Who was the first female film director to win a best film Oscar?
New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Director 2009, the critics’ group have agreed with the Academy on six occasions: Steven Soderbergh for "Traffic" (2000), Clint Eastwood for "Million Dollar Baby" (2004), Ang Lee for "Brokeback Mountain" (2005), Martin Scorsese for "The Departed" (2006), Joel Coen and Ethan Coen for "No Country for Old Men" (2007), and Kathryn Bigelow for "The Hurt Locker" (2009). Oscar winner denoted by * New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Director The New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Director is one of the awards given by the New York Film Critics Circle to honour the finest achievements in filmmaking.
The Oscar (film) a promotional force for the film. The film features an impressive cast and crew, including several real Academy Award winners: eight-time costume design winner Edith Head (who would also be nominated, but not win, for "The Oscar"); Best Actor winners Borgnine and Crawford; Best Supporting Actor winners Begley, Brennan (three wins), Sinatra, and James Dunn, and cinematographer Joseph Ruttenberg. Also in the cast were Oberon and Parker, who had been nominated for Oscars but did not win. As movie star Frankie Fane (Boyd) is about to hear if he won a best acting Oscar, his friend Hymie Kelly (Bennett) reminisces