Chloé Zhao wins best director Oscar for 'Nomadland'

Chloé Zhao has made history at the Academy Awards

LOS ANGELES -- Chloé Zhao has made history at the 2021 Academy Awards. Zhao won the Oscar for best director for “ Nomadland,” becoming just the second woman and the first woman of color to win the award. “My entire Nomadland company, what a crazy, once-in-a-lifetime journey we’ve all been on together,” Zhao said. Kathryn Bigelow was the first woman to win, for “The Hurt Locker,” in 2009.