On a night in which Netflix led all studios with 35 Oscar nominations, traditional distributors had the last laugh, as Searchlight's Nomadland landed the top prize.
Likewise, Chloé Zhao picked up the best director statue for the film, a modern-day odyssey of the dispossessed surviving on the edges of the American dream.
Zhao, who entered the evening having won every major director award, became only the second woman to land the honor. (Kathryn Bigelow took home the best director prize in 2010 for The Hurt Locker.) Zhao, who was born and raised in China, also became the first woman of color to win the coveted award but the second Asian helmer in as many years, following in the footsteps of Korean director Bong Joon Ho for Parasite.
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