2022, 4:29 PM

Jane Campion is making history.

The New Zealand-born filmmaker is the first woman to be nominated in the best director category twice. She was first nominated in 1994 for "The Piano" and again for "The Power of the Dog" at the upcoming 2022 Oscars.

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Competing alongside Campion, 67, for the best director trophy at the 94th Academy Awards are Kenneth Branagh for "Belfast," Paul Thomas Anderson for "Licorice Pizza," Ryûsuke Hamaguchi for "Drive My Car," and Steven Spielberg for "West Side Story."

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Only six other women have been nominated for best director: Lina Wertmüller for "Seven Beauties" in 1977, Sofia Coppola for "Lost in Translation" in 2004, Kathryn Bigelow for "The Hurt Locker" in 2010, Greta Gerwig for "Lady Bird'' in 2018, Emerald Fennell for "Promising Young Woman" in 2021 and Chloé Zhao for "Nomadland" in 2021.

"The Power of the Dog," 2021, director Jane Campion and star Benedict Cumberbatch on set.
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Of those, only two women -- Bigelow and Zhao -- have won the Oscar for best director. Zhao's win last year made her the first woman of color to win best director.

Campion also snagged nominations for best picture and best adapted screenplay at this year's Academy Awards for "The Power of the Dog."

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The film, starring Benedict Cumberbatch, Kirsten Dunst, Jesse Plemons and Kodi Smit-McPhee, is based on Thomas Savage's 1967 novel of the same name. Cumberbatch was nominated for best actor, Dunst was nominated for best supporting actress and both Plemons and Smit-McPhee were nominated for best supporting actor.

"The Power of the Dog" leads the pack of nominees this year with a grand total of 12. In addition to the three nominations for Campion and the four cast members, the movie was also nominated for best cinematography, best original score, best sound, best production design and best film editing.

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