Greta Gerwig‘s success with Barbie could become even greater after this awards season by achieving an Oscars record set two years ago by another woman. Barbie’s box office already set it as the highest-grossing movie overall this year. The comedy also received praise from critics and was loved by audiences. Furthermore, Barbie is garnering a lot of love from awards groups and could mark a special milestone in Greta Gerwig’s career — and in movie history.
For the past seven years, Gerwig’s directing career has grown significantly as she has helmed nothing but hits since her solo feature debut as a filmmaker. Her last three movies, Lady Bird, Little Women, and Barbie, have consistently proven Gerwig’s talent as both a writer and a director. However, a potential achievement at the 2024 Oscars could cement her as a particularly exceptional filmmaker in the history books.
Barbie Can Make Greta Gerwig The Second Woman With 2 Best Director Oscar Nominations
In addition to being a box office hit and receiving a positive response from critics and audiences, Barbie has a major chance of garnering several wins and nominations during the awards season. The Golden Globes have always been a fine prognosticator of the Academy Awards, and Barbie receiving nine Golden Globes nominations, including Best Director for Greta Gerwig, has sparked plenty of excitement about her also being nominated for an Oscar in that category. If that happens, Gerwig would tie the record for the most Oscar nominations by a woman in the Best Director category.
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Gerwig was nominated for Best Director for Lady Bird at the 2018 Academy Awards, but she lost to Guillermo del Toro for his work helming The Shape of Water. There is only one woman who has received two Oscar nominations for Best Director: Jane Campion. She was recognized for The Piano in 1994 and The Power of the Dog in 2022, winning the latter. She is also the second woman to win an Oscar in that category, after Kathryn Bigelow for The Hurt Locker in 2010. However, Gerwig’s achievement would be even greater than Campion’s.
Greta Gerwig’s Second Best Director Nomination Will Come Much Quicker Than Jane Campion’s
A second Oscar nomination for Greta Gerwig in the Best Director category will mean that she will top Jane Campion’s similar achievement. There’s a 28-year gap between Campion’s first nomination in 1994 for The Piano and her second in 2022 for The Power of the Dog, and Gerwig’s feat could come quicker. Only six years will have passed between her nomination for Lady Bird in 2018 and her second, for Barbie, in 2024. Furthermore, Campion was 67 years old when she set the record, and Greta Gerwig will be 40 in March 2024. That means Greta Gerwig would be the youngest woman to receive two Oscar nominations for Best Director.
