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Greta Gerwig nomination snub defended by Bafta after all-male Best Director shortlist reveal



Bafta has defended its Best Director shortlist, following a backlash over the fact that they have followed in the Golden Globes’ footsteps with an all-male list of nominees

This year’s nominations announcement took place on Tuesday (January 7) morning and critics soon lamented the fact Little Women director Greta Gerwig is missing from the line-up. 

Defending the shortlist, Bafta’s deputy chairman Krishnendu Majumdar pointed out that the star could still be a winner in the Best Adapted Screenplay category, as she wrote Little Women as well as directing it. 


Stating that the lack of female nominees in the Best Director category is an “industry-wide problem,” Majumdar insisted that Bafta is “fiercely doing something about it.”

He told Press Association: “I think the best film category and the best director category are extremely fiercely fought this year. 

“I mean, Greta Gerwig – she’s been been nominated this year for adapted screenplay, but that doesn’t disguise the fact there are no female directors in the directors category.

“But I think it’s worth pointing out there are 13 female directors nominated across all our nominations, including Lulu Wang for The Farewell and also the director for Frozen 2.”

The decision to omit Gerwig from the list did not go down well with fans: 

Some Twitter users also pointed out that Olivia Wilde (who directed Booksmart) and Lulu Wang (The Farewell) could have been great additions to the shortlist:

The five directors on the shortlist are Sam Mendes (for 1917), Martin Scorsese (The Irishman), Todd Phillips (Joker), Quentin Tarantino (Once Upon A Time… In Hollywood) and Bong Joon-Ho (Parasite). 

Little Women has picked up four nominations including Best Adapted Screenplay, with Saoirse Ronan and Florence Pugh being nominated for Best and Best Supporting Actress, respectively. The film is also nominated for Best Score.  

At this week’s Golden Globes, Mendes was one of the evening’s biggest winners as he scooped Best Director while 1917 won Best Film. 



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