‘Past Lives’ Helmer Celine Song On Breakthrough At Oscars With First Feature & Women Directors’ New Best Picture Record
deadline.comBefore making Past Lives, writer-director Celina Song says with a laugh, she didn’t even know how to read a call sheet. Flash forward a year, though, from the A24 romantic drama’s world premiere at Sundance, and she’s landed an Original Screenplay nom for her debut feature.
For Song, who was formerly known for her acclaimed work as a playwright, the recognition means the world. “It’s just so amazing.
It’s such a great honor, and on the first movie, I think that’s really the coolest thing,” the filmmaker told Deadline. “It feels so f**king cool and amazing, and I just genuinely am so f**king grateful for every single person…who’s ever come across being a part of this movie, anybody who’s even talked to me about this movie.” This morning, Past Lives also secured a coveted slot in Best Picture, in a historic moment that has seen three works by female filmmakers break into the category for the first time, the others being Anatomy of a Fall’s Justine Triet and Barbie’s Greta Gerwig.
This, Song says, is also remarkable. “I mean, I don’t know what I can say about whole state of the industry or anything like that because I just got here.
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