Jane Campion Wins Best Director Oscar For The Power Of The Dog
Campion faced off against Kenneth Branagh, Ryuske Hamaguchi, Paul Thomas Anderson, and Steven Spielberg in the stacked category. Campion and Spielberg were previously nominated together in the category back in 1991 (Spielberg went on to win for his “Schindler’s List,” while Campion took home her first Oscar for Best Original Screenplay). The filmmaker has long been viewed as the frontrunner in this category, and was also nominated for Best Adapted Screenplay (Sian Heder won for her “CODA”) and for Best Picture as a producer of “The Power of the Dog....