AwardsWatch - chloe zhao

Venice Film Festival awards: Chloé Zhao’s ‘Nomadland’ wins Golden Lion, Vanessa Kirby named Best Actress

Erik Anderson September 12, 2020

Chloé Zhao’s Nomadland, starring Frances McDormand, has won the Golden Lion for Best Film at the 77th Venice International Film Festival. The win makes Zhao... Read More

First teaser for Chloé Zhao’s ‘Nomadland’ with Frances McDormand

Erik Anderson September 8, 2020

Searchlight Pictures has released the first teaser for Chloé Zhao, Nomadland starring two-time Academy Award winner Frances McDormand and Academy Award nominee David Strathairn in... Read More

2021 Oscar Predictions: BEST DIRECTOR (August)

Erik Anderson August 27, 2020

A tale of two Kings…and two Lees. Regina King’s One Night in Miami will land in Venice and Toronto, and presumably other fall festivals like... Read More

TIFF 2020: Anthony Hopkins, Chloé Zhao, Mira Nair to receive Tribute Awards

Erik Anderson August 12, 2020

TIFF and Bell Media today unveiled that television audiences can tune in to the 2020 TIFF Tribute Awards, to be broadcast on Tuesday, September 15... Read More

2020 Toronto Film Festival announces lineup with films by Regina King, Halle Berry, Chloé Zhao

Erik Anderson July 30, 2020

Films by Spike Lee, Kornél Mundruczó, Regina King, Francis Lee, Jasmila Žbanić, Gianfranco Rosi, Chaitanya Tamhane, Halle Berry, Michelle Latimer, Chloé Zhao, Nicolás Pereda, Werner... Read More

Searchlight Pictures sets Chloé Zhao’s ‘Nomadland’ for dual Venice, Toronto World Premiere; NYFF Centerpiece and Fall Release

Erik Anderson July 27, 2020

Venice and Toronto Simultaneous World Premieres September 11thTelluride Film Festival to Host Special “Telluride from Los Angeles”Drive-In Screening on September 11thNew York Film Festival Announces... Read More

2021 Oscars: The Best Director Contenders (February)

Erik Anderson February 20, 2020

After another year of no female Best Director Oscar nominees, and plenty of uproar and backlash about it, it’s looking like that will shape up... Read More

Fox Searchlight acquires Chloé Zhao’s ‘Nomadland’ with Frances McDormand

Erik Anderson February 12, 2019

Fox Searchlight Pictures Chairmen Nancy Utley and Stephen Gilula together with Presidents of Production Matthew Greenfield and David Greenbaum announced today that the company has... Read More

‘Star Trek’ gets first female director in ‘Jessica Jones’ helmer S.J. Clarkson

Erik Anderson April 26, 2018

[divider style=”normal” top=”20″ bottom=”20″] Paramount Pictures announced at CinemaCon today that its Star Trek series will get its first female director, S.J. Clarkson. This fourth... Read More