Chloe Zhaoand her drama film “Nomadland” walked away the biggest winners of the93rd Academy Awards.
Zhao won the Best Director award early in the evening, which was also a historic win.
By winning, Zhao is now the first Asian woman and woman of color to win the award.
Even with her shock, Zhao remained calm when accepting her first Oscar.
That indicated it was an “emotional” win.
That is a similar assessment to whatMark Bowden, a human behavior and body language expert, noted.
She was a bit more “breathless” which suggested that theBest Picture awardwas “much more important.”
This could be because the Best Picture award was not as predictable as the Best Director one.
EvenUSA Todayhad “The Trial of the Chicago 7” as their frontrunner.
The Best Picture is also usually the last award of the evening, because it is the biggest one.
